RED’s CEO Jarred Land announced a black and white version of their Epic cinema camera. The Mysterium-X specs are: Newly Developed Mysterium-X Monochrome Sensor Native ASA 2000 Increased net resolution (Removal of the debayer process, so every single individual pixel is used for luminance / image data) New Low Pass Filter with to accomodate the […]
The talk of the NAB show this year is the new Blackmagic cinema camera (priced at $3000): “Blackmagic Cinema Camera features an amazing 2.5K image sensor with a wide 13 stops of dynamic range for a true digital film camera. You get a built-in SSD recorder, popular open standard uncompressed RAW and compressed file formats, compatibility with […]
If you were curious about the Red Scarlet-X, watch this two parts video from Cinema5d that explains the basic camera setup and operation:
Quick update on some interesting links from the last few days of 2012: Kodak agrees to sell its gelatin business to raise cash (source), loses third director in a week (source): “Kodak is selling the Eastman Gelatine business to Rousselot, a division of the Vion Food Group. Terms were not disclosed. Eastman Gelatine produces gelatin […]
The previously leaked Fujifilm X-S1 camera is now officially announced and priced at £699 – check out the officially website and sample images. Fujifilm X-S1 key features: High quality Fujinon 26x optical zoom covering 24-624mm (35mm equivalent) with Intelligent Digital Zoom boosting range up to 1248mm Superb build quality and finish with rubberised coating and metal dials 12 megapixel […]
The RED Scarlet camera takes 12 seconds to startup (using beta build 2.0.2): Via Tonaci
The cinema madness continues today – after Lomography and Canon, RED also announced their “new” Scarlet X camera. Red’s website is now back online apparently under attack, so TechCrunch made the announcement for them few minutes ago: completely redone design and capabilities will sell for $9750 and will be shipping as early as November 17th 4k video: […]
RED posted this on their website regarding their November 3rd announcement: On November 3rd at 6pm PST, details surrounding our third camera SCARLET will be announced on REDUSER.net and RED.com. Technical specifications, shipping, and purchasing information will be revealed, putting to rest all of the lingering speculation and anticipation.
Here are some interesting stories from last week: New Eneloops rechargeable batteries keep their charge for over 5 years. Check out also this post about the best AA batteries for photography. Apple’s iPhone 4S has a Sony sensor. Sony’s CEO was right and so was the Apple employee who published a picture taken with the new iPhone 4s on flickr before […]
Canon already revealed their plans for a “historic global announcement” on November 3rd, 2011 in Hollywood. RED’s CEO Jim Jannard also wants to announce their RED Scarlet camera on the same date and he was not shy to mention to stir up the RedForum with his comments:
In this video Ted Schiowitz from RED camera talks about the future of movie making (3D, 48fps, etc): Via Photographybay
After a delay and a price increase, RED announced that the production of the RED EPIC-X camera has begun. For more information check red.com. Here is a quick video preview of the RED EPIC-X:
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