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Film with a Phone?

It's almost 10 years since Austin Reza shot a film for Bentley's luxury cars: on an iPhone 5S. At the time, it was still in stylish black and white and with high contrasts - no doubt also to prevent artefacts from becoming too obvious. Back in 2011, Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong from South Korea even shot the fantasy horror "Night Fishing" on an iPhone 4 in colour and won a Golden Bear for the best short film. Apple itself, on the other hand, has generally shot its advertising films on cameras such as the Arri Alexa.
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SynthEyes at BorisFX

3D camera tracking, also known as "match moving" in the professional scene, is now offered by every better software for video editing or 3D. But when we compared a few such popular 3D trackers in DP 18:01, SynthEyes was already our high-end reference for good reason.
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Schon vor der Kalibrierung war die Abweichung dieser App nicht größer als die der Messgeräte untereinander.

The best light meter ..

... is the one you have with you. And what does everyone have in their pocket these days? Sure, a mobile phone. But can an app compete with a professional light meter? We did the maths. And aren't light meters terribly old-school? Not really for cameramfolks on a film set - except perhaps for solo entertainers on YouTube.
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iHelper

It's been some time since we discussed the sense (and nonsense) of using iPhones and iPads on set. In the meantime, these devices are not only several generations further along in their development, but have also become indispensable on set. Whether as a production planner, shot list, weather forecast, digital clapperboard, viewfinder or extended calculator, there are countless ways to use the iPhone and/or iPad on set to make life a little easier. - by Andreas Zerr
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Slow-Motion Videos with the iPhone 4S and iPad 3

Sand Mountain Studios developed a small app intended to allow users to record slow-motion videos with the iPhone 4S or iPad 3. This is done in 720p at 60 frames per second, with playback at half speed intended to create the desired slow-motion effect. A demo is offered free of charge, and the full version is available through iTunes for EUR 1.59.
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Android Dominates the Mobile Market

As of today, IDC has disclosed new figures for the first quarter of 2012 regarding smartphones sold worldwide and the operating systems they contained. Of a total 152.3 million devices shipped worldwide, Android is clearly ahead with a 59% market share, while iOS falls to a 23% market share.
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Free Book: Developing Apps for iPhone and iPad

Shortly after the release of iOS 5, a new book on app development for iPhone and iPad is being published by Galileo Computing. The publisher is making it available to all interested parties free of charge as an openbook to read and as a download.
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Book Review: iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS & JavaScript

Mobile applications are hip and seem to make programmers who develop for the iPhone rich in particular. But Objective-C or Cocoa is not everyone’s cup of tea. This book explains how web developers can use standard tools to develop applications all the way through to native apps.
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Apple Unveils iPad

Apple yesterday introduced the iPad, a device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying pictures, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more.
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Apple Announces Fourth-Quarter Results

Apple announced results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, which ended September 27, 2008. The company posted quarterly revenue of US$7.9 billion and net profit of US$1.14 billion, or US$1.26 per share. In the year-ago quarter, revenue was US$6.22 billion and net profit was US$904 million, or US$1.01 per share. Gross margin was 34.7 percent, compared with 33.6 percent a year earlier. International sales accounted for 41 percent of quarterly revenue.
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More Than 100 Million Downloads Worldwide from the App Store

Apple announced today that iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded more than 100 million applications from the groundbreaking new App Store since its launch on July 11, 2008. More than 3,000 native applications are currently available, 600 of them free, with over 90 percent priced below US$10.
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Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

Apple today introduced the new iPhone 3G with UMTS, combining all the revolutionary features of the iPhone with 3G network technology. Thanks to 3G, the new iPhone is twice as fast as the first-generation iPhone.
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Sun announces Java for the iPhone

Sun Microsystems plans to develop a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) for Apple's iPhone and iTouch. Erich Klein, Sun Vice President Java Marketing, made the announcement around a day after the official beta launch of the Software Development Kit (SDK) for the iPhone.
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equinux releases The Tube 2.5 with the free TubeToGo web service

equinux today introduced The Tube 2.5 with the TubeToGo web service. The Tube users can now publish their TV recordings in a web gallery, watch them over the Internet and schedule recordings while on the move. The TubeToGo web interface can be used to manage the entire recording archive in The Tube and publish it in the TubeToGo web gallery.
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MW: Apple Enhances iPhone with a Software Update

Apple announced a free software update for the iPhone that lets users locate their own position in the redesigned Maps application, send an SMS text message to several people at once, create Web Clips of favorite websites, configure the Home screen, and watch rental films from the new iTunes Movie Rentals directly on the iPhone. New iPhones ship with the update; existing iPhone users receive it automatically and free when synchronizing with iTunes.
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