My latest HDR still

Nitsuj said:
I've been in pursuit of the HDR video solution for a while. I thought a splitter solution myself however it would limit to highs and lows leaving out the mids with a two camera system. What I think would be the solution would be a three layered sensor. Of course this hasn't been invented yet
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..... They' re selling cameras with three RGB sensor for years. Instead of three RGB narrow band filters, get 3 CMOS chips with a kit of NDs or a combo of splitters with different ratios, a chip programmed to combine and tone map the output and you get instant HDR with 20+++ stops dynamic range. Could even add a menu item with options: +3 stops, + 5 stops.... sky's the limit, until your images look a little bit strange (too pictorial, too like a painting...)
 
Mentioning Panavision: Fuji was using for years, a similar approach: two sets of pixels, one 'normal' and another set 'smaller' - only for the highlights - resulting in about 2 stops increase in the dynamic range. All controlled from a menu in the camera.
 
I've seen demonstrated at one of the ACS meetings, a 3D rig with two SI1920 cameras. Instead of offsetting the cameras for the 3D effect, one could replace the 50/50 beamsplitter with a 70/30 or 80/20 t/r ratio, line up the cameras and get a pretty good dual stream recording.
The rig was quite big, not necessarily friendly for handheld, shaky cam stuff, but not much larger than a fully kitted F9xx camera.

Here are some 3D rigs using large cameras:

http://fullres.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html
 
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