Guys, check this new cam out!
Hi,
sorry for posting this here on the XLH1 forum, but this annc just made me starting reconsider my cam decision. http://www.siliconimaging.com/DigitalCinema/ http://www.siliconimaging.com/Digita..._features.html http://cineform.blogspot.com/ http://www.cineform.com/technology/CineForm_RAW.htm It basically has everything I wanted to get for the XLH1 (35mm adapter, equal to HD-SDI recording solution with even superior codec, 7” widescreen LCD as viewfinder, normal VGA/DVI out for monitoring on a cheap big screen ...) and is under $20k Time to open up a new forum I guess. These are exciting times. Jack |
Wow. They have an office practically in my own neighborhood and I've never heard of these guys.
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Is there a picture of this thing?
Bruce yarock |
We'll see at NAB... but they need to give the camera to Chris or Nate or Charles... so that they can test it out... then we'll know if its worth it...
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Sounds interesting, but I don't see any kind of indication of what the camera will look like. That makes me wonder where they are in their development cycle, and when/how they'd be manufacturing a finished product...
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Official word from our own David Newman (he's CTO of Cineform and a Wrangler here):
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=65302 and another thread: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=65275 heath |
2000:1 dynamic range?
They claim 10 f-stops of dynamic range, which they say is about 2000:1. Perhaps I'm confusing my terms again, b/c the 2000:1 ratio sounded really high to me. So I consulted John Jackman's lighting book and in it he talks about the 'contrast ratios' of the human eye to film and video. The human eye was supposed to be 1000:1, film 500:1 (probably closer to 250:1), and prosumer video around 64:1.
I always thought the contrast ratio and the dynamic range ratio were the same thing, so I'm a bit confused. Am I misunderstanding something, or did this new cam make a misprint? I seriously doubt this cam has twice the ability to distinguish b/t white and darkness as the human eye, so something is definitely wrong. Thanks ahead of time for any clairification! |
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Similarly, they talk of it being more like a film negative, which itself may contain levels of detail that won't get passed on to the print, BUT which allows for substantial correction and adjustment. |
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