Related
Im looking for a point and shoot camera for travelling to Australia. I do want it to be able to take videos but its not that important. I have had my eye on the P300 since Christmas and its dropped £20 now.
The TX20 just popped up and looks good too, but some reviews are a little harsh.
What would you say is best for travelling? Or Just a better camera as a whole?
Thanks Nathan
I have a Lumix ZR3, great camera.
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMC-ZR3-Digital-Stabilized-2-7-Inch/dp/B003966MP4/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1327525008&sr=1-3
Thanks Travis, i will look at that Lumix aswell..
after somee googling i found this http://snapsort.com/compare/Nikon-P300-vs-Panasonic-TZ20
its a full review-comparison. it will help you decide
personally i'd take the p300. an aperture of f/1.8 is really hard to find in a compact... and very useful in low light conditions.. plus the manual settings
Nice one Dexter. Some great info in that review. I think i will choose the Nikon after all. Off too find the best price now Cheers..
NatTheCat said:
Nice one Dexter. Some great info in that review. I think i will choose the Nikon after all. Off too find the best price now Cheers..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
my pleasure
dexter93 said:
my pleasure
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Some good pictures you've got there, Jesus one my fav
I'm a Nikon user but I don't recommend nikon for not-dslr camera.
PS: very nice pictures...
Nexus 4 Test video 720p:
For mobile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlu5DHSzFM
For HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlu5DHSzFMhd=1
____________________________________________________________________
Nexus 4 vs. Galaxy Nexus vs. iPhone 5 Benchmarks test:
For mobile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2RBOYiJbnU
For HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2RBOYiJbnU&hd=1
____________________________________________________________________
Browsermark: (Thanks to Rumthin)
For Mobile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZch_bgLkA
For HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZch_bgLkA&hd=1
____________________________________________________________________
Geekbench: (Thanks to Rumthin)
For mobile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZkn4fD2_lE
For HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZkn4fD2_lE&hd=1
Enjoy
Video looks a lot better in 720p when compared to the choppyness of 1080p
One think I might ask if you know, does 1080p zoom the video in about 1.5x like my SGS2?
It looks good on my phone. But that's a way lower resolution then a pc monitor would be.
hahaha the GN was terrible...
kindiboy said:
hahaha the GN was terrible...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought that too, it's incredible how fast mobile technology is moving. :good:
Wow, it was pretty much on par with the iPhone 5 on the benchmark. Weren't people complaining about the poor benchmarks before? This should satisfy them hopefully lol
720p is good enough for me!
kindiboy said:
hahaha the GN was terrible...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know right? That was the one thing that shocked me the most. I mean I know the GNexus is old (and slower because of older tech) but I didnt think that it was going to be THAT much slower and finish so much later than the other two.
After seeing this video test though it is making me want the N4, which sucks because I wasn't planning on getting it as I was happy with my GNexus.
Someone wake up the GNex! :laugh:
kefloxin said:
Wow, it was pretty much on par with the iPhone 5 on the benchmark. Weren't people complaining about the poor benchmarks before? This should satisfy them hopefully lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nexus 4 is not only "almost on par with the iPhone 5" but its better then it in the benchmarks, the results are in ms, hence lower is better...
Wow, the G.Nex is terrible.
Glad I sold mine.
Fadeat set
I wanna see 1080p video cus so far the video footage has been really choppy.
roughavoc said:
One think I might ask if you know, does 1080p zoom the video in about 1.5x like my SGS2?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Every phone does that.
impressive scores for the Adreno 350. it really is in the same league of the iPhone's GPU. bragging rights granted, thank you Google.
Wow the blacks on iPhone looks amazing. Much much better than nexus
supersain08 said:
Wow the blacks on iPhone looks amazing. Much much better than nexus
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
much?! really? i find them both very comparable. the Nexus 4 has slight yellow tint to it while the iPhone is a bit on the reddish side. i think that's why the blacks on the iPhone look slightly better, but i am sure a kernel can give you the option to adjust it to your liking.
If thats the score a GNex gives while having a stellar, lag free performance; I can't wait to see how the N4 performs :good:
This waiting is getting tortuous now! Bring it on already!!
anirudh412 said:
If thats the score a GNex gives while having a stellar, lag free performance; I can't wait to see how the N4 performs :good:
This waiting is getting tortuous now! Bring it on already!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Were we watching the same video? The GNex was atrocious.
Sent from my GT-N8013 using Tapatalk 2
Anyone else having trouble with the Test Video link?
Slap-Yourself :) said:
Anyone else having trouble with the Test Video link?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
All links working fine for me.
