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Super Bowl Halftime lit up by choreographed drone show

07 Feb

Photo courtesy Intel

The Super Bowl is American football’s premier event, and the big game is traditionally paired with an equally big halftime performance. This year’s show featured pop star Lady Gaga, who began her set with a pre-taped segment featuring a fleet of 300 drones as part of a choreographed, aerial light show.

The drone fleet is known as Intel’s Shooting Star Drones and are specially designed for choreographed performances like the one we saw last night. Each vehicle has built-in LED lights, weighs 10oz/280g and can fly at up to 3 m/s (6.7 mph) during a light show. The show can be controlled by a single pilot, though Intel mentions that a backup pilot is always on hand.

So how do you choreograph 300 dancing drones? Intel says it takes ‘days or weeks’ to create the light show depending on the complexity.

‘Intel’s proprietary algorithims automate the animation creation process by using a reference image, quickly calculating the number of drones needed, determining where drones should be placed, and formulating the fastest path to create the image in the sky.’

This isn’t the fleet’s first show – Intel has also put on drone-powered light shows in Sydney and Orlando – but it is the first nationally televised event that it has participated in. You can check out the full performance below.

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Pictures show how badly earthquakes damaged Sony’s Kumamoto sensor factory

28 Jan

Photo via Sony

If you wondered why it took Sony so long to get back on its feet after an earthquake hit its sensor fabrication plant in Kumamoto, this picture taken in the aftermath might give you a clue. The halt in production at the factory had a devastating effect on large sections of the camera industry in 2016 as it was the provider of sensors for a huge range of products – from the Nikon DL cameras to the 100MP backs for Phase One and Hasselblad medium-format bodies.

This picture of the chaos inside the plant emerged in October last year as Sony announced plans to ensure such natural disasters would only knock out production for a maximum of two months. The earthquake that hit in April 2016 kept the Kumamoto business silent for over three and a half months, and it took until September for production to return to pre-quake levels. According to a report by the Nikkei Asian Review Sony estimates the event cost the company $ 776 million in lost operating profit.

Tragically, at least fifty deaths are attributed to the earthquakes and around tens of thousands were forced from their homes in the prefecture. Recovery continues as displaced residents have begun moving back into the region.

More dramatic pictures of the quake-hit plant can be seen in this article on the Apple Daily website.

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CES 2017 show highlights: from the weird to the (kind of) wonderful

10 Jan

CES 2017: Show highlights

This year’s consumer electronics extravaganza in Las Vegas was the usual combination of the weird and wonderful, showcasing everything from a fish-finding underwater drone to Panasonic’s flagship DC-GH5. DPReview was there – click through the slides above to see what we found.

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One of the first booths we stopped at was Canon’s. Here, the company was showing off a range of technologies, including the 250MP APS-H format sensor that they’ve been wheeling out at various trade shows over the past year or so. Here you can see an 800mm lens attached to the sensor housing.

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Just around the corner is another technology demo, but this one is a shipping product. The ME20F-SH was announced back in 2015, and made headlines for its ability to capture HD footage at equivalent ISO sensitivities up to 4 million, but it is now in the hands of filmmakers. At CES, Canon was showing off full-color sample footage of the African savannah shot in collaboration with a National Geographic filmcrew, and captured in almost complete darkness.

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Back to consumer digital imaging, and Canon was also showcasing its newest compact camera, the PowerShot G9 X Mark II. Externally almost indistinguishable from its predeCESsor, the pocketable G9 X Mark II is much faster, especially in Raw mode.

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Meanwhile, just across the hall, Nikon was entertaining attendees with the return of ‘Project Helix’. Now featuring 72 simultaneously-triggered Nikon D750 full-frame DSLRs and one KeyMission 360, Helix creates an interactive 360-degree image of whoever steps into the ring.

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Here are some of the 72 Nikon D750s, and their companion 14-24mm F2.8 lenses. That’s roughly a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of gear, right there.

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Considerably less expensive is the new Nikon D5600, launched last year in Europe and Asia, and officially announced in the USA at this year’s CES. Boasting a 24MP sensor, 39-point AF system an redesigned body, the D5600 is an attractive beginners’ DSLR.

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Over to the Ricoh booth, where this show floor demo Pentax K-1 has had its magnesium alloy swapped for clear polycarbonate, to show off the camera’s inner workings.

