Jim Jannard previously said it's not a lenticular display, so I really wonder what they are doing. Marques Brownlee seemed a bit stunned to see it.
It looked to me like he was really disappointed by what he saw and while he tried to counter that in his voice-over, likely to appease RED who gave him an exclusive, he said:
"I was pretty impressed, it definitely wasn't perfect... light-bleeding, stuttering. This was a prototype and this will just keep getting better with time."
If this was a revolutionary display, his reaction would have been more like:
Instead of:
He even said if you end up not liking it you can just never turn the 3D view on.
It's clearly going to be a better value viewer accessory for their cameras than what they sell now and they have a patent that shows the potential for it to be built into a DSLR, you can see the back of the phone just below the lens:
The 3rd party accessories like those are pretty hacked together. RED will be able a range of made-to-measure options to build out a DSLR-style camera. This can be used for behind-the-scenes footage or on-set photography where a full RED camera might not be as suitable and people can pull it right off a larger RED camera into the smaller frame.
That's 44 pins on the back, there... wonder what they need that many contacts for. And how would a protective case for this be designed?
Don't get me wrong, it's not a slam. Genuinely curious.
The last phone shown had a camera module added. That's why it was so thick and had such a large camera lens on it. That big camera bump was the thing that uses the 44-pin connection.
I’d imagine one of the biggest challenges and risks of a device and system like this is future proofing the pin module attachments.
I would’ve said “keeping them clean and usable until such time as attachments actually exist.” Maybe there’s supposed to be a cover panel for them or something.
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"I was pretty impressed, it definitely wasn't perfect... light-bleeding, stuttering. This was a prototype and this will just keep getting better with time."
If this was a revolutionary display, his reaction would have been more like:
Instead of:
He even said if you end up not liking it you can just never turn the 3D view on.
It's clearly going to be a better value viewer accessory for their cameras than what they sell now and they have a patent that shows the potential for it to be built into a DSLR, you can see the back of the phone just below the lens:
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/7/9/15944046/red-hydrogen-one-phone-modular-camera-patent
Smartphones have been hooked up to larger camera equipment before, like a Nokia here:
http://www.mdproductions.ca/videography/olive-the-first-feature-film-intentionally-shot-on-a-smartphone
and the BeastGrip for the iPhone:
The 3rd party accessories like those are pretty hacked together. RED will be able a range of made-to-measure options to build out a DSLR-style camera. This can be used for behind-the-scenes footage or on-set photography where a full RED camera might not be as suitable and people can pull it right off a larger RED camera into the smaller frame.
https://www.leiainc.com/lit-by-leia/