Video frames suitable for large prints
The Canon Wonder Camera concept device has a focal length from macro to 500mm with a single, integrated lens. It boasts massive (unspecified) storage, ultra-high (also unspecified) resolution, multiple facial recognition capabilities, and the ability to keep everything viewable in focus at the same time. Wonder Camera is, however, actually a camcorder. Rather than take individual stills, Wonder Camera users would pick video frames. It is an inevitable evolution: as storage and sensors evolve to ever-escalating video resolution, we will eventually be able to use video frames as photos suitable for large prints.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/switched-on-photography-is-dead-long-live-photos/
C-Span puts full archives online
C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the internet. The C-Span Video Library covers 23 years of history and five presidential administrations. The network will announce the completion of the video archives on 17 March 2010. Having free online access to the more than 160,000 hours of C-Span footage is "like being able to google US political history,” said Rachel Maddow.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/arts/television/16cspan.html
"And Then There Was Salsa"
(Best viewed at Vimeo.)
