To an independent film maker, video is a bad word. Films aren’t supposed to be shot on video cameras. They’re supposed to be shot on, well, film. After all, 35 mm film remains the standard that Hollywood productions have always preferred, and it has a certain aesthetic that video cameras lack. That is, until recently. […]
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Olde Tyme Techcitement: I’m Gonna Getcha With A Kodak Disc
Time for Olde Tyme Techcitement, where we take a look back at technology relics. It’s basically your grampa talking about the good old days, but sooner and totally more reasonable than dumb boring stories about how all this used to be farmland. It’s hard to believe 30 years have passed since Kodak attempted a revolution […]
DROID News: Official Bionic Stats And DROID HD Revealed?
Big news this week in the world of Motorola-developed Android mobile phones — official stats for the DROID Bionic were revealed in official literature and Engadget posted the first images of the long-rumored, still-in-development DROID HD. First, let’s take a look at the phone whose official name we actually know. According to a leaked Tips […]
Tech Tricks And Tweaks: Fun With Rolling Shutter
Mordy Gilden has engineering in his blood. Tech Tricks and Tweaks is a biweekly column in which Mordy seeks out ways to hack, tweak, and otherwise just find interesting new uses for tech, often in ways not originally intended. Oh yeah, and blog about it. When it comes to digital video cameras, traditionally high-end models […]
Apple iOS5 New Features: Took Them Long Enough
Amidst all the new information the public is receiving about the new Apple iOS 5, there have been a lot of discussions about the new features. I’ve been in on a lot of these, informing friends about what to expect and how it will change their phone experience this fall. The new features are all […]
Android’s Front Facing Camera Conundrum
Update 6/30/2011- see bottom for new information! I’ve got to be honest – I was excited to get an Android device with a front facing camera until I got one. When HTC brought us the EVO 4G, a lot of people saw the dual camera and got excited. Sure, GSM phones from Europe have had […]