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For #SubterraneanSaturday - an underground bunker in the old military fort at #Modlin, north of #Warsaw, #Poland.
I didn't have a good source of light with me, beyond an incredibly dim LED flashlight on my phone (this was September 2008) - so was slowly edging my way forward with the autofocus assist flash on my dSLR. After one or two corners - a doorway into utter, empty, cold darkness.
I ... decided to turn around.
#underground #dereliction #abandonedBuildings #abandonedPlaces
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For #SubterraneanSaturday - an underground bunker in the old military fort at #Modlin, north of #Warsaw, #Poland.
I didn't have a good source of light with me, beyond an incredibly dim LED flashlight on my phone (this was September 2008) - so was slowly edging my way forward with the autofocus assist flash on my dSLR. After one or two corners - a doorway into utter, empty, cold darkness.
I ... decided to turn around.
#underground #dereliction #abandonedBuildings #abandonedPlaces
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Paid a visit to Betty's Neck in Lakeville today.
Right as I got there, this Northern Harrier was hunting the field near the Peach Barn, and spent a good 10 minutes flying around looking (and finding) prey. My autofocus was struggling a bit to keep up with him, but I got a few good shots.
#birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #bettysneck #lakeville #massachusetts #massachusettswildlife
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Učka mountain peak, 20 km away. No crop, raw optics only.
Taken with Panasonic GX7 digital mirrorless camera and Sigma AF 135-400mm F4.5-5.6 APO Aspherical telephoto lens, adapted from FourThirds mount.
Hand-held and manual focus; autofocus with that lens is sometimes-hit-mostly-miss affair.#photography #MirrorlessMovement #microFourThirds #AdriaticCoast #PanasonicLumix #SigmaLens
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🎥 How to make epic sports highlight videos for your kids (without breaking the bank!) 👇
You don't need thousands in pro gear for a cinematic reel. A basic camera, free AI tools, and a little editing magic are all it takes to make memories they'll cherish forever. Here’s a quick guide:
🎨 The Essentials
* Any Mirrorless Camera + a decent zoom lens.
* A Computer or Phone for editing.
* AI Tools for a completely custom soundtrack.
💡 Pro-Tips for the Best (and Lightest) Setup
1. Go Micro Four Thirds (M43) for the bleachers 🎒
Instead of hauling a massive DSLR, grab an M43 body (like a used Panasonic G3/GH2 or Olympus E-PL3 onwards) and a 14-140mm or 14-150mm lens. Because of the crop factor, you get a massive 28-300mm equivalent reach in a tiny package. No bazooka lenses required!
2. Crank up the FPS ⚡
Always shoot in 50 FPS, 60 FPS, or higher. It helps the camera autofocus track fast action, and lets you slow down the footage in editing for buttery-smooth slow-mo replays of goals and celebrations.
🎵 Step 1: Create a Custom AI Soundtrack
Don't use boring royalty-free tracks. Make a hype song about your kid's actual team!
1. Lyrics: Ask ChatGPT/Claude: "Write song lyrics about [Team Name] in the style of [e.g., 'Eye of the Tiger']."
2. Music: Drop those lyrics into Suno AI, pick a genre (like Energetic Rock or Modern Hip Hop), and let it generate a custom track.
🎬 Step 2: Edit the Video
No need for pricey software. Use what fits your device:
* Linux / Windows: Kdenlive (Free & powerful)
* Mac / iPad: iMovie (Simple & clean)
* Mobile: KineMaster
* All-Rounder: Filmora
The Quick Workflow:
➡️ Cut out the dead time
➡️ Sync the big plays (tackles, goals) to the beat of your AI song
➡️ Drop your 60+ FPS clips to 50% speed for epic slow-mo highlights.
🚀 Export in 1080p or 4K, share to the family group chat or the team's end-of-season party, and enjoy the bragging rights!
#Videography #M43 #Parenting #Sports #SunoAI #Kdenlive -
New Camera Day
Happy new camera day, everyone! I bought a Nikon N90 35mm film camera from eBay about a week ago and it was delivered today.
The last two cameras I bought from eBay were broken (a Nikon F-401 with a broken aperture dial and a little Nikon Coolpix S7000 point and shoot that every image comes out blurry) so I was nervous about this one. Would it work? Would it show up in pieces? Who could really say?
Fortunately it seems to be in good shape. It’s practically mint condition, which feels weird to me. It had batteries in it already, which made me a little nervous, and all of the functionality I know how to test seems to be working fine. When I change the aperture or the shutter speed the light meter display changes. When I set it to a slow shutter speed it takes a lot longer for the shutter to close than when I use a fast shutter speed. I can set the ISO and the metering. Most important, with the first of the two lenses I’ve tested, the autofocus works. That sound you hear is my huge sigh of relief.
I won’t truly know if the camera is okay until I shoot a roll of film and get it developed and scanned and see the results. For now though, so far so good. I put a roll of film in it and took a few pics in the back yard. One of these days I’ll take it out in town and finish off the roll. I might go for two test rolls. One with the 70–200mm f4–5.6 lens and one with the 50mm f1.8 lens. I already had an AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 and this new lens is the same name and the same specs but the physical lens itself is a little different. One is probably a minor update of the other. We’ll see how it works.
I have been wanting a camera like this for a while now, but it was the addition of the zoom lens that drew me in and made me pull the trigger. The lens is in really great shape. Like… how is it in this good of a shape? This kit is at least 30 years old. Was it stored in a safe or something?
I don’t know what the back story is. I just know that for now at least I am feeling good about all of this.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55265928268/in/dateposted/
#camera #filmCamera #iphoneography #photography -
New Camera Day
Happy new camera day, everyone! I bought a Nikon N90 35mm film camera from eBay about a week ago and it was delivered today.
The last two cameras I bought from eBay were broken (a Nikon F-401 with a broken aperture dial and a little Nikon Coolpix S7000 point and shoot that every image comes out blurry) so I was nervous about this one. Would it work? Would it show up in pieces? Who could really say?
Fortunately it seems to be in good shape. It’s practically mint condition, which feels weird to me. It had batteries in it already, which made me a little nervous, and all of the functionality I know how to test seems to be working fine. When I change the aperture or the shutter speed the light meter display changes. When I set it to a slow shutter speed it takes a lot longer for the shutter to close than when I use a fast shutter speed. I can set the ISO and the metering. Most important, with the first of the two lenses I’ve tested, the autofocus works. That sound you hear is my huge sigh of relief.
I won’t truly know if the camera is okay until I shoot a roll of film and get it developed and scanned and see the results. For now though, so far so good. I put a roll of film in it and took a few pics in the back yard. One of these days I’ll take it out in town and finish off the roll. I might go for two test rolls. One with the 70–200mm f4–5.6 lens and one with the 50mm f1.8 lens. I already had an AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 and this new lens is the same name and the same specs but the physical lens itself is a little different. One is probably a minor update of the other. We’ll see how it works.
I have been wanting a camera like this for a while now, but it was the addition of the zoom lens that drew me in and made me pull the trigger. The lens is in really great shape. Like… how is it in this good of a shape? This kit is at least 30 years old. Was it stored in a safe or something?
I don’t know what the back story is. I just know that for now at least I am feeling good about all of this.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55265928268/in/dateposted/
#camera #filmCamera #iphoneography #photography -
New Camera Day
Happy new camera day, everyone! I bought a Nikon N90 35mm film camera from eBay about a week ago and it was delivered today.
The last two cameras I bought from eBay were broken (a Nikon F-401 with a broken aperture dial and a little Nikon Coolpix S7000 point and shoot that every image comes out blurry) so I was nervous about this one. Would it work? Would it show up in pieces? Who could really say?
Fortunately it seems to be in good shape. It’s practically mint condition, which feels weird to me. It had batteries in it already, which made me a little nervous, and all of the functionality I know how to test seems to be working fine. When I change the aperture or the shutter speed the light meter display changes. When I set it to a slow shutter speed it takes a lot longer for the shutter to close than when I use a fast shutter speed. I can set the ISO and the metering. Most important, with the first of the two lenses I’ve tested, the autofocus works. That sound you hear is my huge sigh of relief.
I won’t truly know if the camera is okay until I shoot a roll of film and get it developed and scanned and see the results. For now though, so far so good. I put a roll of film in it and took a few pics in the back yard. One of these days I’ll take it out in town and finish off the roll. I might go for two test rolls. One with the 70–200mm f4–5.6 lens and one with the 50mm f1.8 lens. I already had an AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 and this new lens is the same name and the same specs but the physical lens itself is a little different. One is probably a minor update of the other. We’ll see how it works.
I have been wanting a camera like this for a while now, but it was the addition of the zoom lens that drew me in and made me pull the trigger. The lens is in really great shape. Like… how is it in this good of a shape? This kit is at least 30 years old. Was it stored in a safe or something?
I don’t know what the back story is. I just know that for now at least I am feeling good about all of this.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55265928268/in/dateposted/
#camera #filmCamera #iphoneography #photography -
New Camera Day
Happy new camera day, everyone! I bought a Nikon N90 35mm film camera from eBay about a week ago and it was delivered today.
The last two cameras I bought from eBay were broken (a Nikon F-401 with a broken aperture dial and a little Nikon Coolpix S7000 point and shoot that every image comes out blurry) so I was nervous about this one. Would it work? Would it show up in pieces? Who could really say?
Fortunately it seems to be in good shape. It’s practically mint condition, which feels weird to me. It had batteries in it already, which made me a little nervous, and all of the functionality I know how to test seems to be working fine. When I change the aperture or the shutter speed the light meter display changes. When I set it to a slow shutter speed it takes a lot longer for the shutter to close than when I use a fast shutter speed. I can set the ISO and the metering. Most important, with the first of the two lenses I’ve tested, the autofocus works. That sound you hear is my huge sigh of relief.
I won’t truly know if the camera is okay until I shoot a roll of film and get it developed and scanned and see the results. For now though, so far so good. I put a roll of film in it and took a few pics in the back yard. One of these days I’ll take it out in town and finish off the roll. I might go for two test rolls. One with the 70–200mm f4–5.6 lens and one with the 50mm f1.8 lens. I already had an AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 and this new lens is the same name and the same specs but the physical lens itself is a little different. One is probably a minor update of the other. We’ll see how it works.
I have been wanting a camera like this for a while now, but it was the addition of the zoom lens that drew me in and made me pull the trigger. The lens is in really great shape. Like… how is it in this good of a shape? This kit is at least 30 years old. Was it stored in a safe or something?
I don’t know what the back story is. I just know that for now at least I am feeling good about all of this.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55265928268/in/dateposted/
#camera #filmCamera #iphoneography #photography -
Two Photography Notes
Two things happened today that are related to photography fun.
First: I didn’t need it but I did it anyway. I bought yet another camera from eBay. A Nikon F90. It was on my list of cameras to look for when I bought my last film camera last year. I ended up going for a much cheaper Nikon F401 which turned out to be broken. It came with a nice 50mm lens though so it was worth it for that.
Similarly, today’s eBay purchase had more to do with the lens. There were two in the sale. One was another 50mm. That’s fine. The other was the reason I pulled the trigger. It is a 70–200mm zoom. I don’t have a good zoom lens that works with any of my film cameras. I do actually have a couple of zooms but they are both in seriously rough shape. Here’s hoping this one works out.
The camera itself looks good. Will it be broken like the last one? Probably, but who can say. It has autofocus and that’s what I really want. If the camera and the zoom lens both work out okay I will be very happy with this deal. If only one of them works, I’ll still be happy. If it’s all junk? Fuck.
