World's First HDR Movie (Gizmodo)

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Hope this hasn't been posted already, but here's an article from Gizmodo on the world's first HDR video, produced using a couple of Canon 5DMkIIs.

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Amazing stuff, maybe we'll see this kind of thing built-in to future video recording devices.
 
wow ! very good ! very interesting effect. although you'll never hear me say this about overcooked hdr images.
 
The people shot of the guy looked really cool great effect, it kinda reminds me on sumthing like CGI or somthing computer generated.
 
Interesting to see HDR in video form.
I wonder how long it take to process the 2 video files in to the 1 HDR film?
 
mdollan said:
Very nice - would be nice to know how 'beam spliting' works!
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Typically a beam-splitter (in optics) will transmit 50% of a signal and reflect 50% (for example). I imagine they've just used this to split the beam and pass each half to a different camera.
 
oh my, i was seriously underwhelmed at that.

not because it wasn't an impressive effect, but because the subject matter was pathetic.

why on earth would you choose such a dull subject matter for the worlds first hdr video? the world is watching and this is what they produced?

lame
 
daugirdas said:
Bloody hell, now they have started ruining videos too. Why is it so difficult to shoot a good light, use filters, light the subject and all of that?
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Whilst I agree that the video is a little lacklustre in subject, I'm going to have to defend the utility of HDR video. As demonstrated in that very vid (somewhere in the middle), a more realistic, closer-to-what-the-eye-perceived effect can be achieved.

It is a fact that standard video captures a limited dynamic range, far less than the eye is capable of. Used sensibly, HDR allows us to capture an image no amount of skilled lighting and experience can mimic, in an arguably more naturalistic fashion. Yes, there will be another torrent of derivative and uninspired HDR video when this technology becomes more accessible, but that is the way with every new technology. Someone will put it to outstanding use.
 
daugirdas said:
Bloody hell, now they have started ruining videos too. Why is it so difficult to shoot a good light, use filters, light the subject and all of that?
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or just shoot it in hdr?

its no different a concept, you're using techniques to do more than just what the sensor picks up
 
many people who don't understand what HDR is criticize it because all they see is bad HDR. I like to push it OTT sometimes but it depends on the subject. As said above, when it's done right it can look amazing. I don't own an ND grad filter set, so in that way HDR saves me money.
 
This isn't the world's first HDR movie either, it was done ages ago with this: the HDRV..
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Bleh, I'm not keen on when people use HDR on a scene which only has a fairly normal dynamic range to begin with.

In most of the clips on that video the 'darker' of the two cameras was pretty much exposed fine...

HDR shines when you have something which is clearly impossible without multiple exposures, like shooting something with a bright sun right in the shot.

Shooting normal stuff under a diffused sky with it just results in weird, unnatural looking footage which is inferior to a conventional original.

HDR is great, don't get me wrong, but overuse is it's biggest problem.
 
as for how they did it what do we think? one on top of the other and one using a tilt and shift lens on one or both of them?

or maybe they just actually filmed a wider angle of view side by side then just merged the parts that crossed over? and cropped out what wasn't used
 
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HDR is another tool in the box. That's all. I find it laughable that people get so upset at the concept rather than the misuse of it. I think the potential for this technology is fantastic.
 
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