Showing posts with label Camera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camera. Show all posts

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Oldest camera up for Auction

From BornRich.org
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"Before the famous catchword “say cheese” was coined, a Giroux “Daguerreotype” – the world’s first commercially-produced camera was invented. The 170 years old camera (previously undocumented) remained in private ownership in northern Germany for generations and goes up for auction this May at WestLicht Auctions in Vienna. Believed to be the world’s oldest and most expensive camera, the wooden sliding-box camera was made in Paris in September 1830 by Alphonse Giroux. The camera signed by Jacques Mande Daguerre verifies the device’s authenticity and is accompanied by a manual written in German that goes along with the camera."
http://www.bornrich.org/entry/the-world-s-oldest-and-most-expensive-camera-is-up-for-the-grabs/

Friday, January 22, 2010

Twin Video Puts Operator in the Frame

Wired.com
Gadget Lab Hardware News and Reviews
Twin Video Puts Idiotic Operator in the Frame



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"Imagine a video camera with lenses front and back, a camera which could shoot both interviewee and interviewer simultaneously. Imagine then being able to cut back and forth between them, with everything, including stereo sound, in perfect sync.

Imagine now that you had made such a machine, and then crippled it, turning it into a novelty device that puts a feed of you, the camera operator, in the corner of all your footage, grinning and gurning in a repulsive, annoying video commentary. It’s like the most moronic DVD-extra commentary track, only worse, because you can see it.

That camera exists. The Twin Video has cameras firing in both directions, along with a pair of mics. As you shoot, you can choose which of the images is set picture-in-picture and which is the full-sized master. You can also split the screen to show both. Examples of use: rollercoasters, merry-go-rounds (carousels) and “interviews” conducted by narcissists.

Otherwise, the Twin Video looks very similar to a Flip, or – stylistically – the Kodak Zx1. It records to SD or SDHC, hooks up to a computer via USB and has a built-in, rechargeable battery. The price is still undecided, and the camera should be in stores in the first half of this year."
Wired.com Article

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Casio's new Camera

Casio Exilim EX-G1
VIA-Geeky Gadgets

We have seen a couple of new digital cameras from Casio this week, like the Casio Exilim EX-FH25, now Casio has launched a new compact digital camera which is designed to take a beating, the Casio Exilim EX-G1.

The Casio Exilim EX-G1 is the first compact camera in Casio’s new G-series range, and it is designed to be able to withstand bumps and knocks, as well as water, dust and cold temperatures.
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Casio Exilim EX-G1

The casing as made from two layers, inside there is a buckle-locked fiberglass-reinforced polycarbonate body, on the outside the Casio Exilim EX-G1 is encased in stainless steel.

The Casio Exilim EX-G1 features a 12.1 megapixel 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor, with 3 x optical zoom which offers a range equivalent to 38mm to 114mm, it also features a 2.5 inch LCD display, and is capable of recording video at an 848 x 480 resolution.

The Casio Exilim EX-G1 will go on sale in December for $299.99 and it will be available in two colors, black and red.

Casio


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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Red Light Camera Thieves

Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker
By JAMIE SCHRAM, JOHN DOYLE and DAN MANGAN, July 22, 2009
Source: New York Post

Two oddballs have been busted for swiping nearly 20 percent of the city's red-light cameras right under Big Brother's nose, The Post has learned.

They allegedly drove around town in a pickup truck with a cherry-picker to dismantle 22 of the high-end Nikons from their street poles. The devices are used to identify red-light-running drivers, who then are issued tickets by mail.

The suspects peddled an estimated $88,000 worth of goods to a camera resale shop for $300 each to feed their heroin habits, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.

The alleged perps -- Anthony Cintorrino, 45, and 29-year-old trust-fund baby Tara LaBurt, both of Brooklyn -- swiped the traffic cameras at intersections in The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens between June 24 and this past Sunday, sources said.

Cintorrino was held in lieu of $8,000 bond; LaBurt -- in an oversized T-shirt, torn black stockings, a purple miniskirt and flip-flops -- was held in lieu of $3,000 bond.

On Sunday morning, an employee of a hardware store on Coney Island Avenue at Dorchester Road in Brooklyn told The Post that two people matching the descriptions of the suspects pulled up in a truck and took something from the camera box.

The couple claimed to work for Mulvihill ICS, a Staten Island company in charge of maintaining the cameras for the city Department of Transportation. "Then they ran away," the employee said.

Cintorrino previously did subcontracting work as a camera installer for Mulvihill ICS, the company said.Beware cheap Nikons on eBay: 22 stolen from NYC red light cameras

Court records indicate he has a long history of illicit drug use and psychiatric problems. In 2004, he sued the manufacturer of the antidepressant drug Wellbutrin, saying he attempted suicide after taking the drug, but dropped the suit.

LaBurt, who comes from a wealthy family, most recently worked for her brother's film-production company.

"This is really scary for the whole family," said LaBurt's brother, director Michael LaBurt. "My mother is freaking out. The family is kind of in shock."

He added, "Tara is a product of a trust-fund culture," and is the great-granddaughter of a founder of UPS. But recently, he said, the family has had money problems.

Michael said his family pushed Tara to enter an upstate drug-rehab program twice in recent months after she was arrested for drunken driving.

Michael said he believes that Tara -- who was trying to get into the French Culinary Institute -- met Cintorrino recently after leaving rehab.

Cops nabbed LaBurt and Cintorrino on Monday in Manhattan after finding 13 of the stolen cameras at a reseller and tracing them, sources said.

Three other stolen cameras were found at their residences, and cops expect soon to recover the other six that were swiped, sources said.

A DOT spokesman said, "We replaced the stolen cameras within 48 hours of being detected. We visit each site daily, so we knew within a day when they were missing."