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The Moonwalking bird

Bryn — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:02:35 +0000

This video is plain awesome, nature never ceases to amaze me. This is why documentation is always such an important and interesting thing to under take, researcher Kimberly Bostwick was in for quite an surprise when she discovered that the Cricket bird that is found in South America “moonwalks”.

Her Morning Elegance

Bryn — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:06:06 +0000

A very cool stop motion video by Eyal Landesman. I love how simple this is yet very neat it is. The music works really well, maybe one day I will have the patients to try something like this.

Red Video @ 120fps

Bryn — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:22:21 +0000

skate – shot on red #1347 – 120 fps from www.theglobules.com on Vimeo.

Red has been doing some pretty crazy things latley and I can’t wait to see what they have coming. This is much better suited for HD.

Nikon D90

Bryn — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:20:11 +0000

So it is now official, the Nikon D90 is out (or official anyways). It uses the same sensor as the D300 but has been crippled in some ways. The most amazing thing about it is that it can shoot 24FPS 720P video with sound. This is amazing and will be interesting to see how this will be used. You can now have a great still camera that doubles as a HD video camera that can use some amazing lenses.

Key Features

12.3-megapixel DX-format CMOS imaging sensor: Coupled with Nikon’s EXPEED image processing technologies and NIKKOR optics, breathtaking image fidelity is assured.
Continuous shooting as fast as 4.5 frames-per-second: Combined with fast 0.15ms power-up and split-second 65ms shooting lag, dramatic action and decisive moments are captured easily.
D-Movie Mode—Cinematic 24fps HD with sound: Record cinematic-quality movie clips at up to 720p HD (1280 x 720 pixels) in Motion JPEG format, enhanced by NIKKOR interchangeable lens quality and versatility.
Low noise ISO sensitivity from 200 to 3200: High signal-to-noise components and design deliver exceptional performance, even at high ISO setting.
3-inch super-density 920,000-dot color LCD monitor: High resolution, 170-degree wide-angle viewing guarantees confident image review and movie playback.
Built-in image sensor cleaning: Effective 4-frequency, ultrasonic sensor cleaning frees image degrading dust particles from the sensor’s optical low pass filter.
11-point AF system with Face Priority: Consistently fast and accurate autofocus, reinforced by the Nikon Scene Recognition System, delivers razor sharpness in a wide variety of conditions.
One-button Live View: Easy to use Live View activates access to 3 contrast detection focus modes including Face Priority AF.
Nikon 3D Color Matrix Metering II with Scene Recognition System: Nikon’s renowned 420-pixel RGB 3D Color Matrix Metering II, teamed with the exclusive Scene Recognition System, evaluates images, referencing an on-board database of over 30,000 photographic scenes, for unmatched exposure accuracy.
Comprehensive exposure control: Five advanced scene modes plus Program Auto, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority and Manual.
Auto Active D-Lighting: Selectable and Automatic, Active D-Lighting optimizes details within shadows and highlights, taming high-contrast situations in real time.
Durable, high precision shutter: Testing to over 100,000 cycles assures shutter life and accuracy.
In-Camera Image Editing: Creative freedom stems from exclusive in-camera image editing, featuring Fisheye effect, Straighten and Distortion Control as well as D-Lighting, Red-eye Reduction, Image Overlay, Monochrome and more.
GPS geo-tagging: GP-1 GPS unit (optional) provides automatic real-time geo-tagging.

Source: Nikon USA

TV photographer and police clash

Bryn — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:22:40 +0000

Not really sure on the full story here but it looked like the police did not like what the photographer was doing, not really sure why he was attacked though. You can view the full raw footage here to see a little more of what happened.

Flickr Updates

Bryn — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:55:10 +0000

If you are a Flickr user you are bound to have noticed but if not they added the ability to add 90 second videos if you are a pro user. I can see why Flickr did this, they already have a large base of creative talent and I can see why they would like to capitalize on this but it has seemed to have annoyed much of the current users. Flickr was a site for photographers to share photos. Sure maybe some photographers take video as well but there are already places you can host this. I can see how Flickr (Yahoo) is trying to create a place for people to put more serious and user created video that would be of higher quality than else where but it should have been separate or at least allow users to filter out videos if they do not wish to see them. It will be interesting to see how this plays out and if this service is better adopted over time or if Flickr will make some changes. We will have to wait and see. That was not the only update though, the max image size has been upped as well, for free users you can now upload a 10MB file while pro users can upload a 20MB file.