I just completed designing and building an 8×10 video camera, the first in the world that I know of. Essentially its off-axis reimaging of a projected image. It’s a bit like IMAX, but waaaaay bigger. – Zev Hoover Before you get too excited, the camera is indeed an 8 x...
The Nikon D850 is a 4K DSLR. It is full frame and does not crop the sensor, even when shooting 4K. It shoots 120 fps in HD and has a recording time of 30 minutes. Its full frame, even when shooting 4K. The camera includes mic and headphone inputs. The Nikon D850 has a...
Talk to ten professionals and you may get ten different answers on the question of cleaning the camera sensor. But most agree that you want to err on the side of inaction. Cleaning the camera sensor too often or too aggressively is a very bad idea. When Should You...
Google Clips is a new camera from Google that is very different from every other type of camera. You turn it on by twisting the lens, then set it down and forget about it. Google Clips sees everything in its 130-degree field of view. But it only records seven-second...
(Photos courtesy of LensRentals.com) The Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017 destroyed a few rental cameras as LensRentals.com discovered. The Tennessee-based camera rental shop reported that not all their customers heeded the warnings to use solar filters on cameras...
5.8 inches wide, 7.8 inches high The KY-PZ100 from JVC is a PTZ camera that can be controlled from anywhere over the internet. With traditional PTZ cameras, you can control the pan, tilt and zoom, but there is usually a serial or proprietary control cable between the...
There are two types of 360 Video. The first is called Monoscopic. This is a flat rendering of a shot that can be viewed on any screen. While you can move around the space, there is no real depth perception. This is the kind of video you see in 360 Players like YouTube...
Unlike conventional rectangular or square video, the world we live in is 360 degrees, just look around. 360 degree cameras let you record everything going on around you at once. And if your clients haven't asked about it yet, they probably will. With a VR headset,...
CES didn't have much pro camera gear this year, and that makes the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH5 stand out. This upgrade of their professional hybrid Micro Four Thirds camera features 4K video capture and up to 60fps, in-body image stabilization, and programmable focus...
To understand the sweet spot of a lens, we need to look into the math of f stops. Don't worry. It's not that bad and once you get the basic idea, you will be able to apply this knowledge in many situations. F stop is the measure of how much light can pass through a...
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