camera – EOSHD

Above: Camera Conspiracies has a point! I’ve always been a big Panasonic shooter and no other company has done more to pioneer affordable 4K filmmaking. However I shouldn’t let my love of Pan...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/thoughts-on-panasonic-g100-why-they-got-it-so-very-wrong/

Source: Nikkei With the number of Galaxy handset shipments stalling since 2013, Samsung has been looking to raise prices on their high-end handsets to offset the plateau. The company has suffered...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/samsung-eying-return-to-camera-market-as-galaxy-smartphone-shipments-fall/

Mark the date – August 23, 2018 at 12am ET! The image above shows Nikon’s new full frame FX mirrorless camera with potentially far superior ergonomics to Sony’s rivals. This will be the mai...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/nikon-confirm-august-release-date-of-fx-mirrorless-and-reveal-more-images/

DJI are stepping into new areas where GoPro won’t dare tread… The DJI Osmo has been initially cast aside as an expensive ‘selfie stick’ by some – it’s anything but. This device ha...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/why-dji-osmo-is-actually-a-4k-raw-micro-four-thirds-camera/

Some interesting new developments from Apple on the new iPhone 6S camera. The phone now shoots 4K video with a new 12MP sensor. A new feature, Live Photos stores multiple 12MP frames with a new c...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/new-iphone-6s-camera-shoots-and-edits-4k-video/

Just over 2 years ago Canon reported the testing of a prototype low light camera which I covered on the blog. Now they have commercialised it for $30,000 and it shoots 4 million ISO. Missed howe...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-develop-new-positive-locking-ef-mount-for-new-low-light-camera-canon-me20f-sh/

Although I found the CM1 mediocre as a 900 Euro smartphone compared to other high end smartphones like the OnePlus One and iPhone 6 Plus, I’ll approach the CM1 purely as a compact camera tha...

https://www.eoshd.com/review/panasonic-cm1-review-part-2-camera/

UPDATE, the original article refers to 4K video – turns out it is only 15fps so more like a continuous stills burst mode than a video mode The iPhone 6 Plus hasn’t even been released yet, bu...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/new-panasonic-cm1-smartphone-shoots-4k-video-leica-lens/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-oIL9cLHDc Let’s hope the Apple mirrorless camera has more luck!! 😉 It’s only a matter of time before Apple reinvent photography. Steve Jobs is much misse...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/steve-jobs-camera-wont-turn/

The Sony F55, F5 and FS700 now have a fierce competitor for less money, and it’s not a Canon, nor is it a Red or a Panasonic. It’s one of their own, the Sony FS7. Yet this cannibalisation may...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-fs7-versus-canon-c300-and-their-own-cameras-too/

With the camera, the iPhone 6 has taken a pretty reasonable step forward. Although resolution remains the same at 8MP the sensor is brand new. On the video side 1080/60p and 240fps round out an ...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/apple-iphone-6-camera-specs-glance-240fps-new-apple-video-encoder/

Engaging the uninterested general public with dedicated cameras was never going to be sustainable – not with smartphones around. But I think the decline of consumer DSLRs will actually be the b...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/consumer-dslrs-dead-5-years/

Sony have revealed two very early prototype cameras at NAB. They are hybrid stills / video cameras from the pro A/V division in Japan. One is a DSLR style camera with what looks like a PL mount. ...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-show-cinema-eos-style-future-camera-range-based-around-full-frame-dslrs/

Thanks to low weight and small size GoPro cameras will be part of the next NASA manned space flight, possibly to Mars. NASA have a poor track record for cameras. Curiosity for example isn’t cap...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/gopro-to-replace-nikon-as-nasa-camera-supplier/

Sony have published a study into 4K in theaters. Called “Does 4K really make a difference?”. The advice is aimed at cinema companies upgrading to digital projection, who are faced with the ch...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-asks-is-4k-worth-it-their-own-research-says/