What was the second item of note today? I took a bag full of cameras to Boston and went for a 6–7 mile long photo walk. Yikes! I started on Berkeley Street and Commonwealth Ave. I walked up Comm to Mass Ave, then cut across to Newbury Street and walked back down to Clarendon Street. I shot two rolls of film. The sunlight was pretty good, though it was a lot cloudier than the forecast I read last night said it would be.
When I finished that loop I switched from film to digital and did the same route in reverse. Also, that was when the sun went away. I’ll post the digital highlights later.
For now… my legs are super tired from all that walking. I’m old, leave me alone!
#cameras #ebay #photography -
Luksus w cenie… rozsądku? Motorola signature wchodzi do Polski. Znamy cenę i datę premiery
Motorola przestaje bawić się w półśrodki. Producent oficjalnie wprowadza do Polski zupełnie nową linię „signature”. To nie jest kolejny model z serii Edge, ale pełnoprawny atak na segment Ultra-Premium.
Na papierze smartfon ma wszystko: od Snapdragona 8 Gen 5, przez cztery aparaty 50 Mpx, aż po wykończenie inspirowane luksusową odzieżą. Największe zaskoczenie? Cena, która w 2026 roku wynosi 4299 zł.
Premiera sklepowa zaplanowana jest na 19 stycznia (niedziela), więc sprzęt trafi do rąk klientów lada moment. Motorola pozycjonuje ten model jako połączenie biżuterii i bestii wydajnościowej.
4 razy 50 Mpx i Sony LYTIA
To, co rzuca się w oczy w specyfikacji, to kompletny brak „zapchajdziur”. Zestaw aparatów wygląda imponująco:
- Główny: 50 Mpx z matrycą Sony LYTIA i optyczną stabilizacją (OIS).
- Ultraszeroki: 50 Mpx z funkcją Macro Vision.
- Teleobiektyw: 50 Mpx (peryskopowy, 3x zoom optyczny, 100x zoom cyfrowy).
- Selfie: 50 Mpx z autofocusem (co wciąż nie jest standardem u konkurencji).
Producent chwali się, że zestaw ten otrzymał wyróżnienie Gold Label 2026 od DXOMARK, co sugeruje, że Motorola wreszcie nadrobiła zaległości w przetwarzaniu obrazu względem gigantów.
Pod maską: Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Motorola signature nie szuka kompromisów w kwestii wydajności. Sercem urządzenia jest najnowszy układ Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, wspierany przez 16 GB pamięci RAM i 512 GB szybkiej pamięci UFS 4.1. To konfiguracja, która w benchmarkach powinna okupować najwyższe lokaty.
Obraz wyświetlany jest na 6,8-calowym panelu Extreme AMOLED o odświeżaniu 165 Hz (gratka dla graczy) i szczytowej jasności sięgającej teoretycznych 6200 nitów. Całość chroni szkło Gorilla Glass Victus 2.
Bateria: cieniej, ale dłużej
Ciekawostką inżynieryjną jest zastosowanie baterii krzemowo-węglowej. Dzięki gęstszemu upakowaniu energii udało się zmieścić ogniwo 5200 mAh w obudowie o grubości zaledwie 6,99 mm. Telefon wspiera szybkie ładowanie przewodowe 90 W (TurboPower) oraz bezprzewodowe 50 W.
Design i 7 lat spokoju
Motorola odchodzi od „szklanych kanapek”. Model signature dostępny jest w wykończeniach inspirowanych naturą i modą (materiały przypominające len lub splot twillu) w kolorach PANTONE (Carbon oraz Martini Olive). Ramka to aluminium klasy lotniczej, a całość spełnia normy IP68 oraz wojskową MIL-STD-810H.
Co ważne dla osób, które kupują telefon na lata: Motorola obiecuje 7 lat wsparcia (aktualizacje Androida i łatki bezpieczeństwa). W cenie otrzymujemy też pakiet Motorola Loyalty+, który w razie uszkodzenia ekranu czy zalania zapewnia dedykowane wsparcie i szybszą ścieżkę serwisową.
#4x50Mpx #MotorolaCenaPolska #MotorolaSignature #news #premieraSmartfona #Snapdragon8Gen5Piłkarska Motorola. Razr w specjalnym wydaniu na Mundial 2026?
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Galaxy S26 Ultra naprawi największe grzechy mobilnej fotografii? Koniec z odblaskami i „żółtą skórą”
Jeśli czekaliście na rewolucję w matrycach Samsunga, możecie poczuć się zawiedzeni. Jeśli jednak wolicie, by zdjęcia po prostu wyglądały lepiej – mamy dobre wieści.
Galaxy S26 Ultra ma skupić się na eliminacji irytujących wad optycznych i programowych, które dręczą flagowce od lat.
Według najnowszych doniesień serwisu Digital Trends oraz znanego informatora Ice Universe, Samsung w nadchodzącym modelu Ultra nie zamierza wymyślać koła na nowo w kwestii hardware’u. Zamiast tego, inżynierowie skupili się na „niewidzialnych” poprawkach, które mają zauważalnie poprawić jakość zdjęć i filmów.
Pomóż nam rozwijać iMagazine – ruszyło badanie czytelnictwa 2026
Walka z „duszkami” (Lens Flare)
Każdy, kto robił zdjęcia nocne przy latarniach (niezależnie czy Samsungiem, czy iPhonem), zna ten problem: brzydkie odblaski i „duszki” latające po kadrze. Samsung zamierza wreszcie to ukrócić.
W Galaxy S26 Ultra ma zostać zastosowana nowa technologia powłok soczewek, która zredukuje flary. To zmiana czysto fizyczna w optyce, która może dać przewagę nad konkurencją borykającą się z fizyką światła.
Naturalne kolory i mniej „cyfrowe” wideo
Kolejne zmiany to już zasługa nowego oprogramowania (One UI 8.5) i przetwarzania obrazu:
- Korekta odcieni skóry: Samsungi miały tendencję do przesycania zdjęć i nadawania skórze nienaturalnego, żółtego odcienia. Nowy algorytm ma to wykrywać i tonować, by portrety wyglądały naturalniej.
- Video Softening: to może być „game changer” dla filmowców. Nowa funkcja w aplikacji Camera Assistant pozwoli na zmniejszenie cyfrowego wyostrzania wideo. Koniec z nienaturalnie ostrym, „poszarpanym” obrazem, który wygląda sztucznie na dużym ekranie.
- Kontrola Autofocusa: użytkownicy dostaną też profesjonalne suwaki do regulacji prędkości i czułości focusa. Będzie można zdecydować, jak szybko aparat ma reagować na pojawienie się nowego obiektu w kadrze – czy ma „skoczyć” na niego natychmiast (sport), czy przeostrzyć powoli i kinowo.
Wygląda na to, że rok 2026 w świecie mobilnym będzie rokiem optymalizacji i jakości, a nie wyścigu na cyferki.
#Android #CameraAssistant #fotografiaMobilna #GalaxyS26Ultra #IceUniverse #OneUI85 #SamsungSamsung ma twardy orzech do zgryzienia. Premiera Galaxy S26 tuż-tuż, a cena wciąż jest niewiadomą
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Well guess what, guys? My first roll of film is developed.
Fujifilm 200
Canon Rebel 2000 with an 18-70mm lens that's horribly slow
I, love this? I don't know how exactly to express this, but I remember framing up every one of these and knowing the ones that would be winners would be winners. These were the shots I expected to get off of the roll and these were the ones I pushed through #rawtherapee. There's a level of safety and care that goes into knowing each roll of this shit is ~$10 a pop. I messed with exposures and things to my liking a bit as I would any shot from the R8, but I didn't remove a single film grain, it's part of the charm, damnit.
Well, this proves the Rebel is in perfect working order and is ready to shoot and shoot and shoot. That's great considering I paid a whopping $15 for it and it can use EF lenses and that's half of my kit. I can take it, My R8, a 24mm EF lens, a converter, and use them on BOTH the film lens and the R8.
I don't have a 24mm EF lens yet, but bare with me.
>Dad's roll
Isn't at the lab yet, as I wanted to vet LowFive first as well, and since they're good to go, the Rebel is g2g, I guess I'm g2g on shooting film. The Minolta X-700 has a finished roll, and the X-570 has a counter that won't reset. Note, that this doesn't mean it can't shoot and develop film, it just means I won't know when the roll is out until the crank hits tension. I bought the X-570 broken as a hail-mary towards making the X-700 a trophy piece on a shelf I dedicate to my dad. I love the action on the camera and how vivid the viewfinder is, but I need to test film off of it as well. So, the next two rolls will be those two getting tested.
So, this roll was half Thanksgiving with my family, and half out at Reynolda Museum, which I will return to, I just didn't have the time that day and was just trying to test the camera. Here's some shots from Reynolda. Some shot with autofocus, some not. The R2000 doesn't have the most gangbusters viewfinder but it works well enough.
#bofipho #photography #landscapephotography #wildlifephotography #streetphotography #northcarolina #winstonsalem #camera #filmphotography #35mm #slrcamera #fujifilm #filmcamera -
Well guess what, guys? My first roll of film is developed.
Fujifilm 200
Canon Rebel 2000 with an 18-70mm lens that's horribly slow
I, love this? I don't know how exactly to express this, but I remember framing up every one of these and knowing the ones that would be winners would be winners. These were the shots I expected to get off of the roll and these were the ones I pushed through #rawtherapee. There's a level of safety and care that goes into knowing each roll of this shit is ~$10 a pop. I messed with exposures and things to my liking a bit as I would any shot from the R8, but I didn't remove a single film grain, it's part of the charm, damnit.
Well, this proves the Rebel is in perfect working order and is ready to shoot and shoot and shoot. That's great considering I paid a whopping $15 for it and it can use EF lenses and that's half of my kit. I can take it, My R8, a 24mm EF lens, a converter, and use them on BOTH the film lens and the R8.
I don't have a 24mm EF lens yet, but bare with me.
>Dad's roll
Isn't at the lab yet, as I wanted to vet LowFive first as well, and since they're good to go, the Rebel is g2g, I guess I'm g2g on shooting film. The Minolta X-700 has a finished roll, and the X-570 has a counter that won't reset. Note, that this doesn't mean it can't shoot and develop film, it just means I won't know when the roll is out until the crank hits tension. I bought the X-570 broken as a hail-mary towards making the X-700 a trophy piece on a shelf I dedicate to my dad. I love the action on the camera and how vivid the viewfinder is, but I need to test film off of it as well. So, the next two rolls will be those two getting tested.
So, this roll was half Thanksgiving with my family, and half out at Reynolda Museum, which I will return to, I just didn't have the time that day and was just trying to test the camera. Here's some shots from Reynolda. Some shot with autofocus, some not. The R2000 doesn't have the most gangbusters viewfinder but it works well enough.
#bofipho #photography #landscapephotography #wildlifephotography #streetphotography #northcarolina #winstonsalem #camera #filmphotography #35mm #slrcamera #fujifilm #filmcamera -
Well guess what, guys? My first roll of film is developed.
Fujifilm 200
Canon Rebel 2000 with an 18-70mm lens that's horribly slow
I, love this? I don't know how exactly to express this, but I remember framing up every one of these and knowing the ones that would be winners would be winners. These were the shots I expected to get off of the roll and these were the ones I pushed through #rawtherapee. There's a level of safety and care that goes into knowing each roll of this shit is ~$10 a pop. I messed with exposures and things to my liking a bit as I would any shot from the R8, but I didn't remove a single film grain, it's part of the charm, damnit.
