Ted Ritzer: Digital Photography

ZON Dollars Where the Virtual & Real World Collides for Good in the World

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:36:47 GMT

ZON DOLLARS CONCEPT-JAN 1, 2007

Dear Google Org, Amazon and Linden Labs People:

I submit this idea for your consideration:

It has been posted to the Internet via Google docs, its URL is:

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcjvvpr5_2frhqm6

ZON Dollars Where the Virtual & Real World Collides for Good in the World:

The idea for ZON dollars has its roots in three things I read as the final moments of 2006 played out:

1. Allision H Fine's wonderful new book: "Momentum-igniting social change in the connected age.", which can be purchased at Amazon. 2. Amazon's new project that uses 37signals Ruby on Rails to build a new application called Unspun , which is based on an application Amazon has called the mechanical Turk. 3.An article called: "What is Second Life?" Of course, the reference to a virtual currency comes directly from Second Life's "The Linden dollar".

I guess the challenge delivered by Allision Fine in her book: "Momentum" is how do we harness technology and the economy to do good?

ZON dollars is my attempt at doing just that through the creation of a virtual currency that at its core involves both voluteerism and doing good throughout the world.

ZON dollars can only be earned by:

1. individuals or corporations donating to recognized charities(those that can issues tax receipts) for conversion into ZON dollars, for the sole purpose of motivating people to do good. through the use of those ZON dollars. 2. doing virtual work through participating companies like Amazon's Mechanical Turk Service, a portion, determined by the worker goes to charities in the form of ZON dollars, while the remainder goes to the virtual worker, to be used as they see fit. 3. corporations who are so confident of the worth of their product that they openly invite comparision by consumers, donate ZON dollars to encourge concensus rankings of their product using Amazon's new Unspun service. People are encouraged to vote on the best products i in those categories, and the ZON dollars are distributed to the charity that the sponsoring corporation names when they open the community concensus on their product category.

ZON dollars can be converted to:

1. real currency for use to purchase goods at Amazon.com or via Google's new ecommerce system. 2. they can be converted to Linden dollars for use in Second Life.

So I guess those are my inititial thoughts related to the ZON dollar concept, I will now publish this, and also email the concept to the above named entities that could actually implement the concept, a. Google.org, Amazon's Unspun & Second Life.

As Allision Fine's book title says, I wonder if this concept will:

'ignite social change in the connected age"

Sincerely

Gregers Ritzer-January 1, 2007

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:18:15 GMT

Top 10 Astronomy Images of 2006. The Bad Astronomer writes "Astronomical observatories on the ground and in space return many terabytes of data every year. But which bytes are the best? I combed through thousands of pictures to find the Top 10 astronomy images of the year."

[Slashdot]

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:45:15 GMT

TiVo Connects with IPod, PSP (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Digital video recording pioneer TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has tweaked its TiVoToGo service to let subscribers transfer recorded TV content to Apple iPod or Sony (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation Portable (PSP) devices. [Yahoo! News: Technology News]

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:35:49 GMT

Media Buddy Digital Photo Storage Saves Photos on 30GB and 80GB Hard Drives. Digital Foci, Inc. introduced today Media Buddy portable digital photo storage with hard drive and card reader that lets you instantly and securely save digital photos on a hard drive wherever you go, so you can keep snapping away and not worry about running out of memory card space. With Media BuddyÃ[not equal]Â[base ']s 30GB to 80GB hard drive versions, youÃ[not equal]Â[base ']ll virtually never run out of memory card space on the road again. Media Buddy frees up expensive memory card space and lets... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 06:05:12 GMT

R/C Aerial Photography.

Gary Dickerson pointed out these folks over at the RC Groups forums who have been rigging up small digital cameras to their R/C airplanes and getting some fantastic low-altitude aerial pictures. The trick is to find cameras that are light enough not to affect the handling of the planes too much, like the 2-megapixel Sony DSC-U40 that Gary rigged up with a custom mount and a hand-built trigger. The RC Groups forum is putting together a 2005 calendar now, too, collated from photos sent in by their users. Take a look at some of the great shots they're gettingóit looks like a lot of fun.

