Until such time when a certain bleeding-edge technology provides shallow depth-of-field no longer dependent on the optics of large pieces of glass in a tube, you can immediately graft said glass tubiness onto your wee iPhone using Photojojo’s iPhone SLR Mount.
Will this eventually allow for shallow depth-of-field without the need for large lenses full of pieces of glass? Tiny, smartphone lens images manipulated into focal lengths of various lenses. Obsoleting iPhone accessories like Olloclip and the SLR Mount.
Newton interprets each 2D layer as a rigid body in a real environment. Once simulation is completed, animation is recreated in After Effects with standard keyframes.
Czech artists Vladimir Turner and Ondřej Mladý made a video performance on the streets of Prague mounting a pico projector to the bike handlebars to display a DIY digital bike lane.
ot to be confused with the world’s smallest stop-motion animation character which happened to have been shot with a Nokia N8 smartphone, Dot is an eyeball attachment for the iPhone 4 that allows you to shoot video in 360 degree panoramas.
Flavorwire has desaturated and uploaded 10 films that they claim provide a better viewing experience in black and white.
The Oona looks like a useful tool for rigging up your iPhone in tight shooting situations or as a car mount.
Streamflow displays real-time stream heights and flow data read from U.S. Geological Survey river gaging sites.
MoveOn dot org founder Eli Pariser takes on the practice of using algorithms to tell us what we’re interested in.
As tablet computers surge, will video be publishing’s next big hit?
Kickstarter sequel to the smash-hit Glif?. The olloclip is a quick-connect lens solution for the iPhone 4 that includes a fisheye, wide-angle and macro lenses in one small, convenient package that easily fits in your pocket.
Virginia Heffernan on the origin of television’s vast wasteland and how FCC chair Newton N. Minow may have influenced the course of TV history.
Imok is a mobile app that rewards kids for taking responsibility for staying connected.
As they say the best camera is the one you have with you. And these days that means a smartphone. But most of the millions of video clips stored on smartphones end up online according to the New York Times.
Tim Hetherington, an Oscar and DGA Award-nominated filmmaker for Restrepo was a renowned photojournalist. Hetherington was recently killed while reporting on the war in Libya. Veep of Development for Vimeo Blake Whitman tumblogged a personal and experimental film Hetherington uploaded to the video site just three months ago.
J. P. Gownder over at Mashable: an “I Designed It Myself Effect” gives buyers a sense of accomplishment from their co-design efforts.
Videomaker demos Sony’s NXCAM Super 35mm Camcorder, the NEX FS-100 and finds some drawbacks like the need for a lock for the LCD screen when using the detachable viewfinder and a weight imbalance on the hand grip, but is surprised at how well the camera performs.
Official video from Sony on their is a new E-mount professional camcorder the NEX-FS100E. The unit comes equipped with a Super 35mm motion picture sensor and is a further addition to Sony’s 35mm line-up.
This is the pro alternative to the NEX-VG10.
Nigel Cooper at DVuser has an extensive review of the Sony NEX-FS100E, and the conclusions he draws are not good…