Well, this proves the Rebel is in perfect working order and is ready to shoot and shoot and shoot. That's great considering I paid a whopping $15 for it and it can use EF lenses and that's half of my kit. I can take it, My R8, a 24mm EF lens, a converter, and use them on BOTH the film lens and the R8.
I don't have a 24mm EF lens yet, but bare with me.
>Dad's roll
Isn't at the lab yet, as I wanted to vet LowFive first as well, and since they're good to go, the Rebel is g2g, I guess I'm g2g on shooting film. The Minolta X-700 has a finished roll, and the X-570 has a counter that won't reset. Note, that this doesn't mean it can't shoot and develop film, it just means I won't know when the roll is out until the crank hits tension. I bought the X-570 broken as a hail-mary towards making the X-700 a trophy piece on a shelf I dedicate to my dad. I love the action on the camera and how vivid the viewfinder is, but I need to test film off of it as well. So, the next two rolls will be those two getting tested.
So, this roll was half Thanksgiving with my family, and half out at Reynolda Museum, which I will return to, I just didn't have the time that day and was just trying to test the camera. Here's some shots from Reynolda. Some shot with autofocus, some not. The R2000 doesn't have the most gangbusters viewfinder but it works well enough.
#bofipho #photography #landscapephotography #wildlifephotography #streetphotography #northcarolina #winstonsalem #camera #filmphotography #35mm #slrcamera #fujifilm #filmcamera -
Well guess what, guys? My first roll of film is developed.
Fujifilm 200
Canon Rebel 2000 with an 18-70mm lens that's horribly slow
I, love this? I don't know how exactly to express this, but I remember framing up every one of these and knowing the ones that would be winners would be winners. These were the shots I expected to get off of the roll and these were the ones I pushed through #rawtherapee. There's a level of safety and care that goes into knowing each roll of this shit is ~$10 a pop. I messed with exposures and things to my liking a bit as I would any shot from the R8, but I didn't remove a single film grain, it's part of the charm, damnit.
Well, this proves the Rebel is in perfect working order and is ready to shoot and shoot and shoot. That's great considering I paid a whopping $15 for it and it can use EF lenses and that's half of my kit. I can take it, My R8, a 24mm EF lens, a converter, and use them on BOTH the film lens and the R8.
I don't have a 24mm EF lens yet, but bare with me.
>Dad's roll
Isn't at the lab yet, as I wanted to vet LowFive first as well, and since they're good to go, the Rebel is g2g, I guess I'm g2g on shooting film. The Minolta X-700 has a finished roll, and the X-570 has a counter that won't reset. Note, that this doesn't mean it can't shoot and develop film, it just means I won't know when the roll is out until the crank hits tension. I bought the X-570 broken as a hail-mary towards making the X-700 a trophy piece on a shelf I dedicate to my dad. I love the action on the camera and how vivid the viewfinder is, but I need to test film off of it as well. So, the next two rolls will be those two getting tested.
So, this roll was half Thanksgiving with my family, and half out at Reynolda Museum, which I will return to, I just didn't have the time that day and was just trying to test the camera. Here's some shots from Reynolda. Some shot with autofocus, some not. The R2000 doesn't have the most gangbusters viewfinder but it works well enough.
#bofipho #photography #landscapephotography #wildlifephotography #streetphotography #northcarolina #winstonsalem #camera #filmphotography #35mm #slrcamera #fujifilm #filmcamera -
Filling The Gaps: The ’72MP, 4K Ultra HD’ Digital Scamera
This always happens to me: I had this urge (again) to try some circuit bending. This involves getting a cheap digital camera, taking it apart and poking some wires into the connectors on the sensor, which if done right can produce some lovely glitchy images, but if done wrong can wreck the camera, so it has to be a device that you don’t mind possibly losing.
The second-hand electrical discount store CEX (Computer Exchange) is an excellent source for cheap digicams. In addition to specific models, quite often they offer ‘generic’ digital cameras for just a few Euros, and whenever one of these appears on the website I am tempted to get it. The thing is, you don’t know what you’re going to get. It might be a no-name brand camera fit for the bin, or sometimes an absolute classic, like the mint condition Canon Powershot G5 that arrived for just 3€. The point being, although I always intend to get one of these cameras for circuit bending I always end up ‘falling in love’ with it, and not having the nerve to potentially destroy it.
Anyhow. Last weekend a 12MP ‘generic’ digital camera appeared on the CEX website for 10€. Normally, I would be reluctant to pay so much for a digicam, but this time I wanted some decent resolution and this seemed to fit the bill. When the package arrived, it was quite heavy, and I wondered if it might be a decent camera again, like something from the Canon Powershot range. Instead it was something even better; a ’72MP 4K Ultra HD’ Chinese made scamera.
It’s a real vlogging camera. See, it has a rotating screen and a cold shoe for the microphone (no input for it, though).I first noticed these appearing on reputable websites in Portugal like Worten and Fnac when I was looking for a decent resolution digital camera for myself a couple of years ago. At the time they were priced at well over 100€, although often as not were heavily discounted. It was obvious it was a scamera, though not as blatant as those 35mm ‘Cannon’ cameras that were around a while ago, cheap plastic fixed lens ‘SLRs’ with a lead weight in the bottom that made them heavier.
Advertised as a, ‘4K Digital Camera for Photography, 72MP Autofocus Vlogging Cameras for YouTube with 64GB SD Card and Battery, 18X Digital Zoom 2.8″ 270° Flip Screen Compact Travel Camera for Teens’, they would pop up in the ‘marketplace’ of these websites. When I can, I generally avoid the marketplace, since they’re often Chinese sites offloading tat at vastly inflated prices. And this was no different. It’s a terrible sounding description. That entry was from Amazon, where it’s on sale for $36, but I’m certainly not going to provide a link for it. No one deserves that.
That toggle switch does nothing apart from reduce the resolution even further.In the hand the ’72M MEGA PIXELS’ scamera feels ‘plasticky’ and looks nothing like a quality camera should look. The camera can be turned on just by flipping the back open or, if the LCD screen is revealed, with an on/off button on the top. Incidentally, the red circled button is not the power button, that’s to record video. The shutter button is the big button on the top front, with the ‘zoom’ toggle. That does nothing, apart from digitally zoom the image. The ‘welcome’ screen is the tackiest opening screen I’ve ever seen, and the switch off screen is the same (‘bye bye’). The scamera beeps and chirps with a cheap-sounding tune, and the shutter sound is hopelessly synthetic.
Look at the built-in flash. It’s not got one flash symbol, but three. That flash must have the power of a thousand suns.Unfortunately, this 72MP camera doesn’t have interchangeable lenses. Or nearly any lens at all.The lens is amazing, and not in a good way. Described as, ‘5-axis stabilizer, 5K ultra HD, 3.95mm f1.8’, this lens looks like it’s a simple lens that projects straight onto a small sensor, like you’d get on a toy camera. Which I’m pretty sure it is. Although it says 5K on the lens, on the body the video resolution is described as 4K. I’ve not tested the video, or the sound quality, but I’m sure that it’s not either, at least not without a whole package of electronic jiggery-pokery. Which brings me to the claim of 72MP resolution. Is it? I suspect not.
Photograph of a garden globe light at the highest resolution of 72MP.If you take a typical 72MP image, the file size is 9856×7,392, or 72,855,552 pixels. But when you zoom in to that image it’s full of artifacts, so there’s certainly something going on there. I took a full frame image at 72MP, and a second at the lowest resolution offered by the scamera of 8MP. I zoomed each image to roughly the same size, and compared them. At 8MP, the zoomed image is ‘sharp-ish’, with details in the plaster and glass pieces in the globe. It’s still full of ‘rubbish’, mind you. At 72MP, which from a true 72MP you would expect to be filled with detail, it’s a mess. I suspect there’s been a lot of ‘upsampling’ going on here, where the software in the scamera interpolates and creates new pixels based on existing ones. This adds more pixels to make a much larger image but does not add any further resolution. So by my rough reckoning, this is at best an 8MP sensor. Truly, a scamera.
Photograph of the globe at 8MP resolution. The image was enlarged to show detail. This image is quite sharp.When the 72MP image is enlarged to the same magnification, clearly there is the loss of a lot of information.I took the scamera out and about during a trip to Oiã on a lovely sunny day, and here are the results. The images here have been resized to 1366 pixels at the longest edge, so there’s no 72MP here (not that there ever was, anyhow). The colours came out quite delightfully, actually, and I really liked how it appeared. I was very confused with the one image of the water tower, mind. This was taken in daytime but it looks like night. I did actually try to check out the infrared response of the scamera, and there was a horrible ‘hot spot’ in the middle of the image, so this may well be light reflecting in the lens.
An image of my favourite trees and well. Taken at 72MP resolution with a 720nm infrared filter.In conclusion, I finally got my hands on the 72MP digital scamera, a device I had been interested in learning about for a while. At 10€, it was still overpriced, and the scamera is truly a horrendous beast with absolutely zero appeal. Will I use it for circuit bending? Well, actually, although I was reluctant at first to do this, now I’m thinking that it might be a worthy contender. One of these days, I’m going to open it up, just to see what it’s like inside, and we’ll go from there.
If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.
#cameraslscams #circuitbending #digicam #experimental #glitch #infrared #lofi2 #retro #scamera #toycamera #trashcam #upsampling
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Filling The Gaps: The ’72MP, 4K Ultra HD’ Digital Scamera
This always happens to me: I had this urge (again) to try some circuit bending. This involves getting a cheap digital camera, taking it apart and poking some wires into the connectors on the sensor, which if done right can produce some lovely glitchy images, but if done wrong can wreck the camera, so it has to be a device that you don’t mind possibly losing.
The second-hand electrical discount store CEX (Computer Exchange) is an excellent source for cheap digicams. In addition to specific models, quite often they offer ‘generic’ digital cameras for just a few Euros, and whenever one of these appears on the website I am tempted to get it. The thing is, you don’t know what you’re going to get. It might be a no-name brand camera fit for the bin, or sometimes an absolute classic, like the mint condition Canon Powershot G5 that arrived for just 3€. The point being, although I always intend to get one of these cameras for circuit bending I always end up ‘falling in love’ with it, and not having the nerve to potentially destroy it.
Anyhow. Last weekend a 12MP ‘generic’ digital camera appeared on the CEX website for 10€. Normally, I would be reluctant to pay so much for a digicam, but this time I wanted some decent resolution and this seemed to fit the bill. When the package arrived, it was quite heavy, and I wondered if it might be a decent camera again, like something from the Canon Powershot range. Instead it was something even better; a ’72MP 4K Ultra HD’ Chinese made scamera.
It’s a real vlogging camera. See, it has a rotating screen and a cold shoe for the microphone (no input for it, though).I first noticed these appearing on reputable websites in Portugal like Worten and Fnac when I was looking for a decent resolution digital camera for myself a couple of years ago. At the time they were priced at well over 100€, although often as not were heavily discounted. It was obvious it was a scamera, though not as blatant as those 35mm ‘Cannon’ cameras that were around a while ago, cheap plastic fixed lens ‘SLRs’ with a lead weight in the bottom that made them heavier.
Advertised as a, ‘4K Digital Camera for Photography, 72MP Autofocus Vlogging Cameras for YouTube with 64GB SD Card and Battery, 18X Digital Zoom 2.8″ 270° Flip Screen Compact Travel Camera for Teens’, they would pop up in the ‘marketplace’ of these websites. When I can, I generally avoid the marketplace, since they’re often Chinese sites offloading tat at vastly inflated prices. And this was no different. It’s a terrible sounding description. That entry was from Amazon, where it’s on sale for $36, but I’m certainly not going to provide a link for it. No one deserves that.
