Notes On Video

NAB 2014: 8K resolution coming in 2020 | Digital Arts At the NAB 2014 show in Las Vegas, Japanese public broadcaster NHK showed off massive 8K video displays and a giant 8K video camera, which the company is researching as the next logical step in the quest to crank out as much resolution as the human eye can possibly detect. Dirt Cheap GoPro Cages From $35 |  cinescopophilia Well if you invent it, it will get copied and churned out at a fraction of the cost. And so GoPro cages are turning up on Aliexpress dirt cheap. A simple and quick search reveals multiple GoPro cages selling from $35 up to $70+ and most have free shipping on Aliexpress. Nikon D800 hacked with 50Mbit/s high bitrate video option  | EOSHD I like the Sony A7R but the D800 has a few advantages. Biggest one is you can install an anti-moire filter in the D800 from Mosaic Engineering and there isn’t yet one for the Sony, doubtless if there ever will be room for one in that mirrorless mount. I also ...

Panasonic GH4 vs Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Early Footage, Full Specs, & Why the AJA CION is the Most Exciting New Camera at NAB 2014 | No Film School This week has been a crazy one for camera announcements. Not only did Blackmagic blow the lid off of NAB once again with the announcement of the URSA camera, but Digital Bolex brought their A-game to the world of black and white cinematography, and Apertus (despite the fact that they couldn’t make it to NAB) announced that the Axiom Beta is well on its way. Letus AnamorphX-GP Drive This is interesting because it's shot in 4K at 12fps... Here's a quick sample of what the GoPro Hero3+ Black looks like at 4K 12fps with the Letus AnamorphX-GP anamorphic 1.33X adapter. I've sped up the footage 2x to achieve 24P, squeezed vertically to get back to 2.4:1 aspect, removed the fisheye, and did some basic grading using Film Convert. The Panasonic PX270 Video Review explained | HD Warrior I keep getting...

Panasonic GH4 – Slow-mo at 96fps and 4K rolling shutter test | EOSHD Between 24fps and 60fps image quality is very good, the same as you’d get from the normal speed 1080p video modes. The 100Mbit/s data rate is enough to prevent any mud or blockiness ruining motion blur or fine detail. If you’d prefer to add slow-mo in post from regular speed footage, it is perhaps best to choose the 200Mbit/s codec and 1080/60p though. Definition Magazine NAB editions in digital format. AJA say that their new CION camera is the culmination of years of development. But they must have been inspired by what Blackmagic Design has done in the last couple of years. A great production house camera: A professional promotional film shot in Jordan with the Digital Bolex D16 | Kurt Lancaster Some have claimed that Digital Bolex’s 16mm 2K cinema camera, the D16, is simply a “niche” camera. A cell phone is a niche camera if you’re using it for serious production. The D16 is a Cinema Camera and I wou...

Production Update: April 2014 | Digital Bolex Two weeks ago we sent out an email to our customers letting everyone know that our production line had been delayed due to third party interference. Today we have good news! Shipping and production on the D16 has resumed, and we are shipping cameras again. Here is the long awaited Video Review of the Panasonic AJ-PX270 | HD Warrior The Panasonic AJ-PX270 is a joy to film with and having 10bit 422 really makes the pictures stand out. Watching the review which is a massive 19mins long you will learn the camcorders most inner secret which I will talk about later on this week but till then watch the review and be amazed. Interesting demo on attaching the Sony Action Cam to a helmet using the Sony Skeleton Frame and a GoPro mount! Moto-Vlogging with the Sony Action Camera | TechMoan Judging from some comments under my Sony AS100 action camera, a few people still believe it's not possible to access the microphone socket on th...

JELLO SHOTS WITH THE SONY A7S | Andrew Wonder There is some good news. The high ISO is stunning on this camera. 40,000 ISO (forty thousand!!!) looks great and even 409,600 (yep, that many zeros) looks somewhat useable (at least through the 4K HDMI output before compression). The body is small with a good EVF and solid controls. It even has a clever way to attach XLR inputs. The only flaw I could find with this “video optimized” camera was discovered by chance...when I accidentally kicked the tripod. Andrew Reid offers his thoughts: Sony A7S rolling shutter test | EOSHD Even in 1080p XAVC-S mode on the A7S the sensor is still scanning every line and every pixel so the rolling shutter is likely to be the same in that mode. It will be interesting to see if it improves between 24p and 60p modes though, but I was hoping that 4K 24p would not suffer from quite some much wobble. Netflix begins 4K streams | CNET Netflix's 4K streams are only viewable on 2014 4K TVs that inclu...