The light box you never knew you had

Back to the Future I and II Compared

And I didn't even notice that Marty's girlfriend was a different actress.

The decisive moment(s)

Via: Co. Design > The Daily What

Check out these images from Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg. A hybrid of photography and video, these images extend that "decisive moment" and allow for greater depth within the image. Interpret depth as you will.

Paint Your Room with Light

Video Game Hamster Ball

Absolutely stunning timelapse video of the Milky Way, mountains

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

"Interestingly enough my camera was set for a 5 hour sequence of the milky way during this time and I was sure my whole scene was ruined. To my surprise, my camera had managed to capture the sandstorm which was backlit by Grand Canary Island making it look like golden clouds. The Milky Way was shining through the clouds, making the stars sparkle in an interesting way. So if you ever wondered how the Milky Way would look through a Sahara sandstorm, look at 00:32."

Replacement cord prices...

More fuel for the discussion of user experience: "iPhone Might Kill DSLRs? Um, Not Quite"

Article at: Photography Bay

Camera phones won't replace DSLRS. What the vice president of Nokia meant to say is that camera phones will replace pocket point and shoot cameras. If you remember back to my first post on user experience, it's how it works, not what it can do that is most important to many working professionals.

Closer look at motion graphics

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Toshiba W100

Sweet!!! Here is a cooler piece of technology the Toshiba W100. This one is only $1100. It is also sold out FOREVER.

Cool, and Overpriced

This comp is $1650, and supposedly "rugged." Cool idea, but who pays that much for a pc, and with no screen.

Trying to explain user experience

Via: Current Photographer > PetaPixel

This isn't an easy topic to explain. Why would some buy a feature lacking Leica M9, when there are better and less expensive cameras out there? Well, better only accounts for features and picture quality (variation at this point in quality is negligible), it doesn't however account for user experience or as John Ricard explains it, "usability." There is also the fact that limitations force one to, as John Ricard puts it, "focus." You may not be able to get every shot, but the shots you do get are "focused." They are honed and perfected, because after all, you have less to work with. I don't believe using the word "focus" is the best choice (it is and it isn't), but his meaning comes through.

Well designed technology should be simple to use, allowing the user to spend less time on operating and more time on the end result of what that technology was intended to do. Ease of use and physical workflow are important to professionals and amateurs alike. The more experience one has with photography or videomaking the more one develops or requires his or her tools to work the way that makes the most sense for them.

Don't know how to categorize this one yet.

Kinect

Kinect

Light Mapping

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Hybrid tripod for hybrid cameras

Manfrotto Photo-Movie Head by Drew Gardner from Manfrotto on Vimeo.


From the makers themselves:





My only concern is that there seems to be limited movement available to the camera in the photo mode. It seems as if the camera can tip to the left but not the right because of the design of the head. Maybe I'll have to investigate in person...unless Manfrotto would like to send a sample our way! Here at the Lab, we could really use a hybrid tripod, especially with the increase in the amount of HDSLR animation we're doing.

Interview with the Inventor of the Digital Camera

via: Laughing Squid>PetaPixel

3d video thats actually cool. More hollogramy though

Lab made People

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Polyphonics

Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009

American amateur street photographer

She took about 100,000 photographs

A large portion in the form of undeveloped rolls

Finding Vivian Maier scheduled for 2012

How Canon DSLR cameras work

From Petapixel.