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Also on the Ricoh booth was an interesting technology demo showing what happens when the Theta 360 is hooked up to a Pentax K-1. While the 360 takes care of a low-resolution 360-degree image, the K-1 can capture a high-resolution image of a portion of the scene. The resulting multi-image file can be explored in the same way as a conventional Theta 360-image, with the addition of higher-resolution inserts.

Currently only a technology demonstration, We can imagine this being particularly useful for businesses, and real-estate photography.

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This is Kodak’s Super 8 video camera, which offers a hybrid of very old technology (super 8 film) with modern digital display and audio. The Super 8 camera features a digital live view display (albeit not a very good one) and digital audio recording, in a stylish body.

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Much more modern is Panasonic’s Lumix DC-GH5. Definitely the highest-profile camera release of CES 2017, the GH5 is a flagship Micro Four Thirds 4K stills/video camera which also incorporates a ‘6K photo’ mode and a range of advanced stills photography features.

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Not exactly new, but a new look at least – this is the just-unveiled ‘Graphite’ edition of Fujifilm’s X-Pro2, shipping soon with its matching 23mm F2 lens.

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Ambarella may not be a brand name that rolls off your tongue, but chances are pretty good you own their products since the company makes the cameras and SOCs that power some of the industry’s most popular devices. We were really impressed by the Yi 4K action cam, which uses the company’s new H2 SOC to deliver stunning 4K/60p video.

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What happens when you arrange 128 Canon Rebels in a sphere? If you’re Solidiphy, you sync them up, stitch the photos together, and send the results to a 3D printer. We gave it a try and will report back when we receive our Barney and Dale action figures.

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Along with vinyl records, slide film, and 1980s video game consoles, instant prints are doing their part to drive the retro revolution. The Polaroid Pop brings back the classic 3.5 x 4.25″ instant print format using ZINK Zero Ink printing technology. A representative told us the Pop should be available ‘later in 2017.’

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Speaking of retro… If you’ve been saying to yourself “Gee whiz, I sure do wish I had an old fashioned console TV on which to view my photos,” your day has arrived thanks to Broksonic. It’s actually a flat screen mounted in a console, but the analog spirit is there. If we get a review unit we’ll order up a bunch of frozen TV dinners to give it a spin.

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Sony didn’t have any new gear to show off at CES 2017, but this tech was keeping himself busy repairing a6000-series bodies as part of Sony’s Pro Support program.

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Touch it. Touch the future.

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WE TAKE IT BACK – WE DON’T LIKE THE FUTURE!

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If there was one product class that dominated this year’s CES, it was drones. From the very big…

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…to the very small…

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…to the downright silly.

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One of the most popular products of the show was a drone that doesn’t even fly. The PowerVision PowerRay is an underwater drone with integrated 4K camera – perfect for filming your tropical adventures. (Note: mermaid not included.)

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Not do be outdone by their own underwater drone, PowerVision also introduced the PowerEgg. It’s a drone. Shaped like an egg. Because… eggs. Right? After all, who hasn’t said to themselves, “I love drones, I just wish they were shaped like eggs?”

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And yet, it’s strangely cool and fun to fly!

And to think, we put a man on the moon…

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Speaking of which, NASA was raising the average IQ of its fellow exhibitors just a short distance away, with a couple of small robots in tow. This one, called ‘Rovey’ (we’re not making that up) is a demonstrator used in schools and colleges. Loosely modeled on the Curiosity Rover, Rovey was obviously feeling the chill a little, over in the South Hall. Unfortunately, Rovey was nowhere near the BB-8 droid we saw rolling around, so chances for a robot romance were slim.

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If VR is your thing, this Drone Volt aerial machine should be on your radar. It combines video from two separate GoPro Omni rigs (a total of 12 cameras) for a high quality VR experience that stitches the drone right out of the picture. Just don’t crash it…

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In the future, all cars will look like this. Apparently.

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Ride it. Ride the future.

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Rendered images show upcoming LG G6 with dual-cam

29 Dec

Image: @OnLeaks

It seems dual-camera technology is quickly establishing itself as standard on high-end smartphones. LG is expected to launch the G6 at or around the Mobile World Congress at the the end of February 2017 and today a series of rendered images confirms that, like its predecessor G5 and the V20, the new model will feature a dual-camera. However, the G6 will not come with the G5’s modular construction, which means users of the device will probably have to make do without the camera grip extension that was available for the G5.

Given the visual differences between the two camera lenses, it is fair to assume the G6 dual-cam will offer two different focal lengths, like the G5, rather than adopt an image merging approach to improve image quality like some Huawei devices. Display size remains at 5.3″ and there is also a fingerprint reader, headphone-jack and USB Type-C connector.

