via Geeky Gadgets

via: Studio Daily

Basically it boiled down to “quality” and that meant quality in the theaters as well as the skill at the editing suite. Since the Jump to 3D in theaters many cinemas have upgraded their older equipment leaving the last major hurdle, how to preserve the quality of the Star Wars films with out it looking as if 3D was an afterthought.

A lot of testing has all ready been done at Prime Focus just to see if the quality was there to go 3D. Standards are so high for the Phantom Menace that the conversion has to be virtually pixel perfect says Matt Bristowe of Prime Focus. Prime Focus uses a proprietary technique called “View-D” along with some very sophisticated rotoscoping and mMagic which is keep very tight lipped!

If you are a 3D fan then lets hope that all is a great success for The Phantom Menace, which will hopefully give the green light to convert the remaining Star Wars Films.

via HD Magazine

The Photograph is of an 18th-century baroque library in the Strahov Monastery in Prague, Czech Republic and is an amazing 40 gigapixels!

via PetaPixel

Truly a multitasking rig, the CamDolly V2 can be configured to work as a slider, with the tripod or assemble everything for a complete dolly system seat and all. Two wheel sizes, a set of smaller wheels used with the rubber track tubes and a set of larger wheels for  a more challenging terrain.

The CamDolly V2 is so new that pricing has not been set but it is said to be priced attractively!

Via Nino Film

Teradek is the company that has really put together everything you need to start streaming video. Check out their video here:

Here are the links to the software that you will need to get started:
OPlayer
ZeroConf  Spy ( no link )
Teradek

If that wasn’t enough to get you excited, you can also live stream video to Livesteam using a USB enabled Teradek Cube and a Verizon 4G modem.  See full article and video here.

Resources:
FreshDV

3D Lens view the tip of a ball point pen

Custom software then takes the eight facet views and combines that with the main center view to create a unique 3D image. Researchers at Ohio State have successfully used the lens to create a 3D image of a ball point pen.

This new technology hopefully will some day be used to take that wedding picture!

Resources:

PetaPixel
Popular Science

References:
Rig Wheels

Creativeness is often more associated with the substance of a thing and not the format but even that shows an amount of creativeness  none the less. I was walking in Best Buy the other day and was surprised and reminded of a short lived internet phenomenon, video shot in 9×16 format. Philip Bloom and Jem Schofield held a 9×16 contest last year in May, after that I’ve not heard much about it but creativity isn’t about longevity, it’s about creating something new and different and unique. Take a look at this video and see what I am talking about.

So, was that creative, I think so,  the format definitely added to this particular story by allowing us to see the color palette and canvas in a new and unique way.  I have to ask again, can creativity be learned? I mean if I really didn’t have to create or invent anything, could I have been “Creative Enough” to just turn the camera on its side?

I looks like I’m leaving you with more questions than answers but when it comes down to it, will my work be known for its technical abilities or for having created something new and exciting… something lasting? Or are your aspirations more modest, do you merely want to create something beautifully shot or perhaps technically perfect?

So, where do we go to get more creative than we are already?

According to EOSHD, Canon is working on an MPEG2 based codec for the 5D Mark III. It will have a 4-2-2 color space. Another feature will be a variable bitrate up to 50mbit. The codec will be an improved version from the XF305

Reference:

Canon Rumors