Sony are set to shake up the digital cinema market with a specs war, at less than half the price of the Epic and also at the C300 price point of $15k. The Sony F5 (priced to compete with the Cano...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-drop-a-bombshell-with-4k-raw-180fps-and-global-shutter-here-are-the-sony-f5-and-f55/

http://vimeo.com/46847636 The best camera is the one you have with you and the best smartphone is an Apple iPhone. Unfortunately the camera on your iPhone just became very very obsolete. EOSHD de...

https://www.eoshd.com/review/nokia-pureview-808-review-and-vs-iphone-4s/

Canon last had an EF-M camera and lenses in 1991 (inset, LCD screen pic) The Canon EOS M mirrorless camera with new EF-M mount and lenses is due to be officially announced on Monday. The EOS M se...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-eos-m-mirrorless-unveiled-return-of-the-ef-m-system/

Francis Ford Coppola gives his answer in the new Zacuto Shootout, choosing in order of preference the Panasonic GH2 (lit by Colt Seaman), Alexa and Epic Get the most from the GH2 – Read the EOS...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/zacuto-revenge-shootout-part-2-results-revealed-francis-ford-coppola-and-audience-majority-give-win-to-gh2/

If you are interested in getting one, please let Richard know on the forum… Richard Gale emailed me a few days ago to tell me about his cinema housing for the NEX 5N. And here it is. Richard te...

https://www.eoshd.com/anamorphic/mystery-camera-revealed-sony-nex-5n-in-cine-housing-with-cooling-mod/

Above: ‘Micro Epic’. The 4K Flea 3 brain with Sony sensor Machine vision company Point Grey have been getting some attention for their new 4K camera which retails at just $945. For those who ...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/4k-for-1k/

Canon have introduced a kind of augmented reality to their factories, when a designer is evaluating a physical prototype, a more detailed CGI image reacts to his movements and gives a live CAD v...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-introduce-mixed-reality-prototyping-at-factory-for-faster-product-development/

The Revenge Of The Great Camera Shootout is Zacuto’s antidote to pixel peeping camera tests. It airs June 15th online, but preview showings have been taking part around the world. It aims to sh...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/audience-reaction-to-revenge-of-the-great-camera-shootout-puts-gh2-in-3rd-place-behind-alexa-and-f65/

The future is here but it seems nobody checked to see if it looked any good. Shot with a 3D Red EPIC rig at 48fps, Peter Jackson’s return to the world of JRR Tolkien has been ‘stripped of th...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/advance-press-screenings-of-48fps-the-hobbit-disappoint/

Canon have announced the $10,000 $15,000 Cinema 1D. As previously leaked on EOSHD, this DSLR has 4K recording ability, S35mm crop mode, 1080/60p, log profile and uncompressed HDMI output. I th...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-cinema-1d-4k-dslr-officially-announced/

I had the chance to interview Elle Schneider today of LA based Digital Bolex. Their D16 camera is a 16mm Bolex using existing off the shelf components and raw processing software developed in Can...

https://www.eoshd.com/interview/interview-with-elle-schneider-of-digital-bolex/

Now I love this kind of enterprising spirit. A passion for filmmaking, a passion for technology and a “let’s build a rocket” mentality. The Digital Bolex project which seeks to build a digi...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/10-ways-to-look-at-the-digital-bolex-16mm-raw-digital-cinema-camera/

Japan’s national broadcast corporation NHK has developed a large CMOS 8K sensor for Super Hi Vision. At 21.5mm x 12.1mm it is the size of Super 35mm when cropped to 16:9, and does 120fps at a r...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/8k-at-120fps-forget-4k/

This is big. Samsung has begun mass-production of a new screen technology which is also sensitive to light like a digital camera. It has hybrid pixels which display an image as well as sensing it...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/samsung-starts-production-of-touch-screen-that-can-see-like-a-cmos-sensor/

Canon’s new Cinema EOS camera is here and it is 5D Mark II inspired in terms of design although not price! Costing over $16,000 the Canon EOS C300 has a far more compact and less cluttered desi...

https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-c300-cinema-eos-camera-specs-and-initial-thoughts/