2005 Calendar Entries [RCGroups]

[Gizmodo]

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:57:17 GMT

BBC: Blog picked as word of the year. Slow news day. [Scripting News]

Tue, 06 Jan 2004 04:46:15 GMT

Epson P-1000 Photo Viewer. CES 2004: Epson has today announced the P-1000 Photo Viewer, a 10 GB storage unit with a large 3.8" VGA LCD display designed as an advanced portable digital photoframe. The P-1000 has a Compact Flash slot (other media supported via adapters) and TV out as well as connectivity to Epson Printers for direct print. But the features keep coming, the P-1000 can also be connected directly to a computer via USB for transfer or a USB CD writer for archival. This product has been available... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:02:48 GMT

Guide to Online Photo Albums

So you got a digital camera for Xmas, and want to share those digital photos you took of the tree, etc with your family and friends. But your family is spread out around the world!

Well Lincoln Spector at PCworld wrote and article that just may have some great advice!

Lincoln researched the use of free and almost free online albums, if you would like more info on this approach, check out Lincoln's article.

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 02:26:02 GMT

PowerPoint Talking Heads:

Talk about a silly analogy, David Byrne from the Talking Heads likes Powerpoint?

This would go into my Go Figure category if I still was uising it.

check this article out that examines the talking heads use of powerpoint

Windows XP users-chat & share photos & music with new application

Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:50:44 GMT

you can use your XP equipped computer to chat, and share music and photos with a new application.

Check out 3 degrees at:

http://www.threedegrees.com/

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:54:48 GMT

Merry Christmas from the Accordian Guy worth repeating:

Stole this file from the above site, cause I think it really does capture some of both the frustration and the joy of Xmas.

All the best from WIFLblog and enjoy the Accordian Guy's Christmas story, and don't forget to visit his site:

the Accordian Guy Christmas story now follows:

Merry Christmas, and I mean it in the nice sense of the phrase

by Joey deVilla on December 24, 2003 12:13PM (EST)

This is from last year (with a little polishing up), but it's worth repeating.

While I do believe that some traditions should be put to rest, I also believe that a lot of tradition-bashers are poor-impulse-control cases. Having abandones any actual tradition or culture of their own, they fill the void with a couple of < href="http://www.utne.com/">Utne Reader platitudes, a mild revulsion for anything even vaguely Judeo-Christian, even if it aligns with their beliefs, a pro-pot slant and a half-formed belief in eye-for-eye karmic payback.

Standing for almost nothing, they tend to fall for just about anything.

Chris Baldwin's summed it up pretty handily -- and perhaps unintentionally -- in a Bruno comic from last year:

To borrow the line about Klansmen and Martin Luther King Day: C'mon, Bruno, how hardcore a secularist must you be to not want a day off?

Of course, those of us who celebrate Christmas would argue the exact opposite: here we took a beautiful Christian holdiay and destroyed it through corportization and "We're white, we're straight, we're sorry!" guilt.

(There's a Randroid who would take another tack and say "here we took a beautiful commerical holiday and destroyed it in usual religious fashion." Haven't we developed some kind of Ayn Rand repellent yet?)

In the end, I believe that intent counts.

I'm certain there is no malice, no implicit "convert or die" message and no forcing of one's beliefs on others when someone wishes someone else a Happy Chanukah, Eid, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, Tet or even Festivus, the actions of certain vicious zealots notwithstanding. Balanced minds do not see any implied Hitler overtones at Oktoberfest nor Hirohito/Tojo insinuations at the sushi house, and neither do they see the Crusades in Christmas.

When people say "Merry Christmas", most of them are really saying "Happy Holidays, and I'm celebrating them Christmas-style. You do your thing, and I'll do mine. Come by for drinks."

That what I'm really saying, anyways.

No matter what you believe, enjoy the break from the hustle and bustle of 21st century life. Be nice to each other. Hug someone you love.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:59:41 GMT

Linux Toys Projects
check this out if you want some projects for you and your kids

Linux Toys Projects

Music Jukebox
Home Video Archive
TV Recorder/Player
Arcade Game Player
Home Network Server
Home Broadcast Center
Temperature Monitor
Digital Receptionist
Mini ISP
Web Hosting Service
Doghouse Linux/BSD Games
Toy Car Controller
Digital Picture Frame

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:48:46 GMT

NetDiskô with NDAS Technology is the only external Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that can be connected directly to either your computer or your Local Area Network (LAN) using an Ethernet cable OR directly to your computer using a USB cable! Now you can easily share additional storage with everyone on your network. NetDiskô utilizes XIMETA's own NDAS Technology, making it easy to add instant, high-speed storage to your PC while giving you the option to share. Designed with ease of use and expandabilty in mind, this external storage solution combines high performance, reliability, security, and versatility.

