tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664923893153238512024-03-19T03:26:28.373-07:00My Photo/Movie CamUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-11710627311843539862011-02-16T07:48:00.000-08:002011-02-16T10:26:00.726-08:00I stop posting for now.Photo/Movie cameras with photo-like movie frames will come eventually. Not just now. Will it be in 5 years or will it be in ten years? I don't know. I'm quite sure 2011 and the years short after will bring no surprises in this regard. Unfortunately.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-73409326782302444612010-12-16T05:13:00.000-08:002010-12-16T05:21:35.445-08:00Fujifilm X100<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xUY4FuDlBwjtN9yZzSzxDwNnvWac74ekpcXzhhMA0EEKKpfpLYYHkfDHAOQvH30mHKAevUiTqArt8S4zcHkBwlcv0wmp-MOVJB2PsLKcyysdu2LXzsk2wTQhCc71wid8tv-_UHVjUwpP/s1600/FINEPIX_X100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xUY4FuDlBwjtN9yZzSzxDwNnvWac74ekpcXzhhMA0EEKKpfpLYYHkfDHAOQvH30mHKAevUiTqArt8S4zcHkBwlcv0wmp-MOVJB2PsLKcyysdu2LXzsk2wTQhCc71wid8tv-_UHVjUwpP/s320/FINEPIX_X100.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><br />
This looks like a very fine camera. <br />
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Back in the analog days you bought a roll of film with a certain ISO/ASA and you controled the exposure using the arperture ring on the lens and a shutter speed dial on the body. <br />
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The Fuji X100 will allow such simple and straightforward photography again. You can switch between an optical and an electronic viewfinder mode. The shutter release is threaded for use with good old manual shutter release cables. A ND filter is integrated.<br />
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Not much has been revealed about it's movie mode. It will be 720p @ 24 fps. I hope it will have a high bitrate 4:2:2 MJPEG codec but most likely we will see h264.<br />
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At $1000 I will take a close look when it is available in March 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.finepix-x100.com/">finepix-x100.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-58609430664576023212010-01-05T01:54:00.000-08:002010-01-05T02:17:20.722-08:00Annother halfhearted model<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1WZNGz4ydPurSUsRygqbumdPu-RLv7TMD2Cate7gITj8wC1WoQOwUzjGBLQMjR_UyMQ0zUYFrghwEQYMttt5aBz4MwCDejEja9yEflM1OO2CCDABu1VAdGToQg06N4pPfzxb3_HfFv-c/s1600-h/Samsung_NX10.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1WZNGz4ydPurSUsRygqbumdPu-RLv7TMD2Cate7gITj8wC1WoQOwUzjGBLQMjR_UyMQ0zUYFrghwEQYMttt5aBz4MwCDejEja9yEflM1OO2CCDABu1VAdGToQg06N4pPfzxb3_HfFv-c/s200/Samsung_NX10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423192298377016162" /></a><br /><br />Again no full manual control.<br />Just arperture priority in movie mode.<br />No mirror, APS-C sensor, 720p, 30 fps, h.264, just 8 Mbps data rate. Boring.<br /><br />Wouldn't Samsung be the perfect company to bring out a true photo/video hybrid model?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-11053900962409662682009-12-28T05:11:00.000-08:002009-12-28T05:26:46.838-08:00There's hopeFrom an one year old <a href="http://www.edn.com/article/CA6571630.html?industryid=47479">interview with Les Kohn</a>, CTO of Ambarella:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J9Iz9HlyVGpvLWcYPsvtVsbLSnJIOvDGlcLGPqz-uonaCRjJrQgi0O8ZbujRCOZqh_W6iwk9GS52xm-DDDva0VwieGmboPOl1VAh4W9n8SEA_UlrP46WLe9dF6nUK-kPNTSYTtMGlF-m/s1600-h/LesKohn.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J9Iz9HlyVGpvLWcYPsvtVsbLSnJIOvDGlcLGPqz-uonaCRjJrQgi0O8ZbujRCOZqh_W6iwk9GS52xm-DDDva0VwieGmboPOl1VAh4W9n8SEA_UlrP46WLe9dF6nUK-kPNTSYTtMGlF-m/s400/LesKohn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420277820785804498" /></a><br /><br /><blockquote>Smooth motion video requires the sensor to read out at 60 FPS. This means a sensor that can support 8MP stills should support a readout rate of 480M pixels per second. Most high resolution sensors and image processors are incapable of processing at this rate, so binning (summing pixels together into a single output value before demosaicing) is employed. An 8M sensor might combine 4 pixels together to read out 2M pixels at 60 FPS rather than 8 Mpixels. Although this may sound like "full HD" resolution, binning introduces jaggy-edge artifacts and a significant loss of resolution compared with reading out the full 8M pixels at 60 FPS and downsampling after demosaicing with a high quality filter. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Fortunately, high-resolution CMOS sensors have recently been introduced that are capable of reading the full sensor resolution at the 60 FPS rate, and Ambarella's recently introduced A390 can process pixels at this rate. </span>The combination provides video quality that exceeds conventional camcorders, while providing still picture resolution in excess of 6M pixels The fast frame rate can also be applied to still captures, including seamless capture of a high resolution while shooting a video sequence. </blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ambarella.com/news/press_releases/pr_a5chip.htm">AMBARELLA A5 HYBRID CAMERA PLATFORM PUTS HIGH-QUALITY PHOTOS AND VIDEO ON A CHIP</a><br />Will I see products using this technology in 2010?