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Wingo Pro brings bullet-time to home videos

Ben Coxworth June 3, 2019

If you've ever wanted to copy the bullet-time effect made famous in The Matrix, where the camera appears to move around someone as they're frozen in action, then you might like the Wingo Pro. Taking a low-tech approach, it lets you swing your actioncam around your body.

The Wingo Pro works with third-party actioncams, and has an adjustable counterweight to keep it balanced

Digital Cameras

Moza's new Slypod is a monopod that functions as a motorized slider

Loz Blain April 7, 2019

Gudsen Moza has released a couple of new filmmaking tools at NAB 2019, including the interesting Slypod, which is effectively a motorized monopod that you can use as a precisely controlled camera slider. There's also a new AirCross 2 gimbal sized for mirrorless cameras.

The Slypod takes the form and function of a monopod, and adds in the functionality of ...

Digital Cameras Review

Review: Moza Air 2 stabilizer gimbal steps the game up for low-budget filmmakers

Loz Blain April 3, 2019

Moza's latest DSLR-sized video gimbal is a big step forward from the cheap, lightweight Moza Air we reviewed back in 2017. But while it offers superior performance, and some cool new features and neat touches, it does require a couple of sacrifices from filmmakers.

Moza's Air 2 steps things up a level with new features like a quick-release plate, focus ...

Digital Cameras

Insta360 launches "cinema-grade" 11k VR camera for US$14,999

Loz Blain January 7, 2019

360-degree VR footage needs to be super high resolution to let you look around a nicely detailed landscape, and now Insta360 has an all-in-one rig, the Titan, that gives 11k/30fps resolution using eight micro 4/3rds sensors and Flowstate stabilization.

Eight micro 4/3rds sensors around the outside give the Insta360 Titan some very powerful imaging capability

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Drones may find use in simplified motion-capture animation

Ben Coxworth December 6, 2018

In motion-capture animation, an actor moves through a studio equipped with multiple cameras. A computer tracks markers on their body, building a 3D "skeleton" that is used to create the final animated character. Experimental new drone-based tech, however, may make the process much easier.

The system requires no more than two commercially-available camera-equipped drones, a laptop, and a special suit ...

Mobile Technology Review

Review: Moza Mini-Mi is a smart, motion-tracking smartphone gimbal

Loz Blain September 24, 2018

Moza's Mini-Mi is an affordable (US$109) smartphone stabilizing gimbal, letting you shoot cinematic steadicam-style shots. It's got a few tricks up its sleeve too, including wireless phone charging, hyperlapses, "inception mode" and some very cool but not-quite-there motion tracking capabilities.

Moza Mini-Mi: US$109 gimbal elevates your smartphone footage

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Muwi: Cheap, portable, modular camera slider to elevate your smartphone/DSLR footage

Loz Blain September 9, 2018

Smartphones are literally all you need to make solid web video these days, it's just so valuable to have a HD camera with you at all times. And you can take it up a level with the Muwi, a cheap, pocket-sized, modular phone/camera slider capable of shooting powered motion timelapse shots.

Computers

Ray tracing the focus of Nvidia's new Turing platform and GPUs

Michael Irving August 14, 2018

Nvidia has unveiled its latest GPU architecture, as well as three new chips based on it. Named Turing, the eighth-gen platform is designed with a focus on ray tracing, and the three new GPUs – the Quadro RTX 8000, 6000 and 5000 – are made for professional use in video and simulation.

Nvidia has unveiled its newest graphics architecture, named Turing, which focuses on ray tracing to render ...

Marine

US$30,000 Boxfish ROV represents the state of the art in underwater camera drones

Loz Blain July 24, 2018

Test-driving the Gladius underwater camera drone was awesome, and it made us wonder: what's the state of the art in these devices? That would appear to be the US$30,000 Boxfish ROV, a 55-lb pro video monster with eight vectored thrusters, 20,000 lumens of lighting, and a max dive depth of 3,280 ft.

The Boxfish ROV boasts a 1,000-meter max depth, which requires twin ultra-bright 10,000 lumen LED lighting

Digital Cameras

Arculus Onyx makes gimbals less gawky

Ben Coxworth May 18, 2018

If you shoot a lot of handheld video of extreme outdoor activities, then it's possible that you use a motorized camera-stabilizing gimbal. Such devices, however, typically don't offer much protection to the camera – or to themselves. That's why the enclosed-design Arculus Onyx was created.

The Arculus Onyx is a 3-axis camera-stabilizing gimbal, but with a bit of a difference