From the website:
"SVP allows you to watch any video on your PC file with frame interpolation (like you can watch it on high-end TVs and projectors). It increases frame rate by generating intermediate animation frames between existing ones to produce very smooth, fluid and clear motion. The technology is well-known for a while ("TrimensionDNM", "Motion Plus", "Motionflow" and others), but now it's available for free to PC users with simple GUI and just a couple of mouse clicks.
SVP provides GPU acceleration and it's possible to watch FullHD 1080p-video recalculated to 60Hz in real-time with mid-range CPU and almost any GPU hardware.
SVP actually is not a video player itself, but it enables almost any player to play smooth video."
I've been using this for a few days now and have been blown away by it. The initial kneejerk reaction when using it for the first time is that it's a little odd. We're so used to seeing video played back at the same low frame rates that we've had for decades that it takes a little time for the brain to adapt. For the first couple of hours of using it myself i had no intention of keeping it installed. After the second day of using it you couldn't pay me to go back to watching low frame rate video again! It's a night and day difference.
I could go on being effusive but you really need to try it yourselves to make your own minds up. All i would say is use it for a couple of days. You'll be impressed. The SVP package includes, and is preconfigured for MPC-HC. It does work with other players too though. I would recommend installing the full package using the default settings, ensuring that you've removed any other instances of MPC, Codecs and Filters first. And you do need reasonably decent hardware to run it well too.
Playing back a 1080 video uses 40% on all cores with my 3770K and 25% on my GTX570. I for one am actually glad to have something to run on a daily basis that justifies having spent money on good hardware though. Today i've watched a selection of HD movies and sport and each time it's taken my breath away how life-like everything appears. The clarity and immersion is incredible.
Here are some more links about SVP and HFR video:
Guru3D
Short Wikipedia entry
Interactive Demo
Demo Videos
Here are two short clips from Sons Of Anarchy. The first is normal framerate and the second at 60fps:
Original
HFR
The difference should be immediately obvious watching those two clips. If it's your first time watching HFR playback you might have experienced what people call the 'soap opera effect'. I know i did. That's what takes getting used to, but you soon do. It's LFR video that looks wrong to me now!
The flip side to using Frame Interpolation is artifacting. I found it intolerable with the default SVP settings, but setting 'Artifacts Masking' to 'Strongest' in each Profile has almost completely eliminated it for me. I might notice it once or twice during an entire movie only using that setting. Beside that, you might want to select the option for running SVP at Windows Startup and disabling the SVP On Screen Display too.
It's a profound change. James Cameron and Peter Jackson say it's the future of film. I would agree. Give it a go and see for yourselves.
Sounds pretty awesome. I'll give it a try and see if I like it.
Jessica said:
Sounds pretty awesome. I'll give it a try and see if I like it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's not an audio clip that it sounds good it looks good
Sent from my HTC Explorer using xda app-developers app
Is it free?
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk 2
DanceOff said:
It's not an audio clip that it sounds good it looks good
Sent from my HTC Explorer using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know what it is.
Jessica said:
I know what it is.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lets be straight you were wrong firstly stop promoting amazon on aliens private chat forum
Sent from my space ship DX-164B
Is there a tl;dr version?
jaszek said:
Is there a tl;dr version?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No its a super boost mod for space ship DX-164B
Sent from my space ship DX-164B
sy224048 said:
Is it free?
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know its tl; dr but at least read the first paragraph.
I'm watching live sport at normal framerate right now and it looks like a stuttering, jittery mess. Once you go HFR, you can't go back.
Ok I read it now. Soap Opera for me, and trust me, I wont get used to it. I like watching my video at 24 - 30fps, the natural frame rate of the human eye.
Will give this a try, i am used to that effect on the TV already, it wont matter.
Aaand welcome back Dirk! Again!
Quoting wiki here "Thomas Edison said that 46 frames per second was the minimum: 'anything less will strain the eye.'"
jaszek said:
Ok I read it now. Soap Opera for me, and trust me, I wont get used to it. I like watching my video at 24 - 30fps, the natural frame rate of the human eye.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Eyes don't see at a frame rate. There aren't any frames... everything is continuous. But when viewing anything above 60fps, eyes can't really tell the difference.
veeman said:
Eyes don't see at a frame rate. There aren't any frames... everything is continuous. But when viewing anything above 60fps, eyes can't really tell the difference.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My eyes are special. I have the sharingan in one eye, byakugan in the other. I can see everything.