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-87465167133245198012009-12-26T03:13:00.000-08:002009-12-26T10:01:24.392-08:00Still no photo/video hybrid camera in sight<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIrWfHhBW-E8j_KfaydydZQOi3MZ3qlS_Pqg4r7OLHgZ_eaOwo6zyHalrV5onGdDT9sCfv77dUipXixhtxULyQLnZtmRwGabsuJoSaCthfnqdcq5oNhKhHwdSu0VkWnFIfn4dd5Bs55uH/s1600-h/GH1_2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIrWfHhBW-E8j_KfaydydZQOi3MZ3qlS_Pqg4r7OLHgZ_eaOwo6zyHalrV5onGdDT9sCfv77dUipXixhtxULyQLnZtmRwGabsuJoSaCthfnqdcq5oNhKhHwdSu0VkWnFIfn4dd5Bs55uH/s400/GH1_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419506864920674546" /></a><br /><br />As of the end of 2009 there's still no high quality photo/video hybrid camera available. The camera that currently comes close to the ideal is the Panasonic GH1. It offers a large sensor, has no mirror, live histogram, swiveling LCD, full manual video mode, silent autofocus while filming (with kit lens) and exchangable lenses. Unfortunately it also has some drawbacks:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">It's a consumer model</span><br />That means no live HDMI out, no time lapse, poor audio preamp and only automatic gain audio control.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">No IR remote control</span><br />You can remote control photo and video shooting with a remote cable but there's no IR remote sensor.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Only available as a kit with a slow lens.</span><br />You have to buy the bundle with the kit lens which opens up to just f4<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">AVCHD means 25p in a 50i wrapper</span><br />There's no 25p in the AVCHD specifications. 25p chopped up into 50i is unneccessarily complicated. NTSC models require pull down removal.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bad codec implementation</span><br />The 17 Mbps of the GH1 are not as good as the 17 Mbps of lets say a Canon HF100 camcorder because there are no B frames. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Aliasing</span><br />Lack of processing power doesn't allow to scale the full sensor properly down. The actual resolution is that of a SD camera. It's not full raster HD. All DSLRs that shoot video have this drawback.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://prolost.com/blog/2009/10/22/the-ballad-of-the-gh1.html">The Ballad of the GH1</a> tells the sad story.<br /><br />Let's look forward to the GH2.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-3509294251918536592009-11-12T12:57:00.000-08:002009-11-13T07:58:28.658-08:00Ricoh GXR<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxImnXmcqMPTqoUSfmvieIplDTS_hr5U_BAYM5KuocV-uFxqC8Fs9lNaK-I2_1tuQFIFuh6h89v4MmSgBdvtKYH1FY0QDru2KE18hrMxuHt8r2Bi9PnKwLG66nuSZ7MQvLdbW3wZdErXxt/s1600-h/Ricoh_GXR.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxImnXmcqMPTqoUSfmvieIplDTS_hr5U_BAYM5KuocV-uFxqC8Fs9lNaK-I2_1tuQFIFuh6h89v4MmSgBdvtKYH1FY0QDru2KE18hrMxuHt8r2Bi9PnKwLG66nuSZ7MQvLdbW3wZdErXxt/s320/Ricoh_GXR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403326440502252658" /></a><br />Interesting concept:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/gxr/special/">Ricoh GXR Special Site</a><br /><br />Large 23.6mm x 15.7 mm CMOS sensor<br />Fixed 50 mm equivalent lens<br />1280 x 720 MJPEG @ 24 fps<br /><br />There's no info yet on the movie quality and if it allows full manual control when filming.<br />A clue comes from the <a href="http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/gxr/specs.html">specs</a> where about 16 min video per 4 GB are mentioned. This translates to just about 4 MB/s or 32 Mbits/s. It seems movie quality will be similar to the Olympus E-P1.<br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/previews/RicohGXR/page7.asp">dpreview.com</a> movie capture is available in the SCENE setting and "offers only very limited control over settings such as exposure - you can't, for example, select aperture or ISO sensitivity." That's sad but you could buy it now and wait for a dedicated stills/video module ;-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-73550220905717883212009-09-01T02:30:00.000-07:002009-09-01T04:16:16.365-07:00Canon EOS 7DJust wow!<br /><br />- Good price<br />- 5.5 MB/s H.264 codec<br />- Full HD @ 23.976 / 25 / 29.97 fps <br />- 720p @ 50 / 59.94 fps<br />- Manual Exposure control<br /><br />Not so good: Automatic audio gain control will pump up noise in silent moments<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos7d/">First review at dpreview.com</a><br /><br />A Nikon D300s killer for sure!