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First Videos and Photos Uploaded from iPhone 3G S?
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Look at this video (From the same guy:Bluefirerulz)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QMx6aLGWVU
It shows him using the 3GS while riding down the road and also doing some other filming. The quality is pretty spot on compared to some phone cameras with video recording. Also he records for over 2 minutes, so I guess there will not be a cap on how long you can record in any one session.
It shows him using the 3GS while riding down the road and also doing some other filming. The quality is pretty spot on compared to some phone cameras with video recording. Also he records for over 2 minutes, so I guess there will not be a cap on how long you can record in any one session.
No cap on video recording time is awesomeness. My other phones that were video capable limited me to 15 or 30 seconds. Hmmm..... I'll wait for the masses to get their new phone on Friday, but I'm thinking the early upgrade just might be worth it *to me*
Looks pretty sweet. Can't wait to get a hold of it myself. The video recording is a deal breaker for me.
Why should I? Why should I always carry a camera with me, together with my phone, just in the case something funny happens which I want to make a video of? I don't take videos usually, but if a situation occurs where I have to /want to take a video - I always have my iPhone with me anyway, so hey.
The times where cell phones where cell phones with some additional features are over since we have smart phones, especially the iPhone. The calling function is actually one of the least used functions on my iPhone. Yes, I do make phone calls, but even more I use it for surfing, e-mailing, organizing my life etc.
And that's absolutely correct, but I'm still happy if photo and video quality improves.
It's legit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzbb0W5n3OY&feature=channel_page
I asked "bluefirerulz", the guy that uploaded the videos to youtube, for a non-youtube sample, and he linked me this:
http://rs480.rapidshare.com/files/245564144/IMG_0017.MOV
I asked "bluefirerulz", the guy that uploaded the videos to youtube, for a non-youtube sample, and he linked me this:
http://rs480.rapidshare.com/files/245564144/IMG_0017.MOV
I'll withhold judgement until I get my 3G S on Friday. However, I do hope they add image stabilization in the next revision.
I'm actually surprised that Canon, Kodak or Nikon didn't come up with the "touch to focus" feature first. It looks likes a super easy way to control depth of field perfect for consumer cameras.
I'm actually surprised that Canon, Kodak or Nikon didn't come up with the "touch to focus" feature first. It looks likes a super easy way to control depth of field perfect for consumer cameras.
It was on a Sony Handycam that I owned about 4 or 5 years ago. Granted, that's a video camera, but it's been done before. The Handycam's LCD was touch sensitive and I could tell it where I wanted it to focus by touching the screen, just like the iPhone.
convergence
The iPhone is basically the first "convergence" device that doesn't suck. I also rarely use mine for calls, compared to the other things I use it for. We've got edit and share capabilities now right from the phone, so making the camera as good as it can be really is important.
And now that augmented reality is going to really take off now that there's a magnetometer, the camera is our "augmented eyes", and the higher resolution the better.
The iPhone is basically the first "convergence" device that doesn't suck. I also rarely use mine for calls, compared to the other things I use it for. We've got edit and share capabilities now right from the phone, so making the camera as good as it can be really is important.
And now that augmented reality is going to really take off now that there's a magnetometer, the camera is our "augmented eyes", and the higher resolution the better.
There are several reports that the iPhone 3GS comes in different package sizes, depending on how large the power adaptor for the respective country is. For example, the German power adaptor is larger than the US power adaptor, so the German iPhone 3GS comes in a larger packaging. The linked video is from a guy in Switzerland, and they use the same power adaptor as in Germany.
While I do agree with some of what you're saying, I don't always have my big DSLR with me, and even carrying multiple devices (e.g., iPhone + some compact camera) is not always realistic. So, a device that has the camera and video features are important to me. Unfortunately the camera in my first gen iPhone isn't all that great, so I almost never use it. I'm hoping that the camera in the 3GS is much better - though the lack of a flash is annoying. In addition, I am hoping that the video quality is at least as good as the original Mino Flip (not the HD, of course). The video specs on the 3GS match those of the original Flip. If so, that's also a big help for those times when I really want to record something spontaneous that my son is doing. Do I expect the 3GS to replace my DSLR and video cameras? Absolutely not. Do I want acceptable/usable quality? Definitely. I don't think that's a lot to ask for in a high end device.
--DotComCTO
Oi, found an unboxing video right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELm1BKvXrms
Edit: looks like the anti-oil screen is still a fingerprint magnet.
Edit 2: NVM, that's the plastic warp on the screen.
Edit: looks like the anti-oil screen is still a fingerprint magnet.
Edit 2: NVM, that's the plastic warp on the screen.
The RapidShare download limit has been reached. Would you be able to upload this to my iDisk at public.me.com/riedrich?
Oh for god sakes, it's a PICTURE OF THE BOX. Left is taken with 3G, Right is taken with 3GS.If the iPhone on the left is a 3G, it has a Compass too. I thought that was only on the 3G S.
No, that's not amazing. Amazing for a cell phone video would be a video where you could make out objects in the frame, as opposed to a blurry mess of pixels. This video is godly for a cell phone.
Which means either:
1) The camera in the 3GS is a superior piece of hardware in comparison to every other cell phone camera out there
or
2) This guy is pulling some kind of a hoax.
Without actual proof that it was from a 3GS, I'm going to have to go with option 2, esp. since he conveniently removed the sound.
However, you CAN tell that whatever camera was used to make this video has a CMOS sensor and not a CCD (you can tell by pausing the video when he's pointing the cam out the window of a moving car. The light poles seem to be warped from top to bottom, indicating the imaging sensor is capturing progressively from top to bottom over a relatively long period of time)
Uploading as we speak
Wow, it looks really impressive without the YouTube compression added
To everyone: Chrops was so nice to upload the original video file to my iDisk. It shows part of the video which is linked in this post, but not the compressed YouTube file, but the original one. If this is legit, the video quality is pretty cool.
Here's the file: http://files.me.com/riedrich/kjqtpo (11 MB).
He's since uploaded a third video showing him using the 3GS whilst filming, so this isn't a hoax: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzbb0W5n3OY
Wow, it looks really impressive without the YouTube compression added
To everyone: Chrops was so nice to upload the original video file to my iDisk. It shows part of the video which is linked in this post, but not the compressed YouTube file, but the original one. If this is legit, the video quality is pretty cool.
Here's the file: http://files.me.com/riedrich/kjqtpo (11 MB).
Wow! that is great quality! And it compensates for lighting changes very quickly... (Watch as the camera points toward the shadows on the ground)
Awesome!!
Yeah the lighting adjustment ist cool, even m PowerShot doesn't do this (okay, it's an older model) but this was one of my mayor complaints about it. I'm now really lookingforward to shot a few videos at our next party :-D