Its value can also be found in the non-PC environment. For example, Digital TV broadcasting has already been launched. Home networking is being improved and popularized, and the game industry (currently represented by the PS2ô and X-boxô) is growing. In this age of home networking, NetDisk makes it possible to save digital TV recordings, digital audio recordings, and digital camera movie files onto a single network storage system and share this data with different kinds of terminals, including TVs, audio components, PCs, etc.

http://www.ximeta.com/products/netdisk.html

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:24:42 GMT

Visual Effects Oscar Shortlist. nurble writes "The short list of films being considered for a best visual effects Oscar was released today. The biggest news is that the final two installments ... [Slashdot]

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:27:02 GMT

Just posted! Nikon D2H Review. Just posted, our full in-depth review of Nikon's latest flagship digital SLR, the D2H. The D2H features a four megapixel in-house developed 'LBCAST' sensor, an eight frames per second shooting rate and a huge 40 JPEG frame buffer. Compared to the D1 the D2H is quite an evolution with a wide variety of control, function, feature and speed improvements. The D2H is clearly aimed at the sports and current affairs photo journalism with supreme viewfinder blackout and shutter release lag... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:25:24 GMT

eZphotoshare - Interactive sharing of digital images.. eZPhotoShare enables secure, interactive sharing of digital images in real-time. [New Entries at Datamation Product Watch]

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:52:30 GMT

Fujifilm's 20 megapixels, at a price. We first caught sight of Fujifilm's medium format back tucked away and behind glass at the PMA show earlier this year, but at the time there was no specific information available. Nine months later Fujifilm has now officially announced the 'DBP for GX680' medium format digital back. This digital back features a 52 x 37 mm SuperCCD sensor with 20.68 million effective pixels producing a maximum output image of 41.36 million pixels (7648 x 5408). This digital back is designed for use with... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 02:20:50 GMT

JPEG2000: the Killer Image File Format for Lossless Storage

by Ken Milburn -- Is JPEG2000 the killer image file format for lossless storage? Ken Milburn thinks so. In this article, Ken details the options available in the JPEG2000 plug-in, which have been designed to help photographers losslessly compress and store the highest-quality images as efficiently as possible. Ken is the author of the upcoming Digital Photographer's Handbook.

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 02:13:05 GMT

Moving Toward the Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow. Ken Milburn offers a workflow that digital photographers can follow for preparing for a shoot and determining a shooting procedure, and for downloading, cataloguing, tracking, and archiving the image files that result. Ken is the author of the upcoming Digital Photographer's Handbook. [O'Reilly Network Web Services DevCenter]

Thu, 18 Dec 2003 22:14:46 GMT

20 new digital cameras from Canon next year. Big news from Canon. They say they're going to introduce twenty new digital cameras next year, more than doubling the number they put out this... [Gizmodo]

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:07:51 GMT

Photo Calendar Program. Initial release: photo-cal-0.5... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:56:38 GMT

Scanning For A Gallery Exhibition [Index]

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:50:39 GMT

The Work of Photograpers blog

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:14:21 GMT

Electric Shoebox. John Stafford points me to Electric Shoebox. A cool dynamic DNS local app that lets you share photos with friends... [Disruptive Technology]

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 07:31:34 GMT

Photo Story reviewed in PC Magazine.

Sean Alexander, who's not in any group blog, writes about Microsoft Photo Story and its review in PC Magazine. I've used the Plus! Photo Story app he talks about. It's a great way to make a neat Photo Story to show everyone over the holidays. Sean was a program manager on that product, by the way, and he's recently moved his blog.

[Robert Scoble: Scobleizer Weblog]

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 07:29:52 GMT

New Photo App written in .NET.

