On the eve of March 31, 1999 the world was exposed to a new type of visual effect thanks to the release of a movie that changed and influenced movies for the next decade. The Bullet Time effect as it came to be known created a sense of slow motion combined with orbiting camera motion that let you for the first time move away from the constraints of a stationary or dolly only camera move.
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Sony FDR-X1000V Beats Hero 4 in Detail!
The new Sony FDR-X1000V Action cam has been arriving to users and there is a lot to like. For starters the image stabilization while “Digital only not optical” is excellent and something GoPro needs to include in it’s offerings. There is some stuttering in heavy motion but does work very well. Resolution will be reduced by stabilization as the image borders are cropped on the Sony FDR-X1000V.
The color is very saturated the low light beats the GoPro easily when it comes to detail. It is still no low light champ but it does offer better performance than the Hero 4 Black.
Panasonic vx870 & wx970 Camcorder Video Samples!
Some samples from the Panasonic HC-vx870 and hc wx970 which are identical hardware sans the extra selfie camera on the pull out rotating screen have surfaced.
As expected the cameras perform fantastically well and are at this time still the best camcorder value for regular and slow motion video for your money. Either for slow motion or 4k, the value is hard to beat. We have selected a few samples from the net so you can check out and judge the quality for yourself:
fps1000 Update – Camera Boards Working!
Warning: The parent company of FPS cameras “The Slow Motion Camera Company Ltd.” went out of business and entered liquidation proceedings. No further development of cameras is expected. More information here on Google Search!
The development of the fps1000 high speed camera is heating up and it is advancing quickly and surprisingly well. The design was changed from a single board to two boards; with a logic and ports DSP processor and LCD controller on the Motherboard and a smaller sensor and memory combination daughterboard.
HTC One E9 now was the A55 – 480fps mode?
The previously rumored HTC A55 will now launch in China late March or early next month as the HTC One E9 if rumors are correct. The specs are as follows:
- Quad HD (1440 x 2560 pixels) display
- 5.5 inches
- MediaTek 64-bit, octa-core MT6795 @ 2.0 GHz.
- Fauture not confirmed (480fps 1080p capable MT6795 chip)
- Android 5.0 Lollipop
- Sense 7.0 UI
- BoomSound speakers
- 20 MP rear camera,
- 4 MP UltraPixel front-facing camera (13 MP, on some variants)
- 3 GB of RAM
- 32 GB of internal memory
Three color versions: white rose gold, metallic gray, and brown gold are rumored to be available.
Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9 Remain at 120fps 720p!
Looks like the rumors got it wrong again in regards to the 240fps for the Samsung Galaxy S6. They did however hit it with the 720p at 120fps slow motion mode for both the Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9 phones. This is basically the same spec most high end phones that did slow motion sported. What broke the trend is the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus with 240fps at 720p.
Video Comparing the Galaxy S6 slowmo vs the iPhone 6 by Newsgeek.it: