Category: Cameras

$799 Vuze 360 4K 3D camera

Posted by – February 25, 2017

The VUZE 360 is the only 360 degree 4K 3D camera for less than $1000. The VUZE 360 enables the capturing of 3d panoramic videos at a resultion of 4K at 30fps. VUZE content can be viewed in Virtual Reality. The microphones are 4 MEMS 48Hz microphones producing 16bit PCM audio. There is also Microsd for storage. The VUZE 360 can be controlled from an iOS device or Android device.

Leica Geosystems BLK360 with Autodesk RECAP 360 PRO

Posted by – February 25, 2017

Leica Geosystems presents their BLK360 triple lens 360 degree camera as 3d scanner for 360 degree images for the construction industry. The camera has an infrared sensor for taking panoramic images. The camera is primarily used for surveying surrounding areas such as in the field of construction. The camera will be available in March of this year. The price is around $16,000.

Kodak Super 8 Camera with digital viewfinder, audio recording to SD card

Posted by – February 7, 2017

Kodak shows off working prototypes of their new 8mm Super 8 camera. This is a fully manual analog camera with a few digital features on it with an LCD viewfinder, record sound onto an SD card to synchronize in post.

360 video: Shuoying 4K 360 camera Interview (first take)

Posted by – February 6, 2017

For best experience watch this video in your VR headset. This is the first take of the Interview with Shuoying (due to sound problem on the 4K camera, the second take was published here) about their upcoming 4K 360 camera and their two new stick style 1080p 360 cameras, one that plugs to the back of Android and iphone, and the other that is just a handheld stick style camera. You can watch all the 360 videos that I have yet filmed using Shuoying’s 1080p 360 camera and published in this YouTube playlist here. You can watch all my Shuoying videos including the factory tour video here: http://138.2.152.197/category/companies/shuoying/

Shuoying 4K dual-lens 360 camera, 360 camera to plug on the back of Android or iOS phone

Posted by – February 6, 2017

Shuoying is presenting their latest 360 cameras, including the upcoming 4K 360 dual lens camera with dual 16megapixel camera using dual Sony imx206 sensors, samples to be available by April, with mass production aimed at for Q2. Earlier in the video is also demonstrated two other 360 dual-lens style cameras, one to plug to the back of Android and iOS smartphones, the other handheld stick style with built-in recording. The dual-lens video merge happens within the camera enabling a one-click share of the 360 video directly to YouTube 360 or Facebook 360. You can watch all my Shuoying videos including the factory tour video here: http://138.2.152.197/category/companies/shuoying/

Distributors can contact Shuoying here:
Candice Liu
Marketing Director, Sales Manager
Candice@shuoying.com.cn (please let them know you watched the video)
http://www.shuoying.com
Phone: +86-755-28177777 Ext: 8043
Skype: candice.lcl

Sunchip RK3399 Set-top-box, 4K Sports camera on Hisilicon Hi3559 V100

Posted by – January 23, 2017

Sunchip shows their latest RK3399 Hexacore 64bit dual ARM Cortex-A72 with quad ARM Cortex-A53 with Sata port, USB Type-C and USB3 and more. Sunchip also shows their dual lens 360 panoramic video camera. Sunchip CX-A12 is their 64bit AmLogic S912 octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 based TV Box. Sunchip releases true 4K sports camera based on Hisilicon Hi3559 V100 which is a 32bit big.LITTLE SoC using one ARM Cortex-A17 and one ARM Cortex-A7 core on 28nm HPC+ process using HiSilicon fifth-generation Hi-Lark video encoder which can encode 4K@30fps and 1080p@30fps simultaneously, 2K@60fps, 1080p@120fps or 720p@240fps. Hi3559 V100 supports dual sensor inputs for a dual-lens 4K@30fps 360 VR camera which Sunchip says they are working toward.

Sony Cameras at CES 2017: Sony a6500, a99 mark2, rx100 mark5, rx10 mark3

Posted by – January 17, 2017

Sony showcases some of their latest cameras at CES 2017. Featuring the 240 frames per second burst photo shooting (up to 960fps with the RX100 Mark5, 315 phase detect auto-focus, front-end LSI for faster performance to improve speed of operation and buffering. The Sony alpha6500 with 425 phase detect auto focus points, with fast 0.05 second auto-focus speed. Sony Alpha 99 mark2 flagship full frame camera with 12fps at 42 megapixels jpg/raw with auto-focus and auto-exposure. Then this video features my interview with Patrick Murphy-Racey who is a professional sports photographer and videographer who’s content can be seen on Sports Illustrated, where he talks about the advantages of the Sony a6500 and the rx100 mark5, where he likes to use the Sony RX100 mark5 with the Tascam DL-10R compact lapel microphone recorder and merge with the video in post production automatically in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, you can see his demonstration of that setup here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWaHVg1uImg

