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    Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson

    The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    05/14/09

    In reply to Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson
    I learned two things, both of which are interesting.


    1. It took a long time to kill the betamax.

    2. Sony invented the 3.5. Thats cool.

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    Image of Endeavour Endeavour
    05/08/09

    In reply to Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson
    You should include also some iconic VAIOs, like the Picturebook or the X505 Extreme.

    And there are many other interesting models like the TR (first glossy screen/AR coating), TX (first led display in a notebook and first 16:9 in a notebook) and SZ (first with switchable graphics).
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    05/08/09

    @Endeavour: Those are just laptops, not groundbreaking products.
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    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    05/08/09

    In reply to Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson
    So Blu-Ray is the first Sony introduced format to not fall flat on it's face?


    Maybe that's because they had help with Blu-Ray.

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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    05/08/09

    In reply to Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson
    What's with the PSP hate? You left it off of the Game Boy timeline even though you mentioned the Lynx and GameGear on that one, and now you are leaving it off of the Sony one?
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    I just KNEW the Mark II had to have been used to shoot Obama! I mean, when and if *I* get to shoot the President, that's the daddy-o I'm using. I'd DIE for the chance to get to shoot the President!!! Who wouldn't?! I don't want to sound all "stalky" but if I were living in D.C., I'm so excited about this new President I'd probably sneak and camp out all over the capitol just waiting for that "perfect unimpeded shot" which I'd give my left arm to be able to take.*


    * This post brought to you by satire and Amendment 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    Whatever happened to the official PAINTINGS of the President? Did that method go the way of the dodo? I know this method is cheaper, but it just doesn't have the same historical feel as a painting...
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    Image of Lolbertarian Lolbertarian
    01/14/09

    @Cup of Pork Noodles? Give Me Shrimp!: Agreed, a digital photo can't stand up to the classically painted portrait. Each and every other President had the painted portrait taken; it gives a sense of collectivism with every other President and the office.


    Also, a painter can take out any individual flaws with the person they're painting. Obama's messy hair wouldn't be noticed (and judged 100 years down the line), and the background would look perfectly clear.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/14/09

    @RikudouSennin:

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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    ALWAYS F/11 for portraits. CMON!
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    Image of TheGeoff TheGeoff
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    I'm sure someone else already noticed this...a flash was fired (two flashes, to be exact) for this portrait. One was an umbrella to Mr. Obama's right, the other a smaller, less intense light source used for fill on his left side. The flashes were fired either by a PC cord or a hotshoe mounted trigger (pocketwizard), either of which would not be noted in the EXIF data. Just common Strobist equipment here. Kudos to Canon for being there.


    Honestly, I'd expect that the flag was blurred in photoshop after the fact and may not have been part of the photo initially (added in photoshop). To get that amount of bokeh with a 105mm lens at f.10 would require a pretty good distance between the lens and the flag. Looks more like gaussian blur to me. Either way it's a great photo.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/14/09

    @TheGeoff: You mean they decided not to include the heart-shaped bokeh in the background? Aww darn. :P
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    Image of ZombieRace ZombieRace
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    Digital photography has not only ushered in a new age of photography technology, it has also turned everyone into a know-it-all critic. :)
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/14/09

    @ZombieRace: Oh aren't you Mr. SociologyTrendSpotterKnowItAll.
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    Image of Brien Edick Brien Edick
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    105mm means he probably used the 24-105 that they're selling as the kit.


    Nice shot though.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/14/09

    @Brien Edick: You mean the 24-105 F4.0L is kit? Daayymm!
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    01/14/09

    @ripfire: Yeah, it is, I think.
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    Image of Thats Dr Bear to You Thats Dr Bear to You
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    No ATTACHED flash maybe, but unless light shoots from his eyes there is some serious illumination going on.


    Especially with the settings listed...

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/14/09

    @Thats Dr Bear to You: According to EXIF, it says "No flash attached" (to the camera). Also, the 5D has no built in flash.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    Did they merge his face w/ Morgan Freeman's or something? He seems... Older.
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    Image of Sean Thomas Sean Thomas
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    his hair bothers me, you'd think they'd try to make it perfect or at least photoshop it
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/14/09

    @Sean Thomas: I believe that was intended for next week's photoshop contest.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    They should have let him hold up is BlackBerry in frame, just so he has something to remember it by..
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    Image of archetype94306 archetype94306
    01/14/09

    In reply to The First Official Presidential Portrait Taken With a Digital Camera
    Ahhhh, the Canon 5D Mark II - Obama approved!
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/14/09

    @archetype94306: I dunno. All I see is Canon's eyes turning into dollar signs.
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