TV Lens Week…Post 4: Modulated Transfer Function…MTF
Canon’s Larry Thorpe explains MTF and why it is important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R73lgtHEIr0
Larry Thorpe of Canon discusses MTF. http://www.hdcameraguide.com
The BBC’s State Of The Art Television…1956 On the 10th Anniversary of the return to the air after World War II, here is a look at the history of television in The UK. From the early Emitron cameras to the Marconi BD 848 color cameras and even zoom lenses, it’s all here. By the way, […]
TV Lens Week…Post 5: Digi Super 100 Auto Focus Gordon Tubbs explains how auto focus works and ‘the permissible circle of confusion’ optical theory, which is quite fascinating. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JelbzQpKr4E Canon’s Broadcast and Communications Division premiers their new HD field lens with Auto focus the DIGISUPER 100 HDTV at NAB 2008 Las Vegas. Source
Anyone Ever See A Lens Like This? This is a first for me. I suspect this is not a zoom lens, but a telephoto lens with magnifying mirrors inside set up in a periscope type arrangement. Thanks to Jim Weinberg for the photo. Source
The ‘Dance’ In the days before video tape, wireless mics and zoom lenses, camera rehearsals for live shows at the network level were a combination of art and technology. Each scene had to be blocked and practiced to get the shots, but not get the boom mic, other cameras or the wrong backdrops. Hitting the […]