HDR in video!

HDR is a popular trend in still photography but how to make HDR work in video?

There is a lot of interest in High Dynamic Range (HDR) still photography - just look at the new HDR settings in the iPhone 4.1 software for example. Well, now, sovietmontage.com in San Francisco has produced a very interesting HDR video sample where they used 2 Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs and a beam splitter to make one of the first HDR videos.
Here's how they've described the video process:
This video highlights several clips we've made using our new High Dynamic Range (HDR) process. Video is captured on two Canon 5D mark II DSLRs, each capturing the exact same subject via a beam splitter. The cameras are configured so that they record different exposure values, e.g., one camera is overexposed, the other underexposed. After the footage has been recorded, we use a variety of HDR processing tools to combine the video from the two cameras, yielding the clips you see above.

HDR Video provides filmmakers with many exciting new opportunities. Not only can HDR video create interesting effects, it can also allow for even exposure where artificial lighting is unavailable or impractical. For example, when a subject is backlit, one camera could be set to properly expose the subject, the other the sky, resulting in video with perfect exposure throughout.

We will continue to develop and improve the HDR video process for better results and efficiency. For more information, check out our website sovietmontage.com.

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky- Opus 40, Number 9 - Performed by Kevin MacLeod - Licensed Under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0"

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