Archive for October, 2008

New New Scarlet News

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Sounds like these two cameras are probably the reason that Red went back to the drawing board with Scarlet.  Any day now, Red will release the specs for the new Scarlet.  Fresh DV has fun and informs with Red Announces Announce Date of Announcement.

Update: A review of the D90s video capability (suprisingly, for all the hype, it doesn’t exactly pass with flying colors).

11/14/08 Update: Red reveals specs!

CMOS Chip (Instead of CCD Chip) About to Revolutionize Film and Photography?

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

For the first time, professional-grade single-lens reflex cameras are gaining the ability to record high-definition video. That capability, photographers say, has the potential to transform both still photography and moviemaking — and it’s largely thanks to advances in the semiconductor technology used to make the image sensors inside these cameras.

From Wired magazine.  Interesting.

News Flash: Former Bush Aide McClellan Endorses Obama Because He (McClellan) is Black

Friday, October 24th, 2008

 Scott McClellan (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott)

Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary who sharply criticized President Bush in his memoir last spring, told CNN Thursday he’s voting for Barack Obama.

More here.  I know the title of this post is crazy bat shit– kind of like comments like this from Rush Limbaugh.

"I thought this was America people."

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Wow.

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Sacramento Region's First Digital IMAX to Open in El Dorado Hills

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

I’m noticing a pattern.  Lately, everytime I go to the movies, I have been dissapointed.  With the exception of Hancock,  I have thought about getting up and leaving half way through every movie I’ve been to this year (the latest was W.).  Despite that, I would like to go “up the hill” and check out the Digital IMAX that is opening in El Dorado Hills.

it’s set to open Friday in the existing Regal Cinemas complex, where one of the 14 screens was converted to the large-scale IMAX format. An IMAX spokesman says it’s the first in the Sacramento area to employ the company’s new digital projection system.

From the Sacramento Bee