One of the things I get asked is "where are the major consumer apps written with .NET?" Here's one that's very cool: Constant Time's Electronic Shoebox. It organzies and lets you edit your digital photos. President James Park tells me "I shudder to think how long it would have taken us to write it in C++."

I just got it (it costs $29) and I'll be testing it out and reporting on it soon.

[Robert Scoble: Scobleizer Weblog]

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:25:12 GMT

Reviews around the web. In a feature we haven't done for some time here's a round up of reviews on other sites around the web. Cameras in the spotlight this last month include the Olympus C-5060 Zoom, Minolta DiMAGE A1, Pentax Optio 555, HP Photosmart 945 and the Fujifilm Finepix A310 Zoom among others. Dave Etchells at Imaging-Resource had this to say about the Pentax Optio 555, "Battery life is a good bit longer than average too, so you can bring back more images from each outing. About the only negative... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:24:32 GMT

Minolta Digital SLR next year and more. According to a 'report from Japan' on the Popular Photography website Minolta will be introducing a digital SLR next year and that it's highly possible that an operational sample will be shown at PMA 2004. In addition to the report also reveals that Olympus will have two more digital SLR's next year as will Pentax and that other digital SLR manufacturers (Nikon, Canon etc.) are looking at putting vibration reduction technology in the camera rather than the lens (just like Minolta did with... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 03:02:14 GMT

Leica Digilux 2 - the bigger picture. Many of you asked for it and thanks to Leica UK for supplying very high resolution images of the new five megapixel Digilux 2. This camera may well have a Panasonic heart but it's instantly recognisable as a Leica and features a very interesting F2.0 - F2.4 lens. The brand certainly carries a lot of weight and this camera appears to be one of the more interesting new releases of recent months. [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:23:11 GMT

Camera/Camcorder shopping. Roland Tanglao recently asked my shopping advice about combo camcorders and digital cameras. He liked my response so much that he put it up on his blog.By the way, notice the Ads by Google to the right of the post on the blog, and how appropriate they are to the subject matter of the blog. They actually achieve a holy grail of advertising: adding value to the editorial work while not influencing the writer(s) in the least. In other words, by working for the readers as well as the publisher. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Fri, 05 Dec 2003 05:37:26 GMT

Nikon D70, coming to spoil Canon's party?. Nikon today announced that it is "working on" a new budget priced digital SLR, the D70 and a new complementary DX lens. From the hints given in the 'development press releases' it's fairly easy to come to the conclusion that this camera will be fully announced at PMA 2004 and should hit the stores shortly afterwards. Considering its "budget price" and considering the current competition I will make a wild guess that the D70 will be based around the D100 engine with... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Fri, 05 Dec 2003 05:37:05 GMT

Idruna Pocket Phojo 2.5. Idruna Software has announced the launch of Pocket Phojo 2.5, a major update to the Pocket PC solution specifically designed to allow photojournalists to get photos back to base as rapidly and conveniently as possible. Major enhancements include an all new image processing engine, lower memory usage, extra features for Nikon D2H users, support for images from the Canon 1DS, Kodak 14N and the Kodak DCS 520. Pocket Phojo 2.5 is a free upgrade for existing customers or new customers can... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 04:30:14 GMT

Leica Digilux 2. Leica today announced the Digilux 2, a five megapixel compact digital camera with a 3.2x optical zoom lens. Leica are promoting this camera as the "analog" digital camera, in essence this is driven by the camera's design and control layout which is almost identical to a standard manual film camera (such as aperture ring, shutter speed dial etc.) The lens is also pretty special, a 28 - 90 mm equiv. with a maximum aperture of F2.0 at wide angle and F2.4 at telephoto. The... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:31:29 GMT

Just posted! Olympus E-1 full review. Just posted! Our full in-depth review of Olympus's first lens interchangeable digital SLR, the new E-1. The E-1 marks the first digital SLR of the Olympus 'E system' and is also the first digital SLR compatible with the 4/3 imaging standard and helps to launch a whole new lens mount and sensor size. The E-1 has a five megapixel Kodak CCD sensor, a full magnesium alloy body and is powered by a Lithium-Ion battery. See how the E-1 performed in our tests and my opinion of it. UPDATED... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 04:56:17 GMT

