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Sigma SD14 DSLR Announced
Recall the Sigma SD14 DSLR teaser? Well it has been announced and the SD14 website updated with all the info.
Seems most of the assumptions were right, some slightly off. It has 14mp Foveon X3 sensor with a 1.7 crop factor (as compared to Canon APS-C 1.6 and Nikon 1.5). As is the fashion it has dust
protection but apparently SD cameras always have.
Biggest news seems to be about its colour capture ability. Enough to steer folks from Canon and Nikon … you decide.
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Top Ten Things NOT Safe To Photograph
Wow did this guy have a stroke of bad luck. Fotolia CEO Detained by Police for Taking Pictures
Early afternoon in Paris today, Fotolia CEO Thibaud Elziere was out for a walk and testing the new Nikon D80 digital camera. However, one image would change the rest of his day.Walking down the Rue Vaneau in Paris, Thibaud captured an image of a CCTV camera [...] Within minutes, Thibaud was approached by the French Police and detained for the better part of the day.
Unknown to Thibaud he had captured the CCTV camera of the French Prime Minister’s personal residence and caused a great security concern. According to Thibaud, there were no signs or warnings about photography in the area. A simple click and his day was ruined.
The police questioned him about what he was doing in the area, if he had any terrorism connections, about his work, and why he would want to take a picture of a CCTV camera. Thibaud relates that his first answer of “taking pictures for fun” did not satisfy them. He soon outlined his connection with Fotolia and testing the camera. After 8 hours of questioning and background checks, they returned his camera and escorted him home.
It seems from what I read in the article this could have happened to any one of us. You take a picture of a building, for whatever reason, next thing you know you are being questioned by policemen about if you have any terrorist connections. What can you do, stop taking pictures of houses?
We are increasingly being warned not to take pictures of anything (or anyone) which might be construed by the paranoid as a terrorist threat but how was he supposed to know this was the home of someone important without any signs or notices. Just CCTV present does not necessarily imply that the resident is someone of national or defense importance, the guy might have an expensive car etc.
So now we have a new entry in the top ten things you can’t safely photograph
- Underground/Tube/Buses
- Refineries or other Industrial plant
- Police
- Government buildings
- Bridges
- Tunnels
- Shopping malls
- Airports
- Office Buildings
- Houses
Have I missed any?
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Posted in News and Commentary, Press Freedom
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Flickr Umbrella Anyone? … Anyone?
Ever wanted to view Flickr photographs while in a downpour? Or how about an umbrella-mounted camera? Um … no, me neither. But some plucky inventors/artists/mad people have invented such a thing! Erm, neat … ish.
The system is constructed by the Pileus Umbrella and the Pileus WebService. User can see and take a photo and video with the PileusUmbrella. User can hand on own experience in rainy day to next user with an umbrella type photoset. User Connects the Grip with the Screen, then the Grip reads the Screen’s ID and login to own Pileus Account. When user takes photos or videos, Pileus WebService evaluates media-type of data and uploads it to Flickr or YouTube, and then set a tag by screen ID. In addition, user twists the grip, it searches contents at Flickr and YouTube by tag of screen ID, and displays contents in order.
Source:Boing Boing
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Posted in News and Commentary, Online Photography Community
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Monopoly Personalised with Your Photographs
Now you can have your own family version of Monopoly using your own pictures with the Photo-opoly Board Game
Enclosed in each game are: all the game pieces including property deeds, play money, and dice. A guide booklet is included for creating your game with several options described, 3 pages of 100 pre-printed titles, adhesive paper for printing titles, a sharpie pen, and a glue pen are also included.
Could be just the idea for that difficult to buy for family members next gift. Not sure I would want to play a game with my own face on it, plus who gets the dubious honour of being featured in the low-rent part of the board?
Source: Exposure
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Zingfu – More online picture editing fun
In a similar vein to the flickr toys that we love so much comes zingfu. The twist is most of the gimmicks they offer take the form of your picture with a celebrity/magazine cover/in a scenario/etc.
Fun stuff to waste 10mins humiliating your friends in your lunch break!
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Canon M80 / M30 – Canon Enters Portable Video and Media Storage Market
Details at Canon UK
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