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video cameras

RED Launches 5K RED EPIC Flagship Camera

RED just announced their new RED EPIC flagship video camera at NAB, which uses a new, full-frame S35mm Mysterium X sensor. The Mysterium X matches the quality of 35mm film at 5k resolution and one ups the 4k Mysterium sensor found in the RED ONE. The EPIC can also shoot framerates up to 100 FPS. More »

2:04 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Adrian Covert
10,882 views, 21 comments

Latest by letmebe: Hell, my $100 point and shoot from costco has 8 megapixels... Ok, I kid. And I want. more »

greetings, programs!

Sweded Tron Movie Is Probably Best Sweded Movie Ever

While it's not the entire movie, this sweded lightcycle scene from Tron, every computer geek's favorite movie this side of War Games, has to be the best sweded version of a film in the entire history of sweded films. It may not be as funny as the hilarious sweded BigDog quadruped robot or the sweded Star Wars after the jump, but the execution of its cardboardish cheesiness is absolutely perfect.

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7:45 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Jesus Diaz
54,629 views, 40 comments

Latest by shiftynick: swededfilms.com more »

robots

Houdini Was the First Person to Fight a Robot on Film

That headline is one of those insane things you never expect to write, or even read, in your lifetime, but newly restored Houdini movies show that he's the first person EVER to fight a robot on film. If you're at all interested in robots, Houdini, or some combination of the two going at it, get a copy of Houdini: The Movie Star on Amazon. Now, who's the first person to have sex with a robot on film? Charlie Chaplin? [Boing Boing]

4:00 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Jason Chen
5,747 views, 16 comments

Latest by Way: Video removed. =( more »

imax

IMAX Theaters to Ditch Film, Use Digital DLP Projectors

IMAX and Texas Instruments announced they will be working together to transition IMAX from a film-based projection format to a DLP-based technology instead. Starting in the middle of 2008, all new IMAX projectors will include the digital DLP technology and eliminate the need for elaborate film-based projector setups currently found in IMAX Theaters. This raises the question: which billionaire will be the first to have a digital IMAX theater installed in his mega mansion? More »

5:03 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Adrian Covert
5,062 views, 36 comments

polaroid

Polaroid Instant Film Killed By The 21st Century

Polaroid is closing its last remaining film plants in Mass. so the oh so fun instant Polaroids will soon become a thing of the past. Well it's already a thing of the past, but this time it's serious since no more instant film will be produced. More »

8:23 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Christopher Mascari
21,515 views, 65 comments

weapons

The 10 Best Movie Weapons of All-Time: The People Speak!

A few months ago, Wizard Universe released a 50 Greatest Fictional Weapons of All-Time list and, as you might have guessed, geeks were up in arms. There were some glaring omissions (Wolverine's claws?) and a serious mixup in the top 10 (He-Man's power sword beat the lightsaber). Thanks to a survey delivered to 2000 moviegoers by 20th Century Fox, the people have decided on the 10 best movie weapons. Let's see if this list is more to your liking. Check them out after the break. More »

6:00 PM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Sean Fallon
34,088 views, 141 comments

Latest by benko: I love the bone gun made from the creepy mutant fish in eXistenZ. more »

sorry hollywood

Digital Movies Are More Expensive to Store Than Film

Hollywood may seem like the largest benefactor of digital technologies of anyone. While their classic movies were fading away on celluloid, computers came around and offered a means to import the images, make them beautiful again and save them for years to come.

Along the same lines, digital cameras allow for instant editing of acquired material and cheaper materials to capture images (tape as opposed to film). But digital isn't an end- all solution for Hollywood's media preservation, according to a recent study by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—it's hugely imperfect while costing far more than traditional storage methods. Check out these crazy totals:

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10:50 AM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By Mark Wilson
9,141 views, 56 comments

dealzmodo

Black Friday at JR.com Offers $3.99 DVDs

The Black Friday madness continues! JR.com has gotten into the swing of things a bit early, offering $3.99 DVDs. Sure you might be a hi-def guy, but four DVDs would go a long way toward stuffing a stocking. Granted, a lot of the movies are crap, but here are a few we either own already or would be happy to pick up: More »

10:32 AM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Mark Wilson
6,902 views, 10 comments

Latest by crucifix99: No The Way of the Gun??? C'mon, that movie is classic! "Shut that c***s mouth or I'll come over there and f***start her head" more »

pseudo-steampunk

Steampunkish Stormtrooper, Boba Fett and Alien Look Almost Scarier Than the Originals

Just what you want to see when you're doing the shopping at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai &mdash three badass Steampunk nasties in the Al Jabber art gallery. Gallery below.

