Super hi-vision 7680 x 4320 pixels!!!

[dinobike]

This is high definition.

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173402762

[GullyFoyle]

NHK developed a Super Hi-Vision camera equipped with 8 megapixel CCD image sensors that can take 4k x 8k images. In the field test, it sent the two cameras to a sea park and sent baseband signals without image compression using an fiberoptic network formed by multiple network companies.

Those must be the "cameras from Japan" the RIAA/MPAA claimed pirates were using.

[harrisonford]

Does Walmart have them on sale yet, ha ha ha For Christmas,

Yeah we can dream

[handyguy]

At one point you have to ask yourself how much detail you need to see.....

btw, aren't satellite cameras high resolution?

[GullyFoyle]

At one point you have to ask yourself how much detail you need to see.....

btw, aren't satellite cameras high resolution?

C'mon you need to see as much detail as humanly possible. I want my stuff as near life-like as a copy can be.
I was stunned at how good a decent 1080i show looks. The nature stuff is like looking through a window. Some confuse my cats.
The only thing better would be a walkthrough holo-tank. Something you can pause and stroll through various angles as if you were in the room.
Is it live or memorex?

[BJ_M]

At one point you have to ask yourself how much detail you need to see.....

btw, aren't satellite cameras high resolution?

they take stills and are very high resolution .... video from sat images are not that high a resolution though ...

[edDV]

24 gigabits per second, Japan is way out there just like they were with Hi-Vision analog HDTV in the late 80's.

[Wile_E]

Maybe this camera is what they use for that new Ultra High Def screen, that I read about. Apparently the images were so life-like and clear, it made some people motion-sick. I think it was called UHD TV.

What did George Lucas use on Star Wars new films? I know he used high definition digital cameras, but I think I remember reading it wasn't that high of definiton. Certainly not enough for big screen. I remember seeing the first two new Star Wars on big screen, and thought that several scenes looked a little blurry.

[edDV]

Maybe this camera is what they use for that new Ultra High Def screen, that I read about. Apparently the images were so life-like and clear, it made some people motion-sick. I think it was called UHD TV.

What did George Lucas use on Star Wars new films? I know he used high definition digital cameras, but I think I remember reading it wasn't that high of definiton. Certainly not enough for big screen. I remember seeing the first two new Star Wars on big screen, and thought that several scenes looked a little blurry.

Star Wars III used modified Sony HDCAM SR (4:4:4 1920x1080/24fps) camera. Elements were composited into 4K x 2K digital film. Star Wars II relied on an up conversion process with less capable cameras.

Some links:
http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/bts/production/news20030407.html
http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/searchlist/4413.html

http://www.videotechnology.com/old0604.html
http://www.hollywooddi.com/facilities/hdcamsr.html

[MackemX]

wish I was going to be around for the time they have technology that make you think your actually there

[Wile_E]

What does it mean to composite elements into the higher resolution digital film? They took the live actors from the 1920x1080 and placed them onto the 4000x2000 and added CGI at that point?

[edDV]

What does it mean to composite elements into the higher resolution digital film? They took the live actors from the 1920x1080 and placed them onto the 4000x2000 and added CGI at that point?

Each HDTV camera element was 1920x1080P/24 RGB. Most characters and elements (e.g. spaceships, smoke, fire, ... anything moving) were shot against green screens for Ultimatte compositing.

Graphics techniques like static matte paintings are used to turn a 1920x1080 camera shot into a full screen 4000x2000 expansive scene. CGI and other elements are composited on in many layers.

Alpha controls the compositing. Ultimatte creates the alpha from the green screen. CGI is all RGBA at various sizes up to 4000x2000. In film, a separate reel of film called the matte reel provides the equivalent of alpha.


http://www.avid.com/community/post/workflows/workflow.shtml

[Noahtuck]

At one point you have to ask yourself how much detail you need to see.....

Yep, i said that way back when HD came around....
How much better can you get than in front of your eye's live 8)
Actual live holograms you can touch and interact with :P