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What 16 grand will buy you
About 16 for the base platform, then you need to attach a camera to it – the camera is probably as much, again. I very much want a helicopterish camera platform with the speed and endurance of this one.
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Rhino Slider arrives
Back in September, I paid for a Rhino Slider so I could take those cool time lapses where you see something in the foreground move contra the background. As part of the early production run, the...
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Rhino Slider, part the second: rail thread pitch stainless steel
I bought a 5/16×18 tap and chased the threads on the stainless steel rods; everything assembles smoothly now. I suggest you pick up taps for the two other sizes (1/4×20 and 3/8×16) and chase...
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Who needs night vision?
Watch the video at the bottom for a look at upcoming sensor technology from Canon; the low-light video quality is astounding.
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Eric Hertz, RIP
I was contacted this morning by someone asking for rights to a photo I had taken, years ago, of Eric Hertz. Eric was an incredibly decent man with the joie de vivre that carried into all interests h...
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Shots from Eastern Oregon
This is a very particular type of hammer – any idea what it’s used for? As a hint, it’s single use. That use isn’t pounding beer bottle caps into a log. The Satus Pass fire cost me hours of re-routing....
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Computational photography
Watch the video about a third of the way down the page. Computational photography is one of those areas that’s infinitely fascinating to me – pulling good data out of garbage isn’t magic, but quite close.
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Failure is so rarely frankly discussed
The comments here about the failure of Everpix hit close to home. I worked for a photo sharing startup that I really wanted to take off. I still think all of the key reasons that startup was founded...
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Boom
an amazing lightning storm blew through the area last night, so I went up behind WalMart to try to take pictures. The iPhone is horrid in low light.
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