Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2

“All-in-all, I like the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 [for its] design, the shooting experience, the photo quality, and the ability to record HD movies at the push of a button (literally).”

We’ve added another Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 [Specs] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

DCRP (dcresource) has published their review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2, successor to the G1, with a touch screen interface that can be used to select the focus point, adjust camera settings and fire the shutter (the traditional control buttons are still present). Feature-wise, the G2 is similar to the G1 but adds HD Movie in AVCHD Lite with monaural sound (stereo with optional adapter). The Control Dial has also moved from the front of the handgrip to the back at the thumbrest area.

You can read the full Panasonic G2 Review at: DCRP (dcresource).

There is nothing more heinous that human trafficking [a US$9.5B business] and especially of children enslaved into the sex slave trade. Each year over a million children are exploited in the global commercial sexual slavery. Many of those children are sold for as little as $10 and some are as young as 5. 2-4 million young women and children will be sold into prostitutiion in the next 12 months…

Somaly Mam was born in poverty into a tribal minority family in the Mondulkiri province of Cambodia. She was sold into slavery as a child, eventually escaped her captors and set about building a new life for herself. Vowing never to forget those left behind, she has since dedicated her life to saving victims and empowering survivors.

In 1996, Somaly established a Cambodian non-governmental organization called AFESIP (Agir Pour les Femmes en Situation Precaire). For her tireless efforts, Somaly has garnered world-wide respect and is now a renowned leader at the forefront of the anti-trafficking struggle. She was honored as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2009, featured as a CNN Hero, and is the recipient of the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, The World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child (WCPRC), Glamour Magazine’s 2006 Woman of the Year Award, and the First Roland Berger Human Dignity Award.

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The Lipstick Portraits Debut – Artist & Celebrities Take on Modern Day Slavery

New York Exhibit Supports the Somaly Mam Foundation – Runs May 8-23

(Vocus/PRWEB ) May 8, 2010 — The Somaly Mam Foundation has been named the beneficiary of Michael Angelo’s The Lipstick Portraits, a series of striking and provocative portraits that stand in solidarity with women and children enslaved by the sex trade. Using red lipstick as a unifying motif, the portraits capture the strong and independent spirits of sixty inspiring women and men who have marked themselves with red lipstick as a statement of solidarity, personal freedom, and condemnation of those who destroy countless lives with the shackles and brutality of sexual slavery.

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In what is amounting to be an embarassing encore, Volvo has once again failed a crash test demo attended by auto journalists. A new Volvo S60 sedan was aimed straight at the back of a parked truck and its collision-avoidance system was supposed to bring the car to a stop safely. It didn’t. In a telling example of why the snafu occurred, Volvo quickly shifted the blame of the failure to the engineer who prepared the demo, something about a battery not recharged properly? After all, “the system worked flawlessly the day before.”

Read the whole article and watch the video at: Wired

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Kind of thought provoking.

Here is this week’s (May 1-7, 2010) digital camera review roundup:

• TrustedReviews reviews the 8MB Flip MinoHD [QuickPrice Check] and finds that “video quality is very slightly better, there’s twice as much storage, it looks more stylish, and the LCD is a big improvement.“
• PhotographyBLOG has the first expert review of the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR [Specs] which it finds is “still one of the best value and best performing compacts – highly recommended.“
• Imaging Resource finds that the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 [Specs], with its Touch Screen LCD is overall “a big improvement on the G1, offering a refreshing new way to interact with the camera.“
• PhotographyBLOG recommends the Casio EX-Z550 [QuickPrice Check] as an able companion for “anyone looking for an unobtrusive snapper for an equally modest outlay.“
• TrustedReviews is not too impressed with the Canon A3100 IS, finding that “build quality, handling and performance are all up to Canon’s usual standard, but unfortunately the camera is let down by inferior picture quality.“
• Steve’s Digicams rates the Casio Exilim EX-H15 [UK QuickPrice Check] as “a quality camera at a respectable price.“
• Steve’s Digicams likes the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 [Specs] and finds that “Panasonic has put together a nice camera that this both fun and easy to use in almost any situation.“
• DigitalCameraReview likes the cool aspect of the Sony DSC-TX7 but finds that ultimately the “slightly soft images and overexposure detracts from [...] what is, in all other respects, an outstanding small camera.“
• For more camera reviews, and to read the best reviews on the Web, visit our Reviews Matrix.

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