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DPReview TV: ProRes Raw just got a whole lot better (thanks to a Final Cut Pro update)

05 Sep

An update to Final Cut Pro X promises to unleash the power of ProRes Raw video, a feature available on many new cameras. But, cameras need to supply the right metadata for it to work.

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  • Introduction
  • Final Cut Pro X update
  • Previous issues
  • Interface changes
  • White balance corrections
  • ISO adjustments
  • How to find your camera's native ISOs
  • What camera makers must do
  • See you soon!

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Forthcoming USB4 will power displays up to 16K at 60 fps thanks to DisplayPort 2.0 ‘Alt Mode’

04 May
DisplayPort logo on a USB Type-C device notes VESA certified DisplayPort Alt Mode support.

The next-generation USB protocol will combine its functions with those of a DisplayPort, allowing users to run extreme resolution monitors or to connect and power external devices from the same port type.

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has worked alongside the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) to develop the DisplayPort Alternative Mode standard which ‘provides seamless interoperability with the new USB4 specification.’ This new functionality means the new USB 4 standard will be able to take on all the roles of the forthcoming DisplayPort 2.0 standard.

DisplayPort Alt Mode will allow users to not only run high-resolution monitor from a USB-C socket but also transfer data and deliver power to external devices

As reported in July 2019 DisplayPort 2.0 will provide communication speeds of up to 70 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) to allow users to run monitors with resolutions up to 16K at 60fps, as it will offer three times the current data rates of DisplayPort 1.4.

The new USB 4 standard, however, will allow up to 80 Gigabits per second, which DisplayPort Alt Mode will be able to take advantage of via the USB Type-C connector. As much as these speeds are exciting for those interested in super-resolution monitors that don’t yet exist, for the majority, it means being able to run multiple high-resolution screens and data-hungry devices at the same time, all without sacrificing frame rates.

We should expect to see devices supporting these new standards by 2021, according to the press release. For more information see the DisplayPort and USB-IF websites.

Press release

VESA Releases Updated DisplayPort™ Alt Mode Spec to Bring DisplayPort 2.0 Performance to USB4™ and New USB Type-C® Devices

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced that it has released version 2.0 of the DisplayPort™ Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) standard.

DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0 provides seamless interoperability with the new USB4™ specification published by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), and fully enables all of the features in the latest version of the DisplayPort standard (version 2.0) through the USB Type-C® (USB-C) connector. With DisplayPort Alt Mode, the USB-C connector can transmit up to 80 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of DisplayPort video data utilizing all four high-speed lanes in the cable, or up to 40 Gbps with simultaneous SuperSpeed USB data delivery. VESA anticipates first products incorporating DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0 to appear on the market in 2021.

DisplayPort 2.0, which was introduced in June 2019, provides up to a 3X increase in data bandwidth performance compared to the previous version of DisplayPort, as well as new capabilities to address future performance requirements of displays. These include beyond-8K resolutions, higher refresh rates and high dynamic range (HDR) support at higher resolutions, improved support for multiple display configurations, as well as improved user experience with augmented/virtual (AR/VR) displays, including support for 4K-and-beyond VR resolutions. Featuring the highly efficient 128b/132b channel coding shared with USB4, DisplayPort 2.0 delivers a maximum payload of 77.37 Gbps across four lanes (up to 19.34 Gbps per lane)—supporting ultra-high display performance configurations such as an 8K (7680×4320) display with 60 Hz refresh rate with full-color 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR resolution uncompressed, and 16K (15360×8460) 60 Hz display with 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR resolution with compression. With the release of DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0, all of these high-performance video capabilities are now available to the USB ecosystem.

“VESA’s updated DisplayPort Alt Mode spec includes a number of under-the-hood developments—including updates to interface discovery and configuration as well as power management—to ensure seamless integration with the USB4 specification,” stated Craig Wiley, senior director of marketing at Parade Technologies, and VESA board member and DisplayPort Alt Mode sub-group leader. “This major undertaking, which was several years in the making, could only be made possible through the combined efforts of VESA and the USB-IF. Through our latest collaboration with the USB-IF, VESA is now taking care of everything related to high-performance displays over USB-C, whether through a native DisplayPort or USB-C connector, or through tunneling of DisplayPort over the native USB4 interface. DisplayPort is also tunneled through the Thunderbolt interface, making it the de facto video standard across PC and mobile displays.”