The images also show a more modern and elegant unibody design, which hopefully will make the G6 more of a commercial success than its predecessor. We quite liked the performance of the LG G5 dual-camera in our full review, but overall the device only received lukewarm reviews and could not meet expectations in the marketplace. As usual, this kind of leaked information should be taken with a pinch of salt, but the source tends to be very reliable. We should find out more in about three months time.

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24 Images That Show Details of Every Day Life

08 Oct

Every day we do a lot of the same things again and again. Yet we overlook things right in front of our faces.

Here is a set of images that show things from our every day lives in a new light. What do you pass every day that you don’t really see?

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Real Scale Revealed: Digital Mashups Show Off Oversized Wonders

08 Oct

[ By SA Rogers in Art & Drawing & Digital. ]

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When you see the Burj Khalifa photoshopped into New York City’s skyline, glimpse a B-2 bomber on an NFL football field or spot the largest scorpion that ever lived creeping up next to a cat, you get a better sense of just how big these things are. Kevin Wisbeth, who created the YouTube series ‘A Quick Perspective,’ offers up a bunch of digitally altered images mashing together various images and objects to give people a real sense of scale.

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“These are all concept images that don’t seem appealing enough for a video,” he says – but the results are stunning nonetheless, starting with the 1,729-foot Willis Tower (the second-tallest building in the United States) placed inside the Mir Mine, one of the deepest mines in the world (pictured top.) The second depicts the 882-foot-long Titanic atop the deck of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, which measures 1,092 feet in length.

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The Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis, or Breathing Scorpion, was a prehistoric arachnid that grew up to 24 inches long, or about the size of a contemporary house cat.

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The M-1 Rocket motor, designed in the ‘50s, was never actually built – but if it had been, it would have boasted a diameter large enough to fully cover a Smart Car with two feet left over on either side.

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The Dionysus asteroid, which is part of the Apollo asteroid belt and contains resources estimated to be worth $ 2.6 trillion dollars, “wouldn’t even surpass the bridge span” of the Golden Gate Bridge if placed above it.

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The Burj Khalifa pokes into the sky above Manhattan, easily surpassing One World Trade Center by almost 1,000 feet and the Empire State Building by 1,300 feet. It’s currently the tallest structure in the world at 2,722 feet tall.

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“Although the Death Star doesn’t exist in reality, it’s truly the biggest and most bad-ass machine ever conceived. The Death Star’s estimated width is around 99 miles across, or around 1/4 the length of Florida.”

See more of the images on Imgur.

[ By SA Rogers in Art & Drawing & Digital. ]

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PhotoPlus Expo 2016: What to expect at the show

29 Sep

Every October, the PhotoPlus Expo is held in New York. The biggest photography trade-show in the US, PPE is the first chance a lot of photographers get to see for themselves the latest cameras, lenses and accessories. And this year will be no different with major new releases from all of the major manufacturers.

Covering four days, and multiple stages, there’s a lot to see at PPE, and as usual, DPReview will be at the show to report on the latest products and speak to photographers and attendees. In this article we’ve put together a quick guide to some of the standout gear – and speakers – you can expect to see at the show. So if you’re planning on visiting PPE this year (or just intending to lurk online, reading our show coverage) take a look at what you can expect to see.

New Gear

You can expect to see all of the major Photokina announcements ‘in the flesh’ at PhotoPlus Expo, including the forthcoming medium-format Fujifilm GFX 50S.

2016 is a Photokina year, so many of the major late summer announcements were made last week in Germany. But because of the disruption caused by the Kyushu earthquake in Japan earlier this year, several of the hottest new cameras were announced as developments – not shipping products. Although we’ve handled prototypes of the Fujifilm GFX 50S, Olympus OM-D E-M1 II and Sony a99 II, we’re hoping that PPE will also provide an opportunity to take a better look at the forthcoming Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH5. We suspect that Panasonic’s new 1-inch sensor zoom compacts will be a big hit with enthusiast photographers, too.

Other new gear which should make an appearance at PPE includes Canon’s latest mirrorless offering, the EOS M5, and the 30MP EOS 5D IV. Nikon will be showing off its range of KeyMission action cameras, and a new entry-level DSLR, the D3400. As well as cameras, PPE should provide a chance to get your hands on several new lenses, including high-end zooms and primes from Nikon, Sigma and Tamron.

