Called RE-35, they are offering 3 different cartridges in 4, 8, and 12 megapixel formats. They are using a flexible sensor technology that allows the user to put the cartridge into the camera like you would any normal roll of film, and then pull the sensor out of the cartridge as if loading film.

The images get saved to flash memory built into the cartridge and can be downloaded via USB. They have also gone one step further and added integrated editing software into the cartridge, allowing it to be a stand alone product.

Pricing and availability are unlisted currently, but they suggest a release later this year.

I don’t know about you, but I’m excited to turn my rangefinder into a digital camera.

[UPDATE] Sure enough, this was an April fools joke.  Site has been taken down due to too much traffic.

Source: www.re35.net

Each of these ways accomplishes the goal of watching a movie on your computer, but each has it’s own flaws. With DVD we get the movie right when it is available, with access to all the language tracks and bonus features, but we usually have to pay a higher price and only get it for a couple of days. With iTunes we get the movie right away like DVD, and for a slight discount over DVD rentals, but we lose out on bonus features and language tracks, and once we’ve watched the movie, we can only watch it again within a 48 hour period. And finally with Netflix we get the best cost rate we can, and can watch whenever and however many times we’d like, but again we don’t get bonus features and we usually have to wait a few months to see if the movie we want will show up on Netflix. Each one gets us our content, but not without their individual flaws.

This is where Zediva.com hopes to change the playing field. Their plan of attack involves a DVD player farm connected to internet streaming devices. This solves the first problem with Netflix and iTunes, by allowing you access to the language tracks, commentary and more. They also provide you with a 4 hour window to watch the film you’ve chosen, but unlike the others, once you’ve watched the film you can watch it again as many times as you’d like for the 2 weeks following the initial viewing. And best of all, they are priced competitively offering rentals at $1.99 each, or a block of 10 for $10. That’s $1 a rental, pretty hard price to beat to see new release movies.

And that is precisely what they are offering: new movies. They purchase mass amounts of new release DVDs (much like Netflix does for their mail out program) and make them available to be watched the same day the new releases come out in the video store. But unfortunately, it’s not without a catch. Because Zediva uses real DVD players to play the movies over the internet, there are only so many DVD players can be accessed at one time per film. This means that if you’d like to watch the movie at 9pm one night, but so does everyone else, you might have to wait in a queue to be able to see the film. However Zediva says they plan on greatly expanding their DVD server farm, and hope this will become less and less of an issue as the service gets more popular.

So if you are interested in a new alternative to the current ways of watching movies on your computer, check our Zediva.com. However at the moment, they’ve received a large amount of press and are currently not accepting new members, so keep an eye on their site.

Source: NYTimes.com

That’s what FloatCam is bringing us in their new product: The DollyCrane. It’s an all in one device that has the capability to be a dolly or slider one minute, and a Jib or Crane the next. FloatCam says that the product is easy enough to use that a single person can operate it, and all you need is a heavy duty tripod to get up and running. It has a counterbalance weight system which helps the user lift their camera into the air when using it as a crane, but it also has the effect of making the dolly moves smoother by creating negative resistance.

If you’ve been looking for this kind of gear to add to your equipment list, check out www.floatcam.pl for more information. Estimated retail price is around $4500 US.

Source: Cinescopophilia.com

This is big news for the professional camcorder market, as current 1080p cameras consume mass amounts of data in a very sort amount of time. This can make transferring and offloading the video files and long and arduous process. Thunderbolt would allow users to transfer files at a rate of up to 10Gbps, making offloading much quicker.

On top of faster transfer rates, it also brings new opportunity of direct to computer capture. The high bandwidth of Thunderbolt could allow proper high bit rate video feeds to capture natively to internal drives on supported systems, circumventing capture cards.

Apple is currently the only computer manufacturer to be supporting Thunderbolt, but with Canon’s announcement, we might see more companies follow in Apple’s footsteps.

Source: Electronista