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-28391702875149265182009-08-01T12:01:00.000-07:002009-12-02T12:07:14.468-08:00Large sensor cameras with video August 2009Half of 2009 is over and there's still no professional photo video hybrid in sight. Every single model has it's flaws and the majority is aimed at consumers. I have no clue how long I will have to wait for the first manufacturer that gets it right. <br /><br />UPDATE: The Nikon D300s records audio with just 11 kHz sampling rate. Booo! <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHCuZV3Syr60wXTCuuRhFgoIx-KPzmzIOAWCAYAT9pRWHunAyE_8weWoyyW4Ddq2B2AnNzZOd59iPzGvLgVwPqmRwEDSPdPmtxhK47YuqEpub5OrqvboS5-NVUmIuVZriug2DQLoKKQfF/s1600-h/largesensorwithvideo809.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHCuZV3Syr60wXTCuuRhFgoIx-KPzmzIOAWCAYAT9pRWHunAyE_8weWoyyW4Ddq2B2AnNzZOd59iPzGvLgVwPqmRwEDSPdPmtxhK47YuqEpub5OrqvboS5-NVUmIuVZriug2DQLoKKQfF/s400/largesensorwithvideo809.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365073377900372082" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-46452713311232622792009-07-30T00:07:00.000-07:002009-08-11T05:42:04.933-07:00Nikon D300sNikon introduced the D300s today. It doesn't seem to be a killer cam in terms of video but it offers some good things while filming.<br /><br /><br />+ Hopefully full manual exposure control (or is it just possible to set Arperture?)<br />+ External mic input<br />+ Four selectable mic sensitivity levels<br />+ Contrast detect AF in tripod mode<br />+ M-JPEG codec<br />+ Probably 4:2:2 color compression<br /><br /><br />- Same low data rate as the D90<br />- Probably the same aliasing problems and stairsteps. We'll see.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-54796727751557905232009-06-30T02:06:00.000-07:002009-07-01T00:13:31.213-07:00The problem is not MJPEGYou hear it over and over again: Why o why doesn't this particular camera compress to h.264? It would look so much better. Or you hear that MJPEG is a very inefficient, ancient codec. H.264 gives so much better quality.<br /><br />Well thats true if you compare MJPEG and h.264 video with the same bit rate. H.264 will look better. But thats the only advantage of h.264. The codec keeps file sizes small and video looks very good at low bitrates. This is what makes h.264 the web delivery codec of choice.<br /><br />Both codecs MJPEG and h.264 apply a Discrete Cosine Transformation/Quantization/Varable Length Encoding which is better known as JPEG compression as the first step. MJPEG stops here, each frame remains a JPEG compressed image but h.264 goes a whole lot further. It stores very few <span style="font-weight:bold;">I</span> frames i.e. full JPEG compressed images. What gets stored in the remaining frames is just changes from frame to frame plus there is a lot of prediction and interpolation over a wide frame span going on. While you may not notice interpolating artefacts when you watch a h.264 compressed movie you can't use every frame of it a as a still photo.<br /><br />With MJPEG you can. The only blur visible will come from motion blur. MJPEG "wastes" storage space but it is closer to the original than any other lossy codec. Given a very high bit rate and good source material MJPEG will be visually lossless. <br /><br />H.264 will also look visually lossless and it needs a lower data rate to achieve this than MJPEG, but my point is that both codecs MJPEG and h.264 can achieve the same goal: a visually lossless movie as close to the original as possible. If- and that's crucical - if the source is flawless. <br /><br />Unfortunately the source material is the problem with the current large sensor cameras that shoot video. All are too slow to downsize a 12 Megapixel image properly. Developers choose to skip entire pixel rows from the sensor output and all this shivering and flickering in fine detail regions appears. This is annoying and it degrades the otherwise high quality impression.<br /><br />No matter if it's the Nikon D90/D5000, the Panasonic GH1, the Pentax K-7 or the Olympus E-P1 the source is bad and that's the reason why the MJPEG compressed clips look so bad as soon as you film a street scene with buildings and edges. Even the Canon 5D mark2 with it's very high bit rate h.264 codec suffers from row skipping and can't deliver the best possible quality because of this.<br /><br />To sum this up: MJPEG is not bad. It can look just as good as h.264. In order to achieve this it produces larger files. On the other hand editing native h.264 needs lots of processing power. Because of the way individual frames have to be generated it isn't recommended to edit native h.264 anyway. You should bring it into more edit friendly format. If you transfer h.264 to an intermediate codec like e.g. ProRes you'll get huge files plus you have the h.264 original plus this conversion needs time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-19658106481878801932009-06-16T00:42:00.001-07:002009-06-18T08:06:25.992-07:00Olympus E-P1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAjm5GkD2zg3GN6l9_G8-GtYoA71bZSu-dqEidh4Lafke_XOw_-PYAo0eKF2-INZfr02URJZcUEUFhz8nMuNL54QQJVR20GPGmWSnKw8ahMN6XvlDcYP4hMAfhHqXJquYyDcj5MOne3Cd/s1600-h/olympus_e-p1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAjm5GkD2zg3GN6l9_G8-GtYoA71bZSu-dqEidh4Lafke_XOw_-PYAo0eKF2-INZfr02URJZcUEUFhz8nMuNL54QQJVR20GPGmWSnKw8ahMN6XvlDcYP4hMAfhHqXJquYyDcj5MOne3Cd/s320/olympus_e-p1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347827684198032610" /></a><br /><br />It doesn't have a fold-out display but otherwise doesn't it look like my dream described in post one? It also will not have a 12 MB/s data rate but I'm still looking forward to see sample movies. The sample images posted at dpreview.com look really great.