Panasonic GH5 at the Booth with Matt Frazer, Manager Retail Services

Posted by – January 9, 2017

The Panasonic GH5 is the highlight of CES 2017 according to many media. The Panasonic GH5 records 4K60p at 150mbit/s 4:2:0 8bit, 4K30p at 150mbit/s 4:2:2 10bit, 4K30p at 100mbit/s 4:2:0 8bit and a 400mbit/s firmware coming. In this video, I try to ask Matt Frazer of Panasonic what the GH5’s 6K anamorphic H265 video is going to be like. Also watch my 45min Panasonic GH5 Interview with Sean Robinson Panasonic Marketing Specialist.

Panasonic GH5, 45min Interview with Panasonic Marketing Specialist Sean Robinson

Posted by – January 5, 2017

Sean Robinson, Marketing Specialist at Panasonic talks about everything about the upcoming Panasonic GH5 mirrorless camera. GH5 can do 4K@60p@150mbit/s 4:2:0 8bit, 4K@30p@100mbit/s 4:2:2 10bit, FHD@180fps, 6Kphoto@4:3, 400mbit/s free firmware update to come, Dual U3 SD card slots, $399 dual-XLR dock option, and a lot of features that film makers, photographers are very enthusiastic about. You can see in this video how other bloggers also are asking questions about the GH5, this Interview was filmed right after the Panasonic CES 2017 Keynote which you can watch the part about the GH5 here

Panasonic GH5 Interview, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Chief for Technical PR

Posted by – January 4, 2017

​After the launch event for the Panasonic GH5, here is a short Interview with Panasonic GH5 Product Marketing Manager. Check back for another extensive Panasonic GH5 Interview coming up.

Panasonic GH5 Press Conference at CES 2017

Posted by – January 4, 2017

Panasonic is lauching pre-orders for the Panasonic GH5 right now, at $1999 it can record 4K@60p 4:2:0 8bit and 4K@30p 4:2:2 10bit on dual-SD card slots, with 100mbit/s, 150mbit/s and with a firmware upgrade will support up to 400mbit/s all-I 4K@30p. Check back for my video-interviews on the GH5 with the Panasonic team.

40$ Tablet, $94 14″ Laptop, 360 cameras by First View

Posted by – December 17, 2016

First View is an ODM partner for companies such as Intel and produces ODM designs for ARM processors as well. First View has tablet and convertible reference designs running on Mediatek and Allwinnner processors. First View designs run Remix OS. 7″ designs are available for 40 USD MOQ. The 14″ Intel notebook design sells for 94 USD MOQ. First view makes security terminals for education market, multi cam Cameras, and sensors for phones for heart and blood pressures.

Dino-Lite portable USB-powered digital microscopes

Posted by – December 2, 2016

Interview with Dino-Lite. Most of Dino-Lite’s models provide 10x-220x magnification with features such as measurement and adjustable polarizer. The license-free software makes it easy to take snapshots, record videos, manipulate images, save and email discoveries. For more information see http://dinolite.us/ Filmed at the IDTechEx Show! USA 2016 in Santa Clara California.

Movidius, computer vision for IoT, drones, smartphones, IP cameras and more to come

Posted by – November 23, 2016

Movidius provides machine vision technology, they released Myriad 2, they claim to be the industry’s first always-on vision processor. It delivers high-performance computational imaging and visual awareness in devices where every last drop of battery power counts, performing at under 1.2W of power means Myriad 2 can be deployed into tiny IoT devices such as smart cameras, drones and wearables, featuring a balance between programmable and hard wired elements, giving developers immediate access to its advanced vision processing core, while also allowing them to develop proprietary capabilities through the Myriad development platform. Movidius is being acquired by Intel, you can read more here. Movidius won the Best IoT Technology development award at IDTechEx USA 2016, you can read more here.

Intel RealSense 400 for self-driving cars, autonomous drones, Robots, for indoor and outdoor use

Posted by – November 17, 2016

Intel RealSense Camera 400 Series is their next-generation RealSense camera that offers improved accuracy with more than double the number of 3D points captured per second and more than double the operating range compared with Intel RealSense 300.

