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20/09/2014 00:30:52

oziabla
oziabla
Posts: 59 		nVidia have announced their new cards, the GTX 970 and 980.

As expected the price of the (now superceded) GTX760 has dropped by 40%.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gtx-980-970-maxwell,27707.html
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20/09/2014 00:54:56

oziabla
oziabla
Posts: 59 		And while this is an animation forum, some of you guys may be into video capture as well.

I HATE smartphone footage. Apple, Samsung, whatever. They are utter crap. This is because a camera is "light capturing device" and smartphones have sensors which are the size of your smallest fingernail.

All the stuff about "20 megapixels" is pure nonsense. Sensor size is ALL that matters. (OK, that's a slight exaggeration. But sensor size is way, way, way more important).

So this new phone is intriguing - it has a one inch sensor, putting it on par with a lot of mid-range DSLR cameras. Of course it is also 900 euros.

http://connect.dpreview.com/post/7107523787/panasonic-announces-lumix-dmc-cm1-smartphone-with-1-inch-sensor
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22/09/2014 09:33:50

Patricia234
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Posts: 5 		They are saying that this Lumix CM-1 camera phone supports 4K video recording, a feature lately seen in many high-end smartphones like the Sony Experia & Moto X as well. Also, there are a number of art filter modes available, in addition to scene modes for common shooting situations. The feature of digital zoom and the LED light camera flash instead of a traditional camera flash work in its favor, but there is still no surety about the resolution of photographs you'll get on using the 4x digital zoom.
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22/09/2014 22:54:32

oziabla
oziabla
Posts: 59 		4K is nonsense.

It is nothing but marketing hype, and completely irrelevant to anyone who isn't making theatrical release cinema.

Dynamic range and colour depth are what really matters. But that is harder to market, so the manufacturers are all talking about 4K instead.

Here are three top cinematographers making that exact point at IBC last week.
http://vimeo.com/106153701

So yes, the Sony Experia records in 4K, but it records a shallow, lifeless picture. So it is worse than useless IMO. At least the Lumix is headed in the right direction.
edited by oziabla on 22/09/2014
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