“USB Type-C is becoming the connector of choice in notebooks and mobile solutions. With the new DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0 specification, USB Type-C now delivers compelling single-connector solutions for docking, gaming, AR/VR HMDs, and professional HDR displays that combine 80 Gbps of video bandwidth and other important features of DisplayPort 2.0 with the transport of USB data and power delivery,” said Syed Athar Hussain, VESA board vice chairman and display domain senior fellow, AMD.

“Intel’s contribution of the Thunderbolt™ PHY layer specification to VESA for use in DisplayPort 2.0 was a significant milestone, and it underpins this new DisplayPort 2.0 Alt Mode specification to provide data rates up to 20 gigatransfers per second,” said Jason Ziller, general manager, Client Connectivity Division at Intel. “This contribution ensures great user experiences by enabling today’s most versatile port with the highest performing display capabilities.”

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Forthcoming USB4 will power displays up to 16K at 60 fps thanks to DisplayPort 2.0 ‘Alt Mode’

02 May
DisplayPort logo on a USB Type-C device notes VESA certified DisplayPort Alt Mode support.

The next-generation USB protocol will combine its functions with those of a DisplayPort, allowing users to run extreme resolution monitors or to connect and power external devices from the same port type.

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has worked alongside the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) to develop the DisplayPort Alternative Mode standard which ‘provides seamless interoperability with the new USB4 specification.’ This new functionality means the new USB 4 standard will be able to take on all the roles of the forthcoming DisplayPort 2.0 standard.

DisplayPort Alt Mode will allow users to not only run high-resolution monitor from a USB-C socket but also transfer data and deliver power to external devices

As reported in July 2019 DisplayPort 2.0 will provide communication speeds of up to 70 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) to allow users to run monitors with resolutions up to 16K at 60fps, as it will offer three times the current data rates of DisplayPort 1.4.

The new USB 4 standard, however, will allow up to 80 Gigabits per second, which DisplayPort Alt Mode will be able to take advantage of via the USB Type-C connector. As much as these speeds are exciting for those interested in super-resolution monitors that don’t yet exist, for the majority, it means being able to run multiple high-resolution screens and data-hungry devices at the same time, all without sacrificing frame rates.

We should expect to see devices supporting these new standards by 2021, according to the press release. For more information see the DisplayPort and USB-IF websites.

Press release

{Pressrelease}

VESA Releases Updated DisplayPort™ Alt Mode Spec to Bring DisplayPort 2.0 Performance to USB4™ and New USB Type-C® Devices

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced that it has released version 2.0 of the DisplayPort™ Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) standard.

DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0 provides seamless interoperability with the new USB4™ specification published by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), and fully enables all of the features in the latest version of the DisplayPort standard (version 2.0) through the USB Type-C® (USB-C) connector. With DisplayPort Alt Mode, the USB-C connector can transmit up to 80 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of DisplayPort video data utilizing all four high-speed lanes in the cable, or up to 40 Gbps with simultaneous SuperSpeed USB data delivery. VESA anticipates first products incorporating DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0 to appear on the market in 2021.

DisplayPort 2.0, which was introduced in June 2019, provides up to a 3X increase in data bandwidth performance compared to the previous version of DisplayPort, as well as new capabilities to address future performance requirements of displays. These include beyond-8K resolutions, higher refresh rates and high dynamic range (HDR) support at higher resolutions, improved support for multiple display configurations, as well as improved user experience with augmented/virtual (AR/VR) displays, including support for 4K-and-beyond VR resolutions. Featuring the highly efficient 128b/132b channel coding shared with USB4, DisplayPort 2.0 delivers a maximum payload of 77.37 Gbps across four lanes (up to 19.34 Gbps per lane)—supporting ultra-high display performance configurations such as an 8K (7680×4320) display with 60 Hz refresh rate with full-color 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR resolution uncompressed, and 16K (15360×8460) 60 Hz display with 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR resolution with compression. With the release of DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0, all of these high-performance video capabilities are now available to the USB ecosystem.

