Video Aspect Ratios from RED Digital Cinema

A video’s aspect ratio is an important creative choice that can affect the feel of footage, but it’s also a key technical consideration that affects how and where this footage can be displayed. This article gives an overview of the various capture settings and applications.

 

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Watch a New York Minute Filmed Entirely in HDR on the RED Epic

Colby Moore presents a montage of New York scenes all shot in high-dynamic range on the RED Epic. He explains on his Vimeo page, "A short and creepy montage of scenes shot around the ever-photogenic island of Manhattan -- filmed entirely in high-dynamic range and comprised of some HDR Timelapse footage I shot, along with a collection of slow-motion and normal 24fps footage processed from Red Epic-X RAW video that I recently captured and then exported as -2,0+2 TIFF stacks to be tone mapped in Photomatix using a batch processing workflow. Please note that none of this was shot using HDRx -- only normal exposures from the camera post-converted into HDR using the traditional faux-HDR method of pushing and pulling the RAW file to create bracketed images...the idea here is to give you an idea of what can be captured with a workflow similar to this, as well as to hint at what might be possible once in-camera HDR technology improves to the point of capturing at least three exposures simultaneously without the added detriment of having to push and pull in post, which as stated before, adds quite a bit of grain."

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The First Wedding In the World Filmed With Ultra-High Definition 3D Cameras

from http://gizmodo.com " I always hated video in weddings. The quality always look so cheesy. But not this one. This one was filmed with RED Epic cameras on 5K resolution and 3D! These are the same cameras that Peter Jackson is using for The Hobbit or Ridley Scott used for Prometheus. Gizmodo's friend Peter Chang—from Golden Gate 3D—sent us the teaser trailer for the world's first 3D wedding video shot in stereoscopic 3D on 5K resolution RED Epic cameras. They didn't take any photos, as "each frame can also be extracted as a high resolution 3D still image." That's a technique that some photographers are using now with mixed results—although most photographers don't film with RED Epics. The wedding was celebrated at The Mirador Estate, in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California. Peter says that the garden was in full spring bloom, "resulting in some gorgeous 3D visuals to complement Julia and Stuart—the bride and groom." I hope Julia and Stuart got a 3D TV in their wedding registry. What do you think? Maybe a bit overkill? Perhaps, but I can guarantee you that most brides would feel jealous. [Thanks Peter Chang, from Golden Gate 3D]" link for video in 3D

Will Video Cameras Kill Still Photography? Red Epic Vs Hasselblad

The difference between cameras The Hasselblad H3D-22 medium format camera Camera Type Medium Format Interchangeable Lens Camera with Reflex Viewfinder and Integrated Digital Back Image Quality Image Sensor 36.7 x 49.0 mm, 22 Megapixel CCD Effective Resolution 22.2 million pixels Color Depth 48-Bit RGB Color Modes Full Color Image File Formats RAW 3FR TIFF (8-bit) Recorded Resolution 4080 x 5440 pixels The Red Epic 5k Video Camera Camera Type 5K High Resolution Video Camera with Interchangeable Lenses Image Quality Image Sensor 30mm x 15mm, 14 Megapixel CMOS Effective Resolution 13.8 million pixels Color Depth 24-Bit RGB Color Modes Full Color Image File Formats RAW R3D TIFF (16-bit) Recorded Resolution 5120 x 2700 pixels more at http://fstoppers.com/hasselblad-vs-red