TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S Low-Light Recording Demo

by Jeremy Sikora, Sunday, Jun 21, 2009, 17 Comments Categories:News;   Tags: iphone 3G S, low light, tipb video, video recording

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17 Responses to “TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S Low-Light Recording Demo”

1. Davidx Says:
   June 21st, 2009 at 9:51 am

   Thanks for showing so many demo video:D

   But I still have a question about the recording…can we

   change the area of auto-focus during the video recording??

2. Liam Says:
   June 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am

   Wow it’s really good

3. Liam Says:
   June 21st, 2009 at 9:54 am

   To Davidx. No David yu can’t focus wile the video is going. Go to my youtube; liamd330. And I show yu

4. Rene Ritchie Says:
   June 21st, 2009 at 10:14 am

   You can set focus before you start recording, but not during. To change focus, you need to stop recording, change, then start again.

5. Johnny H. Says:
   June 21st, 2009 at 10:39 am

   I’m impressed too.

6. Darrell Says:
   June 21st, 2009 at 11:03 am

   I think we all can be impressed with the video quality from a phone. Makes me want to upgrade from my 3g now.

7. Tony Says:
   June 21st, 2009 at 11:16 am

   Nice, I want. Bad

8. Muero Says:
   June 21st, 2009 at 12:50 pm

   About focusing during video recording: Do you just mean you can’t tap to change focus, but pointing the camera at something much closer still auto-focuses? Or that once the camera is focused on something, it will always be focused at that distance no matter how close the object is you’re pointing it at?

9. icebike Says:
   June 21st, 2009 at 2:53 pm

   @Muero:

   The latter.

   This is not atypical of low end cams when recording. They can’t accept focus commands because recording is pushing the cam circuits about as fast as they can go. The essentially become fixed focus once you start recording.

   This also affects most hand held cameras under 300 bucks from NIKON, Olympus, etc.

10. scottb Says:
    June 21st, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    We were at a party last night with fire dancers. My friend brought her new 3GS and the videos are amazing! No joke, Apple stepped it up on this front. That alone will sell a lot of phones.

11. Simon Says:
    June 21st, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    I too am very impressed with the 3GS video recording. In my brief tests it’s at least comparable to a flip, a bit better in some circumstances, a bit worse in others. Has any one had a chance to run the footage through iMovie’s shake reduction? I’ve been dying to try it as my videos are shaky as hell.

12. Chris Says:
    June 21st, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    Jeremy: If you don’t mind me asking, where was that fireworks display taken?

13. Jeremy Sikora Says:
    June 21st, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    @Chris, on a boat in downtown Chicago. Every Saturday night there is a fireworks show by Navy Pier.

14. Chara Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 10:23 am

    What i’d like to see is a quality comparison between a 3G (iphone video recorder) video and a 3Gs video. the optics in 3Gs are no doubt better but the 3G videos aren’t bad as well.

15. Jeremy Sikora Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 11:56 am

    @Chara, there is a HUGE difference. Trying blowing up the video on a computer from a 3G you will get nothing but pixelation.

16. Kingsapo Says:
    July 5th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    Ha, the end sounds like popcorn! Good quality for a phone, though.

17. Rob Brennan Says:
    July 5th, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    Just shot some awesome footage of the local fireworks display on my iPhone 3GS – check it out at http://www.therobbrennan.com/journal/2009/7/5/video-of-fireworks-display-from-rouses-point-ny.html

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