“VESA’s updated DisplayPort Alt Mode spec includes a number of under-the-hood developments—including updates to interface discovery and configuration as well as power management—to ensure seamless integration with the USB4 specification,” stated Craig Wiley, senior director of marketing at Parade Technologies, and VESA board member and DisplayPort Alt Mode sub-group leader. “This major undertaking, which was several years in the making, could only be made possible through the combined efforts of VESA and the USB-IF. Through our latest collaboration with the USB-IF, VESA is now taking care of everything related to high-performance displays over USB-C, whether through a native DisplayPort or USB-C connector, or through tunneling of DisplayPort over the native USB4 interface. DisplayPort is also tunneled through the Thunderbolt interface, making it the de facto video standard across PC and mobile displays.”

“USB Type-C is becoming the connector of choice in notebooks and mobile solutions. With the new DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0 specification, USB Type-C now delivers compelling single-connector solutions for docking, gaming, AR/VR HMDs, and professional HDR displays that combine 80 Gbps of video bandwidth and other important features of DisplayPort 2.0 with the transport of USB data and power delivery,” said Syed Athar Hussain, VESA board vice chairman and display domain senior fellow, AMD.

“Intel’s contribution of the Thunderbolt™ PHY layer specification to VESA for use in DisplayPort 2.0 was a significant milestone, and it underpins this new DisplayPort 2.0 Alt Mode specification to provide data rates up to 20 gigatransfers per second,” said Jason Ziller, general manager, Client Connectivity Division at Intel. “This contribution ensures great user experiences by enabling today’s most versatile port with the highest performing display capabilities.”

{/pressrelease}

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Getty Images bans Photoshopping models to look thinner thanks to French law

27 Sep

In 2015, France passed a law that will require some commercial images with a digitally retouched model to have a label notifying viewers about the alterations. That requirement will be effective starting October 1st, 2017, and Getty Images is preparing for that day with a policy change of its own.

Announced in an email that DPReview has acquired from a reader, Getty has updated its Creative Stills Submission Requirements to specify that it will no longer accept images of models whose bodies have been edited to look either thinner or larger.

The law doesn’t extend to minor digital edits, such as fixing skin blemishes, altering hair color, or altering nose shape; however, edits that change a model’s body shape require a disclosure. In response, Getty Images says that starting October 1st, photographers may not “submit to us any creative content depicting models whose body shapes have been retouched to make them look thinner or larger.”

Submitting this type of altered image will result in the photographer breaching both submission guidelines and their agreement with the company, Getty warns. The same change applies to iStock submissions, as well.

Magazines and other entities in France that use these altered photos without proper disclosure face a fine of up to €37,500 (~$ 45,000 USD).

DPReview has reached out to Getty Images for comment on the policy change, as well as clarification about how broad this change is, and what the company intends to do about the altered images already in its catalog. We will update the post if and when we hear back.

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Sony financial report tops estimates thanks to smartphone sensors and earthquake recovery

02 Aug

The fortunes of Sony’s camera division have taken a turn for the better with a rise in first quarter sales and operating income for the period to June 30th. The company states in its latest financial report that higher value still and video cameras have helped it to achieve 27.3% year-over-year growth; however, that figure is inflated in part because the business was suffering the crippling effects of the Kumamoto earthquake this time last year.

Insurance payments from the earthquake have also artificially boosted operating income in both the camera and sensor businesses, with a 15.7 billion yen increase to 23.2 billion (an increase of 209%) in the camera sector and more than 41% growth in income for the sensor business compared to last year, thanks to booming smartphone sensor sales.

In fact, according to Bloomberg, as many as half of the world’s phones currently house Sony sensors. When you multiply that by as many as three sensors per phone—dual cam on the back, one on the front—you begin to understand that 41% growth figure.

Forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 2018 have been revised upwards for the imaging business, with sales expected to hit 650 billion against this year’s 579 billion. Sales of semiconductors are also expected to grow from this year’s 773 billion to 860 billion yen.

For more information see the Sony financial report on the company website.

Extracts from report:

Imaging Products & Solutions (IP&S)

Sales increased 27.3% year-on-year (a 26% increase on a constant currency basis) to 155.6 billion yen. This significant increase in sales was mainly due to the absence of the impact from the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year as well as an increase in unit sales and an improvement in product mix reflecting a shift to high value-added models, both in Still and Video Cameras.