<br /><br />-Large 4/3 sensor<br />-Micro 4/3 lens mount<br />-RAW<br />-Stainless steel case<br />-720p MJPEG AVI @ 4 MB/s<br />-Stereo PCM/16bit, 44,1kHz, WAV<br />-4:2:2 color compression! <br /><br />Definitely interesting because of its size and quality.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0906/09061602ep1movies.asp">First video samples at dpreview</a><br />I can't help but those look really good. There is aliasing in the second last sample but I bet the 5D mark II would also have problems.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-49528496441296728212009-06-11T13:43:00.000-07:002009-06-11T13:46:42.556-07:00Living Movie Poster - Photographed on Red One<object width="400" height="302"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5004964&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5004964&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="302"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5004964">Living Movie Poster - Start to Finish</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1257445">Alexx Henry</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-4090870529333909272009-06-01T10:33:00.000-07:002009-06-03T09:04:14.697-07:00Pentax I love you<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4924324&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4924324&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4924324">First Takes: K-7 Video</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1800870">Ned Bunnell</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Take a look at these very first video samples from a pre-production Pentax K-7 (Download the 720p version and apply some contrast). That's M-JPEG at medium quality. It looks so analog and organic. Almost like film. Thanks a lot Pentax, you're on the right track.<br /><br />By the way <a href="http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/">Ned Bunnel</a> is the President of Pentax Imaging USA.<br /><br />The very first downloadable original .AVI file from this camera: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/4951136">vimeo.com/4951136</a><br /><br />And here's what the application <a href="http://laurent.ettouati.free.fr/english/index.html">VideoSpec</a> says about the video track:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7h8HCSuMj3GNRHbRJpCbytBsTiVnczC9BIgDBcYXlXgHWKfz23-peQwDl7e4V42N5XzOQSCyLVMZ7M0Q6YxxPJpsekt1JUXXVQsi-9Kf_9ioZNij1_f92Oj2lUXv2o6cV5D1rAI6G5Q5I/s1600-h/PentaxK_7.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7h8HCSuMj3GNRHbRJpCbytBsTiVnczC9BIgDBcYXlXgHWKfz23-peQwDl7e4V42N5XzOQSCyLVMZ7M0Q6YxxPJpsekt1JUXXVQsi-9Kf_9ioZNij1_f92Oj2lUXv2o6cV5D1rAI6G5Q5I/s320/PentaxK_7.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342743167340428418" /></a><br /><br />I wished the chroma subsampling format where the better YUV422 like on the Nikon D90.<br /><br />Some other facts about the camera:<br />- Arperture is selectable but no full manual control.<br />- HDMI out is live during recording so you can use an external monitor<br />- An external stereo microphone is possible<br /><br />Update: Please say this is not true: <a href="http://vimeo.com/4978666">vimeo.com/4978666</a> This example is really, really bad. There are <a href="http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/58822-quality-k-7-video-38.html">speculations</a> that the internal resolution of the K-7 video mode is as weak as that of the K20 burst mode. Oh no ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-20748853297534595632009-05-29T00:39:00.000-07:002009-05-29T02:44:29.168-07:00Nikon D300s Rumor<small><span style="font-style:italic;">Movie<br />Frame size (pixels) 1,280 x 720/24 fps, 640 x 424/24 fps, 320 x 216/24 fps <br />File format AVI<br />Compression format Motion-JPEG<br />Autofocus Contrast-detect AF on a desired point within a frame is possible (Tripod mode)<br />Audio Sound can be recorded via built-in <span style="font-weight:bold;">or optional external microphone; sensitivity can be adjusted</span><br />Maximum length 5 min (1,280 x 720 pixels), 20 min (640 x 424, 320 x 216 pixels)</span></small><br /><br />Usually it's pointless to comment such a rumor but one can dream (again):<br /><br /><br />I fell in love with the colors of the Nikon D90 movie mode but sold the camera because the compression and stair stepping was too bad for me. Now there's a <a href="http://nikonrumors.com/2009/05/28/nikon-d300s-specs.aspx">rumor at nikonrumors.com</a> about a successor of the really good D300. Basically its the same camera but with the addition of a movie mode that looks like that of the D90.