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A while ago, I wrote about the Red camera project. Now they have not only released some test films, but also a price list. But first a little note on the test films. Our editing station has two 24-inch monitors. Viewing the 1080p (not i!) resolution film fills out the whole screen. Every single pixel. Plain amazing! (just for comparison, here’s a link to a framegrab from a HDV camcorder) And this camera is capable of up to 2540p - i.e. more than 4 times the resolution of 1080p. (Framegrab, Framegrab 2-you see the structure of the mascara!)

Now I am really looking forward to trying out this baby. Luckily a guy I know has pre-ordered one, so hopefully I’ll be able to do some tests. But I am sure there’ll be lots of buzz around when this camera hits the sets.

¿Quanta costa?

But how much does this miracle of tech-specs cost? Well, let’s have a look at their price list, and put together a nice package to get us up and running: (more…)

Gems from the Web:

• SPHERICALROBOTS 2004 - Using plain water to display images. Wow. I would love to find out how much that costs.
• This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk - Changing your driving habits can make your car much more fuel efficient. This guy managed to get it down to 4l per 100km.
• How-To: Make a solid-state A/V switcher - Do you have more boxes than your TV can handle? Grab a soldiering iron, and off you go!
• Free Vector Downloads - Nice collection of free graphic, ahem, inspiration
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• Upgrading iPod Hard Drives - If your music library is bigger than your iPod, you can upgrade rather than buying a new one. Cool
• Tricks For Saving a Dead iPod - Before buying a new one, you might as well try
• The Complete Project Precita - A properly geeky home. Many buttons to push, signs, fun.
• MATTER Pierre Sculptor - Amazing sculptures
• “Pocket” Gramophones from the ’20s - Music was already portable way before the iPod. Hey, way before the Walkman. 1920.
• Avid investors prepped for Apple surprises at NAB - …”the ‘talk on the Street’ is that Apple is planning an event for April 15th at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference in Las Vegas”