Check out our full Photokina coverage

Keynote Speakers

Life isn’t just about gear (despite what you might think from reading comments on DPReview). One of the reasons we enjoy going to PPE every year is to meet, speak to and listen to some of the world’s most influential and inspiring photographers.

Musician and photographers Graham Nash and Mark Seliger will be delivering a keynote on October 20th at PPE.

On Thursday the 20th of October, two legends of rock and roll – musician Graham Nash and renowned photographer and musician Mark Seliger – will discuss their mutual love of photography and music. On Friday, three of VII Photo agency’s photojournalists – Jessica Dimmock, Ron Haviv and Ashley Gilbertson will deliver a keynote, ‘Why we Shoot’, in which they’ll speak about what it means to be a visual storyteller in today’s media landscape. Closing out the show on Saturday are National Geographic photographers Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier, who will speak about their global initiative to protect the world’s oceans. If any of these keynotes sounds interesting to you, be sure to sign up soon.

Presentations, prints and demos

There are always lots of things to see at PPE, including some of the best in contemporary photography.

In addition to the keynotes, PPE attendees will also get the chance to see demos and presentations from professional photographers across the entire show floor. Most large booths have a schedule of presentations, prints and video slideshows, and in traditional trade-show fashion, there are sure to be plenty of strange dioramas, gymnasts and preternaturally patient costumed models scattered around the show for attendees to take pictures of. We’re expecting 360 imaging and virtual reality to be a major theme of this year’s show too, so be sure to try out a VR headset if you’ve never experienced one before.

DPReview will be at PPE all week, so if you see one of us walking around the show floor, come up and say hello. Hopefully we’ll see a few of you there.

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LEGO Shadow Show: Masses of Toy Bricks Reveal Surprising Silhouettes

27 Aug

[ By SA Rogers in Art & Sculpture & Craft. ]

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What looks like no more than an unweildy mass of Lego bricks stuck together into an abstract shape reveals itself to be not just one but two separate intricate shadow-casting designs. Artist John V. Muntean mounts his unusual sculptures on a special table to rotate them into just the right position in front of a spotlight so we can see what’s hidden within the positive and negative spaces created by the bricks.

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The artist calls it a ‘magic angle sculpture,’ and it’s just the latest of an impressive collection he’s created over the past couple decades. This appears to be the first time he’s worked with Lego bricks, though – the rest are sculpted wood.

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“As a scientist and artist, I am interested in how perception influences our theory of the universe,” says Muntean in his artist statement. “A Magic Angle Sculpture appears to be nothing more than an abstract wooden carving, skewered with a rod and mounted on a base. however, when lit from above and rotated at the magic angle (54.74 degrees) it will cast three alternating shadows. Every 120 degrees of rotation, the amorphous shadows evolve into independent forms. Our scientific interpretation of nature often depends upon our point of view. Perspective matters.”

[ By SA Rogers in Art & Sculpture & Craft. ]

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Aerial Views of Apartheid: Drone Photos Show Rich vs Poor Divides

04 Aug

[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ]

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Though the apartheid ended decades ago, many physical barriers remain in South Africa, highly visible in the built environment … especially from above.

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Roads, rivers and strips of open land captured by Cape Town-based photographer Johnny Miller illustrate the divide in a photo series dubbed Unequal Scenes.

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Details give way to patterns in these birds-eye views, highlighting a landscape-scarring history of institutionalized segregation and inequality. Haphazard and densely packed shacks may fall on one side of a line while organized and expansive homes can be seen on the other, often separated by nearly-invisible lines.

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“During apartheid, segregation of urban spaces was instituted as policy,” explains Miller, with “buffer zones of empty land, and other barriers were constructed and modified to keep people separate.” Even today, “communities of extreme wealth and privilege will exist just meters from squalid conditions and shack dwellings.”

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“My desire with this project is to portray the most Unequal Scenes in South Africa as objectively as possible. By providing a new perspective on an old problem, I hope to provoke a dialogue which can begin to address the issues of inequality and disenfranchisement in a constructive and peaceful way.” Miller has an upcoming show this fall in Johannesburg for those who want to see his work large and up close, to be announced on his social feeds (via Colossal).

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25 Stunning Images that Show Next to Nothing – Minimalism

04 Jun

Just like the TV show Seinfeld that was a show about nothing, putting next to nothing in your images can produce some good results.

min·i·mal·ism – a style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity

Sometimes in an image less is more, and many beginners try to put too much into their images which makes them busy and unfocused. Look at these images that use minimalism well: