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There oughta be a bullet time video booth

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Re: There oughta be a bullet time video booth

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Post by copperx »

Auracle wrote: post #80
gmiller123456 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you think the market is moving to mirrorless? I remember there was a craze when they first came out, but died out in a couple years. There still are a lot of good and "good for the price" mirrorless cameras available, but they certainly don't seem to be taking over the market. As an active photographer, I still see most people using DSLRs or their phone. Actually, everyone I know who bought into mirrorless act…

I’m sitting in a hotel room before a wedding I’m going to photograph and I just laughed at this. Back when they were popular? (Practically?) Every new camera coming out is mirrorless. Every pro is moving to mirrorless. It won’t be all that long before you can’t even buy a new DSLR. Canon, Sony, and Nikon all have their own mount just as they always have. Canon and Nikon took the opportunity to make theirs larger/bett…

Why is mirrorless so popular?

I haven't used one lately, but ten years ago the delay between seeing the image and capturing it was so great that it made them useless for people photography (unless people are posing, but I like to capture real emotions as they are happening).

Are they better now? In my experience, the shutter lag must be close to 0 to be able to capture the right facial expression. Lag ruins pictures.

Re: There oughta be a bullet time video booth

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Post by acomjean »

copperx wrote: post #81
Auracle wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m sitting in a hotel room before a wedding I’m going to photograph and I just laughed at this. Back when they were popular? (Practically?) Every new camera coming out is mirrorless. Every pro is moving to mirrorless. It won’t be all that long before you can’t even buy a new DSLR. Canon, Sony, and Nikon all have their own mount just as they always have. Canon and Nikon took the opportunity to make theirs larger/bett…

Why is mirrorless so popular? I haven't used one lately, but ten years ago the delay between seeing the image and capturing it was so great that it made them useless for people photography (unless people are posing, but I like to capture real emotions as they are happening). Are they better now? In my experience, the shutter lag must be close to 0 to be able to capture the right facial expression. Lag ruins pictures.

They are much better now. The pro I know went from a canon 5D mkiii to mirrorless R5? (Classical performance photos). It’s quiet fast and the new lenses are better/smaller. The lack of A mirror means it’s faster as it doesn’t have to physically flip it up to take the picture. They’ve embeded the focus sensors on the image sensor so it’s much faster focusing than previous mirrorless[1]

[1]https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4703538

The downsides are price and battery life, and if you have existing lenses you’ll need an adapter..

Re: There oughta be a bullet time video booth

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Post by mkl »

moffkalast wrote: post #18
ziml77 wrote: post #16

Nice, but aren't the cameras supposed to be triggered in sequence instead of all at once? I thought there was still a little bit of motion in the movies, but in these the subjects all freeze in place.

One would think the cameras all record at the same time and you can just pan around and adjust speed whenever?

These particular cameras can't do video (same with the original Matrix bullet time setup).

Re: There oughta be a bullet time video booth

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Post by discordance »

gecko39 wrote: post #84

Here is a similar idea using 15 iPhones + NeRF rendering to make a bullet time video https://labs.laan.com/blogs/slow-motion-bullet-time-with-ner...

Link 1: “My cousin was getting married last month, and we were doing a family photo shoot for the occasion”

Link 2: “ For my cousin’s wedding I did not make a photo booth but a video booth.”

That’s n = 2 for cousins getting married inspiring bullet cam implementations.

Re: There oughta be a bullet time video booth

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Post by Tepix »

thedougd wrote: post #14

A similar effect is achieved with a platform and a camera on an arm rapidly rotating around the platform. I've seen it at tech conferences. I think this is it: https://spinpix360.com/

You can get an Insta360 camera with the bullet-time-handle and an invisible selfie stick to get a similar effect.

Re: There oughta be a bullet time video booth

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Post by mattigames »

discordance wrote: post #86
gecko39 wrote: post #84

Here is a similar idea using 15 iPhones + NeRF rendering to make a bullet time video https://labs.laan.com/blogs/slow-motion-bullet-time-with-ner...

Link 1: “My cousin was getting married last month, and we were doing a family photo shoot for the occasion” Link 2: “ For my cousin’s wedding I did not make a photo booth but a video booth.” That’s n = 2 for cousins getting married inspiring bullet cam implementations.

I'm eagear for the sequel, divorce bullet time, it may not be appreciated by any of the subject but is hard to argue that mid-air tears in bullet time would be quite a sight to see.

Re: There oughta be a bullet time video booth

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Post by leobg »

LiquidPolymer wrote: post #75
MontyCarloHall wrote: post #8

That camera had an MSRP of $899 when it was new in 2006 [0]. Amazing that they now sell for only £50, and still take fantastic pictures even by today's standards [1]. Technological progress is nothing short of remarkable. [0] https://kenrockwell.com/canon/rebel-xti.htm [1] https://onfotolife.com/camera_sample_photos?camera_id=30&pag...

I'm a working pro photographer with over 30 years of experience. I frequently buy older camera tech for hazardous duty. The optics and sensors are quite good and the current software can upres and denoise the images without looking weird. I've been photographing wild mountain lions in the central Oregon high-desert using unmanned cameras and sensor arrays. I'll leave them deployed for months in the field. I recently…

I’d also be interested in seeing some of these photos. Lions, beavers. Sounds awesome. I’ve got an email in my bio as well.

Re: There oughta be a bullet time video booth

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Post by plugin-baby »

bentcorner wrote: post #36
MontyCarloHall wrote: post #8

That camera had an MSRP of $899 when it was new in 2006 [0]. Amazing that they now sell for only £50, and still take fantastic pictures even by today's standards [1]. Technological progress is nothing short of remarkable. [0] https://kenrockwell.com/canon/rebel-xti.htm [1] https://onfotolife.com/camera_sample_photos?camera_id=30&pag...

For anyone who is interested in older cameras I use a Canon Rebel T3i as a webcam and it works fantastically. In 2020 because of you-know-what Canon released a webcam driver for a bunch of their cameras and the T3i is one of the oldest ones supported (the most recent version of their driver drops support for this camera but older drivers work just fine). Paired with an AC power adapter and a mount for my monitor it's…

> because of you-know-what Canon released a webcam driver

What is this alluding to? Bingle are not helping.

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