Sony NEX-5N

“A winning combination of excellent image quality even in low-light, a refined and customisable interface, and fast and responsive operation does make the Sony NEX-5N one of our current favourites. Highly Recommended!”

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PhotographyBLOG has published their review of the Sony NEX-5N, an Interchangeable Lens Camera (“compact mirrorless DSLR”) with a 16.1MP EXMOR APS HD CMOS sensor, 3.0-in. tiltabe LCD (921k-dot), iAUTO, PASM, Scene Modes, Sweep Panorama, Anti Motion Blur, Manual Focus, Background Defocus, Picture Effect, Hand-held Twilight Mode, Peaking function, supplied detachable flash, Continuous Shooting at 10fps, Auto HDR, Dynamic Range Optimizer, RAW, Anti-Dust Technology, and Full HD 1080p Movie 1920 x 1080/60p AVCHD 2.0 with stereo sound.

You can read the Sony NEX-5N Review @ PhotographyBLOG.

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Samsung MV800

“With the unique MultiView screen [the Samsung MV800] stands out from the crowd and is likely to be a popular choice.”

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ePHOTOzine has published their review of the Samsung MV800, an ultra-compact with 16.1MP resolution (on a 1/2.3-in. CCD image sensor), 5x wide-angle optical zoom (26-130mm equiv.), Optical Image Stabilization, 3.0-in. Flip-Out Touch-screen LCD (288K-dot), Smart AUTO, P, Night Shot, Live Panorama, Magic Frame, Picture in Picture, Smart Filter, Effects, 3D Photo, Pose Guide, Zoom Noise Reduction, Intelligent Portraits, and HD 720p Movie 1280×720 @ 30fps.

You can read the Samsung MV800 Review @ ePHOTOzine.

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SCHOOL FILM FESTIVAL

Get Animated… In YOUR School!

This is your chance to build your OWN film festival in celebration of the NFB’s annual Get Animated! series of events. All you need to do is visit the NFB’s Animation Channel at www.nfb.ca/animation, choose some films (appropriate to the age level of your students), invite your students to take part, make some popcorn and ENJOY!

To learn more about how you can get your school involved in asnimation, visit NFB.

Nippon Electric Glass Co Ltd has developed a glass substrate that it calls “invisible glass” which allows about 99.5% of incoming light to pass through it, reflecting only about 0.5% of the light. Compare this to a normal glass substrate where about 92% of incoming light passes through it, and the rest 8% of the light is reflected off it. The result is that you cannot tell whether there is a glass in front of you or not since the reflection is so minimal.

Hopefully, we should soon see this being used in the LCD of cameras so that viewing it in bright light won’t be a problem anymore. Its use on doors would require warning stickers on the glass so people don’t walk right through them.

Read the article at: Techon.

From Paravoffka

Every year, hundreds of paragliders from around the world visit the Himalayas (India side) in October and November. The paragliders watch the eagles which fly nearby for hints on the direction of the air currents that will also help them climb. One paraglider flew too close to three eagles (or was it the other way round) and one of the majestic birds collided with and got tangled in the sling glider [0:30]. The eagle seemed to be out cold, just hanging limp, while the paraglider franctically tried to control his descent. The paraglider used his reserve parachute and landed safely, then gingerly set the bird free. Both man and eagle survived, each with a story to tell. It was a close call.

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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

“If you can live without the picture quality perfection and improved low light performance of a DSLR, this is a great buy.”

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TrustedReviews has posted their review of the Canon PowerShot SX40 HS, an ultra zoom digital camera with 12.1MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CMOS), a whooping 35x ultra wide-angle optical zoom (24-840mm equiv.), optical image stabilization, Zoom Framing Assist, 2.7-in. Vari-Angle LCD (230k-dot), EVF, Smart AUTO, PASM modes, Scene Modes, Continuous Shooting 8 shots @ 10.3fps, Super Slow Motion Movie (240fps), Color Accent, and Full HD movie (1920 x 1080) @ 24fps. Both the optical image stabilizer and optical zoom are available during movie shooting.

You can read the Canon SX40 HS Review @ TrustedReviews.

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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

“With a 35x zoom, 1080p video and 10.3fps shooting, the SX40 HS sounds like an unbeatable camera, but look closely at, and crucially test, the other aspects and the limitations become clear.”

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CameraLabs has posted their review of the Canon PowerShot SX40 HS, an ultra zoom digital camera with 12.1MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CMOS), a whooping 35x ultra wide-angle optical zoom (24-840mm equiv.), optical image stabilization, Zoom Framing Assist, 2.7-in. Vari-Angle LCD (230k-dot), EVF, Smart AUTO, PASM modes, Scene Modes, Continuous Shooting 8 shots @ 10.3fps, Super Slow Motion Movie (240fps), Color Accent, and Full HD movie (1920 x 1080) @ 24fps. Both the optical image stabilizer and optical zoom are available during movie shooting.

You can read the Canon SX40 HS Review @ CameraLabs.

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“My whole life I’d been waiting for a man to love, who could love me. For decades, I’d thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man and he was my brother.”

Mona Simpson is Steve Job’s biological sister. She is a novelist and a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. She delivered this eulogy for her brother, Steve Jobs, on Oct. 16 at his memorial service at the Memorial Church of Stanford University.

In her eulogy, she reveals a Steve Jobs few know about: the father who frets over his children; the man who loved to take long walks; who worked hard, really hard, everyday; who loved beauty, not novelty; who valued family; who might have liked to become a mathematician; who treasured fun and happiness; who resketched how an ICU hospital room should work;…

It turns out that Steve Job’s life work is not yet finished: He made friends at Apple promise to finish projects; there’s a boat being lovingly completed in the Netherlands; three daughters to get married.

His final words, uttered hours before his death were:

OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.

On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs went, in his own words, “to a better place.”

Read the eulogy at: NYTimes.

From swiviusa

No serious camera today should be without a swivel (or at the very least a tiltable) LCD, which makes it more convenient to take pictures. And yet many cameras lack such a LCD. Swivi wants to rectify this situation with the Swivi External Swivel LCD Monitor which attaches to your existing camera tripod mount and connects to your camera via its HDMI output. It is powered by an included AAA battery adapter and provides Peaking Focus, Zoom In and Zoom Out functions and built-in stereo speakers.

Swivi External Swivel LCD Monitor

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