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Luis Caffesse July 1st, 2004 12:00 AM

News posts from 2004 Q3
 
The title kind of said it all.


http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/con...categoryid=102

Chris Hurd July 1st, 2004 10:18 AM

We already have two extensive threads discussing the rebate expiration, so please direct any comments to either:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=27075

or

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...&threadid=2796.

Thanks,

Ned Cordery July 7th, 2004 06:18 PM

Short form festival
 
Have a look at www.ampsvideo.com for a Festival aimed at the non-commercial film maker. entries under 15 minutes, juried, awards,

Ned Cordery
President
AMPS

Curtis Rhoads July 11th, 2004 06:50 PM

Sony announces new DCR-HC1000
 
Thought I would have seen something about this in here already, but....

Sony announced on Wednesday that the DCR-HC1000 would be coming to the USA in August. This camera is supposedly the replacement for the TRV950.

Press release is here :

http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/5040

Ignacio Rodriguez July 11th, 2004 10:12 PM

Seems that the only significant innovation is the rotating handle. Aside from that it seems much the same as the TRV950, but with a better 16:9 and, according to Sony, better low-light.

here's a thread:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=28806

Don Parrish July 14th, 2004 05:46 AM

An article on yahoo about HD cameras
 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...1739&ncid=1729

This was part of article.

"Sony, too, has just announced a camera capable of recording at full 1080i, 60 frames per second, but we still don't know when it will be available."

Stephen van Vuuren July 24th, 2004 01:11 PM

Revolutionary 3D Sound
 
Very interesting new technology:

http://news.com.com/MP3+creator+retu...l?tag=nefd.top

Harrison Murchison July 25th, 2004 12:36 AM

Quote:

None of this is cheap, and it isn't likely to find its way into a local multiplex soon. Fraunhofer is providing licenses to the technology itself for between $10,000 and $15,000. But it also needs powerful computing hardware and the--for today--extremely expensive array of speakers that can ring the production space.
Way too expensive. Cool technology must be affordable. Simply because you "can" do something by throwing a lot of resources at it doesn't mean it is feasible for the mass market. I'm not even sure theaters would want to attempt this seeing as how it requires more speakers and yet another format to contend with.

I wish'em luck. They'll need it.

Joe Carney July 25th, 2004 10:32 AM

They are playing catch up with MS. Windows already has lossless sourround sound capabilities and it doesn't cost anything more than equipment if you don''t already have it. The WMV format for both sd and HD will probably be certified for general use in set top boxes later this year or early next year. The royalties for WMV are significantly lower than those for Mpeg2,dolby and dts. It's already being put into DVD players from vinc.com and others.


PLus Apple is planning on supporting the full mpeg4 (v7) spec.

Divx is getting some market share also.

Too little to late.

Stephen van Vuuren July 25th, 2004 10:44 AM

I think you guys are not reading the the article carefully enough.

First of all, this is nothing like the standard surround tech (mpeg, wmv, dolby dts) at all.

Those surround are speaker dependent. For example - if you are watching Spiderman in a theater and Spidey swings up and and right over your head, the standard surround techs will pan sound to the side speakers at 50% - so you hear it coming from the side, not over you head and if you are sitting left/right instead of center, it will sound like he's moving left/right as the volume will be louder. Then they will pan to back surround (if they have them) and it will sound behind you.

That's pretty unrealistic.

This new system maps the speakers, sound mix, and your seating location in the theater and sends different sounds to different seats in the theater. The result is everywhere hears Spidey swing over up the screen, center, and along the ceiling to back of the theater, no matter if they are sitting front and center or crammed in the back corner seat.

This is impossible with any surround technology today - that's a huge revolution in surround sound reproduction. Expect IMAX etc to look hard at this. And don't be surprised if PC game technology takes a hard look at it as well. And then it could trickle down to big movies theaters (they always need ways to persuade people to see it their instead of home).

Jeff Donald August 4th, 2004 01:37 PM

A legend passes on . . .
 
Henri Cartier-Bresson dies at 95. He was one of the most influential photographers of the last 100 years. He could also be considered the father of modern photojournalism. The BBC story is here. the video is here.

Ken Tanaka August 4th, 2004 02:16 PM

To see what all the fuss is about, you can take a look at some of his photos at Magnum Photos, which Mr. Cartier-Bresson himself founded long, long ago.

Jeff Donald August 4th, 2004 03:31 PM

Another view,

Rob Belics August 4th, 2004 04:52 PM

Yep. iirc, he used a 35mm Leica and a 28mm lens only. Or some similar combination. One of the greatest.

