When James Cameron goes to middle earth...

[Björn Benckert]

He brings his Epic... I doubt he will have any c300 or alexia's onboard.... Even if it's some what a lowlight condition for the shoot...

So soon with a bit of luck Epic has been deeper than any man except one... James Cameron. That is if he does not drop the camera on the floor in his little captain cockpit. Then epic has gone deeper



http://deepseachallenge.com/the-expedition/

 

[Phil Holland]

I sincerely can't wait for this and have been watching the trip's progress closely. I was a Cousteau Kid. Waited my whole life to see what's down there.

 

[PatrickFaith]

Wow ... that would be totally scary ... looks totally awesome ... I didn't know about this.

Page explaining the epic camera is at : http://deepseachallenge.com/the-sub/equipment/

 

[Patrick Grossien]

... The largest is a Red Epic, which will capture IMAX-quality, “5K-raw” images ...

Here we have it again: IMAX quality jut saying. Can't wait to see this!

 

[ericyoung]

James Cameron has the biggest cojones in the world - going down there alone he's recreating The Abyss for real.

 

[Kwan Khan]

Interesting

 

[Mike P.]

When does the actual dive take place?

 

[Björn Benckert]

Time is now, I think they are out there testing it at least.

 

[Stivan Widick]

I was a Cousteau Kid. Waited my whole life to see what's down there.

Same here. This is incredible.

 

[Björn Benckert]

Same here. This is incredible.

Yes it's strange...All you need to do is one really good smurf movie and then you can, live the dream and buy as many subs as you like.

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Does art imitate life or life imitate art? Seriously, this is pretty cool stuff. This is a serious dive which could end up being pretty spectacular. Can't wait to see results. I worked on some projects involving Robert Ballard and there's some very interesting stuff down there waiting to be discovered.

 

[Evan Starkey]

Wow Cameron sure dosent mess about in between making movies this is as real as it gets.

 

[Alex Kiritz]

This is way cooler than a F-16.

 

[Will Keir]

+1

Yeah, a very dedicated guy.

Wow Cameron sure dosent mess about in between making movies this is as real as it gets.

 

[Ketch Rossi]

I really dig it...

 

[Evan Starkey]

Some of these comments are very deep.....

 

[PatrickFaith]

Prompted by this thread to read Interviews of James Cameron ... http://www.amazon.com/James-Cameron...?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1331911591&sr=1-1 .

For sure a modern hero, I'm learning a lot about "problem solving".

 

[Marc Wielage]

Interesting CNN story about Cameron's trip to the Mariana Trench at the end of March:

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/201...ms-to-explore-oceans-deepest-parts/?hpt=hp_c2

The CNN reporter, Jason Carroll, also rode along with Cameron on a test drive:

http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2...ship-for-deep-sea-dive/?iref=allsearch&hpt=tv

It's an incredibly brave and dangerous feat, but Cameron is saying he's not doing it for the $10 million X-Prize Foundation reward. I'm amazed that a guy this busy can take this much time out of his life to do this...

 

[Sam Winzar]

Heh heh heh... I was wondering when someone would pick up on this.

 

[Vadim Bobkovsky]

5K image may not be exactly "pure" IMAX quality (I remember someone said that horizontal 70mm IMAX neg is around 10K+ or close), but I bet it will look good blown up to a giant IMAX screen, much better than 1080p or 2K image. I seriously hope they using 5K sources for a Prometheus IMAX release too.