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ceilingFANBOY
10/08/09

In reply to Microscope dSLR Lens Captures Both the Beautiful and the Terrifying
Pedicellariae have to be one of the coolest evolved features of a starfish ever.
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Curves
10/08/09

In reply to Microscope dSLR Lens Captures Both the Beautiful and the Terrifying
I got a "toy" microscope when I was 12 (which I still have) and it fueled my imagination of the possibilites of infinate universes so small that they cant be seen or even imagined (that and Horton Hears a Who). Having the ability to take pictures of that is nothing short of BAD ASS COOL.
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LittleJon
03/30/09

In reply to Canon Adopting dSLR Chips for a New Pro Camcorder?
CMOS is necessary in order to achieve high MTF (resolution). CCDs just can't handle the data throughput required for full HD, and even using technologies like pixel-shift (where each sensor is offset by less than a pixel from each other) still results in a sub-par MTF for 1080p.

The use of CMOS in pro HD cameras is not new. Ikegami, a high-end Japanese broadcast camera manufacturer, has been using CMOS for their HD cameras for several years.

The newly announced <$10k Panasonic AG-HPX305 also uses three CMOS sensors (1/3-inch).

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Mark Wilson
03/30/09

@LittleJon: Interesting point on the resolution. We do reference the that CMOS is not totally new for medium-high end cameras, but it's a big, big deal for Canon to make the jump in this range.
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Nick
03/30/09

In reply to Canon Adopting dSLR Chips for a New Pro Camcorder?
finally, no more blurry shots in the GGW videos?
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TerryinSt.Paul
03/23/09

In reply to Happy 50th Birthday, Nikon F Mount
In the meantime, how do you think Nikon should celebrate?
How about selling the D50 for $50?
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D0rk
03/23/09

@TerryinSt.Paul: Why the D50? It's years old at this point, which is a lifetime in terms of the DSLR body lifecycle.
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BeautifulAgony
03/23/09

@D0rk: It would still be a tremendous bargain at $50. Especially for beginners in photography classes, or just learning your SLR basics.
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nutbastard
03/12/09

In reply to The Exoskeleton of the Sony A900
No, that's an Endosk -

dammit, Mark, I've already fucked myself THREE TIMES today. I'm not a machine, dammit.

*goes to fuck himself*
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Hello Mister Walrus
03/12/09

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It reminds me of this:

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Nathan Chalmers
03/12/09

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Considering that the "skeleton" goes under a plastic shell, wouldn't it technically be an endoskeleton?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
03/12/09

In reply to The Exoskeleton of the Sony A900
The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. Very hard to spot. I had to wait till it moved on you before I could zero on it.
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Colin Cooper
03/12/09

In reply to The Exoskeleton of the Sony A900
Stuff like this makes me wish I could take apart my DSLR and sandblast all that black plastic coating off and have a brushed aluminum camera, or get someone to engrave it with some fancy swirly stuff.
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Hello Mister Walrus
03/12/09

@Colin Cooper: You could do that with your DSLR. Only, you wouldn't have a DSLR any more.
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Hello Mister Walrus
03/12/09

In reply to The Exoskeleton of the Sony A900
It looks like it got exploded by Dr. Manhattan.
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Pessimippopotamus
03/12/09

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Is that what they look like down there?
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Ninja Peach
03/12/09

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I feel like I saw something I wasn't supposed to see.
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╠═CoolRiver45═╣
03/12/09

@Ninja Peach: Don'g go getting any naughty thoughts in your head.
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bucho54
03/12/09

@CoolRiver45: You can't say dong without getting naughty thoughts, c'mon!
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Rabid Penguin
03/12/09

@bucho54: It was a Freudian slip. He was thinking "dong," but he meant to write "Penis, don't go getting any naughty thoughts in your head.."
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
03/12/09

In reply to The Exoskeleton of the Sony A900
Smile for me if you want to live!
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ChibaCityCowboy
01/30/09

In reply to US Soldier Explains Why He Uses a Rifle Stock to Shoot Photographs
Years ago I saw some footage taken from a reporter's camera who had wound up recording his own death. I don't think he was using a rifle stock mounted camera, but in the hot zone, and in a US uniform, I don't think it would make that much difference safety-wise.
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Purple Dave
01/31/09

@ChibaCityCowboy:
Ernie Pyle is the war photographer whose last photo is of his dead body, shortly after he got killed by a Japanese machine-gunner during WWII, but there's another similar instance that happened more recently. In 2006, independant documentarist Brad Will was filming footage of the violent armed conflict in Oaxaca, Mexico when he was shot and killed. The video reportedly shows two armed gunmen in the distance, and right after one or both of them fire shots the camera was dropped. The belief is that Will actually filmed the shot that killed him. Both of these stories only show half of the story, and it's not the same half. One shows just the dead body after the fact, and the other shows just the killing act.
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Steeplebomb
01/31/09

@Purple Dave:

wow. morbid.
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Purple Dave
01/31/09

@Steeplebomb:
Yeah, in a way. But if you actually look at Pyle's photo, you can't really tell that he's not just sleeping or unconscious. There's supposed to be a bit of visible blood coming out of his mouth, but it's a B&W photo that was shot over 60 years ago. The image quality isn't exactly the greatest. And with the video, you can't actually tell _why_ the camera was dropped unless someone tells you.

And when you get right down to it, neither of these men was taking a walk through the park. Both were trying to document the real horrors that take place very far away from our mostly-secure little corner of the world (in the entire last century, Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and the Unabombing are the only three comparable acts of violence that I can think of that have been perpetrated on US soil).
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