A digest of last week’s photo and video news – Week 18

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A digest of last week’s news is a selection of some of the news from week 17 from 2016 related to the worlds of photography and video, covering multiple topics, always rounded up with a reading suggestion. Leica digital without LCD The new Leica M-D (Typ 262) is the first digital camera  from Leica without […]

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Do Away with the Array: RE:Lens for After Effects brings clarity to extreme fisheye scenes

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RE:Vision Effects, best known for its Academy Sci-Tech award-winning motion-estimation-based effects including Twixtor and Reel Smart Motion Blur, demonstrated RE:Lens for After Effects at NAB 2016. I was their invited guest artist, demonstrating the technology in their booth, and this article goes beyond press-release coverage to give a first-hand account of what I learned working with this technology. […]

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360º Video Report #11 – Epson Moverio BT-200 AR Smart Glasses at NAB 2016

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One of the hidden gems I came across at NAB 2016 was on the Epson booth. We typically associate Epson with printers but they also make great projectors. Epson have taken that projector technology and shrunk it down to fit inside a pair of smart AR (Augmented Reality) glasses. The first part of the interview was […]

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A Short History of Headroom, and How to Use It

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Years ago a meddling DP ruined my great shot. Here’s what I learned from that experience. I’d landed a job shooting part of an informercial on a beach south of San Francisco. The product was a retirement fund of some sort, and the concept required an elderly man to walk across stepping stones toward his retirement goals. At […]

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