Category: Concept
MYT Satin Nodal Tripod Head With Integrated Handles and Camera Cage:
MYT Works Engineer James Schwartz introduces the Satin Nodal Tripod Head prototype. The MYT Satin Nodal Head is a friction based design, completely fluid-free and allows the user to take the camera off the head with existing grip handles and or the integrated camera cage. For more information about the MYT Satin Nodal Head please [...]
MYT Velour Nodal Tripod Head Can Take Up To 200lbs or 91kgs:
At NAB 2013 MYT Works showcased their MYT Velour Nodal Head prototype. MYT Works Engineer James Schwartz talks about that brand new MYT Velour Nodal Head and what it can do. The Velour is designed for large and heavy camera rigs, and comes with a universal mount which can work on any kind of tripod. [...]
MYT Velvet Nodal Friction Tripod Camera Head Prototype:
MYT Works Engineer James Schwartz fronts up at NAB 2013 and discusses the MYT Velvet Fluid-Free Nodal Head Prototype. The MYT Velvet Fluid-Free Nodal Head is as the name suggests a friction based tripod head, and the guys at MYT have it dialed light and tight acting in the same fashion as a fluid head [...]
Sony Show a Concept Not Prototype 4K DSLR and Bread Box Camera at NAB:
At the Sony NAB 2013 launch event right at the very end of the hour long presentation Alec Shapiro President of Professional Solutions America introduced Toshihiko Ohnishi who is the Deputy President of Sony’s Professional Services Group in Japan. Toshihiko talked for about three minutes on what Sony called “Our vision for the future.” They [...]
Canon 35mm Full Frame CMOS Video Sensor and Prototype Camera:
Canon announced that the company has successfully developed a high-sensitivity 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor exclusively for video recording. Delivering high-sensitivity, low-noise imaging performance, the new Canon 35 mm CMOS sensor*1 enables the capture of Full HD video even in exceptionally low-light environments. The newly developed CMOS sensor features pixels measuring 19 microns square in [...]
Panasonic 4K Concept Prosumer Camera Vs Sony 4K Concept Prosumer Camera:
Sony call it consumer level 4K. Panasonic call it a marketspace consisting of almost professional or entry level professional space that needs run and gun 4K. It doesn’t matter what they call it or what weasel words the marketing boffins push on their sales guys and gals to use in order to sell 4K to [...]
Details of That Panavision 70mm Sensor Camera Were Out in December:
Panavision recently had on display a full mock up of their 70mm sensor camera at Plus Camerimage: The International Film Festival Of The Art Of Cinematogrphy which was held in Poland back in November – December 2012. According to Cinefii in an article published way back on December the 5th, the specs available on the [...]
In 1996 A Patent Was Issued For A Voice Controlled Video Camera:
While you wait for TheNewF camera or that long overdue delivery of the BMCC here is something for you to think about. It’s what someone thought a NewF camera would have been like for them back in the 90′s. Back in 1994 Mitsubishi Electric filed a patent for a voice controlled video camera. The patent [...]
The Future of Cameras Starts With Your Iris, Workshops on Monday:
Royal College of Art graduate Mimi Zou has come up with the Iris camera, an all in one camera and lens that is controlled by your eye. Iris is a biometrics enabled camera controlled by your eye. It lets you capture stunning footage exactly as you see, however you see. The Iris camera can recognize [...]
The ikan DSLR USB Remote Grip revision 2:
ikan have the next version of their DSLR USB Remote Grip revision 2. Cinescopophilia showed you the original ikan USB Remote Grip HERE. Tested on the Canon 5D MKII, 7D, 5D MKIII, and T2i. Once ikan get their C300 back from CineGear they will be testing it as well. The results? Consistent and potentially very [...]
ikan USB & LANC Based Remote Grips For DSLR Camera Prototypes:
ikan have two proof of concept prototypes that they have been playing around with and can be checked out at their NAB booth. The ikan USB & LANC Remote grips are in prototype phase and a blast to work with. They’re compatible with all 1/4″ mounting methods. These videos have no real audio as I [...]
Apertus Open Source Cinema Project / Software / Hardware Introduction:
Apertus the open source cinema camera project are claiming that 2012 is already shaping out to be a spectacular year for Apertus, and that it is time for Apertus to surge on the radar. Don’t know what Apertus is, well Sebastian Pichelhofer explains what the the Apertus open source cinema camera project is all about. [...]
#Fake# eye3 The Affordable Radio Controlled Camera Helicopter:
Crap on a crap it appears to be a dud Kickstarter with rumours of being a fake. $999 gets you a professional quality yet affordable radio controlled camera helicopter called the eye3. Almost anyone attempting to build a platform like the eye3 will be stunned by the complexity involved and the years of hands on [...]
Say Hello to the Canon EF to Nokia N8 Lens Adapter:
Well move over Magic Lantern and GH2 hackers there is a new hot hack in town and it is the Canon EF to N8 lens adapter. The adapter is constructed of 9 pieces of corrugated cardboard spray glued together measuring 7.25”x4.1”in. Each piece is roughly 4mm deep. Total depth assembled is ~37mm, but the flange [...]
Apple iCam Camera Concept Coming to the iPhone 5:
A concept camera designed by ADR Studio allows us to imagine just how far Steve Jobs may have taken the upcoming iPhone 5. This is sure one way to accessorize a phone by making it the ultimate all in one stills and video camera, oh and mobile handset. We have imagined it as the perfect [...]
Canon 4K Digital SLR Camera is Under Development:
Canon Inc. announced that the company is developing a new-concept EOS-series digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. Incorporating an enhanced version of the video-capture capability offered in the current EOS-series lineup, the new camera will be ideally suited for cinematographic and other digital high-resolution production applications. The model will be equipped with a 35 mm full-frame [...]
Ultra HD Imaging System Using Single 33MP CMOS Sensor:
NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories is conducting research on creation of a compact Ultra High Definition camera, and displayed a small 33 megapixel trial imaging device at its Technology Open House 2011. Our primary goal in making this single-chip imaging equipment was to make a camera small enough to be practical to use when [...]
Video Of Concept Camera “The WVIL”
One hell of a concept camera the WVIL rolls up old school functions and sprinkles them with new school social media and technology then lights it up with future concepts. Although considered to be only a concept camera envisioned by Artefact’s award-winning design team the WVIL has patents-pending. So drag deep and hold it long [...]
Weisscam T-Concept Camera : 2/3“ @ 2K, 35mm @ 2K, 35mm @ 4K:
If you are at NAB swing by Weisscam and check out their concept for the future of film cameras: A compact, modular system that allows the user to configure the camera to the specific needs of each individual shoot or filming situation. Thanks to @cailyoung for the heads up. The T-Concept features 3 compact and [...]
