This peticular topic has created quite a stir among several of us who belong to a video editing group on Yahoo. While the technology is currently being developed for photography, it certainly could eventually find its way into video.
Initially when viewing the website with the developers examples, I pushed it off as webtricks done with flash and DHTML. After further discussion and investigation, the technology actually involves a special modified camera and special software they have developed. For me it was worth eventually digging a little deeper.
So what you see on the website, is just a representation of what they are developing. You have to dig into the press releases and other areas of the website via thier links to discover the finer points of the technology.
So if your a photographer, you may want to check this out. This has the potential to turn even the worst shot into something to be proud of.
Tip: In the gallery, click on the images to go to the larger view. They have a slider you can manipulate the focus on the right side of the photo.
Hey what can I say? Nothing is perfect except maybe Bo Derrick...LOL
What can you expect when the the calendar we all use was developed in 46 BC (Before Computers). Considering that though it's still fairly amazing what we can come up with even with limited tools at hand.
Leap years are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the earth's revolutions around the sun.
This is proof that there is nothing wrong with the earth or the sun...they are doing what they are supposed to do. The earth is earthing and the sun is well...sunning. Its' job is to warm us globally. By traveling around the sun and wobbling like it does, the earth keeps us from getting too hot or too cold for too long. I mean really, this has been going on since before recorded time!
Neither the earth nor the sun seem to make mistakes...only the upright apparently or supposededly thinking inhabitants.
Today is a day of celebration! It serves as an example that we can correct the mistakes we make intelectually at least. But regardless of what we do....the earth will go on earthing and the sun will go on sunning right up to the point we do something to cause complete global destruction.
Basically I was checking out the night shot capability of the camera. In this video you will see the screen change and look green. That is the night shot. What I found was that the closer the subject is, and the level of zoom determines how pronounced the effect is. At the end of this little clip, it almost looks black and white.
I put my camcorder on the tripod and recorded my road trip to Weed on Friday. One of the nice things is that, with the camcorder running, you are bound to capture at least one single frame worth preserving.
THOSE BORN 1920-1979 READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO. IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants &children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! If YOU are one of them CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good .
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno "With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