The Ultimate On-the-Fly Network. Here's how a flock of reclusive seabirds became pioneers of pervasive computing. A case study from the sensor net frontier. By Martha Baer from Wired magazine. [Wired News]

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:06:50 GMT

The 123 of digital imaging e-book 2.0. Site contributor Vincent Bockaert has today announced the latest version of his excellent 'The 123 of digital imaging Interactive e-book'. The new e-book appears to be far more than a simple upgrade, the e-book now covers even more software including Adobe Photoshop CS and Photoshop Album 2.0 (as well as keeping content for Photoshop 7 and Album 1.0). The layout and control of the e-book has also been improved as a result of user feedback. Building on the previous version this e-book... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Tue, 18 Nov 2003 03:32:34 GMT

Petzl Myo 5 Headlamp. Serious hands-free night lighting [Cool Tools]

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 03:08:37 GMT

Wacom Go Pro Photography Contest. Wacom (the company behind the excellent Graphire, Intuos and Cintiq tablets) are currently running a photography contest named 'Go Pro'. The grand prize is a 40 GB Apple iPod and US$ 1,000 as payment for the commercial rights to the winning photo which will be included in the PhotoSpin professional stock photo collection. Entry is easy, simply upload your favourite image (must be 500 KB or less JPEG). The winning photograph will be chosen by a panel of professional photographers simply... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 03:08:01 GMT

Sigma Photo Pro 2.0 available for download. Sigma Japan has today made Photo Pro 2.0 available for download (for both Windows and Macintosh). This will be great news for owners of the Sigma SD9 digital SLR as Photo Pro 2.0 can be used with RAW (.X3F) files from this camera as well as the new Sigma SD10 digital SLR. Our experience of Photo Pro 2.0 was very positive, image processing is improved, especially the handling of clipped color near highlights. In addition Photo Pro 2.0 has new features including the storage of processing... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 07:54:14 GMT

Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition. Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition expands on the basic photography techniques introduced in the bestselling first edition to help you take the kind of pictures you've always wanted to--and now in full color! This book is the photo mentor you've always wanted: it explains each of the camera's components, shows you what they do, and then helps you choose the right settings. When you ask, "How can I get that picture?", simply pull this small guide out of your came... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:53:18 GMT

Alera Technologies Digital Photo Copy Cruiser. Alera Technologies has today announced the Digital Photo Copy Cruiser which enables the copying of digital photos directly from camera memory cards to CD without a computer. Photos from memory cards can be added to the CD in multi-session format so the full capacity of the CD can be used, it can also be used as a USB 2.0 36x CD recorder when connected to a computer. The Digital Photo Copy Cruiser supports the following Digital Memory Card formats: CF Type I and II, SD, MMC, SM, MS, MS... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Wed, 05 Nov 2003 01:46:27 GMT

New underwater digital camera. New waterproof underwater digital camera from Ffreefire (that isn't a typo, either). The EWC300F is submersible to a depth of five meters, has a resolution of three megapixels, and uses SD memory cards for image storage. Read [Via I4U]... [Gizmodo]

WIFLblog nominated to BlogsCanada Top Blogs list

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 01:43:25 GMT

WIFLBlog nominated to BlogsCanada's Top Blog list

so the little banner with the maple leaf represents that latest honor, and the following email was what notified me of this honor, thanks BlogsCanada!

"Hi Ted,

In October, WIFLblog was nominated to BlogsCanada's Top Blogs list. The November
2003 top ten list has now been published and your site is included. Congrats!

The Top Blogs page is at http://www.blogscanada.ca/topblogs/.