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3:11 AM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Addy Dugdale
16,384 views, 15 comments

Latest by Tech News - World's First Automated Restaurant on geeksugar -- Geek is chic.: Baggers: world's first automated restaurant - PopgadgetSteampunkish Stormtrooper, Boba Fett and Alien Look Almost Scarier Than the Originals - GizmodoJeeves for your gadget charging needs: Frontgate's Charging Caddy - Shiny ShinyNBC says goodbye to Apple, hello to Amazon - CraveMercedes more »

charity

Save Rare Films by Donating to Have Them Uploaded to the Internet Archive

Uploading movies to the internet doesn't always have to cause "injury that cannot be compensated or measured in money." By donating to the Academic Film Archive of North America's "Save a Film" initiative, you'll be spotting them tax-deductible support for the uploading of a rare film from their over 6000-title 16mm film archive for free-as-in-beer public viewing at the Internet Archive. You'll also get a DVD copy of the movie you chose to sponsor. More »

1:30 PM on Sun Aug 5 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,739 views, 9 comments

one of a kind

Each BEAM Nightlight Has Photography Shot Just For You

No two BEAM nightlights are alike, thanks to photographer Ernest Goh and designer Daniel Pillai. The case, nearly a meter long, employs 40 LEDs to light a strip of medium format transparency film. Instead of using a reproduced sheet of photos, the BEAM lights up an entirely unique strip individual to your nightlight. So what you get is a really cool looking nightlight that you can't find anywhere else and your very own collection of photos. There's no pricing available at the moment as every BEAM appears made depending on demand, but the BEAM site has a spot to contact the artists if you're interested. Product page [BEAM via Popgadget]

12:40 PM on Fri Jul 6 2007
By kevinhall2
3,848 views, 2 comments

Latest by grizzly: I stumbled upon the premiere mini-exhibition just last week & my first impression was that it was a tank of seedlings but this turned out otherwise at closer inspection. The construction's sturdy with stainless steel or powder-coated steel frames or simply more »

digital cameras

Canon to Cease Film Camera Production

Following on the heels of Nikon, Canon will no longer develop compact and SLR film cameras. While the old models will remain in stores and they will continue to sell and support them, there won't be a new 35mm Rebel in our futures. More »

10:35 AM on Thu May 25 2006
By johnb
499 views, 4 comments

digital cameras

Fuji Raises Price of Film

Blaming the price of crude oil and silver, Fuji Photo Film is raising their film prices by up to 20 percent. Considering that Fuji and Kodak are the only folks still making commercial film, this is definitely not a surprise. Kodak has already raised their prices and considering that only my Crazy Aunt Debra uses 35mm to take fashion shots of her cats, I think this is the end of an era, folks. More »

12:30 PM on Thu May 18 2006
By johnb
157 views, 3 comments

gadgets

flashSCAN8 Digital Film Scanner

We love the flashSCAN8 digital film scanner for its retro good looks, and that it can capture Super 8 and Standard 8mm film in real time, do color correction and even transfer synchronized soundtracks without any additional hardware, but its €30,000 pricetag? Now that just breaks our heart. We guess all the embarassing home movies of Joel Johnson's youth we "liberated" from his mom's garage will never make it onto YouTube now. Too bad. More »

6:48 PM on Mon Apr 24 2006
By gizmodo.com
3,992 views, 1 comment

digital cameras

Like a Frog in a Pot of Boiling Water, Camera Makers are Slowly Dying

Very nice article about the death of film camera makers. From Konica Minolta to Kodak, these folks are getting nailed left and right. That, however, is the way the cookie crumbles. For example, I was just talking to a friend who bought a 35mm Canon Rebel. He told me "This will be the last film camera I ever buy." While he had a point—it's a good camera and you can take good pictures with film—he eventually succumbed and bought a digital Rebel. While there's no accounting for taste and there is an immense body of work that proves that film is in many ways superior to the bit-fiddling that goes on inside a CCD, there's just no way to warrant the purchase of a film camera in this day and age, especially on the consumer side. More »

6:21 PM on Wed Apr 19 2006
By johnb
626 views, 20 comments

Latest by TorkLugnutz: Having just spent ~$1300 on a slide scanner and running through about 500 1950's era KodaChromes with it, I think that film definitely has some tangible advantages over digital. The bottom line is cost. Digital cameras are more expensive, but more »

digital cameras

Kodak to Charge More for Film

If film users didn't have enough troubles with the digital explosion making traditional cameras practically irrelevant, now they're going to have to pay more to take pictures. More »

3:53 PM on Mon Apr 17 2006
By johnb
250 views, 5 comments

gadgets

Gizmodo Ink

  • This week's Circuits has some bon mots for the suave-sounding Olive Symphony, a $900 digital music stereo component that has apparently impressed David Pogue. Looking at the unit's skill set—it rips CDs into various lossy and lossless formats, downloads/uploads to your iPod, and perform wireless router/access point duties—I'd say most people, even ones that don't subscribe to PC Magazine, already have the means to do everything the Symphony does with their existing hardware. Still, the "send us all of your CDs and we'll rip 'em and populate your unit's hard drive for free" feature is a pretty enticing gimmick. [NY Times]
  • The WSJ has an article about what's taking so long for Hollywood and movie theaters to ditch the severely antiquated film reel in favor of digital delivery. The high cost of the digi-projectors (and who gets to pay for them) is a big sticking point. Also everyone seems to be overly worried that these things will be breaking down all the time and it'll be expensive to fix 'em. [Wall St. Journal (reg.)]
  • Research in Motion isn't successful in convincing the Supreme Court to put the kibosh on NTP Inc.'s efforts to shut down the Blackberry service. D'oh! [Boston Globe]
  • More legal news (sorry!): a U.S. District Judge, looking at the lack of progress Microsoft has made in meeting the certain terms of its '01 antitrust settlement involving the Windows OS, tells the big M, "Get the lead out!" [Seattle Times]
  • The Baltimore Sun, looking out for the little guy, cries foul over the government's plans to cut off analog over-the-air TV broadcasts in 2009. Was there this much whining back when we all had to replace our black and white tellys? [Baltimore Sun]
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    11:42 AM on Thu Oct 27 2005
    By Travis Hudson
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