mike | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 14 2007 | photography, sd, digital cameras, wifi
This is pretty amazing technology. The Eye-Fi is a 2GB SD card, that you can use in any camera to store your digital pictures. BUT, it also has an integrated WiFi radio right on the card. The onboard computer will upload your pictures directly to your PC or to any of several online photo sharing sites (FlickR, Shutterfly, Facebook).
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - 10 days ago | photography, surf, waves
refaving petelight - awesome pics!
ShareViewed: 3 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 29 2009 | photography, miniatures, tilt-shift
I had heard of "Tilt-Shifting" before. It's the art of taking a real photograph, and changing the apparent depth of field, color saturation, and perspective, to give the feeling that you looking at a model miniature, rather than a real-life scene.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 17 2009 | twit, leo laporte, photography
Very cool 360 panorama of Leo Laporte's studio.
ShareViewed: 5 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 24 2009 | seattle, startups, founders coop, lookstat, photography
Earnings tracking for photographers. $500,000 funding from Founders Coop.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 28 2008 | panarama, photography
ShareViewed: 2 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 26 2008 | microsoft, video, photosynth, photography
Is it just me or is Laura Foy INCREDIBLY ANNOYING? First of all, she is SHOUTING during this whole video (maybe Microsoft can't afford lapel or boom mics). Second, she comes off as condescending. I just feel like saying "FU" whenever she suggests something.
She used to be on G4 TV (aka TechTV - the second generation: cute but irritating hosts). She's also been on Microsoft's Channel 10.
ShareViewed: 37 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 11 2008 | video, photography, canon, hack, firmware, chdk, timelapse
Very cool example of a use of the open-source firmware for Canon cameras - this timelapse shows the moon setting at sunrise.
Quoted: With the help of the non-destructive, aftermarket firmware, CHDK, installed on my camera, I set the tripod up, and set the camera to fire off as many frames as it could, until it filled the SD card memory. I did not know where the moon would eventually set, nor did I know if the sun would rise too soon, and thus wash everything out, as I could not reset the shutter speed, nor change any other settings once I set the program in motion. It was pure, once in a 'blue moon' kind of luck. ISO 50, shutter speed 1/60th of a second, +2 EV bias, and other info can be seen in the two stills, from this video, that I uploaded previously. The music is a Creative Commons share from: A genius musician and classical guitarist, www.ottmarliebert.com Le Cafe (Arabian Dance) from the album Winter Rose by Ottmar Liebert This project was made possible with the following tools: CHDK, Canon A620, iPhoto, Quicktime, Garageband, all on a 12" Powerbook G4.
ShareViewed: 14 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 10 2008 | photography, national geographic, nature
Quoted: National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting: nature, wildlife, landscape, and stock photography from around the world, and gallery featuring limited and open edition fine prints, books, posters, videos, and calendars. Located in Santa Cruz, California.
ShareViewed: 7 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 10 2008 | robert scoble, franz lanting, nature, photography, microsoft, national geographic
Quoted: I run the online video network for FastCompany Magazine at http://www.fastcompany.tv
ShareViewed: 5 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 05 2008 | open source, photography, canon, powershot, chdk, firmware, hdr, timelapse
Open source firmware replacement for your Canon point-and-shoot (powershot) camera gives you lots of amazing new features. This extensive post explains how to get:
- Long exposure times (up to 64 s)
- RAW mode
- Ultra fast exposure times (up to 1/100,000 s!)
- scripting(!) - e.g., timed photo capture -> long scale time lapse - a full scripting language to control your camera!
- exposure bracketing for HDRShareViewed: 36 Times
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- royleban - Nov 15 2007
You must be Mike's friend before you can comment on this Fave.i've heard mixed things about this -- the downside being that it is kinda annoying not to be able to configure wi-fi settings without a laptop. for example, if you're in a coffee shop that requires a key, there's no way to enter it unless you also have your laptop handy.
Yes - it really only works with your home WEP key or a totally public hotspot. Still, an amazing technological achievement.
Sounds interesting, but both my cameras take CF. I would want a CF card that was at least 4GB. But, if I ever replace the small camera that Emily and the kids use, I'd probably consider this since most new compact cameras take SD. And 2GB would be plenty for them.
Or, if I really want to use this, I could use an SD-to-CF adapter.
my guess is as more major cities offer free wifi this may become an amazingly fast way of sharing events around the city.
just an example : something goes down - before the news crew can get there someone takes a foto and uploads it. news station snags photo for their news report.
Ultimately - this will be a feature of every digital camera - it's kind of insane to put this in the memory card! Once all cameras are Wi-Fi (or WiMax) capable, you actually don't need a big memory card - it's just a cache for trips with poor internet access. Otherwise, your photos are stored in the cloud.
And then, with GPS in every camera, I think Sung's scenario really comes to life - with real time images and video, geo-tagged and uploaded and searchable. Wow!
I agree -- almost. I still need a big memory card. I can fill a card while I'm shooting a lot faster than I can empty it, even with WiFi. I carry 8GB worth of cards with me and I have come real close to running out of capacity. And I will easily access a gigabyte or more worth of photos during an editing session.
But, for the average shooter, it makes perfect sense and parts of the scenario also make sense for the pros and semi-pros/serious amateurs.
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