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 Best Digital Cameras (October 9, 2006)Source: Digital Photography School (http://digital-photography-school.com/blog) | I get asked every day for advice on which is the ‘best’ digital camera?
Of course I usually answer the question with another question - something like ‘what do you want to use it for?’ - but in the end I generally give some recommendations based upon:
My own personal experience
What I see others buying
What I see [...]
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 JoT #869, Slimming cameras can be hazardous to your health. (September 22, 2006)Source: The Joy of Tech (http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/index.html)
When you're slimming someone, it's best to be discreet.
Click here to visit the comic.
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 Bounty hunters armed with cameras (August 7, 2006)Source: Springwise New business ideas (http://www.springwise.com/) |
Spy Media, a Silicon Valley-based news photo marketplace, lets both amateur and professional photographers sell their photos at a price they set.
They've just added a new twist: buyers can request a photo of an event, place, person, product or whatever, and place a bounty on the image. Buyer sets the price, and the first photographer with the right image gets paid. Current bounties include "Would like a picture of my first home once owned in SJ, CA" (USD 20), and "Red Bull Contest - The Photo with the Prettiest Girl and a Red Bull" (USD 100).
This takes the citizen journalism model (which we've written about before: ScooptWords, Reporter.co.za, and OhmyNews) and turns it into an online photo classified system. Anyone, anywhere can tap into the global brain, and can send photographers on 'image errands'. Besides news-related bounties, one can imagine FMCG companies requesting real-world shots of in-store marketing efforts, or potential homebuyers looking for realistic photos of a property's surroundings.
Not to mention all the other errands you can get minipreneurs to do... Time to start up a global errands intermediary, with easy access to members from Bangkok to Boston?
Website: http://www.spymedia.com
Contact: email form
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Digital cameras 'not backed up' (August 3, 2006)Source: Fred C! bookmark (http://fred.tazlog.com/)
Digital Cameras Have Unique Fingerprints (April 25, 2006)Source: Schneier on Security (http://www.schneier.com/blog/) | Interesting research: Fridrich's technique is rooted in the discovery by her research group of this simple fact: Every original digital picture is overlaid by a weak noise-like pattern of pixel-to-pixel non-uniformity. Although these patterns are invisible to the human eye,... |
80 Cameras for 2,400 People (March 29, 2006)Source: Schneier on Security (http://www.schneier.com/blog/) | This story is about the remote town of Dillingham, Alaska, which is probably the most watched town in the country. There are 80 surveillance cameras for the 2,400 people, which translates to one camera for every 30 people. The cameras... |
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