Tag Archives: Apple
ARRI Alexa gets ProRes 4444 XQ
ARRI Alexa now supports Apple’s new ProRes 4444 XQ codec. This is now the highest quality version of ProRes — with a 1:4.5 compression ratio and a data rate of around 500 Mbps. (In comparison, ProRes 4444 had a compression of 1:6.8 and a data rate of 330 Mbps.) Final Cut Pro version 10.1.2 handles ProRes 4444 XQ. Alexa XT and Classic cameras with the XR Module will… read more…
Tags: Alexa, Apple, ARRI, ProRes 444 XQ
Apple 2880 x1800 Retina Display
Apple’s eye-popping 2880 x 1800 Retina Display for the new 15-in MacBook Pro was announced today at the WWDC. Thats 220 pixels-per-inch, and higher resolution than anything you’re watching on your brand-new 60-inch rapidly obsolescing HDTV. Apple says the new MacBook Pro 15-inch Retina display has more than 5 million pixels, which is 3 million more than a comparably-sized HD… read more…
Tags: 4K, 8K, Apple, NHK, Retina Display
iPhone 1080p
Apple’s new iPhone 4S has a CMOS sensor that takes stills up to 3264 x 2448 pixels and 1080p video, with digital image stabilization. Although I thought that things with ringtones can’t be good cameras, this might be different. The new iPhone’s camera has an 8-megapixel sensor. That’s 60% more than the iPhone 4. The CMOS sensor is 73% more… read more…
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Sony Spraycam NX70
We’re in Helsinki, Finland testing Sony’s new hostile environment HXR-NX70 camcorder at the 2011 Open European Sailing Championships. Sailors representing 50 countries are competing in pre-Olympic trials in conditions ranging from sweltering calm to 30 mph gusts and rain. If I had a truckload of new Sony NX70 cameras here on the dock I wouldn’t have to write this article–I could comfortably… read more…
Oli at NAB 2011
Sony’s theme was “Believe Beyond HD.” The Digital Cinema Society’s seminar was titled, “3D, 4K and beyond.” We saw plenoptic lenses selectively adjusting focus within a scene. We saw the GoPro 3D camera on a model helicopter. NAB 2011 was well beyond HD. Attendance was up, along with activity on the show floor. It could be a reflection of a… read more…
FDTimes New Issue 32+33 Now Online
Film and Digital Times Mid-Year Cine Gear 2010 Edition (issue 32+33) is now online for subscribers. We will be all over Cine Gear. Visit us at Booth # 126 for a complimentary paper copy. See you there: June 4-5.www.cinegearexpo.com
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FDTimes on iPad?
An audience larger than Avatar? Sales greater than 1.6 billion? Not since Moses has there been greater fanfare for a tablet. And deservedly so. Steve Jobs introduced Apple’s iPad today. Martin A. Nisenholtz, senior vice president of digital operations for The New York Times, demonstrated a Times app for iPad. I’d very much like to hear from readers of Film and… read more…
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