Best Regards,

Jim Elve
www.blogscanada.ca"

As is appropriate you will also see Dave Pollard's How To Save The World, another Canadian Salon blog, has also been nomiated to BlogsCanada's top blog list. I must admit to stealing a number of Dave's great articles and reposting them on WIFLblog. Check Dave's blog out for yourself at:

http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 02:21:26 GMT

SD10 and EOS 10D compared side by side? (Sigma SLR Talk) [Digital Camera Reviews and News: Digital Photography Review: Forums, Glossary, FAQ]

Sat, 01 Nov 2003 23:48:55 GMT

Kodak Introduces Digital Sho Professional Plug-In. Kodak has introduced the new DIGITAL SHO Professional Plug-In, which optimizes contrast and exposure to reveal hidden details in highlight and shadow areas of digital images. It was developed and launched by KODAKís Austin Development Center, formerly Applied Science Fiction, which is a leader in automatic image correction and photo restoration applications. A free trial version is available for download now. This fully functional trial version applies digital watermarks to... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Wed, 29 Oct 2003 04:18:59 GMT

Just posted! Pentax *ist D review. Just posted! Our full in-depth review of Pentax's first digital SLR, the *ist D. The *ist D is based around the design of the *ist film SLR, it features a six megapixel APS size CCD sensor and a Pentax lens mount. The *ist D is the smallest and lightest lens interchangeable digital SLR and is packed with manual controls and advanced features. On paper the *ist D appears impressive, see how it performed in our tests and how it compared to the Canon EOS 10D and Nikon D100. [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Skype Hype or the Next VOIP King?

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:05:31 GMT

Skype has the potential to be strategic

Snagged this form Roland, who got it from Stuart Henshall, at any rate this does looks disruptive!!!

Thursday, September 11, 2003

Skype P2P free telephone service is disruptive

(SOURCE:Unbound Spiral - Stuart Henshall's blog:)- Stuart's usual insight! Maybe I should install the sound card in my one and only PC (I have 4 Macs) and try this out! Might be able to use it to make free calls to my sister in Rotterdam if/when they get broadband.

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It also turns IM on its head. It's ring centric. All those adults.. that are failing to understand messaging... understand how to make calls. Yep your PC will soon be ringing. Now what I want to know is:

What will the impact be on corporate systems... I'm sure employees will bring this in when they realize they can call anywhere... and not be logged on /via the corporate system? Will this add corporates to the sharing process? Will there be an enterprise package?

How will we control spam calls, telemarketing calls etc.

Will telemarketers who have been put on a "do not call list" have to comply with this service? Legal Issues?

Which blogger will give me an online/offline MT plug-in for my blog.

How soon will conference calls be available?

What will regulators and the tel co's do to make it illegal?

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Mon, 27 Oct 2003 03:37:07 GMT

Sigma announce new DC lenses. Sigma today announced two new lenses designed specifically for digital SLR APS sensor size. The 18 - 50 mm F3.5 - 5.6 DC and 55 - 200 mm F4.5 - 5.6 DC lens can be made considerably smaller and lighter because they are designed to produce an image circle specifically large enough for an APS size sensor (all current digital SLRs except the Canon EOS-1Ds and Kodak DCS-14n). Both lenses are notably lighter and more compact than 35 mm equivalents. Used on the Sigma SD9 or SD10 these new... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 03:36:41 GMT

Sigma SD10, preview and samples. Sigma today announced the new SD10 digital SLR. The SD10 is a successor to the SD9, originally announced in February last year. The SD10 has an updated 10M X3 sensor from Foveon, the new sensor promises improved dynamic range, color response and sensitivity (thanks to the addition of microlenses). The primary differences between the SD9 and the SD10 are extended ISO sensitivity (up to 1600 in extended mode), longer exposures, a single battery power supply, 1/3 EV steps, wireless TTL... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:44:20 GMT

Picasa launches photo "Hello" digital photo communication thingy. Two words that explain why this -- and similar new services I'm seeing of late -- are so important: Image conversations. Online consumer digital-photo-organizer service Picasa just launched a new realtime share feature called Hello. I had a chance to sit down with Picasa/Hello CTO Michael Herf for a demo over coffee a few weeks ago, and was totally blown away by it. Don't think there's a Mac version yet, but for Windows users, it is most certainly teh win. Snip from the press blurb:

'Hello' opens an entirely new way of sharing photos with friends and family through it's' private Peer-to-Peer network. Through this live experience, users connected via the internet are able to instantaneously share photos, and provide each other with immediate feedback using 'Hello's' chat function. 'Hello' simulates the experience of sitting down on the couch with a friend and showing them your photo album. This integrated software program eliminates email attachments so your readers can bring the highest quality of photos to life while allowing its users to organize, edit, make and share through its own private network

Link [Boing Boing Blog]