Ocean ambiance, relaxed presentation,
Ocean Ambiance - Click to view: Rapidly changing technology can make last year’s great idea into a slumdog, and that is certianly the case with HDV. The 2009 show seemed to be a sort of catch up year, in that innovations of recent years are now very usable and ready to work. RED for example: a few years ago the camera was a prototype. This year the accessories were out in big numbers. 3D is big. More on that in years to come. It’s cool, but the technology has to develop to attract an audience.
NAB camera report
My favorite camera is from Silicon Imaging. Slumdog Millionaire Shot with the SI-2K Cinema Camera. The SI-2K series combine a DCI-spec 2K sensor with CineForm’s revolutionary Visually Perfect® CineForm RAW™ codec. All that- embedded Intel Core 2 Duo powered architecture. It delivers a direct-to-disk recording platform with unprecedented image quality, 11-F stops of dynamic range, an intuitive 7” LCD touchscreen interface that is off the charts, sharp OLED electronic viewfinder option, IT-friendly connectivity, battery powered operation, and up to 4-hours of continuous shooting on its hot-swap 160GB notebook hard drive. My friend Steve Waterford of ZennaTek has already invented an ingenious waterproof housing that has interior climate control and lens clearing airflow for housing lens. This partial submersion bag is for taking it to the extreme.
Please note: There is no up-side benefit to my company if you shoot a specific camera. In fact; I’d like to see all ocean videographers using HDV please. This is my NAB 2009 review of cameras I personally would deploy underwater.
Product Update - May 10, 2008
HD2O™ is happy to announce their DVD “The Keys” is now listed on Amazon. com. Buy it there for the same price as here, except you won’t get all the love. Thanks again to everyone involved with the project one more time for the teamwork and dedication. Congratulations! Time to start this year’s title.
Click the DVD box art above for product info and video preview!
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