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His team of engineers and scientists have created the first digital movie camera that matches the detail and richness of analog film. The Red One records motion in a whopping 4,096 lines of horizontal resolution—”4K” in filmmaker lingo—and 2,304 of vertical. For comparison, hi-def digital movies like Sin City and the Star Wars prequels top out at 1,920 by 1,080, just like your HDTV. (There’s also a slightly higher-resolution option called 2K that reaches 2,048 lines by 1,080.) Film doesn’t have pixels, but the industry-standard 35-millimeter stock has a visual resolution roughly equivalent to 4K. And that’s what makes the Red so exciting: It delivers all the dazzle of analog, but it’s easier to use and cheaper—by orders of magnitude—than a film camera. In other words, Jannard’s creation threatens to make 35-mm movie film obsolete.

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Refocus Imaging has raised 250k series A funding from Greylock. The company is developing camera technology that will change how we take photos. Imaging being able to change the focus of an image after you’ve taken the picture. I wonder how large these photos will be.

Refocus is developing what is says will be the most advanced digital cameras in the world. “By recording and processing the entire light field, not just an ordinary picture, Refocus’ technology transforms imaging hardware into software. This frees physical limitations, and enables capabilities previously thought impossible. One example is the revolutionary ability to change the focus and depth of field /after/ the image is taken. Another example is enabling a new class of lenses that are lighter and cheaper yet have more powerful zoom and aperture than anything possible today.”

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