<br /><br />Here's my dream:<br />The D300(s) is a pro camera and I would assume Nikon has to deliver a video quality that tops that of the Canon 5D Mark II. Video on a professional camera better should be way better than on the consumer D90. <br /><br />What if the rumored 5 minute recording limit is no longer only because of overheating the sensor but because of the 4 GB limit a single file can have on a FAT formated card? This would give a bitrate of roughly 4000 MB / 5 min = 800 MB / min or 800 / 60s = 13 MB/s. This is more than "my" data rate of 12 MB/s. It's the result of storing a 1280 x 720 movie in Photo JPEG format at more than 90% quality and a data rate of 104 Mbits/s!<br /><br />Add to this a fast processor that can interpolate the sensor output to 720p without aliasing or stairsteps and you should have unbelievable good video quality.<br /><br />You should also get 4:4:4 color compression at that JPEG quality, i.e. no color compression at all, all red, green and blue pixels are used. The D90 already has 4:2:2 which is much better than the 4:2:0 of AVCHD or h.264 stuff.<br /><br />The DX sensor size is just ideal, the full frame sensor of the Canon is too large for me (larger than a movie camera frame).<br /><br />I like that Nikon sticks with 24 fps, M-JPEG and 720p.<br /><br />I love the Nikon colors.<br /><br />I had no problem with the D90 "jello effect" (just put the camera on a tripod or move slow and controlled).<br /><br />I already own a Nikon DSLR and lenses.<br /><br />I would buy such a D300s despite the lack of an articulating screen, even if it still had no manual control in video mode (not nice). I want a stills camera that shoots video frames that look like high quality stills.<br /><br />I would write a new blog about the D300s if my dreams come true.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-82785255791186041572009-05-20T10:17:00.000-07:002009-05-20T12:18:44.942-07:00Pentax K7<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl2hz-GlVYdlh3OfvJuLKx1w21Q0UskEc-fZs78Qb6LfkZCfzSaGHBazkQieyVpL_7TK62Y-o6Bv8RysSjLQv0lJv75Z2GvvOJxtqNUmCVOttyfkvIC4v5mNo_OfxfpgaROF2ygkE4jwk/s1600-h/pentax_K7.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl2hz-GlVYdlh3OfvJuLKx1w21Q0UskEc-fZs78Qb6LfkZCfzSaGHBazkQieyVpL_7TK62Y-o6Bv8RysSjLQv0lJv75Z2GvvOJxtqNUmCVOttyfkvIC4v5mNo_OfxfpgaROF2ygkE4jwk/s320/pentax_K7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337987732596310402" /></a><br />Something that looks quite promising:<br /><br />720p MJPEG video<br />30 fps<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">57 Mbits/s data rate</span> (from hearsay)<br />External mic input<br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>Individual frames from the video were crisp and sharp, with the effects of JPEG compression only noticeable in areas of subtly contrasting detail. (The effect there was similar to digicam still images recorded at a medium quality JPEG setting.) When panning, the only loss of detail we observed was that resulting from motion blur, when the video demanded a slower effective shutter speed; image quality during panning was far better than we've seen from cameras using the AVCHD recording format.</blockquote><br /><small>Quote from a <a href="http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/K7/K7A.HTM">first look at imaging-resource.com</a></small>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-12936818185976533412009-03-14T13:18:00.000-07:002009-06-30T09:11:41.638-07:00Casio compacts shoot 30fps JPEGs continuously<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TN8YpFY9PaGmOteOIGV6UtcjpAp4YnGkF47TTsJctkD0jPbkqUPZOHciY9Ir9jG3N9kD-7LmRfhPL2lVw1uurLDYzsxb9kvBm7SyeNrj2ZejDKOX-PmJ4Ld0Qty0QbQ4yQgHdPq6HE_5/s1600-h/CASIO30fpsJPEG.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TN8YpFY9PaGmOteOIGV6UtcjpAp4YnGkF47TTsJctkD0jPbkqUPZOHciY9Ir9jG3N9kD-7LmRfhPL2lVw1uurLDYzsxb9kvBm7SyeNrj2ZejDKOX-PmJ4Ld0Qty0QbQ4yQgHdPq6HE_5/s400/CASIO30fpsJPEG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313142314562196066" /></a><br /><br />I almost missed this, the <a href="http://www.exilim.de/euro/exilimhighspeed/exfs10/">Casio FS10</a> and the <a href="http://www.exilim.de/euro/exilimhighspeed/exfc100/">FC100</a> can <del>continuously</del> shoot 30 JPEG photos per second at an image size of 2816 x 2112 pixels. Sure these are tiny sensor compact cameras with auto mode only but its nevertheless interesting to see such speeds in a consumer device.<br /><br />UPDATE: It seems these models have a 30 frames buffer. You can shoot 30 frames for one second or 15 frames for 2 seconds or 10 frames for 3 seconds but no more than 30 frames.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-3537902958225757832009-03-03T12:07:00.000-08:002009-03-04T02:09:29.634-08:00Panasonic DMC-GH1: WOW!