Back in June just prior to the 3GS announcement I wrote,
“But what if Phil Schiller and company take to the stage tonight and announce the much rumoured iPhone Video? What if it has autofocus? What if it has VGA resolution? What if it has a rock solid 30 frames per second frame rate? What if it has an effective video editing solution? What if it captures stereo sound? What if it has digital zoom that actually works? What if…”
As we now know the iPhone 3GS brought many of these features to the table. Autofocus, VGA, rock solid 30 frames per second and even a basic but powerful editing and distribution solution.
In short, Apple did indeed “crack the video nut with much the same panache as they did the pocket computer user interface…”. The results are impressive by any standard.
I’m still getting to grips with what the new camera unit can do, but in the meantime I thought it would be nice to share some video clips with you, just in case you are still undecided about upgrading to the 3GS.
The YouTube video at the top of this article should give you a general feel for quality and capability, but please feel free to download the original clips for a more thorough inspection. All are unaltered.
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For a more general overview of the iPhone 3GS that includes a video demontration of the photo and video capture interface, be sure to check out the latest episode of Steve Litchfield’s “The Phones Show“…
