CIA, Samsung, In-Q-Tel and a few other companies are investing in developing some new, very interesting, camera technique. The idea is that a transformable simple liquid crystal (LC) cell turns into a variable focus lens. No use for movable parts makes for smaller lenses. This might be praticularly useful in compact cameras or cellphones, but it might even change the way SLRs works.
Shown below is an early version of RED’s 5K Epic.
Ted Interview (Part I) from Landmine Media on Vimeo.
Below is an interview with the Panasonic brand manager regarding their revolutionary new “HDSLR/DSLR-V”. It will cost around 6000 USD and be released in December 2010. A cool thing is it will work with lenses from all brands by using external mounts.
Panasonic AG-AF100 4/3″ Camcorder from Way West Media on Vimeo.
Affordable (is 10-20k USD) video camera with 35mm sensor about this time of year, next year.
Manfrotto launches the new 504HD tripod that is aimed towards people who shoot video with their DSLR/SLR cameras. Seems like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.
NAB 2010 – New Manfrotto 504HD tripod for 5DmkII and 7D shooters from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
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