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Frank Morris Cell at Alcatraz Prison with Sony Bloggie 3D

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I recently purchased Sony’s Bloggie 3D and have been impressed with the results so far. Its small and light, has a great 3D screen, not only shoots 3D and 2D 1080P video, but 5 megapixel 2D and 2 megapixel 3D photographs as well. A few things I don’t like about this camera is the start up time is a little longer than I would like, and the battery life is poor. I often run out of battery WELL before the memory is even close to full.

But for what it does, and what you pay, this camera is a VERY cool and fun device to have in your pocket.

In July/August 2012 I visited Alcatraz Prison, and filmed Frank Morris’ Cell B-138 in 3D HD. Frank Morris was involved in the Great Escape with John and Clarence Anglin, and Allen West. Morris and The Anglin’s escaped the island never to be seen again. Personally, I think they made it to the mainland!

httpvh://youtu.be/NqALt8edlSI

Experiments in HD

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This is a video of my dog Benson playing with his ball. It is filmed on my Sony HD-1000P in 1080i High Definition. I then imported it into iMovie and slowed it to 25%. I then exported it as 1080p, as interlaced video makes me want to break things! BADLY!

The Sony HD-1000P has a slow motion mode built in, but apart from only being able to film in 3 second bursts, the video looses all of the sharpness and clarity we love in HD. PAL video is only 25 frames per second, and to output into progressive I imagine iMovie has re-encoded to 30. This is obviously why it is jerky when slowed to 25%, it’s only 6 or 7 frames per second.

Even though it’s not perfect, it’s what Ive got, made with what I have, and I will keep working with what I have to make it the best I can. Any idea’s or suggestions on how to make smooth and sharp HD slow motion from 1080i at 25 FPS source video would be greatly appreciated.

To view it in 1080P, click the “360p” in the bottom of the screen when the video is playing to open a menu, and then select 1080P.