That toggle switch does nothing apart from reduce the resolution even further.In the hand the ’72M MEGA PIXELS’ scamera feels ‘plasticky’ and looks nothing like a quality camera should look. The camera can be turned on just by flipping the back open or, if the LCD screen is revealed, with an on/off button on the top. Incidentally, the red circled button is not the power button, that’s to record video. The shutter button is the big button on the top front, with the ‘zoom’ toggle. That does nothing, apart from digitally zoom the image. The ‘welcome’ screen is the tackiest opening screen I’ve ever seen, and the switch off screen is the same (‘bye bye’). The scamera beeps and chirps with a cheap-sounding tune, and the shutter sound is hopelessly synthetic.
Look at the built-in flash. It’s not got one flash symbol, but three. That flash must have the power of a thousand suns.Unfortunately, this 72MP camera doesn’t have interchangeable lenses. Or nearly any lens at all.The lens is amazing, and not in a good way. Described as, ‘5-axis stabilizer, 5K ultra HD, 3.95mm f1.8’, this lens looks like it’s a simple lens that projects straight onto a small sensor, like you’d get on a toy camera. Which I’m pretty sure it is. Although it says 5K on the lens, on the body the video resolution is described as 4K. I’ve not tested the video, or the sound quality, but I’m sure that it’s not either, at least not without a whole package of electronic jiggery-pokery. Which brings me to the claim of 72MP resolution. Is it? I suspect not.
Photograph of a garden globe light at the highest resolution of 72MP.If you take a typical 72MP image, the file size is 9856×7,392, or 72,855,552 pixels. But when you zoom in to that image it’s full of artifacts, so there’s certainly something going on there. I took a full frame image at 72MP, and a second at the lowest resolution offered by the scamera of 8MP. I zoomed each image to roughly the same size, and compared them. At 8MP, the zoomed image is ‘sharp-ish’, with details in the plaster and glass pieces in the globe. It’s still full of ‘rubbish’, mind you. At 72MP, which from a true 72MP you would expect to be filled with detail, it’s a mess. I suspect there’s been a lot of ‘upsampling’ going on here, where the software in the scamera interpolates and creates new pixels based on existing ones. This adds more pixels to make a much larger image but does not add any further resolution. So by my rough reckoning, this is at best an 8MP sensor. Truly, a scamera.
Photograph of the globe at 8MP resolution. The image was enlarged to show detail. This image is quite sharp.When the 72MP image is enlarged to the same magnification, clearly there is the loss of a lot of information.I took the scamera out and about during a trip to Oiã on a lovely sunny day, and here are the results. The images here have been resized to 1366 pixels at the longest edge, so there’s no 72MP here (not that there ever was, anyhow). The colours came out quite delightfully, actually, and I really liked how it appeared. I was very confused with the one image of the water tower, mind. This was taken in daytime but it looks like night. I did actually try to check out the infrared response of the scamera, and there was a horrible ‘hot spot’ in the middle of the image, so this may well be light reflecting in the lens.
An image of my favourite trees and well. Taken at 72MP resolution with a 720nm infrared filter.In conclusion, I finally got my hands on the 72MP digital scamera, a device I had been interested in learning about for a while. At 10€, it was still overpriced, and the scamera is truly a horrendous beast with absolutely zero appeal. Will I use it for circuit bending? Well, actually, although I was reluctant at first to do this, now I’m thinking that it might be a worthy contender. One of these days, I’m going to open it up, just to see what it’s like inside, and we’ll go from there.
If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.
#cameraslscams #circuitbending #digicam #experimental #glitch #infrared #lofi2 #retro #scamera #toycamera #trashcam #upsampling
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Filling The Gaps: The ’72MP, 4K Ultra HD’ Digital Scamera
This always happens to me: I had this urge (again) to try some circuit bending. This involves getting a cheap digital camera, taking it apart and poking some wires into the connectors on the sensor, which if done right can produce some lovely glitchy images, but if done wrong can wreck the camera, so it has to be a device that you don’t mind possibly losing.
The second-hand electrical discount store CEX (Computer Exchange) is an excellent source for cheap digicams. In addition to specific models, quite often they offer ‘generic’ digital cameras for just a few Euros, and whenever one of these appears on the website I am tempted to get it. The thing is, you don’t know what you’re going to get. It might be a no-name brand camera fit for the bin, or sometimes an absolute classic, like the mint condition Canon Powershot G5 that arrived for just 3€. The point being, although I always intend to get one of these cameras for circuit bending I always end up ‘falling in love’ with it, and not having the nerve to potentially destroy it.
Anyhow. Last weekend a 12MP ‘generic’ digital camera appeared on the CEX website for 10€. Normally, I would be reluctant to pay so much for a digicam, but this time I wanted some decent resolution and this seemed to fit the bill. When the package arrived, it was quite heavy, and I wondered if it might be a decent camera again, like something from the Canon Powershot range. Instead it was something even better; a ’72MP 4K Ultra HD’ Chinese made scamera.
It’s a real vlogging camera. See, it has a rotating screen and a cold shoe for the microphone (no input for it, though).I first noticed these appearing on reputable websites in Portugal like Worten and Fnac when I was looking for a decent resolution digital camera for myself a couple of years ago. At the time they were priced at well over 100€, although often as not were heavily discounted. It was obvious it was a scamera, though not as blatant as those 35mm ‘Cannon’ cameras that were around a while ago, cheap plastic fixed lens ‘SLRs’ with a lead weight in the bottom that made them heavier.
Advertised as a, ‘4K Digital Camera for Photography, 72MP Autofocus Vlogging Cameras for YouTube with 64GB SD Card and Battery, 18X Digital Zoom 2.8″ 270° Flip Screen Compact Travel Camera for Teens’, they would pop up in the ‘marketplace’ of these websites. When I can, I generally avoid the marketplace, since they’re often Chinese sites offloading tat at vastly inflated prices. And this was no different. It’s a terrible sounding description. That entry was from Amazon, where it’s on sale for $36, but I’m certainly not going to provide a link for it. No one deserves that.
That toggle switch does nothing apart from reduce the resolution even further.In the hand the ’72M MEGA PIXELS’ scamera feels ‘plasticky’ and looks nothing like a quality camera should look. The camera can be turned on just by flipping the back open or, if the LCD screen is revealed, with an on/off button on the top. Incidentally, the red circled button is not the power button, that’s to record video. The shutter button is the big button on the top front, with the ‘zoom’ toggle. That does nothing, apart from digitally zoom the image. The ‘welcome’ screen is the tackiest opening screen I’ve ever seen, and the switch off screen is the same (‘bye bye’). The scamera beeps and chirps with a cheap-sounding tune, and the shutter sound is hopelessly synthetic.
Look at the built-in flash. It’s not got one flash symbol, but three. That flash must have the power of a thousand suns.Unfortunately, this 72MP camera doesn’t have interchangeable lenses. Or nearly any lens at all.The lens is amazing, and not in a good way. Described as, ‘5-axis stabilizer, 5K ultra HD, 3.95mm f1.8’, this lens looks like it’s a simple lens that projects straight onto a small sensor, like you’d get on a toy camera. Which I’m pretty sure it is. Although it says 5K on the lens, on the body the video resolution is described as 4K. I’ve not tested the video, or the sound quality, but I’m sure that it’s not either, at least not without a whole package of electronic jiggery-pokery. Which brings me to the claim of 72MP resolution. Is it? I suspect not.
Photograph of a garden globe light at the highest resolution of 72MP.If you take a typical 72MP image, the file size is 9856×7,392, or 72,855,552 pixels. But when you zoom in to that image it’s full of artifacts, so there’s certainly something going on there. I took a full frame image at 72MP, and a second at the lowest resolution offered by the scamera of 8MP. I zoomed each image to roughly the same size, and compared them. At 8MP, the zoomed image is ‘sharp-ish’, with details in the plaster and glass pieces in the globe. It’s still full of ‘rubbish’, mind you. At 72MP, which from a true 72MP you would expect to be filled with detail, it’s a mess. I suspect there’s been a lot of ‘upsampling’ going on here, where the software in the scamera interpolates and creates new pixels based on existing ones. This adds more pixels to make a much larger image but does not add any further resolution. So by my rough reckoning, this is at best an 8MP sensor. Truly, a scamera.
Photograph of the globe at 8MP resolution. The image was enlarged to show detail. This image is quite sharp.When the 72MP image is enlarged to the same magnification, clearly there is the loss of a lot of information.I took the scamera out and about during a trip to Oiã on a lovely sunny day, and here are the results. The images here have been resized to 1366 pixels at the longest edge, so there’s no 72MP here (not that there ever was, anyhow). The colours came out quite delightfully, actually, and I really liked how it appeared. I was very confused with the one image of the water tower, mind. This was taken in daytime but it looks like night. I did actually try to check out the infrared response of the scamera, and there was a horrible ‘hot spot’ in the middle of the image, so this may well be light reflecting in the lens.
An image of my favourite trees and well. Taken at 72MP resolution with a 720nm infrared filter.In conclusion, I finally got my hands on the 72MP digital scamera, a device I had been interested in learning about for a while. At 10€, it was still overpriced, and the scamera is truly a horrendous beast with absolutely zero appeal. Will I use it for circuit bending? Well, actually, although I was reluctant at first to do this, now I’m thinking that it might be a worthy contender. One of these days, I’m going to open it up, just to see what it’s like inside, and we’ll go from there.
If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.
#cameraslscams #circuitbending #digicam #experimental #glitch #infrared #lofi2 #retro #scamera #toycamera #trashcam #upsampling
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Filling The Gaps: The ’72MP, 4K Ultra HD’ Digital Scamera
This always happens to me: I had this urge (again) to try some circuit bending. This involves getting a cheap digital camera, taking it apart and poking some wires into the connectors on the sensor, which if done right can produce some lovely glitchy images, but if done wrong can wreck the camera, so it has to be a device that you don’t mind possibly losing.
The second-hand electrical discount store CEX (Computer Exchange) is an excellent source for cheap digicams. In addition to specific models, quite often they offer ‘generic’ digital cameras for just a few Euros, and whenever one of these appears on the website I am tempted to get it. The thing is, you don’t know what you’re going to get. It might be a no-name brand camera fit for the bin, or sometimes an absolute classic, like the mint condition Canon Powershot G5 that arrived for just 3€. The point being, although I always intend to get one of these cameras for circuit bending I always end up ‘falling in love’ with it, and not having the nerve to potentially destroy it.
Anyhow. Last weekend a 12MP ‘generic’ digital camera appeared on the CEX website for 10€. Normally, I would be reluctant to pay so much for a digicam, but this time I wanted some decent resolution and this seemed to fit the bill. When the package arrived, it was quite heavy, and I wondered if it might be a decent camera again, like something from the Canon Powershot range. Instead it was something even better; a ’72MP 4K Ultra HD’ Chinese made scamera.
It’s a real vlogging camera. See, it has a rotating screen and a cold shoe for the microphone (no input for it, though).I first noticed these appearing on reputable websites in Portugal like Worten and Fnac when I was looking for a decent resolution digital camera for myself a couple of years ago. At the time they were priced at well over 100€, although often as not were heavily discounted. It was obvious it was a scamera, though not as blatant as those 35mm ‘Cannon’ cameras that were around a while ago, cheap plastic fixed lens ‘SLRs’ with a lead weight in the bottom that made them heavier.