Dorothy Engleman August 8th, 2004 07:11 AM

As a kid, I worshipped my oversized, softcovered edition of MOMA's Family of Man exhibition, which contained ten of Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographs.

Dorothy

Gints Klimanis August 12th, 2004 05:00 PM

Samsung demos first high-resolution 2.6-inch display for mobile devices
 
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20040811_173959.html

Gints Klimanis August 12th, 2004 05:04 PM

Samsung demos first high-resolution 2.6-inch display for mobile devices

By Wolfgang Gruener, Senior Editor

August 11, 2004 - 17:39 EST

Seoul - If a two-inch display isn't enough for the applications you want to run on your cell phone, Samsung is preparing a new solution which has the potential to initiate a new generation of high-resolution mobile software: Instead of the typical 176 by 220 pixel screen, Samsung's 2.6-inch display offers full VGA resolution.

Samsung's display is based on amorphous silicon technology (a-Si) and allows the company to achieve 300 ppi resolution - which translates into 640 x 480 pixels on the demonstrated 2.6-inch screen. As comparison, typical 42-inch LCD-TVs currently achieve about 45 ppi, Apple's recently announced Cinema TFT displays offer between 96.5 to 100 ppi. High-end displays such as the $7200 Viewsonic VP2290b (22-inch) slightly top 200 ppi.

Amorphous silicon (a-Si) and polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon or p-Si) are the two main silicon technologies used in the thin film transistors for LCDs. Low-temperature polysilicon can achieve a high degree of integration, making it the method of choice when producing panels that require high resolution.


Samsung claims that the a-Si display will enable cell phones to be used as TVs and for presentation purposes. "This superior technology will be initially targeted for PDA phones and other top-end mobile phones that require high image quality," said Samsung said Vice President Kim Hyung Guel of the Mobile Display Business Team.

The display demonstrated is a transflective model with 200:1 contrast ratio and 150cd/m2 brightness. According to Samsung, it provides sharp images even when exposed to bright summer sunshine. Mass production on existing lines is scheduled to begin in December of this year, giving the company a competitive edge in terms of production cost and supply capability. Samsung will eventually expand the a-Si technology to "smart phones" and mobile phones equipped for digital multimedia broadcasting. Samsung did not mention prices of the displays.

The high-resolution display could have a major impact on the application market since tiny displays with grainy resolution so far limit cell phones rather to content-viewing than content creation. While there is ample performance available, such as Intel's 625 MHz XScale processors, the industry currently runs against a barrier which is set by the small form factor of cell phones and battery life. If widely available, VGA resolution will open the doors to new business applications such as mobile presentations as well as a gaming experience - which is set to take a new start with the deployment of 3G networks.

Samsung did not say, if the technology is also considered for other LCD formats.

Glenn Gipson August 17th, 2004 07:27 AM

Blair Witch DP dies
 
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html

Jacques Mersereau August 17th, 2004 08:15 AM

Very cool. I hope this is only the start of high resolution color viewfinders
at a reasonable price point.

Ken Tanaka August 17th, 2004 10:34 AM

What a shame. Such a young fellow.

Glenn Gipson August 17th, 2004 11:27 AM

Yes, it is. And the Blair Witch Project was the creepiest movie that I ever saw.

Imran Zaidi August 17th, 2004 11:29 AM

Doing a quick IMDB on him, it appears he's got four productions currently in progress. Looks like his career was on quite a speed train the last couple of years. Mostly horror/suspense it looks like too.

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0292864/

Rob Belics August 17th, 2004 01:36 PM

I had started another thread. I just talked to him a few days before the shoot. I'll miss him.

John Hudson August 17th, 2004 08:00 PM

35? :(

I'll be 35 in Feburary. Damn. Fleeting we are.

Charles Papert August 17th, 2004 08:24 PM

I hate to be maudlin, but that description of the plane crash gave me the chills--what a tragic, awful way to go. No movie is worth that. My thoughts are with his family.

Scott Spears August 19th, 2004 09:16 AM

Neal and I weren't best friends, but whenever we ran into each other we would talk shop and he was always friendly and very generous. The last time I saw him was at Cinegear where he was a bein introduced as an up and coming DP at an ASC function which had people on the panel like Roger Deakins, Vilmos Zsigmond, Lazlo Kovas, etc...

A very sad thing.

