Archive for the 'Cameras' Category

Why The Flash Matters When Taking Photos

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

CameraHere is probably the best example I’ve seen of taking photos with and without the flash.

Link: http://img297.imageshack.us/…
(via digg)

Do Megapixels Matter?

Monday, November 27th, 2006

CameraDavid Pogue, a technology writer for the New York Times, had three 16×24 photo prints made at a professional photo lab. They were the same picture, taken at 5, 8, and 13 megapixels. In an unscientific survey, random pedestrians were unable to tell the difference. Out of the dozens of people who tried, only one was able to correctly identify which print went with with megapixel size—and she was a photography professor.

Link: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/…
(via Lifehacker)

Use Your Camera As A Scanner

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

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Email your picture of a document or whiteboard to scanR, and they’ll convert it into searchable PDF file. The service is free.

http://www.scanr.com/

Kodak Who?

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

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Digital watches did it to the leading watchmakers, now digital cameras are doing it to traditional camera/film companies.

http://arstechnica.com/…

The Future of Cameras

Monday, February 6th, 2006

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Apparently we are at the end of an era for cameras and picture-taking—but I think the author’s vision of the future is still mired in the old paradigm.

http://news.com.com/…

Detecting Photo Fakery

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

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A somewhat lengthy article on how to detect alterations to a picture. Note that the PDF version of the article is different from the HTML version (go figure…).

Link: http://oemagazine.com/…

Super-Fast Insect Photography

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

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This guy designed and built a photo rig to take pictures of insects in flight. Some of the pictures are amazing (this one is my favorite). When viewing the photos, the first page or so isn’t that good, but the later ones are unbelievable.

Link: http://www.hackaday.com/…