Posted: 4/17/2013 1:20:39 AM EDT
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The video is a bit older but I hadn't seen it before and an archive search turned up exactly nada. I thought it was kind of interesting so here it is  |
Well, they say their setup is for sale  Despite the "more soon" thing at the end, it's the only video of theirs I can find and really the only HDR video I can find sans a few time lapse/stop motion clips. I hope they're still working on the development of the technology. If they are, I'd be thrilled to see what they've managed to come up with the last few years. |
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I dunno, looks unreal. As in, the human eye doesn't see things that way. The person looked especially cartoonish.
There are digital cinema cameras coming to the professional market that have a wide dynamic range, finally eclipsing film. Film has been the standard for a hundred years. |
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HDR is easily overdone, and then looks gimmicky. The video isn't bad. I forgot the details, but HDR is about capturing ALL the dynamic range of an image, which allows you to do postwork that you cannot do with traditional images or video. That's because all that extra information is discarding in most image formats. Check out what you can do with it, you can fix exposure and lots of other cool stuff. But it does come at a high cost of filesize - keeping all that image data makes for HUGE files. |
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Seems analogous to Wide Dynamic Range in security cameras. One long exposure to highlight the darker areas, and one short exposure to avoid overexposure in the brighter areas. Weld the two images together, and you get far more detail that is possible with a single exposure/scan.
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Quoted: Quoted: HDR is easily overdone, and then looks gimmicky. The video isn't bad. I forgot the details, but HDR is about capturing ALL the dynamic range of an image, which allows you to do postwork that you cannot do with traditional images or video. That's because all that extra information is discarding in most image formats. Check out what you can do with it, you can fix exposure and lots of other cool stuff. But it does come at a high cost of filesize - keeping all that image data makes for HUGE files. I understand it, but people often overdo the intensity of the effect, creating a surreal image. Some like that, I don't. I think HDR is best when it comes near replicating the dynamic range that your eyes sense when you look at something. A "natural" feel. But just like with any post-processing manipulation--- whether it's contrast, sharpening, luminosity, whatever--- the strength of tone mapping in HDR can be overdone, resulting in garish images.
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HDR is easily overdone, and then looks gimmicky. The video isn't bad. I forgot the details, but HDR is about capturing ALL the dynamic range of an image, which allows you to do postwork that you cannot do with traditional images or video. That's because all that extra information is discarding in most image formats. Check out what you can do with it, you can fix exposure and lots of other cool stuff. But it does come at a high cost of filesize - keeping all that image data makes for HUGE files. I understand it, but people often overdo the intensity of the effect, creating a surreal image. Some like that, I don't. I think HDR is best when it comes near replicating the dynamic range that your eyes sense when you look at something. A "natural" feel. But just like with any post-processing manipulation––- whether it's contrast, sharpening, luminosity, whatever––- the strength of tone mapping in HDR can be overdone, resulting in garish images. Agreed, it's a great tool when used properly can yield awesome results. Like many tools, when not used properly, not so much.
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