Camera Tricks

In a period of just over ten years, film cameras were wiped out by digital cameras, and digital cameras were wiped out by phones.

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Google’s adding a nifty new feature to Lens, its visual search tool: you can now search by shooting a video. Previously, Lens only captured still images, but now you can use both video and audio to ask your question.

Danny Boyle’s upcoming movie, 28 Years Later, was shot entirely on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. With a $75 million budget, it’s the most expensive feature film to use a smartphone as the primary camera. The phone was equipped with professional-grade accessories, including a cinema lens, advanced rigging, and audio equipment to meet industry standards

In the early 1970s, television technology influenced the adoption of yellow tennis balls. David Attenborough, then a BBC2 controller, noted that white tennis balls were hard to see on color TV screens during Wimbledon broadcasts. To improve visibility, he advocated for yellow balls, which led to their adoption in professional tennis by 1972.

Orion App turns your iPad into a portable HDMI monitor. Basic version is free from the App Store. Requires an iPad with a USB-C port and iPadOS 17.

Blackmagic Design has revealed its new app Blackmagic Camera, which adds digital film camera controls to the Apple iPhone. Based on the same operating system as Blackmagic Design’s award-winning digital film cameras, these professional features give iPhone content creators the same tools used in feature films, television and documentaries. Support for Blackmagic Cloud allows creators to collaborate and share media with multiple editors and colourists around the world instantly. Blackmagic Camera is now available from the Apple App Store, free of charge.

The classic lens turret has been reinvented by cinematographer Ian Kerr. Currently useable on Sony Cinema cameras with EF or PL mount lenses. Order here: www.multiturret.com

Adobe (creators of Photoshop) have developed an AI tool to detect Photoshopped faces.

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https://mashable.com/roundup/best-cloud-storage-services

A useful Adobe blog on how to optimise images for the web:

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2022/02/02/how-to-optimize-images-for-your-website .qgn2hm