Here is this week’s (Aug 6-12, 2011) digital camera review roundup: byThom fins the Samsung TL500 / EX1 [Specs] “is a pleasure to use this camera, and the raw image quality is quite good for a small sensor...
Archive - 2011-08-13
Teardown of Apple iPhone
As we all know by now, Foxconn employees slave in China to make the Apple iPhone we so love. A teardown of the parts, who make them and how much they cost is available from The Economist and reveals that Foxconn...
Leica Reports Record Sales, Distributes Dividend
PRESS RELEASE August 12, 2011 / No. 31/2011 Annual General Meeting of Leica Camera AG approves dividend / year concludes with record sales / Board of Management reaffirms results forecast On August 12, 2011 in the...
For The Die-Hard Nikon Fan
If you have Nikon cameras, lenses, mugs and even cakes, what else can you have to prove your devotion to all things Nikon? Well, how about a PAA JOE’s Sculpted Nikon F2 Photomic Coffin? Who says you can’t have it...
Digital Puppeteering Allows You To Control Another Person’s Facial Gestures
Being John Malkovich – ECCV 2010 from Ira Kemelmacher on Vimeo. We recently saw a puppet warp feature added to Adobe Photoshop and it was cool being able to manipulate a picture. In a similar vein, this new...
Skin-Thin Electronics Set To Revolutionize Medical And Photo Applications
An international team of researchers from the United States, China and Singapore have developed a hair-thin electronic patch that adheres to the skin without glue. The patch is in fact an epidermal electronic system...
The Digital Doctor Is In: Italian Magazine Admits doctoring Kate Middleton’s Waist In Search of the Perfect Photo
Another magazine is taken in by the continuing saga of digital manipulation, this time of Kate Middleton in her wedding dress. When Grazia magazine put Kate on the cover of their special edition, she was pictured with a...
Amazing Footage of Buffalo Herd Rescuing A Calf From A Pride of Lions
From Jason275 This video is amazing in showing what really goes on in nature: a pride of lions lies in wait, crouching in tall grass hiding from what looks like a family of buffalo: mother, father and baby calf. As the...