Moto Z, Projector, Camera, Speaker, Battery MotoMods


Lenovo Motorola Moto Z is an amazing new Smartphone, with Greybus (watch the video that I filmed with Greg Kroah-Hartman on their Greybus development for Google’s discontinued Project Ara) based data and hot-swappable power pogopin docking technology on an ultra-thin Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Smartphone design, with options to dock a TI DLP Pico Projector MotoMod, a Hasselblad True Zoom Photo/Video Camera, JBL SoundBoost Speaker and the Incipio offGRID Power Pack, all MotoMods that customizes and expands the functionalities of a Smartphone. An absolutely fascinating potential evolution for the Smartphone market, Motorola is developing a potentially amazing ecosystem for future-proof MotoMods that can turn your Smartphone into a Project, into a point-and-shoot quality Camera, into an amazingly loud Speaker and that can expand its battery life easily. All these MotoMods are magnetically locked onto the back of the Moto Z. Now Motorola is also releasing the Moto Mods Development Kit to enable third parties to develop new MotoMods for the Moto Z, for example I hope someone makes an ultra-thin E Ink Mobius (flexible, plastic and non-glass) display for the back-size of the smartphone, a Kent Displays CH-LCD based notes taking back case and a LapDock Laptop Dock to use the Moto Z to power the Ultra-thin Laptop dock and desktop dock. The functionalities of Moto Z can also expand through the TurboPower fast charging USB Type C which I have used with USB Type C to SD card adapter, for example to upload videos from my SD card to YouTube. The possibilities with the Moto Z ecosystem are very, very interesting. But for these to get the attention of the consumers worldwide, I think that Lenovo/Motorola needs to lower the price of the bundles to around $599 for the phone including the Projector MotoMod, $699 including Projector and E Ink MotoMod, $349 or $399 for the Moto Z by itself (instead of the current $699). $699 should also be a bundle to include an ultra-thin and ultra-light small bezel 13.3″ Laptop Dock and Desktop Dock MotoMod and with the appropriate Remix OS like Android implementation through Android Nougat to support full Android Powered Productivity on the external display.

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

Posted by – November 12, 2016

Clare Harvey-May of Olympus UK shows the new Olympus E-M1 Mark2 camera, with 121 all cross-type On-chip Phase Detection focus points for fast and precise auto-focusing, 20.4M Live MOS sensor, TruePic VIII Image processor, Cinema 4K 24p at 237mbit/s, 4K 24/25/300 at 102mbit/s, Olympus engineered 5-axis Image Stabilization, all in 500 grams in the Micro Four Thirds format.

360 video: China Sourcing Fair 2016 part2


Watch this video in your VR headset or use your phone with a cardboard/VR adapter for best experience! Walking around the China Sourcing Fair AsiaWorld Expo showfloor from filming the JingTeng turning head security robot, filming at the Veidoo booth showing their $28 All-in-one VR headset, Foxcom, Appscom Smartwatches booth, the latest Alldocube 2-in-1 Laptops and Snapdragon 210 Phablets and finishing off with the 10.3″ E Ink mockup at the Boyue booth. Filmed using the Shuoying 1080p dual-lens Panoview 360 VR camera, see my Interviews and my Factory Tour with Shuoying here: http://138.2.152.197/category/companies/shuoying/

JingTeng Monitoring Security Robot

Posted by – November 8, 2016

JingTeng shows their little robot that turns its head with a security IP camera inside. They also have a Cloud Companion little remote video broadcasting car.

Latest Allwinner products, Laptops, 2-in-1, VR, Tablets, IoT, Robots, Drones, Car DVRs


Tour of the Allwinner showroom at China Sourcing Fair 2016, with Damien from the Allwinner Business Development group (industry insiders can contact him at Damien@allwinnertech.com), showing the latest products powered by Allwinner on the market, such as the Phoenix OS based Laptop, Double OS (dual UI of Android) for 2-in-1 market developed in partnership with the Phoenix OS team, the latest Android Marshmallow tablets, including the Aikun Morphus X300 powered by Allwinner. Here also are presented the latest Allwinner powered all-in-one VR devices starting with Allwinner A33 and support for A83T and A64 quad-core ARM Cortex-A53. Allwinner also shows some Smart Home IoT type products powered by Allwinner such as smart vacuum cleaner, smart home robot and smart wifi speaker (Amazon Alexa or Google Home possibly possible), talking about next year’s successor of the Allwinner A33 for the tablet market, which they might do on a lower nanometer to lower power consumption and optimize the low-cost Tablet market further. Allwinner shows some of their Phablets released in partnership with qualcomm, where Allwinner is helping to get shipped Qualcomm based LTE tablets on Snapdragon 200 and 400 series working with the design houses and factories in Shenzhen to get them done more. Allwinner has a big position in the auto market with after market smart Android powered smart mirrors, smart car dashboard and Smart car-dvr products which are quite popular in China, adding object recognition, car parking support, lane departure and car distance alerts and more. Allwinner is also in Drones with their camera chip, in E Ink Android based e-readers, smart speakers (with multi-room sync), and web-TV Karaoke tablets popular in the Chinese market.