Advertised as a, ‘4K Digital Camera for Photography, 72MP Autofocus Vlogging Cameras for YouTube with 64GB SD Card and Battery, 18X Digital Zoom 2.8″ 270° Flip Screen Compact Travel Camera for Teens’, they would pop up in the ‘marketplace’ of these websites. When I can, I generally avoid the marketplace, since they’re often Chinese sites offloading tat at vastly inflated prices. And this was no different. It’s a terrible sounding description. That entry was from Amazon, where it’s on sale for $36, but I’m certainly not going to provide a link for it. No one deserves that.
That toggle switch does nothing apart from reduce the resolution even further.In the hand the ’72M MEGA PIXELS’ scamera feels ‘plasticky’ and looks nothing like a quality camera should look. The camera can be turned on just by flipping the back open or, if the LCD screen is revealed, with an on/off button on the top. Incidentally, the red circled button is not the power button, that’s to record video. The shutter button is the big button on the top front, with the ‘zoom’ toggle. That does nothing, apart from digitally zoom the image. The ‘welcome’ screen is the tackiest opening screen I’ve ever seen, and the switch off screen is the same (‘bye bye’). The scamera beeps and chirps with a cheap-sounding tune, and the shutter sound is hopelessly synthetic.
Look at the built-in flash. It’s not got one flash symbol, but three. That flash must have the power of a thousand suns.Unfortunately, this 72MP camera doesn’t have interchangeable lenses. Or nearly any lens at all.The lens is amazing, and not in a good way. Described as, ‘5-axis stabilizer, 5K ultra HD, 3.95mm f1.8’, this lens looks like it’s a simple lens that projects straight onto a small sensor, like you’d get on a toy camera. Which I’m pretty sure it is. Although it says 5K on the lens, on the body the video resolution is described as 4K. I’ve not tested the video, or the sound quality, but I’m sure that it’s not either, at least not without a whole package of electronic jiggery-pokery. Which brings me to the claim of 72MP resolution. Is it? I suspect not.
Photograph of a garden globe light at the highest resolution of 72MP.If you take a typical 72MP image, the file size is 9856×7,392, or 72,855,552 pixels. But when you zoom in to that image it’s full of artifacts, so there’s certainly something going on there. I took a full frame image at 72MP, and a second at the lowest resolution offered by the scamera of 8MP. I zoomed each image to roughly the same size, and compared them. At 8MP, the zoomed image is ‘sharp-ish’, with details in the plaster and glass pieces in the globe. It’s still full of ‘rubbish’, mind you. At 72MP, which from a true 72MP you would expect to be filled with detail, it’s a mess. I suspect there’s been a lot of ‘upsampling’ going on here, where the software in the scamera interpolates and creates new pixels based on existing ones. This adds more pixels to make a much larger image but does not add any further resolution. So by my rough reckoning, this is at best an 8MP sensor. Truly, a scamera.
Photograph of the globe at 8MP resolution. The image was enlarged to show detail. This image is quite sharp.When the 72MP image is enlarged to the same magnification, clearly there is the loss of a lot of information.I took the scamera out and about during a trip to Oiã on a lovely sunny day, and here are the results. The images here have been resized to 1366 pixels at the longest edge, so there’s no 72MP here (not that there ever was, anyhow). The colours came out quite delightfully, actually, and I really liked how it appeared. I was very confused with the one image of the water tower, mind. This was taken in daytime but it looks like night. I did actually try to check out the infrared response of the scamera, and there was a horrible ‘hot spot’ in the middle of the image, so this may well be light reflecting in the lens.
An image of my favourite trees and well. Taken at 72MP resolution with a 720nm infrared filter.In conclusion, I finally got my hands on the 72MP digital scamera, a device I had been interested in learning about for a while. At 10€, it was still overpriced, and the scamera is truly a horrendous beast with absolutely zero appeal. Will I use it for circuit bending? Well, actually, although I was reluctant at first to do this, now I’m thinking that it might be a worthy contender. One of these days, I’m going to open it up, just to see what it’s like inside, and we’ll go from there.
If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.
#retro #infrared #digicam #experimental #glitch #toycamera #circuitbending #lofi2 #upsampling #cameraslscams #scamera #trashcam
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Welcome to KAMPi! My Self-Built Digital Camera
Hello everyone! I have always wanted to build my own digital camera. But not just any digital camera, one I would actually use like a regular point-and-shoot camera. I wanted something that would give me traditional feel, but still shoot in 4K. A tall order for sure, and to top it all off, I wanted to build everything myself. Well the time has come. . . Please join me in welcoming KAMPi! Check out my build below.
Why KAMPi?
KAMPi is short for “Kampay” which is Tagalog slang for “Kanpai” the Japanese word for cheers. It also sounds like CAMPi another way of saying Pi Cam, which is exactly what it is – a digital camera built using a Raspberry Pi mini computer.
What’s Inside?
I built KAMPi from the ground up: selected, wired, and soldered the hardware electronics, 3D printed the parts, and prepared the software.
For the computer internals, I chose to use a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 which rides on a Waveshare Nano A. The camera imager and lens are from Raspberry Pi as well, the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera with the 16mm Telephoto Lens. For the display I used a Pimoroni HyperPixel 4.0″ Hi-Res Display. The display is connected to the Waveshare Nano A via GPIO pins (the header of the Nano I soldered myself). Everything is packed together in a tight package shown above.
For the power electronics I chose to use a Pimoroni LiPo SHIM I purchased from Adafruit. I wired it up with a on/off switch and connected it to a USB-C plug.
For the trigger mechanism I chose to use Adafruit’s KB 2040 electronic board due to it’s small form factor, and also that it works over USB-C / USB serial. I also chose to use the KB 2040 because the HyperPixel 4.0 uses all the GPIO pins of the Waveshare Nano A and USB-C / USB serial seemed like a more straightforward alternative. Alternatively I could have used I2C, via the HyperPixel 4.0, but I didn’t have enough time to go that direction before the convention. The trigger itself is an illuminated pushbutton switch also from Adafruit.
I’m no expert in 3D printing and I originally wanted the form factor to be smaller. But since the camera cable stuck out from the top, I needed to make extend the base.
So I designed and 3D printed a cap portion to hold it all together.
I even added a hinge and latch lock to for easy access.
For the software, I wanted something simple. I’m running python script to take the photos. One thing to note is that the camera does not have any autofocus (which is exactly how I wanted it). That meant I needed to see what I’m shooting before taking the photo. I added a preview in the software, so I could focus the lens, and then take the shot.
The desktop above shows the camera python script and the folder where the photos are saved. You can also see the Circuitpython mounted “disk” of the KB 2040 on the desktop. I’m also a space nerd so I chose a James Webb galaxy image as a backdrop to show off the beautiful Pimironi display. I included a fun logo and added a nice rectangle so I could easily see the program icons on the desktop too.
KAMPi in Action
KAMPi is so new, I haven’t been able to test it in the wild yet. But here are some raw unprocessed photos from my home test shots.
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More to come from Opensaucelive!*
Tomorrow is Opensaucelive 2025 and I thought what better place to test and share my build there. Wow, I’m so excited to share KAMPi with everyone at Opensauce. If you see me, please do say hello. I’ll also upload some photos from KAMPi at Opensauce below:
[*UPDATED July 20, 2025] See above sample photos I took at Opensaucelive 2025 using KAMPi. I chose the sharpest in focus images to share. Since it was my first time shooting with it, many of the photos came out blurry – which was exactly what I was expecting! I wanted KAMPi to emulate the feel of a film camera, capturing the moment. And KAMPi did just that. I’m also sure I’ll get better at taking photos with KAMPi with a litter more practice 🙂
[*UPDATED Sept 20, 2025] Updated the description of the KB 2040 to provide additional info on why I decided to use it over I2C.
Kampay (Cheers) for now!
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Substack
Right folks, what are our thoughts on Substack? I subscribe to a handful of them but I only ever actually read stuff from the guitar player who used to be in The Blake Babies (and I’m just thinking that it is really getting to be time for another Blake Babies reunion record, don’t we think?) and one film photographer from youtube who lives somewhere in the wilds of New Hampshire. Truthfully, I don’t read every post from those two users but I read some of them. Sorry.
My first thought when I learned about Substack was nope, I’m too old for that shit. The Blake Babies guy is older than I am though… he’s also 100 times cooler and a lawyer (yikes) and his cred level is 100000000 times mine… though any number that quantifies your credibility is higher than my complete and total lack of credibility, right?
My second thought was… it’s an email newsletter. Anyone who would be dumb enough to subscribe to mine would mark me as spam within a couple of days of my pointless brain droppings.
Still… am I thinking about it? No… but… yeah, no.
What else, what else… new camera coming soon. The USPS tracking number says it will arrive on Saturday. That doesn’t give me any time to shoot and develop a test roll before I go on vacation, but I had already decided not to bring a film camera on vacation this time. I’m going all digital on this trip.
Part of my initial film camera attraction was using fully manual, mechanical cameras. I didn’t want any automation at all. I didn’t want anything electronic. This time? The new camera has autofocus. Oh praise be, it has autofocus! I’m getting blinder by the minute and manually focusing is a bitch. Wearing bifocals (well, progressive lenses) makes it so much worse. Now I am going to be able to autofocus with film and oh how the heavens will sing in gleeful glee.
What else? This is traditionally the longest week of the working man’s life. The full work week before a vacation. One day down, four endlessly long and painful days to go. But hey, there’s a new camera and a vacation at the end of it! There’s two carrots on the end of this week’s stick. The best part? Both kids are coming on this trip. We’re going as a full family. How cool is that? Both kids are in their 20’s and we can still get them to come on vacation with us. Life is pretty fucking cool sometimes, don’t you think?
I should join Substack and write a big article about it.
#adultKids #blogging #cameras #Family #grownKids #grownUpKids #StepKids #substack #Travel #Vacation
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Travel Plans and Parental Controls
Bellana came home late last night. Late enough that I was asleep. I woke up at 4:00am for some reason and checked the driveway and her car was there. Wonderful! My step daughter is home!
By 8:30am though we had dropped her off at the airport. She’s flying to Denver, meeting a friend, and then driving back to somewhere in North Carolina. From there she’s going to Atlanta and flying to Orlando where she will meet up with the rest of us for our Disney trip the week after next.
That’s a lot of traveling!
Her flight hasn’t boarded yet, but according to flightaware.com it is still on time. Safe travels, Bellana! We love you!
On an unrelated note, I think I need to set up parental controls on my computer. I think I need to block ebay. Yeah… I bought another camera last night. What the fuck, Robert? This one is a 35mm with autofocus. It has a 50mm lens too. Bonus! I still don’t think I will take any film on our vacation, but it is pretty clear my self imposed two month film hiatus isn’t going to last more than a few days. Oh well. I tried.
While we’re on the subject of film, I got a notification from the lab I sent the last batch of film to that it arrived. That was Thursday afternoon. I was hope hope hoping that I would receive word that the scans were available yesterday but I gots nuttin’. I doubt they’ll be working over the weekend, so hopefully early next week we’ll have the results. I’m optimistic that the five medium format rolls come out okay. Four of them might at least. One of them might be a smidge under exposed. I had the light meter app on my phone set wrong during one roll. Dumb ass. Everything else (hopefully) was free of user errors or dumb ass fuck ups. Fingers crossed.
#adultKids #destination #Family #filmCameras #filmDeveloping #filmPhotography #GearAcquisitionSyndrome #grownUpKids #StepKids #travelPlans
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Specjalna wersja flagowego smartfona – Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR
Marka HONOR wspólnie z Porsche Design zaprezentowała specjalną edycję swojego najnowszego flagowego smartfona — HONOR Magic7 Pro. Model Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR to już trzeci wspólny projekt obu firm.
