Shot by a former US marine and released in New Zealand, TimeScapes is the first consumer movie to be released in the 4K resolution
(Credit: TimeScapes)
At the risk of sounding reductive, New Zealand is most famous for three things: Lord of the Rings, those guys on HBO, and sauvignon blanc.
Now you can add a fourth item to the list: New Zealand is the home of what claims to be the world's first film to be sold to the public as a 4K resolution file you can actually own at home. Called TimeScapes, the movie is the brainchild of Orange County photographer and former serviceman Tom Lowe and New Zealand composer Nigel Stanford. It's a 50 minute featuring some pretty stunning night sky cinematography, and just one frame of the film (the image above) won 2010 astronomy photo of the year.
The film is available in a number of different formats with the highest bit-rate 4K version on its own hard-drive setting cinema enthusiasts back a whopping $299. Meanwhile you can also get a lower quality, ... [Read more]
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