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskZjuwBX-66pPApm8iJuSq7EsBmN0J2vJYOiB2b4ws_3xjoUDcVxZc8HO_sSgrDaTbhqJx7wf9VSj8HMeUq-rQzWY1hcSesMFDlp1P_XJiD7Q9cHySURv8CeEHpxPWcwbXRbotwtEMLM-/s1600-h/GH1_1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskZjuwBX-66pPApm8iJuSq7EsBmN0J2vJYOiB2b4ws_3xjoUDcVxZc8HO_sSgrDaTbhqJx7wf9VSj8HMeUq-rQzWY1hcSesMFDlp1P_XJiD7Q9cHySURv8CeEHpxPWcwbXRbotwtEMLM-/s320/GH1_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309058640116112386" /></a><br /><br />This looks good so far. Some specs of the "PAL"-model:<br /><br />- Large sensor<br />- 1080p @ 25 fps recorded as 50i AVCHD stream with 17 Mbps (just like my Canon HF100)<br />- 720p @ 50 fps with 17 Mbps AVCHD compression <br />- 720p @30 fps with M-JPEG compression<br />- Manual shutter speed and arperture <br />- External stereomic input<br />- Fast contrast autofocus in movie mode<br />- Silent auto focus with G Vario HD 14-140mm lens<br /><br /><a href="http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/systemcamera/gms/gh1/specifications.html">Panasonic GH1 page</a><br /><br />I can't wait to see full size sample movies. I wished it had 720p @ 25 fps with 17 Mbps.<br /><br />The GH1 together with the G Vario HD 14-140mm lens will be available in May 2009 for about 1500 EUR.<br /><br />This sure looks cool:<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqp63uW8-UOrz-AgYfg-Q_h_LJWekyWIhz81OhgRVFqzTXjtwByY8Gs8v5yu3DNJIJbQquyTRwtun_lLyNLjWBZX5Wz5YyJe9y9cGySNKVhXn1KDP4EQ0GwRz8yPHkRzpk_wLdbGhyphenhyphenv2mt/s400/GH1_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309065799589359154" /><br /><br />This not:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0E1T-HlH6aQBbwktm_39K-fmX1h3ZY9P7POA8NqD2pn0ZCijD2vBltlnfgknA78YT4EPHDyFxgY8Otq-OXx1WUHXHw9xV4iBvnC3XNuBlHuhd4qcB-f-7EiBR3hCZteeoq34yGZUjoZj/s1600-h/GH1_3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0E1T-HlH6aQBbwktm_39K-fmX1h3ZY9P7POA8NqD2pn0ZCijD2vBltlnfgknA78YT4EPHDyFxgY8Otq-OXx1WUHXHw9xV4iBvnC3XNuBlHuhd4qcB-f-7EiBR3hCZteeoq34yGZUjoZj/s400/GH1_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309271724929974114" /></a><br />Photo from <a href="http://i.gizmodo.com/5163657/hands-on-panasonic-lumix-gh1-1080p-hd-video-shootin-micro-four-thirds-camera">gizmodo.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-77790819884860192322009-02-25T10:43:00.000-08:002009-05-31T02:19:57.176-07:00Dreaming about a Nikon D5000There's a rumour about a Nikon D5000 that could be introduced at PMA 2009 next week. It has a swivel display and video and could replace the three year old D40 which I think already has an electronic plus a mechanical shutter.<br /><br />So let's dream a little bit. <br /><br />What if the Nikon D5000 has<br /><br />- no mirror but a high resolution electronic viewfinder like the Panasonic G1<br />- an electronic shutter<br />- a 3" swivel display<br />- good quality video (better than D90)<br />- a Nikon lens mount!<br />- a large DX sensor with 12 MP<br /><br />?<br />... well that would be the camera I dreamed of in the very first entry of this blog. And even more since I could use my Nikon lenses.<br /><br />It would be a real step forward but I'm afraid it will not happen. Anyway I can't help I just had to dream a little bit.<br /><br />UPDATE: In reality the D5000 has the same video mode as the D90.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-35232538531930165562009-02-03T12:12:00.000-08:002009-02-03T12:56:23.346-08:00What's wrong with electronic shutters?The Micro Four Thirds Standard just eliminated one moving part the mirror so what's about the other one, the shutter? The Panasonic G1 still has a mechanical shutter. What's wrong with electronic shutters?<br /><br />I found two competent sounding answers at <a href="http://photo.net/digital-camera-shopping-forum/00RyeG">photo.net</a><br /><br />Joseph Wisniewski says:<br /><em>Nicholas, Nikon made six DSLRs with electronic shutter that you describe. D1, D1X, D1H, D70, D50, and D40. The reason these cameras still have a mechanical shutter is that the electronic shutter designs have a few quirks that make a mechanical shutter necessary:<br /><br />"Read out", the transfer of data from the sensor to the camera's processor, has to happen in darkness. The sensor transfers data by "shifting" it from one pixel to another, like a "bucket brigade". If there's light on it at this time, that light will add to the moving image, resulting in a "smear".<br />If there were no mechanical shutter, the sensor would be exposed to lots of light for an extended interval before the exposure. This would overload cells, and as the overload spreads across the sensor, you get a phenomenon called "blooming". So, the sensor is kept in the dark, and the light that does fall on it in the time the mechanical curtains open is "cleared" by added circuitry that drains charge from the sensor. This draining process is not good enough to cope with the massive overload you'd get without a physical shutter.