Shooting stereoscopic 3D has involved many parameters: magnification, interaxial distance, toe-in angle (which can be zero), image-sensor-to-lens-axis shift, etc. To all of those, must we now also consider shutter angle […]
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By Mark Schubin | Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 1:16 pm
At next month’s SMPTE/NAB Technology Summit on Cinema in Las Vegas, one session will be devoted to “Alternative Content.” What’s that? It’s complicated. One hundred years ago, the 1912 […]
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By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 4:55 pm
When did theatrical television begin? Would you believe 1877? On March 29 of that year, someone using the pen name “Electrician” described a device called an “electroscope,” some sort […]
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By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 2:58 pm
Did Thomas Edison predict television? According to some histories, the answer is yes, and the evidence is the image below, published on December 9, 1878 and captioned “Edison’s Telephonoscope […]
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By Mark Schubin | Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 2:56 pm
What is reality? And is it something we want to get closer to? Take a look at the picture of a cat above, as printed on a package of Bell Rock […]
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By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 1:32 pm
Here’s something to ponder: Why is Galileo called Galileo? Other great astronomers and scientists are known by their last names: Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, etc. Tycho Brahe is known by his […]
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By Mark Schubin | Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 4:58 pm
The annual Tech Retreat of the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) is where many new technologies get introduced. Sony reportedly “introduced” its F65 camera and SR-memory technologies at this year’s exhibition […]
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By Mark Schubin | Saturday, December 10, 2011 - 1:04 pm
Once upon a time, people were prevented from getting married, in some jurisdictions, based on the shade of their skin colors. Once upon a time, a higher-definition image required more […]
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By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 9:58 am
What should come after HDTV? There’s certainly a lot of buzz about 3D TV. Such directors as James Cameron and Douglas Trumbull are pushing for higher frame rates. Several […]
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By Mark Schubin | Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 5:18 pm
Do you think you know something about stereoscopic 3D? Test yourself with the six basic journalistic questions: who, what, when, where, how, and why. Who wrote the first article on […]
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