„Nasza współpraca nieustannie się rozwija. Połączenie marki smartfonów HONOR z jedną z najbardziej rozpoznawalnych firm w branży samochodów sportowych pozwala nam tworzyć wyjątkowe urządzenia oparte na nowoczesnych technologiach” – powiedział Zachary Jiang, wiceprezes HONOR Europe.
Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR łączy sportową estetykę Porsche Design z jakością, funkcjonalnością i wygodą użytkowania. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, twórca legendarnego modelu 911 i założyciel Porsche Design, ujął swoją filozofię projektowania w słowach: „Tak mało projektowania, jak to możliwe, tak dużo, jak to konieczne”. Inspirując się tym podejściem, Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR łączy symetryczny moduł aparatu HONOR Magic7 z eleganckim designem samochodów sportowych. Charakterystyczna centralna wypukłość nawiązuje do linii maski Porsche, podkreślając zarówno nowoczesny styl, jak i tradycję. Ten element nie tylko nadaje urządzeniu unikalny wygląd, lecz także poprawia ergonomię, zapewniając pewny i wygodny chwyt.
Smartfon wyróżnia się charakterystycznymi dla Porsche elementami konstrukcyjnymi, takimi jak sześciokątny moduł kamery, inspirowany komponentami samochodów zaprojektowanych dla najwyższych osiągów. W projekcie urządzenia wykorzystano estetykę modelu Taycan Turbo S, a symetryczne rozmieszczenie czterech aparatów nawiązuje do reflektorów samochodów sportowych. Aparaty te są chronione szkłem 3D, które subtelnie odzwierciedla krzywizny przedniej szyby Porsche.
Nowy flagowy HONOR Magic7 Pro już w Polsce – ma fabryczny wykrywacz deepfake’ów
Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR został wyposażony w system MagicOS 9.0. Dzięki Magicznemu Portalowi użytkownicy zyskują wygodny dostęp do kluczowych informacji i usług. MagicOS 9.0 wprowadza także innowacyjne funkcje, takie jak Transkrypcja AI, Podsumowanie AI i Minutki AI, które zwiększają efektywność spotkań i ułatwiają zarządzanie notatkami. Dodatkowo funkcje Gumki AI i Wycięcia AI umożliwiają zaawansowaną edycję zdjęć, zapewniając użytkownikom większą, kreatywną swobodę.
Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR został również wyposażony w system Gemini. Ten inteligentny asystent AI od Google wspiera użytkowników w rozwijaniu pomysłów, nauce, pisaniu e-maili, planowaniu wydarzeń oraz wykonywaniu wielu innych zadań, zwiększając ich codzienną produktywność i komfort pracy.
Nowy smartfon wyposażono również w silnik AI HONOR Image Engine — mobilny system oparty na dużych modelach AI, łączący technologie działające na urządzeniu z rozwiązaniami w chmurze. Dzięki mocy dużych modeli AI, urządzenie znacząco poprawia precyzję zdjęć w różnych dziedzinach fotografii, takich jak portrety, migawki czy fotografie teleobiektywowe.
Smartfon oferuje zaawansowane narzędzia fotograficzne oparte na sztucznej inteligencji, takie jak tryby Harcourt Portrait, AI Enhanced Portrait, AI Super Zoom do zdjęć z daleka, Stage Mode, Wykrywanie Ruchu AI oraz HD Super Burst. Zaawansowane przetwarzanie AI umożliwia użytkownikom uchwycenie każdej chwili z wyjątkową szczegółowością i wyrazistością.
Urządzenie stanowi idealne narzędzie dla entuzjastów fotografii, dzięki potrójnemu aparatowi, w skład którego wchodzi główny aparat Super Dynamic Falcon 50 MP, teleobiektyw 200 MP 1/1,4″ o największej w branży przysłonie f/1,88. Dodatkowo system autofocus LiDAR Matrix z 1200 punktami LiDAR poprawia dokładność, szybkość oraz zasięg śledzenia, zapewniając ostre i wyraźne zdjęcia poruszających się obiektów. Dzięki podwójnemu elektromagnetycznemu siłownikowi, zostało znacznie usprawnione również ustawianie ostrości.Sprzęt obsługuje szybkie ładowanie przewodowe 100W oraz bezprzewodowe ładowanie 80W HONOR SuperCharge. Dzięki zastosowaniu akumulatora krzemowo-węglowego trzeciej generacji o pojemności 5850 mAh, smartfon oferuje stabilną i wydajną pracę, nawet w niskich temperaturach.
Mocy obliczeniowej urządzeniu dostarcza procesor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, czyli najpotężniejszy układ marki Qualcomm. Zapewnia on płynną rozgrywkę, efektywną wielozadaniowość oraz zaawansowaną grafikę, jednocześnie dbając o niskie zużycie energii.
Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR jest dostępny w dwóch różnych wersjach kolorystycznych: szarym Agate Grey i fioletowym Provence. Na ten moment start sprzedaży smartfona jest planowany na 21 lutego na niektórych rynkach europejskich, w cenie 1799 Euro.
#AI #Honor #news #PorscheDesign #PorscheDesignHonorMagic7RSR #smartfony #sztucznaInteligencja
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HUAWEI Mate X6 oraz seria HUAWEI nova 13 debiutują w Polsce
Huawei wprowadza na polski rynek urządzenie, które zdaniem chińskiej marki wyznacza nowe standardy wśród składanych smartfonów premium: HUAWEI Mate X6. To nie jedyna ogłoszona dziś nowość.
Zacznijmy jednak od modelu HUAWEI Mate X6. Najważniejszą zastosowaną w nim innowacją jest najlepszy aparat, jaki dotychczas znalazł się w składanym telefonie Huawei. Układ Ultra Chroma Camera wyróżnia zaawansowana technologia szczegółowego odwzorowania kolorów z wykorzystaniem kolorymetru, co w połączeniu z zestawem trzech wysokiej jakości obiektywów pozwala na uchwycenie zdjęć i filmów w doskonałej jakości.
Urządzenie wyposażono w zapewniające wysoką jakość obrazu ekrany HUAWEI X-True: wewnętrzny o przekątnej 7,93 cala, w parze z zewnętrznym wyświetlaczem o przekątnej 6,45 cala. Smartfon wyróżnia się także niespotykaną w tego typu urządzeniach wytrzymałością, dzięki zastosowaniu na zewnętrznym ekranie szkła Kunlun Glass 2. generacji oraz klasie wodoodporności IPX8.
Design HUAWEI Mate X6 to według producenta połączenie nowoczesności i inspiracji kosmicznymi motywami. Unikalna wyspa aparatów inspirowana jest kształtem okien stacji kosmicznej. Aby uzyskać tak wyjątkowy wygląd, elementy te zostały precyzyjnie wycięte za pomocą diamentowego ostrza podczas procesu składającego się z 29 kroków, który trwa aż 12 godzin. Efektem jest zjawiskowy kontrast między satynowymi i polerowanymi powierzchniami, które tworzą piękne refleksy świetlne, przyciągając wzrok.
Cztery symetryczne krawędzie, lśniące wykończenie i smukła, wyważona forma sprawiają, że telefon wygląda podobno jak produkt z przyszłości. Dodatkowo, etui z podstawką umożliwia wygodne postawienie smartfonu. Model występuje w ognistej czerwieni i eleganckiej czerni, które podkreślają jego futurystyczny charakter.
HUAWEI Mate X6 jest jednym z najlżejszych składanych smartfonów na rynku, waży 239 g. Dzięki innowacyjnej konstrukcji i zastosowaniu zaawansowanych materiałów, takich jak aluminium klasy lotniczej oraz wyjątkowe szkło Kunlun Glass 2. generacji, udało się zredukować wagę urządzenia, zachowując przy tym wysoką wytrzymałość.
Zaledwie 4,6 mm grubości po rozłożeniu sprawia, że telefon jest niezwykle smukły, a zarazem doskonale leży w dłoni i sprawia wrażenie lekkiego jak piórko. Dzięki innowacyjnemu zawiasowi, który łączy elementy o najwyższej odporności i precyzji, składanie i rozkładanie urządzenia jest łatwe i przyjemne.
Aparat w HUAWEI Mate X6 to według producenta kosmiczna rewolucja w fotografii mobilnej. Aparat główny Ultra Aperture XMAGE o rozdzielczości 50 MP i zmiennej przesłonie F1.4-F4.0, pozwala uchwycić wyjątkowe detale zarówno w słabym oświetleniu, jak i przy pełnym świetle dziennym, z rozszerzoną głębią ostrości i kosmiczną detalicznością. Unikalny, peryskopowy teleobiektyw 48 MP z 4-krotnym zoomem optycznym umożliwia przybliżenie każdego obiektu, a zaawansowany system autofocusu sprawi, że zdjęcia będą ostre nawet przy dynamicznych scenach.
Dzięki Ultra Chroma Camera z 1,5 miliona kanałów spektralnych, odwzorowanie kolorów jest niezwykle precyzyjne – każda scena nabiera wyrazistości i pełni życia. Nawet w słabym oświetleniu, dzięki nowym rozwiązaniom optycznym, każde zdjęcie będzie pełne detali i naturalnych barw. Nowością jest również możliwość wykonania perfekcyjnego selfie przy pomocy tylnego aparatu z mechaniczną przesłoną i podglądem na żywo na zewnętrznym ekranie. Za to tryb Flex-Stop pozwala na robienie zdjęć z różnych perspektyw, w tym w trybie Time-Lapse. Całość uzupełnia moduł superszerokokątny 40 MP.
HUAWEI Mate X6 ma ekran OLED o przekątnej 7,93 cala, wyświetlający 1,07 miliarda kolorów. Dzięki adaptacyjnej częstotliwości odświeżania od 1 do 120 Hz i jasności szczytowej do 1800 nitów, ekran dostosowuje się do wielu potrzeb – od płynnej animacji po oszczędność energii, gdy telefon nie jest intensywnie używany.
Ekran zewnętrzny to równie szczegółowy panel o przekątnej 6,43 cala, z adaptacyjnym odświeżaniem od 1 do 120 Hz i szczytowej jasności 2500 nitów. Sprawdzi się do wszystkich zadań, które nie wymagają większej powierzchni ekranu wewnętrznego. Dzięki innowacyjnemu systemowi chłodzenia opartemu na grafenie, telefon utrzymuje niską temperaturę nawet podczas dość intensywnego użytkowania. Wydajna bateria o pojemności 5110 mAh gwarantuje długie godziny pracy, a szybkie ładowanie z mocą do 66 W przewodowo i 50 W bezprzewodowo zapewnia błyskawiczne uzupełnienie energii.
HUAWEI Mate X6 pozwala efektywnie obsługiwać trzy aplikacje jednocześnie na jednym ekranie. Inteligentny podział automatycznie dostosowuje układ do trybu wertykalnego lub horyzontalnego, zapewniając wygodę i płynność pracy. Aplikacje mogą dostosować się do rozmiaru ekranu w zależności od tego, czy są uruchomione w pionie, czy poziomie. Dodatkowo, można zapisać preferowane układy i jednym kliknięciem uruchomić zestawy często używanych aplikacji, co znacząco przyspiesza codzienną pracę. Dzięki 12 GB pamięci RAM i 512 GB pamięci wewnętrznej, wszystkie aplikacje działają z niezrównaną płynnością, a wielozadaniowość staje się jeszcze prostsza. Z HUAWEI Mate X6 użyteczność zyskuje nową jakość, która umożliwia swobodne działanie w mgnieniu oka – od edytowania dokumentów po intensywne sesje gamingowe.
