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Tired of Shaky Videos?

Posted on December 20, 2014January 20, 2017 by Big City

The Glidecam 1000 Pro

The Glidecam 1000 Pro is a camera stabilization system that literally gives the effect of you gliding your camera during filming, how this works is through clever balancing design that simply uses a vertical pole and handle. If you’ve ever recorded something using just your hands, you most likely know about the shaky amateur-like results.

The Glidecam is built to avoid your body’s jerky movements and produce smooth, professional video while you shoot. The things you can do with the Glidecam are quite impressive, you can use the Glidecam to shoot scenes where you are following a subject or panning a shot. Using such a stable device also gives the impression of a “floating” camera and can be used to create dramatic effects such as a point-of-view shot.

You can find the Glidecam 1000 Pro readily available for rental at the price of $35/day, right here through Big City Lights

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The Gourd of Life in the NSI Online Short Film Festival!

Posted on December 20, 2014January 20, 2017 by Big City

Hello everyone, I am proud to announce the addition of our short film “The Gourd of Life” in the NSI Online Short Film Festival. The video was made a little while back for the 48 Hour Film Project here in Toronto, in which you are required to develop, shoot, and produce a final film within, you guessed it, 48 hours! Not to mention you have to incorporate a specific character, line of dialogue and, a prop into your film. The team worked very hard and this is a great accomplishment for everyone that was a part of it. We thank the people at NSI, it is an honor to be recognized in this annual festival and we hope you as the audience enjoy the video as much as we do!

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LightTrac 2.0 – A Convenient Tool for the Outdoor Photographer

Posted on December 20, 2013January 18, 2017 by Big City

Have you ever planned an outdoor shoot and the weather literally rained on your parade? Well thanks to a new Apple application called “LightTrac” you may never have to face that problem again.

This new app can help photographers track the elevation as well as the angle of the Sun for any given date or location on our planet. What this means for the outdoor photographer is that you can plan your photoshoots ahead of time! We all know the weatherman isn’t exactly ‘honest abe’ so this app is useful even if you know your locations well.

There is also a complementing app named “Visimoon” that functions basically the same way for those night time shoots. LightTrac is available for 4.99 and Visimoon is for 2.99 for iPad, Android or iPhone.

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A camera that shoots one million frames per second!

Posted on December 20, 2013January 20, 2017 by Big City

A camera that shoots one million frames per second? Here it is, the Phantom v1610, it can shoot up to 1,000,000 fps.

This new digital high speed camera shoots videos at a speed of 16,000 fps, at a resolution of 1280 x 800. However, it can shoot 1 million fps if the number of pixels is reduced to 128 x 16. It does sacrifice quality for speed, but still impressive.

Phantom v1610 Camera

The camera has a custom-designed sensor of 28 micro pixels, ensuring excellent light sensitivity, 12 bit depth, and monochrome ISO of 16,500 T (ISO 12232 SAT method).

So this camera is really not for an everyday videographer or filmmaker, but it’s an awesome tool for scientists and researchers for capturing high resolution images or high speed videos.

Phantom v1610 camera

The company has prices it out at $100,000 USD

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The Hobbit, the 3D secret

Posted on December 20, 2012January 20, 2017 by Big City

Shooting the new movie “The Hobbit” in 3D with the most “sophisticated and capable” camera ever engineered and built. Peter Jackson is using 48 RED Epic digital cameras, with the most advanced processor in the world, offers a 5K Mysterium X sensor, captures up to 120 frames per second, each frame at 14MP resolution. The camera also provides a 35 mm motion film resolution with an extended dynamic range of up to 18 stops. Since the movie is shot in 3D, all the cameras must be positioned at precise distances from each other in order to achieve the 3D effect. In a package one third of a RED ONE’s size, the camera needs custom camera rings for the lenses to fit, which made it almost impossible to place them at the right distance. The filmmakers had to order custom camera rings from 3ality Technica to create specialized mounts for the cameras. The specialized mounts uses a mirror system that allows a one eye camera to shoot into the mirror, and the other eye camera to bounce off the mirror, where operators can change the distances between the camera lenses, allowing them for a view similar to the human eyes, making it look more believable! Fascinating!

THE RED EPIC

Two RED EPIC cameras to create 3D

The movie won’t be released until December of 2012, but it could be the best looking 3D film ever.

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