Operating income increased 15.7 billion yen year-on-year to 23.2 billion yen.
This significant increase was mainly due to the impact of the above-mentioned significant increase in sales, partially offset by an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses. Operating income for the current quarter included the above-mentioned 2.6 billion yen in insurance recoveries related to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes. During the current quarter, there was no material impact from foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

Semiconductors

Sales increased 41.4% year-on-year (a 38% increase on a constant currency basis) to 204.3 billion yen. This increase was primarily due to a significant increase in unit sales of image sensors for mobile products, as well as the absence of the impact of a decrease in image sensor production due to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year, partially offset by asignificant decrease in sales of camera modules, a business which was downsized.

Operating income of 55.4 billion yen was recorded, compared to an operating loss of 43.5 billion yen recorded in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. This significant improvement in operating results was primarily due to the impact of the above-mentioned increase in sales, the above-mentioned 27.5 billion yen gain resulting from the sale of the entire equity interest in SEH, and 6.7 billion yen in insurance recoveries related to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes, as well as the absence of the 20.3 billion yen impairment charge against long-lived assets for camera modules and the net charges of 13.6 billion yen for expenses resulting from the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes recorded in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. During the current quarter, there was a 2.5 billion yen positive impact from foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

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The US Presidential Inauguration will be live-streamed in 360-degrees thanks to Nikon

14 Jan

If your invitation to the Presidential Inauguration got lost in the mail, you’re in luck: USA Today will be live-streaming the event in 360-degrees thanks to some customized Nikon KeyMission 360s. Cameras will be positioned at the Capitol, the National Mall and along the parade route so that viewers can take in the whole event. It will all be broadcast on USA Today’s YouTube channel. For a truly immersive experience, you’ll be able to use the YouTube app with your VR goggles.

The Inauguration live-stream is part of USA Today’s ‘VRtually There’ platform. Its range of VR content varies from strolls through Yosemite to a casual swim with sharks in Oahu. To be honest, we didn’t think anyone would come up with a cheesier name than KeyMission, but ‘VRtually There’ might take the prize.

The Inaugration festivities begin at 9:30am ET on January 20th.

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You’ve got stars in your eyes thanks to the Lensbaby Spark!

01 Oct

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Your effort to add a little sparkle to your photos has left your friends more shocked than excited… confetti in the face!

Try the new special edition Lensbaby Spark Lens next time for magical glitter explosions in your pics without the real life problem of “confetti eye.”

This limited edition lens attaches to your DSLR and gives you more creative control with tilt shift style and 9 special shaped plates for cool bokeh effects in your pics and videos.

Turn bursts of natural and colorful light in your pics into explosions of glowing hearts, stars, flowers and more! Your photos (and video too) will be full of the dreamy shine and sparkle you’ve been looking for.

Put Away the Confetti and Grab the Spark
$ 129.95 at the Photojojo Shop

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It’s Thanks Back Thursday!

27 Mar

Sure, your photography is good. But, did you know it can also do good?

Use your photos to put smiles on the faces of your best chums and total strangers.

Simply enter a photo and message of gratitude into our Thanks Machine and we’ll pop out a sendable thanks-o-gram.

Send it out to that pal you’re thankful for and we’ll donate $ 1 to Kids’ Photography Education through Donors Choose. Whabam! You just helped out a total stranger.

Put your photos to good use, express your thanks and educate kiddos.

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Thanks to Flickr for Featuring Me and My Photography on the Flickr Blog

23 Feb

Thanks so much to Yahoo and Flickr for featuring me and my photography today on the Flickr blog and the Weekly Flickr. I joined Flickr back the year that they started in 2004 and publish photos there every single day. It’s been a wonderful place to build my library and archive and publish my photography. I thought they did a really nice professional job with this video. Thanks!


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Google+ Long Exposure Photowalk! Thanks to Chris MacAskill and SmugMug!

11 Jan

We had a great Google+ long exposure photowalk this past weekend.

Chris MacAskill and his team from SmugMug came out on Sunday morning and put together a wonderful behind the scenes sunrise photo shoot at the Golden Gate Bridge. Check it out!


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