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This was taken with my Toyo View camera about a month ago.

I just got a drum scan back yesterday, and the scan itself was 1.2gb @16 bits, and 600mb @8bits. The pixel dimensions were 16575×13090. There is not a digital camera on earth (mass produced anyway) that can produce this image in one frame.

I can assure you that film is not dead. The film I used for this image measures 4 inched by 5 inches, and that is about the size of a postcard (the actual negative is that big). I know every time I post a 4×5 image, I mention all this, but until you actually shoot with a 4×5 camera, you just cannot imagine how beautiful the original slide is. I added all the real exif data if you are interested.

More info on my 4×5 film shooting.

I promised to explain how to post high definition video to your blog, or website, so here goes.

There are three basic steps or “pieces to the puzzle”, if you will, to embedding, or posting high definition video to your blog or website:

1. Hosting

The first thing you need to solve is the bandwidth concern. If you have an unlimited bandwidth and storage plan from your webhost, then you are good to go, otherwise you will need to find a place to host the actual file, and be aware of their bandwidth limits, or rules.

2. Encoding the video file

In my opinion the most important thing to video on the web is the quality, and size. Now being a photog, my tolerance for bad video is pretty low, so I have to admit, I am pretty picky, and I will tell you how to be picky, and quality minded.

3. The code itself

Once you have solved the hosting, and have the video ready to go, then you obviously need to post the video to your website. I will be showing you how to do that as well.

I need to break up this article in several steps mostly because I don’t have the time to bite this off in one article, and your attention span is only a couple of paragraphs anyway, so stay tuned over the next week or so, and you will become a high definition video posting expert.

Here is a slightly smaller flash version for users without quicktime, and/or a smaller res screen. You are missing out big time, get a larger screen and set the res higher!

I am testing the code for posting high quality video. This will be a future platform for high quality video releases from me in both h264, as well as flash. Thanks for visiting, let me know what you think.

Tags: offsite video

I guess you put me in a Starbucks, and I have to take a photo, I dont know what the alure is, it just begs for a stitched panorama, so here ya go. This is 6 shots stitched together. There are a few flaws, but they are hard to spot.

I took one of my daughters to see “Speed Racer” today, and I thought the movie was reminiscent of weekday afternoons when I watched the speed racer cartoons at my babysitters house. The movie’s effects were excellent, and the story line was better than I expected, but I thought the racing tracks, the cars, and settings were to unrealistic to really enjoy. It felt like I was watching a fake movie, similar to other movies like Dick Tracy, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Overall I thought the movie was average, but the effects kept me engaged. I would recommend this movie as long as you enjoy digital effects, and can stand an average movie.

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