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Archive - November 2011
Adorama Black Friday Camera and Memory Specials
Adorama Black Friday deals: Samsung ST65 14.2 MegaPixels Digital Camera, 5x Optical Zoom, 2.7in LCD Screen, 720p HD Video Recording Image Stabilization, Indigo Blue Save 25% Regular Price $119 Sale Price $89 Deal valid...
Satellite Captures Image of Eastern North America From the Great Lakes to Cuba
The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the US Earth-observing satellite, NPP, collects radiometric imagery in visible and infrared wavelengths of the Earth’s land, atmosphere, and oceans.. It...
Fujifilm Announces X-S1 Long Zoom Bridge Camera
FUJIFILM CANADA INTRODUCES THEIR NEW PREMIUM X-SERIES CAMERA, THE X-S1: THE NEW STANDARD IN LONG ZOOM BRIDGE CAMERAS Introducing the third model in the X-Series of premium cameras, the X-S1, that continues the X-Series...
Canon S100 Review @ PhotographyBLOG
“Image quality is excellent, with a perfectly usable ISO range of 80-1600 and fast f/2.0 maximum aperture, albeit only at the wide-angle lens setting, making the S100 very well-suited to low-light, hand-held...
World Photo, London 2012 and Sony World Photography Awards in London April 27 – May 20, 2012
World Photo, London 2012 and Sony World Photography Awards return to London, April 2012 For immediate release, 24 November 2011 For a second year running the hugely successful World Photo, London and Sony World...
Photonic Chips Promise Light Speed Processing
Imagine if the computations in chips (or CPUs, Computer Processing Units) could be performed at the speed of light instead of electrons. Photonic chips are such devices that use light beams instead of electrons to carry...
Sony SLT-A65 Review @ ePHOTOzine
“The bargain Digital SLR of the year […] in many ways the camera out performs every other SLR available at this price.” We’ve added a new Sony SLT-A65 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews...
Fujifilm X10 Review @ PhotographyBLOG
“The X10 also delivers the goods in terms of image quality. Noise is noticeable only by its almost complete absence from ISO 100-800, with the faster full-resolution settings of 1600 and 3200 also being very...
Nikon S6200 Review @ DigitalCameraInfo
“Despite those limitations, the S6200 is the best point-and-shoot we’ve seen with such a far-reaching lens.” We’ve added a new Nikon COOLPIX S6200 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix...
Olympus PEN Mini E-PM1 Review @ DPReview
“The Olympus PEN E-PM1 offers good image quality and manual control in a small, compact body.” We’ve added another Olympus PEN E-PM1 [QuickPrice Check] review to our Reviews Matrix. DPReview has...
DIY: IKEA Egg Timer Makes Perfect Timelapse Panning Unit
From Getawaymoments For a timelapse movie, your camera needs to have an intervalometer so that it takes pictures at intervals. In this video, an egg timer is used to provide the panning unit so you can pan 360 degrees...
Unlock Panorama Mode on Your iPhone
From 360Cities Well, did you know that your iPhone can take Panorama photos? That’s because the feature is already there, just hidden, to be eventually revealed in the next version, I guess. The folks at 360Cities...
Amazing Underwater Timelapse of A Brinicle Icicle of Death Forming Under the Antartic Sea
From cwmbro BBC cameramen Hugh Miller and Doug Anderson, filming for the BBC One series Frozen Planet, have captured an unusual phenomenon that plays out under the Antartic sea. Dubbed “Brinicle” or...
Destino by Salvador Dali, A Walt Disney Production
From JOnas3MokaQ The long: The film tells the story of Chronos, the personification of time and the inability to realize his desire to love for a mortal. The scenes blend a series of surreal paintings of Dali with...
Interview With Canon Execs on EOS-1D X
The Canon EOS-1D X is the replacement for both the EOS-1D Mark IV and EOS-1Ds Mark III, and is slated for late March 2012, just in time for the 2012 London Olympics. The “X” apparently stands for...
Gesture Controlled Virtual Musical Instrument Uses Webcam To Allow Quadraplegic To Play Music
Biomedical engineers at Toronto’s Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital have created a Virtual Musical Instrument (VMI) that allows a quadraplegic to play music with slight movements of his head. A computer’s...
Sony WX10 Review @ Imaging Resource
“Image quality gave us pause initially, primarily because of the overaggressive noise suppression and the artifacts it creates. But the Sony WX10 redeems itself in the printed results.” We’ve added...
The Poor Traveler’s Way To Visit The World
Address Is Approximate from The Theory on Vimeo. Director Tom Jenkins has probably pioneered a brand new way of visting interesting places in the world using Google Street View and some very clever animation. Produced...
Adorama Black Friday Bags & Cases Specials
Adorama Black Friday Bags & Cases Specials: Lowepro Flipside 200 Digital SLR Backpack, Water Resistant with Removable Accessory Pouch, Black Save 23% Regular Price $64.95 Sale Price $49.95 Use coupon code S1112323...
Contact Lenses Can Project Images For Your Eyes Only
Researchers at Washington University have embedded micro circuitry into contact lenses that can project images in front of the eyes. The eventuak goal is to embed hundreds more pixels into the flexible lens to allow it...