Above: creamy bokeh on a compact in video mode!
Okay – some initial thoughts before the footage later this week. Compacts are crap right? Gimmicky consumer devices aimed at the mass market of non-photographers – and yet, compacts work on the same principals which make HDSLRs so successful. Cutting down on extraneous stuff, cutting down on size, bulk and complexity whilst delivering an image comparable to professional equipment.
The first ever NEX5 video on Vimeo isn’t a looker, but it does help confirm one important advantage over GH1.
Even with all that shaky and awful camera work, there aren’t any issues with mud! If you’re interested in a more scientific approach than that, and dotting the I, P and B’s, this fact is also confirmed by our friend Vitaliy who has been analysing the I,P,B frames of the NEX5’s .MTS stream.
Sample video (720 24p) on Vimeo / download the original file
Sample stills (12MP)
Meet the Nokia mobile which does 24p. Sounds like a joke doesn’t it?
Nokia’s N8 has a specially developed sensor which is the largest ever found in a mobile device, and larger than all but the highest end compacts like the Panasonic LX3.
As mentioned in a recent blog I stopped by DCView‘s HQ here in Taiwan last week to share some thoughts on HDSLRs for people new to video.
This video interview is about the basics of using HDSLRs but I managed to fit in a bit about the Zacuto Z-Finder!
Very pleased with the way it turned out, it’s the first time I’ve done something like this but it wasn’t a disaster!
Thanks to Katrine, Ivan and Benson at DCView