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Archive for November, 2008

  • Nov 2008
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Vincent LaForet creates additional 5D Mark II content

Vincent Laforet certainly knows a good thing when he sees it and is wise to continue the buzz generated by his first 5D Mark II movie entitle Reverie. This project follows less of a scripted storyline but nevertheless further demonstrates the capability of the recently released 5D Mark II. My WordPress blog did not take kindly [...]

  • Nov 2008
  • 17

Toshiba’s Timesculpture Commercial

Timesculpture commercial by Toshiba was shot using 200 Toshiba Gigashot camcorders and is presented as an evolution to the famous “Bullet Time” introduced by the Matrix. “Rather than showing a 3-D rotation of a still moment, this groundbreaking new filming process manipulates moving snapshots of time using Toshiba technology, redefining cinematic human movement”. No CGI imagery [...]

  • Nov 2008
  • 13

RED sets new benchmark in file size, fps and modularity.

After much anticipation, RED has released the specifications for its Digital Stills and Motion Camera (DMSC) system. Sounds to me like RED had convergence in mind when developing this hardware. As many of you know, after Canon dropped the prototypes of the 5D Mark II, RED founder Jim Jannard announced that the company would suspend [...]