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I think we are experiencing a major discovery in digital photography....

From latest Fuji preview:

" The Anti-Blur Mode, which exploits the camera’s exceptional ISO capabilities, reduces blurring caused by movement of the user, as well as movement blur caused by the subject, making it much more effective than image stabilisation technology alone".

Anti Blur is here... we do not need IS anymore folks! From now on we can switch the camera to higher ISO ant that's it! :)

Pity it isn't 6400 or 12800 ISO...

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i wonder about those guys.
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Is anyone else tired and bemused by the infantile obsession with 'new' modes?

The original idea was to simplify exposure decisions for an inexperienced user, but it has got so out of control because of marketing hype.

A camera with 20 different modes to choose from? damn, its simpler to figure out your exposure options directly as you go. My camera stays on AV mode about 90 percent of the time.

So now we have an "anti-blur mode" instead of just increasing ISO. Whoopie doo. What next, a 'Scary Movie' mode that deliberately exaggerates handshake in videos? or an NTSC mode that screws up your colour balance and saturation, and adds extra noise? or a Michael Jackson Mode that lightens dark skin tones (no offence intended to anybody, I know thats a bit off).

Maybe we can have a competition for the silliest new modes to add to a digital camera.

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Spot on! I too look at the master dial on a Canon, and wonder...

My wife has an EOS 500N film thing, and it has about 8 pictograms on the master wheel, of which I understand maybe 3. I've only been using SLR's for 20 years...

Give me Manual, Shutter, and Aperture, Auto, and a single program mode.
What else DO you need FFS? One reason I bought the E1, as that IS what I get.

My OM2SP had a Program mode, and I could bias the thing by changing aperture, for DOF or speed. So simple...

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michalc said:
I think we are experiencing a major discovery in digital
photography....

From latest Fuji preview:
" The Anti-Blur Mode, which exploits the camera’s exceptional ISO
capabilities, reduces blurring caused by movement of the user, as
well as movement blur caused by the subject, making it much more
effective than image stabilisation technology alone".

Anti Blur is here... we do not need IS anymore folks! From now on
we can switch the camera to higher ISO ant that's it! :)

Pity it isn't 6400 or 12800 ISO...
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I wonder if it isn't more than just high ISO...

Fuji has a patent on tracking motion and firing the shutter at a point of minumum angular velocity change.

And there have been several papers (although, as far as I know, no patents, or applications on production cameras) about using accelerometer readings to compute the transfer function of the blurring motion and then apply an inversetransfer function.

Although neither of these compensates for subject blur, unless you did a motion estimate of the image to locate parts of the scene moving relative to each other, and applied different inverse transfers on a local level.

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they actually didn't invent this one either...

so far it was called Sports Mode contributing for fast shutter/high iso if necessary (a running silhouette on most cameras' wheel)
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mc
 
For Gods sake, can someone explain what the heck Fuji Anti Blur is in technical terms.
From the specs sheet this was the only thing I don't get.

Or maybe I'm too naive to believe that is actually something other than High ISO priority mode ?

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Joseph S. Wisniewski said:
I wonder if it isn't more than just high ISO...

Fuji has a patent on tracking motion and firing the shutter at a
point of minumum angular velocity change.

And there have been several papers (although, as far as I know, no
patents, or applications on production cameras) about using
accelerometer readings to compute the transfer function of the
blurring motion and then apply an inversetransfer function.

Although neither of these compensates for subject blur, unless you
did a motion estimate of the image to locate parts of the scene
moving relative to each other, and applied different inverse
transfers on a local level.
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Interesting. When I was at university we were shown a demonstration of frequency space image processing to remove motion blur by the American NSA - it was EXTREMELY impressive and should be well within the capabilities of a modern FPGA or custom image processor.

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Lord Coe said:
Joseph S. Wisniewski said:
I wonder if it isn't more than just high ISO...

Fuji has a patent on tracking motion and firing the shutter at a
point of minumum angular velocity change.
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Hmm, I thought i wanted the shutter to fire instantly after I press the button
Lord Coe said:
Lord Coe said:
And there have been several papers (although, as far as I know, no
patents, or applications on production cameras) about using
accelerometer readings to compute the transfer function of the
blurring motion and then apply an inversetransfer function.

Although neither of these compensates for subject blur, unless you
did a motion estimate of the image to locate parts of the scene
moving relative to each other, and applied different inverse
transfers on a local level.
Click to expand...
Interesting. When I was at university we were shown a demonstration
of frequency space image processing to remove motion blur by the
American NSA - it was EXTREMELY impressive and should be well
within the capabilities of a modern FPGA or custom image processor.
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there is something like electronic stabilisation in camcorders and works as badly as a digital zoom. apparently the Fuji's device is based on high iso only...
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Zarathustra said:
For Gods sake, can someone explain what the heck Fuji Anti Blur is
in technical terms.
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Sorry, but no.

They're all too busy making assumptions and then demonstrating how brilliant they are by putting down the camera based on their (possibly faulty) assumptions.
Zarathustra said:
From the specs sheet this was the only thing I don't get.
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There's not enough information available yet. Those of us who want to know what Fuji has produced will have to wait a bit.

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Well...I never!

That's very dismissive!

The Fuji press releases very clearly state:
"ISO 80 - ISO 1600, which reduces the need for reliance on image stabilisation"
and

"The Anti-Blur Mode, which exploits the camera’s exceptional ISO capabilities, reduces blurring"

I think that's clear enough that the Anti-Blur uses an increased ISO to decrease blur (perhpas that's not solely what it uses but partly at least). I don't think people are assuming much - simply that it's not a particularly new concept...
 
Casio markets the EX-S500 with the same anti-blur function.

Whereas Casio's high ISO images are extremely noisy, I'm guessing that Fuji's images will be much better at ISO 1600.

Chances are, the Fuji high ISO is more effective for reduced blur than say panasonic's anti-shake mechanisms.
michalc said:
I think we are experiencing a major discovery in digital
photography....

From latest Fuji preview:
" The Anti-Blur Mode, which exploits the camera’s exceptional ISO
capabilities, reduces blurring caused by movement of the user, as
well as movement blur caused by the subject, making it much more
effective than image stabilisation technology alone".

Anti Blur is here... we do not need IS anymore folks! From now on
we can switch the camera to higher ISO ant that's it! :)

Pity it isn't 6400 or 12800 ISO...

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mc
Click to expand...
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Ian Loveday said:
Is anyone else tired and bemused by the infantile obsession with
'new' modes?

So now we have an "anti-blur mode" instead of just increasing ISO.
Whoopie doo. What next, a 'Scary Movie' mode that deliberately
exaggerates handshake in videos? or an NTSC mode that screws up
your colour balance and saturation, and adds extra noise? or a
Michael Jackson Mode that lightens dark skin tones (no offence
intended to anybody, I know thats a bit off).

Maybe we can have a competition for the silliest new modes to add
to a digital camera.
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Panasonic has already done it with Food mode. You use it when you have something like an ice cream cone in your left hand and only your right hand is available to hold and operate the camera. Hopefully you remembered to put it in that mode before you placed your food order. However, I don't know why they just didn't call it Right Hand Only mode. Marketing I guess.
 
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