Apple continues its goal to get consumers to own one device that does a lot of things very well. One of the iPhone 4S features that people are raving about is the camera quality. It was a significant upgrade from the iPhone 4′s camera quality.

Robino Films has posted a video that compares the iPhone 4S video and the Canon 5D Mark II side-by-side.

You can judge for yourself, but my eye can’t tell much of a difference. With the Mark II price showing $3,199.00 on Amazon and the iPhone 4S at roughly $600+ (with all the extras), your average amateur photographer might just have themselves a dilemma.

According to Robino Films, here is the information, specs, and settings at the time of the test:

Here’s a “fair” test between the iPhone 4S and the Canon 5D MK II. I made a little rig that allowed me to shoot both cameras at the same time side by side. All scenes are perfectly synced together so you can pause and scrutinize the frames! See photo of the makeshift rig in the photo area.

Exposure, shutter speed, frame rate and picture style were matched as close as possible between the two cameras.

This test shows that the tiny F2.4 lens and sensor on the iPhone are pretty nice. It even got a little depth of field!

I did not overlay the exact ISO and Stops 5D settings per shot. It was too much to keep track for this simple test. To be fair I matched 5D exposure to the iPhone so no “Cinestyle” / 24p here.

Here are the settings:
iPhone 4S

- AE.AF locked. That’s all you have!

Canon 5D MKII
- Canon 50mm 1.4
- ISO 160 ~ 640 (varied per shot to match the iPhone)
- F 7~22 (varied per shot to match the iPhone)
- Shutter 1/60th
- Auto WB
- Standard Picture Style
- 1080p 30

Apart from the lower frame rate I notice on the iPhone 4S and slightly more crisp image on the Canon 5D, the HD video on the iPhone 4S is simply mind-blowing. Looking forward to seeing many home-made productions with this bad boy from plenty of creative fanatics out there.

Trent Kimball, CEO of Texas Armoring Corporation (TAC), was tired of customers asking if his company's bullet-resistant glass in its armored cars actually resisted bullets. So he did what any reasonable CEO would do: he asked his employee to shoot at him with an AK-47. It's loud, scary, dangerous, and completely awesome.

The last time I visited TAC there was much shooting at various kinds of bullet-resistant glass, steel, and kevlar. We all joked about someone getting behind the glass during the live-firing but no one was crazy enough to do it. Until now.

"I've never seen anything quite like it," said TAC's Jason Forston, adding "probably because of the inherent risk in pointing assault rifles at humans."

It's an inherent risk the company is dedicated to mitigating with their vehicles, which range from lightly-armored vehicles for worried individuals to IED-resistant SUVs for use in foreign conflict zones.

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The glass Kimball is crouching behind, if you were curious, is T7-level bullet-resistant and is 2.16 inches thick in the middle. It's rated to defeat up to 30-06 AP rounds and will deflect rounds from an M-16, AK-47, FN-FAL, and other similar weapons. This specific glass is from an S-Class Mercedes and features an offset edge so it looks stock, which is what you see flying off when it's shot.

"In a vehicle we would cover the offset with an overlap system to ensure complete protection," said Forston.

When it comes to standing behind your product, we hope you don't work for an armored car company.

For more information, visit http://www.texasarmoring.com or http://www.facebook.com/texasarmoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is some crazy shite. Kudos to the CEO!

This video has come across my desk several times the last few days but I never really bothered to click play until Ben Andino shared it on my facebook page. Not only did I have to hit pause and rewind it a half dozen times or so but I found myself laughing out loud during some of the segments. Every photographer will recognize products like the Gary Fong Lightsphere, Gorillapod, Lastolite Hilite, Canon Lens Mug, Strobe Snoot, and countless other photography staples. I can’t imagine how long this Rube Goldberg setup took to build and get working 100% but I know I’m still not sure how several of the segments worked (like Mario and the instant print). My favorite part was definitely the TSA scanner. What part did you guys find the most entertaining? Check out the behind the scenes below to see how 2D Photography made this.

 

Those are some serious planning and patience put together to create such an epic photographer's Rube Goldberg. Be prepared to be amazed!

The video demonstrated how a wrench was replicated using the 3D printers.
What makes it even more impressive is that the moving parts of the wrench was also replicated which makes it as good as a real wrench.
This is one helluva cool technology, when can I get my hands on one? or more importantly, when will it ever hit into the consumer market range. 

Get some professional shepherds, add some technology and you get an amazing creative output. The fireworks are insane!

This guy never fails to crack me up. I would have been sold if I didn't see the phrase "screen images simulated" after every video. Apple gets it. Most, if not all of Apple's videos show the device performing on camera. People want to see how the device really performs, not look at a simulated mockup of how the device makers want it to perform.

A little geeky but interesting look at slow motion vibration unseen by the human eyes.
Video directed by Propadata for FlukeCoporation.