Scott

Boyd Ostroff August 23rd, 2004 05:46 PM

Analysts fear longer than expected G5 delays
 
From MacCentral...
Quote:

Even though it appears IBM is dedicating more resources to getting the G5 chips to Apple, customers still may face shortages especially with the anticipated release of a G5 iMac later this month at Apple Expo Paris.
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/...g5delays/?pf=1

Ron Johnson August 25th, 2004 09:29 AM

1 Terabyte recordable optical disk
 
Very cool holographic data storage:

http://www.optware.co.jp/english/what_040823.htm

Thomas Smith Jr August 25th, 2004 09:47 AM

I am looking more forward to http://www.info-mica.com. Just little plastic translucent squares.

Glenn Gipson August 25th, 2004 09:50 AM

It's things like this that make HDV seem like it is dead before it even starts. But then again, HDV could be useful for the internet.

Warren Harper August 28th, 2004 06:40 PM

Who will be going to IBC 2004?
 
I will be attending this year's IBC event in Amsterdam. I more into CGI and compositing but i do own a Canon XL1s and still love to film. I've never been to IBC before but i am looking forward to it. Anyone else going?

Rob Lohman August 29th, 2004 07:33 AM

I will be there as well. Not sure which days yet, but at least
sunday and monday.

Steven-Marc Couchouron August 30th, 2004 07:57 PM

I should also be there.

Barbara Lowry September 1st, 2004 07:27 AM

New Canon XL2s Coming In
 
As I'm sure you are aware via the grapevine, there are only a handful of dealers who are authorized to sell the Canon XL2. ZGC is one of them. We're pleased to announce that the first shipment is arriving this week.

While Canon ramps up production, the demand exceeds supply at the moment (even before delivery!), so if you are keen on getting a camera for your upcoming production, please give us a call and place your order with a deposit. We will be sending them out to customers according to order placement.

We are taking orders for the Standard Canon XL2 Kits as well as the Canon XL2 Body-only Kits. We don't have an exact date for Body-only Kits yet, but anticipate October delivery.

Christine Brnic at ZGC is your point of contact and she loves hearing from you! 973-335-4460 or chris@zgc.com. See www.zgc.com for information about the XL2, accessories and what's included in each kit.

Aaron Koolen September 1st, 2004 02:42 PM

Haha, Barbara. By the subject I was like "What, an XL2s planned already?" :)

Thanks for the heads up though
Aaron

Barbara Lowry September 1st, 2004 03:00 PM

I guess this one instance where an apostrophe would have been better to use even if it would have been incorrect! When the XL1S came out did you try searching the Internet for it? It was impossible to find, because Google saw it as the plural of XL1. . . .

Anhar Miah September 2nd, 2004 09:06 AM

UK(and Europe) HD CHANNEL NOW broadcasting!!
 
I dont know how i could have missed this but HD has been broadcasting in the UK and Europe for a while.

Its on the Astra 1D satelite 19.2o E (from memory, just google it)

Anyway its called Euro1080 (since it broadcats 1080i)

http://www.hd-1.tv/

It seems most people that are viewing it is via PC (with a DVB-S PCI card with CI and CAM cards) and using some programs such as progDVB and DVBviewer. Their PC is then connected to HD set or Projecter via DVI or other.

Of course a STB (set top box) is also available.

Anyone in the UK or Europe please put your hands up!

Gary Bettan September 3rd, 2004 02:04 PM

Videoguys Blog
 
One of the coolest new ways to communicate on the web are blogs. Blogs are basically an online diary, that allows you to post your stories, news or thoughts.

We will use this new Videoguys' blog as our way of instantly communicating with our customers and web surfers all over the world. We'll be posting new information about upcoming products, technologies and promotions. We'll be able to include images and links that you can follow for additional information. Even cooler - You'll be able to add your own comments to each blog entry!!

Our goal is for the Videoguys Blog to become your information portal to the world of digital video editing & DVD production - including HDV & HD! We'll be posting press releases, links to on line reviews, first glimpses at new products and of course - the latest and greates Videoguys specials, deals & promotions!

Videoguys Blog http://www.videoguys.com/blog

Today's featured website is the XL2 Watchdog!

Gary

Chris Hurd September 3rd, 2004 05:33 PM

Very cool! Thanks, Gary! Lots of very good reading on that page -- looking forward to following it regularly!

David Slingerland September 6th, 2004 07:09 AM

I will be there also, probably on friday and monday, tuesday...
I hope to meet up with some of you guys!!

greetings


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