Hand Held Hollywood

Published: 943 days ago

Hovercam inching closer to reality! Hovercar still years late.

A while back, we told you about Parrot’s AR Drone Quadracopter, an iPhone controlled flying thing-a-ma-bob. One of its coolest features was the ability to wirelessly transmit video from two onboard cameras directly to the controlling iPhone.  In other words, it’s a hovercam! We …

Published: 944 days ago

One Filmmaker’s version of a carphone.

Just because you can tape your iPhone to a remote-controlled toy car, and drive it off concrete ledges, doesn’t mean you should. While this footage isn’t particularly good looking, it is an excellent example of how a filmmaker can utilize the iPhone’s diminutive size …

Published: 945 days ago

Is this the Filmmaker’s Android?

It’s not often we get to excitedly report on anything Android-ish, but that’s about to change. Early this morning, Engadget posted the specs of a forthcoming LG smart phone.  It’s part of LG’s Android Optimus line, and it looks mighty filmmaker friendly. In addition …

Published: 957 days ago

1st Video updated to support HD

Looks like our friends at Palm Sounds spotted a major update that we missed!  1st Video by Vericorder has been updated to version 2.1.2735.  The big news here is that the app now supports the importing, editing, and exporting of HD video at resolutions up …

Published: 959 days ago

Record near-HD resolution video on your iPhone 3Gs

If you’re an iPhone 3Gs owner who’s been experiencing iPhone-4-HD-Envy, gather ’round, and prepare to be blown away. A self-labeled “CG Generalist/Photographer” by the name of Mike Pan has devised a way to shoot near-HD quality video on his jailbroken iPhone 3Gs! No Joke! …