System operacyjny to udoskonalona wersja nakładki EMUI w wersji 15.0 (na system autorski Huawei HarmonyOS), w której znalazło się kilka nowych, przydatnych funkcji. Smartfon oferuje rozszerzoną funkcjonalność, dzięki aplikacjom dostępnym w sklepie AppGallery, używanym codziennie przez ponad 580 milionów konsumentów. Posiadacze smartfonów Huawei, korzystający z AppGallery, mogą cieszyć się kompleksowym doświadczeniem na różnych urządzeniach – używając swój smartfon w połączeniu z komputerem Huawei, smartwatchem lub tabletem. Mogą również korzystać z szeregu innowacyjnych aplikacji i usług HMS, w tym między innymi z Chmury mobilnej HUAWEI, Przeglądarki HUAWEI czy wirtualnej asystentki Celia.
To niejedyna nowość jaką Huawei wprowadza na rynek. W Polsce debiutują również smartfony HUAWEI nova 13 i HUAWEI nova 13 Pro. Oba modele wyróżniają się możliwościami fotograficznymi – HUAWEI nova 13 oferuje szerokokątny aparat portretowy 60 MP i aparat główny Ultra Vision 50 MP.
Natomiast HUAWEI nova 13 Pro dysponuje podwójnym aparatem selfie 60 MP oraz potrójnym aparatem głównym 50 MP z 3-krotnym zoomem optycznym i fizycznie zmienną przysłoną. Smartfony wyposażono w pojemne baterie 5000 mAh i ultraszybkie ładowanie HUAWEI SuperCharge Turbo 100 W.
Sugerowana cena detaliczna HUAWEI Mate X6 wynosi 7999 zł. W okresie od 3 lutego do 2 marca 2025 r., na huawei.pl oraz u Partnerów Biznesowych model dostępny jest w ofercie premierowej, w ramach której klienci otrzymają smartwatch HUAWEI WATCH GT 4 Active w prezencie lub za 1 zł.
Smartfon można kupić w sieciach handlowych Media Expert, Media Markt, RTV Euro AGD, x-kom, Komputronik oraz w punktach sprzedaży sieci Plus. Urządzenie jest także dostępne w oficjalnym sklepie huawei.pl oraz w Strefie Marki na Allegro. Kupujący w sklepie huawei.pl dodatkowo przy zakupie otrzymają ochronę ekranu przez 3 miesiące oraz możliwość skorzystania z 20 rat RRSO 0%.
Sugerowana cena detaliczna HUAWEI nova 13 Pro wynosi 2999 zł, a HUAWEI Nova 13 – 2299 zł.
HUAWEI nova 13 Pro w kolorze czarnym oraz HUAWEI nova 13 można kupić w sieciach handlowych Media Expert, Media Markt, RTV Euro AGD, x-kom oraz Komputronik. Urządzenia są także dostępne w oficjalnym sklepie huawei.pl oraz w Strefie Marki na Allegro. Model HUAWEI nova 13 Pro w kolorze zielonym można zakupić tylko w punktach sprzedaży sieci Plus i na huawei.pl
Przy zakupie modelu z serii nova 13 w okresie od 3 lutego do 2 marca 2025 r. u Partnerów Biznesowych w ramach oferty premierowej, klient otrzymają smartwatch HUAWEI Watch Fit 2 w prezencie lub za 1 zł.
Natomiast kupujący na stronie huawei.pl otrzymają słuchawki HUAWEI FreeBuds 5 w prezencie lub za 1 zł. Podane ceny są cenami rekomendowanymi. Oferta może różnić się w zależności od kanału sprzedaży oraz może ulec zmianie. Szczegóły ofert dostępne są u Sprzedawców.
#huawei #HuaweiMateX6 #HuaweiNova13 #HuaweiNova13Pro #news #składaneSmartfony #składanySmartfon
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Time to dust off this account! I've been carrying the old Panasonic Lumix on our outdoor activities for years just in case we saw an interesting bird worth documenting, but with multiple huskies along for the treks, it's seen very little use.
Until today! We're back up in northern Minnesota and today we did the hike to Magnetic Rock and back. Zeena alerted to a bird in a tree over the trail, and it turned out to be a Spruce Grouse!
We scare up plenty of Ruffed Grouse on our outings, but Spruce Grouse are rare for us, and this one just sat there, unperturbed, as we walked underneath.
It was "cooperative" in that it didn't move, but it certainly could have been more helpful by moving to a location with fewer branches in the way! These pics are the best I could get, fighting the autofocus all the way.
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HUAWEI Mate X6 oraz seria HUAWEI nova 13 debiutują w Polsce
Huawei wprowadza na polski rynek urządzenie, które zdaniem chińskiej marki wyznacza nowe standardy wśród składanych smartfonów premium: HUAWEI Mate X6. To nie jedyna ogłoszona dziś nowość.
Zacznijmy jednak od modelu HUAWEI Mate X6. Najważniejszą zastosowaną w nim innowacją jest najlepszy aparat, jaki dotychczas znalazł się w składanym telefonie Huawei. Układ Ultra Chroma Camera wyróżnia zaawansowana technologia szczegółowego odwzorowania kolorów z wykorzystaniem kolorymetru, co w połączeniu z zestawem trzech wysokiej jakości obiektywów pozwala na uchwycenie zdjęć i filmów w doskonałej jakości.
Urządzenie wyposażono w zapewniające wysoką jakość obrazu ekrany HUAWEI X-True: wewnętrzny o przekątnej 7,93 cala, w parze z zewnętrznym wyświetlaczem o przekątnej 6,45 cala. Smartfon wyróżnia się także niespotykaną w tego typu urządzeniach wytrzymałością, dzięki zastosowaniu na zewnętrznym ekranie szkła Kunlun Glass 2. generacji oraz klasie wodoodporności IPX8.
Design HUAWEI Mate X6 to według producenta połączenie nowoczesności i inspiracji kosmicznymi motywami. Unikalna wyspa aparatów inspirowana jest kształtem okien stacji kosmicznej. Aby uzyskać tak wyjątkowy wygląd, elementy te zostały precyzyjnie wycięte za pomocą diamentowego ostrza podczas procesu składającego się z 29 kroków, który trwa aż 12 godzin. Efektem jest zjawiskowy kontrast między satynowymi i polerowanymi powierzchniami, które tworzą piękne refleksy świetlne, przyciągając wzrok.
Cztery symetryczne krawędzie, lśniące wykończenie i smukła, wyważona forma sprawiają, że telefon wygląda podobno jak produkt z przyszłości. Dodatkowo, etui z podstawką umożliwia wygodne postawienie smartfonu. Model występuje w ognistej czerwieni i eleganckiej czerni, które podkreślają jego futurystyczny charakter.
HUAWEI Mate X6 jest jednym z najlżejszych składanych smartfonów na rynku, waży 239 g. Dzięki innowacyjnej konstrukcji i zastosowaniu zaawansowanych materiałów, takich jak aluminium klasy lotniczej oraz wyjątkowe szkło Kunlun Glass 2. generacji, udało się zredukować wagę urządzenia, zachowując przy tym wysoką wytrzymałość.
Zaledwie 4,6 mm grubości po rozłożeniu sprawia, że telefon jest niezwykle smukły, a zarazem doskonale leży w dłoni i sprawia wrażenie lekkiego jak piórko. Dzięki innowacyjnemu zawiasowi, który łączy elementy o najwyższej odporności i precyzji, składanie i rozkładanie urządzenia jest łatwe i przyjemne.
Aparat w HUAWEI Mate X6 to według producenta kosmiczna rewolucja w fotografii mobilnej. Aparat główny Ultra Aperture XMAGE o rozdzielczości 50 MP i zmiennej przesłonie F1.4-F4.0, pozwala uchwycić wyjątkowe detale zarówno w słabym oświetleniu, jak i przy pełnym świetle dziennym, z rozszerzoną głębią ostrości i kosmiczną detalicznością. Unikalny, peryskopowy teleobiektyw 48 MP z 4-krotnym zoomem optycznym umożliwia przybliżenie każdego obiektu, a zaawansowany system autofocusu sprawi, że zdjęcia będą ostre nawet przy dynamicznych scenach.
Dzięki Ultra Chroma Camera z 1,5 miliona kanałów spektralnych, odwzorowanie kolorów jest niezwykle precyzyjne – każda scena nabiera wyrazistości i pełni życia. Nawet w słabym oświetleniu, dzięki nowym rozwiązaniom optycznym, każde zdjęcie będzie pełne detali i naturalnych barw. Nowością jest również możliwość wykonania perfekcyjnego selfie przy pomocy tylnego aparatu z mechaniczną przesłoną i podglądem na żywo na zewnętrznym ekranie. Za to tryb Flex-Stop pozwala na robienie zdjęć z różnych perspektyw, w tym w trybie Time-Lapse. Całość uzupełnia moduł superszerokokątny 40 MP.
HUAWEI Mate X6 ma ekran OLED o przekątnej 7,93 cala, wyświetlający 1,07 miliarda kolorów. Dzięki adaptacyjnej częstotliwości odświeżania od 1 do 120 Hz i jasności szczytowej do 1800 nitów, ekran dostosowuje się do wielu potrzeb – od płynnej animacji po oszczędność energii, gdy telefon nie jest intensywnie używany.
Ekran zewnętrzny to równie szczegółowy panel o przekątnej 6,43 cala, z adaptacyjnym odświeżaniem od 1 do 120 Hz i szczytowej jasności 2500 nitów. Sprawdzi się do wszystkich zadań, które nie wymagają większej powierzchni ekranu wewnętrznego. Dzięki innowacyjnemu systemowi chłodzenia opartemu na grafenie, telefon utrzymuje niską temperaturę nawet podczas dość intensywnego użytkowania. Wydajna bateria o pojemności 5110 mAh gwarantuje długie godziny pracy, a szybkie ładowanie z mocą do 66 W przewodowo i 50 W bezprzewodowo zapewnia błyskawiczne uzupełnienie energii.
HUAWEI Mate X6 pozwala efektywnie obsługiwać trzy aplikacje jednocześnie na jednym ekranie. Inteligentny podział automatycznie dostosowuje układ do trybu wertykalnego lub horyzontalnego, zapewniając wygodę i płynność pracy. Aplikacje mogą dostosować się do rozmiaru ekranu w zależności od tego, czy są uruchomione w pionie, czy poziomie. Dodatkowo, można zapisać preferowane układy i jednym kliknięciem uruchomić zestawy często używanych aplikacji, co znacząco przyspiesza codzienną pracę. Dzięki 12 GB pamięci RAM i 512 GB pamięci wewnętrznej, wszystkie aplikacje działają z niezrównaną płynnością, a wielozadaniowość staje się jeszcze prostsza. Z HUAWEI Mate X6 użyteczność zyskuje nową jakość, która umożliwia swobodne działanie w mgnieniu oka – od edytowania dokumentów po intensywne sesje gamingowe.
System operacyjny to udoskonalona wersja nakładki EMUI w wersji 15.0 (na system autorski Huawei HarmonyOS), w której znalazło się kilka nowych, przydatnych funkcji. Smartfon oferuje rozszerzoną funkcjonalność, dzięki aplikacjom dostępnym w sklepie AppGallery, używanym codziennie przez ponad 580 milionów konsumentów. Posiadacze smartfonów Huawei, korzystający z AppGallery, mogą cieszyć się kompleksowym doświadczeniem na różnych urządzeniach – używając swój smartfon w połączeniu z komputerem Huawei, smartwatchem lub tabletem. Mogą również korzystać z szeregu innowacyjnych aplikacji i usług HMS, w tym między innymi z Chmury mobilnej HUAWEI, Przeglądarki HUAWEI czy wirtualnej asystentki Celia.