<br />Right now, no camera on the market has this system. The reason it is not more popular is that it requires extra circuitry (protected charge shifting, clearing, etc) that takes silicon area away from the "light sensing" parts of the sensor, and from other useful circuitry such as blooming protection. So, sensors without electronic shutter circuitry simply have better image quality: better dynamic range, better low light sensitivity, and less blooming.</em><br /><br />and Eike Welk says<br /><em>Video cameras have no mechanical shutter for each image. The technology used is fully electronic.<br /><br />CMOS sensors have something called a 'rolling shutter'. Which means one row of pixels is digitized at a time, and one (other) row of pixels is cleared at the same instant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_shutter<br /><br />This readout of one row, while other rows still collect light, leads to artifacts when the camera or objects in the image move. Those artifacts are frequently called 'jello' effect in discussions about the Canon 5D Mark II and Nikon D90.<br /><br />CCD sensors in video cameras have light insensitive regions to store the image information ('interline' or 'frame transfer' architectures). The transfer of charge from the light sensitive regions to the storage regions is fast. Therefore CCD cameras can have real electronic shutters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge-coupled_device#Architecture</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-7150458786932634262009-01-29T08:18:00.000-08:002009-01-29T08:31:14.534-08:00Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 mit 720p @ 60fps<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mIXaZj5zPTBfxmcz0-9panM3FecaSE8b2SXcIAl2Lk6Kh2shDTsbzkAhlu2rmMKP_pz0vnZU1TWSMlptLpyCu2YLiuXTwReqLOAyyHJkfAZEbNghVK9SMPtHEOr6rXanoE3SNzSOagkL/s1600-h/PanasonicLumixDMC-TZ7.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mIXaZj5zPTBfxmcz0-9panM3FecaSE8b2SXcIAl2Lk6Kh2shDTsbzkAhlu2rmMKP_pz0vnZU1TWSMlptLpyCu2YLiuXTwReqLOAyyHJkfAZEbNghVK9SMPtHEOr6rXanoE3SNzSOagkL/s320/PanasonicLumixDMC-TZ7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296751277251220610" /></a><br /><br />1/2.33" CCD<br />HD-Video: 1280 x 720, 60P!!! AVCHD Lite, with 17Mbps.<br />Since there are twice as much frames per second the 17Mps data rate is comparable to 8.5Mbs @ 30 fps.<br />Could be interesting if the video quality is ok.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-64415681516399516962009-01-29T01:46:00.000-08:002009-01-29T02:47:08.478-08:005fps DSLR movie<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2743159&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2743159&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2743159">Daydream</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user401504">Martin Koch</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br />The scenes at the beginning and at the end are shot with a Nikon DSLR with about 5 frames per second. The JPEG quality was set to <span style="font-weight:bold;">S</span> (2128 x 1416 pixels) and <span style="font-weight:bold;">FINE</span>. The playback speed is 24 fps and in order to get the 5fps look almost "real time" I asked my son to move extra slow. <br /><br />The frames look just great since the image processors in todays DSLRs are able to proper downscale and compress 5 to 8 images per second. Of course life of the physical shutter is limited and I don't want to do this regularly. It was an interesting experiment though and it proves that Photo-JPEG compressed video can look excellent. <br /><br />Each frame weighs 1.3 MB so that would be about 30 MB/s @ 24fps (if a camera with 24 fps electronic shutter would exist). A 32 GB CF card could hold about 17 minutes of very high quality "video". <br /><br />Using the frames in After Effects is easy. First put each scene into an individual folder (This is something a future camera should do automatically). Then import each scene by clicking on the first image in a folder. After Effects automatically checks Image sequence and imports it as such. Right-click on the imported footage and use "Interprete Footage Main" to set a frame rate you want. Thats all you need to use the footage in a comp where you can downscale and crop to your liking.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-4999756923410619382009-01-29T01:10:00.000-08:002009-01-29T08:54:48.591-08:00PMA 09The <a href="http://www.pmai.org/">PMA 09 International Convention and Trade Show</a> will take place from March 3-5, 2009 in Las Vegas. Here are some expected cameras I'll keep an eye on:<br /><br />1) <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.g1hd.net">Panasonic G1 HD</a></span>. It will probably record in some kind of AVCHD format but in what quality? Auto focus during video recording seems to be sure. This could come very close to my dream camera if they do it right.<br /><br />2) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nikon D400</span>. Only rumours so far but it should have movie recording. If the recorded Live View image is still produced by skipping pixels I'm afraid we'll get stairsteps and aliasing just like from the D90 or Canon 5D markII.