>> ^Fletch:

>> ^Mikus_Aurelius:
Except it will be infected by stupid DRM.

Another game I've suddenly lost interest in. I refuse to support online-only single-player games. I await the announcement of a RMAH.
Edit: Love the tilt-shift, though.


Yeah Diablo 3 is as far as I will ever go for that arrangement and even now I'm wondering why...

>> ^Mikus_Aurelius:

Except it will be infected by stupid DRM.


Another game I've suddenly lost interest in. I refuse to support online-only single-player games. I await the announcement of a RMAH.

Edit: Love the tilt-shift, though.

thanks eric

In reply to this comment by eric3579:
*promote

Fake.

It's a radio controlled miniature filmed with a tilt-shift type process that makes it look big.

Either that, or the operator is a Jedi.

I had to look up tilt-shift photography, it was a new term to me.

So we've reached the point where photographers are now making fake, fake photos...manipulating real photos to make them look fake. Are we closing the circle now? Definitely gone thru the looking glass, at the very least.

*fake depth-of-field/tilt-shift photoshop-filter fail.

One more for your playlist: http://videosift.com/video/How-to-Photograph-with-Shallow-Depth-of-Field

Maybe we could use a *photography channel.

In reply to this comment by notarobot:
Thanks, @lucky760, this is a great addition to my photography playlist. :

@ponceleon, yes this is a real effect that you see with real lenses. The tilt shift lenses made by Nikon and Canon like the one above mimic the motions possible using a large format view camera. By allowing both the film and lens plane to be manipulated by the photographer, it is possible to do some really interesting things like having an apparent infinite focus and perfect parallels.

I had to use a 4x5 camera (like this one) for an assignment back when I was doing my photography program. I can tell you that the image quality you get with a big sheet of film is unparalleled among digital cameras. Plus big 4x5 view cameras are a lot of fun to use.

@sixshot, yes, PC (perspective control) lenses that allow tilt/shift movements are incredibly expensive, buy not really much more than any other high-end 35mm lenses these days. (The last lens I bought for my system retails for about $2400.) It's true that photoshop can imitate some of what is possible with these leses, but digital imitation is never as good as the real thing.

It might be interesting to note that it's possible to pick up 4x5 view camera system (on ebay) capable of these motions AND a professional film scanner (new) to digitize your images for less money than the PC lens shown in this infomercial.

Nice video, didn't know that 'actual' uses of a tilt shift, only the cool model effect.

The voice over lady is terrible though, sounds like an infomercial for sanitary pads.

>> ^notarobot:

Thanks, @lucky760, this is a great addition to my photography playlist.


Excellent. Here's another for your playlist:
http://videosift.com/video/Sun-Backlit-Portrait-Photography-Proper-Exposure-with-Flash

if I recall correctly, these tilt-shift lens are hella expensive. So I think that for the most of us who can't get an actual tilt-shift lens that we end up photoshopping some of the pics to get the same effect.

The fake added-in-post artificial "tilt shift" macro/depth of field filter has been done to death.

But the music is fun.

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Amazing-Tilt-Shift-Video-from-Coachella-Music-Festival

This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by chicchorea. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

>> ^westy:

If driving is your full time job and you are given a 4 wheel drive rally car , this sort of thing is not that impressive.
The impressive thing about this is that as a society we are happy to have the super rich rub it in our faces and we just go along with it and celebrate it.


Cynic much? Just smile and watch the nice car do things you could never make it do.