To niejedyna nowość jaką Huawei wprowadza na rynek. W Polsce debiutują również smartfony HUAWEI nova 13 i HUAWEI nova 13 Pro. Oba modele wyróżniają się możliwościami fotograficznymi – HUAWEI nova 13 oferuje szerokokątny aparat portretowy 60 MP i aparat główny Ultra Vision 50 MP.
Natomiast HUAWEI nova 13 Pro dysponuje podwójnym aparatem selfie 60 MP oraz potrójnym aparatem głównym 50 MP z 3-krotnym zoomem optycznym i fizycznie zmienną przysłoną. Smartfony wyposażono w pojemne baterie 5000 mAh i ultraszybkie ładowanie HUAWEI SuperCharge Turbo 100 W.
Sugerowana cena detaliczna HUAWEI Mate X6 wynosi 7999 zł. W okresie od 3 lutego do 2 marca 2025 r., na huawei.pl oraz u Partnerów Biznesowych model dostępny jest w ofercie premierowej, w ramach której klienci otrzymają smartwatch HUAWEI WATCH GT 4 Active w prezencie lub za 1 zł.
Smartfon można kupić w sieciach handlowych Media Expert, Media Markt, RTV Euro AGD, x-kom, Komputronik oraz w punktach sprzedaży sieci Plus. Urządzenie jest także dostępne w oficjalnym sklepie huawei.pl oraz w Strefie Marki na Allegro. Kupujący w sklepie huawei.pl dodatkowo przy zakupie otrzymają ochronę ekranu przez 3 miesiące oraz możliwość skorzystania z 20 rat RRSO 0%.
Sugerowana cena detaliczna HUAWEI nova 13 Pro wynosi 2999 zł, a HUAWEI Nova 13 – 2299 zł.
HUAWEI nova 13 Pro w kolorze czarnym oraz HUAWEI nova 13 można kupić w sieciach handlowych Media Expert, Media Markt, RTV Euro AGD, x-kom oraz Komputronik. Urządzenia są także dostępne w oficjalnym sklepie huawei.pl oraz w Strefie Marki na Allegro. Model HUAWEI nova 13 Pro w kolorze zielonym można zakupić tylko w punktach sprzedaży sieci Plus i na huawei.pl
Przy zakupie modelu z serii nova 13 w okresie od 3 lutego do 2 marca 2025 r. u Partnerów Biznesowych w ramach oferty premierowej, klient otrzymają smartwatch HUAWEI Watch Fit 2 w prezencie lub za 1 zł.
Natomiast kupujący na stronie huawei.pl otrzymają słuchawki HUAWEI FreeBuds 5 w prezencie lub za 1 zł. Podane ceny są cenami rekomendowanymi. Oferta może różnić się w zależności od kanału sprzedaży oraz może ulec zmianie. Szczegóły ofert dostępne są u Sprzedawców.
#huawei #HuaweiMateX6 #HuaweiNova13 #HuaweiNova13Pro #news #składaneSmartfony #składanySmartfon
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Specjalna wersja flagowego smartfona – Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR
Marka HONOR wspólnie z Porsche Design zaprezentowała specjalną edycję swojego najnowszego flagowego smartfona — HONOR Magic7 Pro. Model Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR to już trzeci wspólny projekt obu firm.
„Nasza współpraca nieustannie się rozwija. Połączenie marki smartfonów HONOR z jedną z najbardziej rozpoznawalnych firm w branży samochodów sportowych pozwala nam tworzyć wyjątkowe urządzenia oparte na nowoczesnych technologiach” – powiedział Zachary Jiang, wiceprezes HONOR Europe.
Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR łączy sportową estetykę Porsche Design z jakością, funkcjonalnością i wygodą użytkowania. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, twórca legendarnego modelu 911 i założyciel Porsche Design, ujął swoją filozofię projektowania w słowach: „Tak mało projektowania, jak to możliwe, tak dużo, jak to konieczne”. Inspirując się tym podejściem, Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR łączy symetryczny moduł aparatu HONOR Magic7 z eleganckim designem samochodów sportowych. Charakterystyczna centralna wypukłość nawiązuje do linii maski Porsche, podkreślając zarówno nowoczesny styl, jak i tradycję. Ten element nie tylko nadaje urządzeniu unikalny wygląd, lecz także poprawia ergonomię, zapewniając pewny i wygodny chwyt.
Smartfon wyróżnia się charakterystycznymi dla Porsche elementami konstrukcyjnymi, takimi jak sześciokątny moduł kamery, inspirowany komponentami samochodów zaprojektowanych dla najwyższych osiągów. W projekcie urządzenia wykorzystano estetykę modelu Taycan Turbo S, a symetryczne rozmieszczenie czterech aparatów nawiązuje do reflektorów samochodów sportowych. Aparaty te są chronione szkłem 3D, które subtelnie odzwierciedla krzywizny przedniej szyby Porsche.
Nowy flagowy HONOR Magic7 Pro już w Polsce – ma fabryczny wykrywacz deepfake’ów
Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR został wyposażony w system MagicOS 9.0. Dzięki Magicznemu Portalowi użytkownicy zyskują wygodny dostęp do kluczowych informacji i usług. MagicOS 9.0 wprowadza także innowacyjne funkcje, takie jak Transkrypcja AI, Podsumowanie AI i Minutki AI, które zwiększają efektywność spotkań i ułatwiają zarządzanie notatkami. Dodatkowo funkcje Gumki AI i Wycięcia AI umożliwiają zaawansowaną edycję zdjęć, zapewniając użytkownikom większą, kreatywną swobodę.
Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR został również wyposażony w system Gemini. Ten inteligentny asystent AI od Google wspiera użytkowników w rozwijaniu pomysłów, nauce, pisaniu e-maili, planowaniu wydarzeń oraz wykonywaniu wielu innych zadań, zwiększając ich codzienną produktywność i komfort pracy.
Nowy smartfon wyposażono również w silnik AI HONOR Image Engine — mobilny system oparty na dużych modelach AI, łączący technologie działające na urządzeniu z rozwiązaniami w chmurze. Dzięki mocy dużych modeli AI, urządzenie znacząco poprawia precyzję zdjęć w różnych dziedzinach fotografii, takich jak portrety, migawki czy fotografie teleobiektywowe.
Smartfon oferuje zaawansowane narzędzia fotograficzne oparte na sztucznej inteligencji, takie jak tryby Harcourt Portrait, AI Enhanced Portrait, AI Super Zoom do zdjęć z daleka, Stage Mode, Wykrywanie Ruchu AI oraz HD Super Burst. Zaawansowane przetwarzanie AI umożliwia użytkownikom uchwycenie każdej chwili z wyjątkową szczegółowością i wyrazistością.
Urządzenie stanowi idealne narzędzie dla entuzjastów fotografii, dzięki potrójnemu aparatowi, w skład którego wchodzi główny aparat Super Dynamic Falcon 50 MP, teleobiektyw 200 MP 1/1,4″ o największej w branży przysłonie f/1,88. Dodatkowo system autofocus LiDAR Matrix z 1200 punktami LiDAR poprawia dokładność, szybkość oraz zasięg śledzenia, zapewniając ostre i wyraźne zdjęcia poruszających się obiektów. Dzięki podwójnemu elektromagnetycznemu siłownikowi, zostało znacznie usprawnione również ustawianie ostrości.Sprzęt obsługuje szybkie ładowanie przewodowe 100W oraz bezprzewodowe ładowanie 80W HONOR SuperCharge. Dzięki zastosowaniu akumulatora krzemowo-węglowego trzeciej generacji o pojemności 5850 mAh, smartfon oferuje stabilną i wydajną pracę, nawet w niskich temperaturach.
Mocy obliczeniowej urządzeniu dostarcza procesor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, czyli najpotężniejszy układ marki Qualcomm. Zapewnia on płynną rozgrywkę, efektywną wielozadaniowość oraz zaawansowaną grafikę, jednocześnie dbając o niskie zużycie energii.
Porsche Design HONOR Magic7 RSR jest dostępny w dwóch różnych wersjach kolorystycznych: szarym Agate Grey i fioletowym Provence. Na ten moment start sprzedaży smartfona jest planowany na 21 lutego na niektórych rynkach europejskich, w cenie 1799 Euro.
#AI #Honor #news #PorscheDesign #PorscheDesignHonorMagic7RSR #smartfony #sztucznaInteligencja
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Travel Plans and Parental Controls
Bellana came home late last night. Late enough that I was asleep. I woke up at 4:00am for some reason and checked the driveway and her car was there. Wonderful! My step daughter is home!
By 8:30am though we had dropped her off at the airport. She’s flying to Denver, meeting a friend, and then driving back to somewhere in North Carolina. From there she’s going to Atlanta and flying to Orlando where she will meet up with the rest of us for our Disney trip the week after next.
That’s a lot of traveling!
Her flight hasn’t boarded yet, but according to flightaware.com it is still on time. Safe travels, Bellana! We love you!
On an unrelated note, I think I need to set up parental controls on my computer. I think I need to block ebay. Yeah… I bought another camera last night. What the fuck, Robert? This one is a 35mm with autofocus. It has a 50mm lens too. Bonus! I still don’t think I will take any film on our vacation, but it is pretty clear my self imposed two month film hiatus isn’t going to last more than a few days. Oh well. I tried.
While we’re on the subject of film, I got a notification from the lab I sent the last batch of film to that it arrived. That was Thursday afternoon. I was hope hope hoping that I would receive word that the scans were available yesterday but I gots nuttin’. I doubt they’ll be working over the weekend, so hopefully early next week we’ll have the results. I’m optimistic that the five medium format rolls come out okay. Four of them might at least. One of them might be a smidge under exposed. I had the light meter app on my phone set wrong during one roll. Dumb ass. Everything else (hopefully) was free of user errors or dumb ass fuck ups. Fingers crossed.
#adultKids #destination #Family #filmCameras #filmDeveloping #filmPhotography #GearAcquisitionSyndrome #grownUpKids #StepKids #travelPlans
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Travel Plans and Parental Controls
Bellana came home late last night. Late enough that I was asleep. I woke up at 4:00am for some reason and checked the driveway and her car was there. Wonderful! My step daughter is home!
By 8:30am though we had dropped her off at the airport. She’s flying to Denver, meeting a friend, and then driving back to somewhere in North Carolina. From there she’s going to Atlanta and flying to Orlando where she will meet up with the rest of us for our Disney trip the week after next.
That’s a lot of traveling!
Her flight hasn’t boarded yet, but according to flightaware.com it is still on time. Safe travels, Bellana! We love you!
On an unrelated note, I think I need to set up parental controls on my computer. I think I need to block ebay. Yeah… I bought another camera last night. What the fuck, Robert? This one is a 35mm with autofocus. It has a 50mm lens too. Bonus! I still don’t think I will take any film on our vacation, but it is pretty clear my self imposed two month film hiatus isn’t going to last more than a few days. Oh well. I tried.
While we’re on the subject of film, I got a notification from the lab I sent the last batch of film to that it arrived. That was Thursday afternoon. I was hope hope hoping that I would receive word that the scans were available yesterday but I gots nuttin’. I doubt they’ll be working over the weekend, so hopefully early next week we’ll have the results. I’m optimistic that the five medium format rolls come out okay. Four of them might at least. One of them might be a smidge under exposed. I had the light meter app on my phone set wrong during one roll. Dumb ass. Everything else (hopefully) was free of user errors or dumb ass fuck ups. Fingers crossed.
#adultKids #destination #Family #filmCameras #filmDeveloping #filmPhotography #GearAcquisitionSyndrome #grownUpKids #StepKids #travelPlans