<br /><br />3) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Pentax K30D</span>. 24 fps JPEGs for a longer recording time would be great. Proper downscaled images also, but I'm afraid that's wishful thinking.<br /><br />We'll see soon if there's some positive surprise.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-34639838618730506352009-01-05T12:31:00.000-08:002009-01-05T12:50:54.320-08:00Why DSLRs Are Finally Shooting Video<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5051331/giz-explains-why-dslrs-are-finally-shooting-video">Excellent explanation of the problems current DSLR's still have with shooting video</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-38022058944849015522008-11-13T02:14:00.001-08:002008-11-13T07:16:33.250-08:00REDs new program is modular and out of reach for consumers.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzn-YrkpY7gapPOg4iNglpmlZClJaK0ycYEsADn_TLNouig0Uxzw6o8PDRTyxFpXgtgtwl9GoERbP0xaut711XVCWe6V23JJKCzb1UOKY0XtpFIOPQtN0eOWhLl0cZgP-A0wRNK37o4noK/s1600-h/scarletbrains.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzn-YrkpY7gapPOg4iNglpmlZClJaK0ycYEsADn_TLNouig0Uxzw6o8PDRTyxFpXgtgtwl9GoERbP0xaut711XVCWe6V23JJKCzb1UOKY0XtpFIOPQtN0eOWhLl0cZgP-A0wRNK37o4noK/s200/scarletbrains.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268083851850775714" /></a><br /><br />RED got surprised by DSLRs that shoot video and foreseeing the near future they had to rethink their whole Scarlet concept. The outcome announced today looks great. Scarlet has become a modular system so advances in technology doesn't require to buy a new camera, just a new module (Buying a new "brain" will let you feel like buying three cameras though). You can now configure a DSLR like model, a cinema-style camera or a shoulder mount one and more.<br /><br />What's not so great are the prices. A "brain" module with a sensor the size of the Nikon D90 is $7000!!! and one with a sensor the size of the Canon 5D markII is $12.000!!! This is absolute "Pro" territorium. Mind you that's only the sensor in a box with electronics and a Nikon or Canon mount. After adding a handle, batteries, a LCD, a storage module and a lens you end up in RED ONE regions.<br /><br />The much less interesting, tiny sensor "original" Scarlet with fixed lens and 2/3" sensor can still be configured although it's price has still to be announced.<br /><br />My pain threshold is $3000. With these prices my future large sensor photo/movie cam will most likely be a Panasonic Micro Four Thirds model. <br /><br />Nikon and Canon don't have to be afraid of RED. There's no "DSLR killer" from RED. The mass market is still safe and they can continue to give us tiny progress steps at a time.<br /><br />Read more at <a href="http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21835&page=3">http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21835&page=3</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466492389315323851.post-22709617627663483872008-10-02T23:31:00.000-07:002009-07-03T10:57:08.330-07:00Nikon D90 D Movie QualityNikon omitted the "H" in "HD" and called its movie mode "D-Movie". And thats correct, there's nothing "high-def" in it. I'm quite dissapointed by the actual (technical) quality of the D-Movies. I didn't expect this heavy compression artefacts and jaggies in a DSLR. Resizing to 640x360 (the default Vimeo size) is the only way to hide them. This camera loves organic shapes, faces, blur, fuzzy things but hates anything detailed and edgy. It deliveres a heartiness and quite pleasing analog feel though. If you expect HD quality or a camcorder replacement better wait for another model.<br /><br />Colors look great though and what you see above is straight from the camera. By the way don't forget to lock the exposure to prevent flickering. I forget it most of the time. <br /><br />I strongly suggest you try filming with the D90 yourself. Don't rely on remote diagnosis. <br /><br />A good review of the D-Movie mode can be found at<br /><a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/d90.shtml">luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/d90.shtml</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLvYHI3lp4DbBapBnsA62p9MvoFJEJJzRrW_xkAXNApFEpWz_WkD4a0BDrfUEXHwQwt92hm2uquY0mgDs6aznM8MFdED162lk59vL5zCcm6AMXj8OBC6x9ZwXfPuNh8enbaDdDinBsyJt/s1600-h/JPEG-DMOVIE.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLvYHI3lp4DbBapBnsA62p9MvoFJEJJzRrW_xkAXNApFEpWz_WkD4a0BDrfUEXHwQwt92hm2uquY0mgDs6aznM8MFdED162lk59vL5zCcm6AMXj8OBC6x9ZwXfPuNh8enbaDdDinBsyJt/s200/JPEG-DMOVIE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252811994046785122" /></a><br /><br />UPDATE: Thanks to clever guys you can <a href="http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=149663&page=5">get rid of the stair-steps by using a Displacement Map</a> in After Effects or Vegas but you can't do anything about the poor compression quality.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com