PS: I don't expect anybody to get this.
veeman said:
Eyes don't see at a frame rate. There aren't any frames... everything is continuous. But when viewing anything above 60fps, eyes can't really tell the difference.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think I read somewhere, that when compared to video, we see at 30fps. Not saying that we DO see at 30fps, but that's what the video equivalent would be. That's why watching 29.95fps (most) movies they have a natural feel to them, and with something like The Hobbit with 50fps, most critics hated it, and said the 25fps version was much more pleasant to watch.
Yup Hobbit was 48fps..they are critics after all. I thought higher fps in 3D=less strain.
Anyway, I tried reading about this whole frame rate and eye thing yesterday night and gave up. Glad i didn't take up medicine in college...
jaszek said:
I think I read somewhere, that when compared to video, we see at 30fps. Not saying that we DO see at 30fps, but that's what the video equivalent would be. That's why watching 29.95fps (most) movies they have a natural feel to them, and with something like The Hobbit with 50fps, most critics hated it, and said the 25fps version was much more pleasant to watch.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The human eye doesn't see in still frames, The reason why shooting at 24fps became standard was because first, it was just high enough to give a sequence of images a continuous look, while second being not so high that it became too expensive in celluloid costs.
As for The Hobbit. Remember the kneejerk reaction i mentioned? After a century of film being played back at 24fps we have become used to that. Of course it looks a little strange at first when seeing HFR for the first time. For most people, watching The Hobbit was the very first time they had been exposed to it. A lot of people conceded that by the end of the film they had not only grown accustomed to it, but also didn't notice it any more. It took all of a couple of hours for the soap opera effect to disappear for me too, as it does for everyone. As i said in the OP, you have to use it for a day.
Have a look at the Poll results on CNET. Most people liked the HFR version of The Hobbit btw:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57559560-221/poll-did-you-like-the-smoother-hfr-hobbit/
As i said before, i've used SVP all weekend on a variety of media and it is amazing. Once i had to watch something at normal speed after being adapted to HFR it really exposed the difference. LFR is a stuttering, blurry mess in comparison.
HFR is the future. James Cameron has already committed to it for his future projects. Most good quality HDTVs are released now with different implementations of Interpolation that people are getting used to using. SVP just brings that ability to the PC/HTPC. The same software also makes it possible to re-encode any movie you have made to 60fps ready for uploading or sharing, but improving the quality of them. Great for fast moving gameplay videos. The package also includes SVPTube, a nifty little app that lets you play back YouTube videos in real time with HFR applied to it. Pretty cool!
Ichigo said:
My eyes are special. I have the sharingan in one eye, byakugan in the other. I can see everything.
PS: I don't expect anybody to get this.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah that's the second naruto refrence I had to read today. Well I'll give it a try.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
Ichigo said:
My eyes are special. I have the sharingan in one eye, byakugan in the other. I can see everything.
PS: I don't expect anybody to get this.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used to be so into anime that i got it
This program is free though right?
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5xfIWzbv0Y
This is a video, filmed by me, showing the oneplus one's slowmotion feature!
I think it looks pretty cool. Tell me what you think about it? :fingers-crossed:
niko2931 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5xfIWzbv0Y
This is a video, filmed by me, showing the oneplus one's slowmotion feature!
I think it looks pretty cool. Tell me what you think about it? :fingers-crossed:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks really nice. I just did some experimentation with it. For example my coffee maker making coffee.
Sent from my VanirOPO
nazfalas said:
Looks really nice. I just did some experimentation with it. For example my coffee maker making coffee.
Sent from my VanirOPO
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice i love slowmotion videos! It's like a look into another world!
Decent for a mobile cam
sucks that it cant record sound. when watching my slow motion video of my son on my oneplus is just silent and boring.
chailee said:
sucks that it cant record sound. when watching my slow motion video of my son on my oneplus is just silent and boring.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How can slow motion video has sound.
You want the sound to be slow motion too?
Sent from my One A0001 using XDA Free mobile app
chak29 said:
How can slow motion video has sound.
You want the sound to be slow motion too?
Sent from my One A0001 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lol. Nice.
My friend recorded me juggling with the soccer ball the other day. Sick stuff, gotta love slow-mo.
Slow motion can have sound, and it would have been great if it came with sound, it makes everything funnier
Was it 60 fps or 120?
The Quality sucks so much compared to the Sony Z2
galop said:
Was it 60 fps or 120?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It was filmed at 120 fps
niko2931 said:
It was filmed at 120 fps
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow, I didn't even know it could do 120fps... I had only ever tried it at 1080p. Nice to know that if you change it to 720p you can go slower!
kabauterman said:
The Quality sucks so much compared to the Sony Z2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The quality sucks SOO MUCH compared to the iphone 6.
Maybe someone can do a hack for a higher FPS.
lemonspeakers said:
The quality sucks SOO MUCH compared to the iphone 6.
Maybe someone can do a hack for a higher FPS.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I talk about 720p 120fps and not 240 fps...
It is a pretty crappy 720p Video looks more like 360p
kabauterman said:
I talk about 720p 120fps and not 240 fps...
It is a pretty crappy 720p Video looks more like 360p
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know it's not the best video quality wise, but it was just a quick test. But yea they do have to make some improvements to the camera software. But i think if i had been better at filming, i could have choosen a better spot to film at.
niko2931 said:
I know it's not the best video quality wise, but it was just a quick test. But yea they do have to make some improvements to the camera software. But i think if i had been better at filming, i could have choosen a better spot to film at.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's not your fault all the reviews say the same about 120fps Videos of the One
kabauterman said:
It's not your fault all the reviews say the same about 120fps Videos of the One
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes but im a tiny bit a perfectionist, not completely but just a little bit. That is why it irritates me, that i couldn't get it to film a propper video
I flimed one of my dog chasing me, it's really cool!
But I would much prefer if it had audio! Hope they fix on next update!
This is mine
yup..it's low quality video, the video is to much pixelated compare to real 720p and the exposure is too dark...
searching for an app that can record raw 120fps....
lemonspeakers said:
The quality sucks SOO MUCH compared to the iphone 6.
Maybe someone can do a hack for a higher FPS.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Having a higher FPS wont improve quality... I think higher Bitrate would have been better...
Hopping onto the VR train again. Tried it out on a Samsung S7 Edge and it would overheat... a couple years later, I now have the Samsung Note 8 and giving it another whirl. Just curious what you guys think of must-have apps and/or must-see experiences for Samsung Gear VR.
I'll share some of my experiences:
- All the animated movies. They're all good and have the same formula of cute that just works, like how Pixar does. Rose, Invasion!, Crow: The Legend, Asteroids! are all pretty good and I recommend them highly.
- Gala VIP Shows. It's really just a collaboration of videos with artists... some free, but most you'll have to pay for. Great way to get into VR and see how good it can be.
- Epic Roller Coasters. It was cool at first but is kind of meh now IMO. Graphics are okay but you still get the fun of going on a virtual roller coaster.
- Angest. Highly recommended. Controls are easy and the game has a great psychologically-eerie feel to it but no jump scares. Graphics were pretty good and although there's not too much you can do with just a touchpad, it was just enough to keep you entertained.
- SpaceWalk VR. The gameplay is very limited, and the graphics aren't top notch, but this is still a pretty darn good intro to space VR. Very nifty!
- Shooting Showdown 2. There's not much here, but it is still a guilty pleasure of mine to fiddle with a VR shooting game. Very simple and works with the touchpad. I feel like I'm going to give myself whiplash each time I have to reload quickly, but it's still a lot of fun to play.
- Minecraft. It is worth buying and is the first VR app I purchased. There are two modes: one is just a classic view of being in a room with a "TV" that you play MC on (so what's the point?), but the real money is when you can stomach being IN Minecraft in a first-person view. I admit, the "classic" controls are a little nauseating but it is still a very, very awesome application of VR: placing yourself IN a game. With the nature of it being a sandbox game and Creative mode, you can do anything.
- Blade Runner 2020. Not bad, but not great. It's basically just a short experience and the graphics aren't fantastic. I wish they did more with this.
- Tomb Raider VR. Another short experience, but this one felt so much cooler. I wish it was longer.
- Conflict0. A short game, but being able to put yourself in a mech is pretty cool.
- Notes on Blindness. A unique way to show the world from the perspective of a blind man's point of view. It's kind of a short documentary but even if you're not interested in documentaries, I highly recommend at least giving it a bit of your time.
If you've noticed, most of these are free, and that's because I'm cheap. However, it would be nice to know what's worth buying. I heard "Virtual Virtual Reality" may be fun thanks to its cheeky humor.
This is cool! I like to play in VR games. I know that there is a lot of intimate games on SLR, https://www.sexlikereal.com. What do you think about this site? I know that this can become an obsession, so I look only occasionally. There are passionate videogames, you must register to confirm your age and get an account.
Nature Trek is a must have for me, totally absorbing, now on an s10+ and noticed much better graphics over the s8(+), even better than the quest. Netflix is good, keep wanting to put my feet on the damn coffee table! Bait is fun and therapeutic, would never fish in the real world, but enjoy this. Dead and buried is a good zombie shooter, Rush is great fun and also enjoy Ocean Rift.