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Showing posts with label Global Positioning System. Show all posts
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Monday, February 04, 2008

Technical wizardry



What piece of high technology was used to obtain the image below.



I tell you the boffins feel a glow of success after last Friday's blog. They've been working all the weekend on a modification of the woolly hat.

Do you remember when back in the good old days when men were men and women looked like Doris Day. Those were the days when Cowboy films were shot in black & white - there was no confusion, the good guys wore white hats while the bad guys black. Roy Rogers rode Trigger and Hopealong Cassidy Topper. They would ride down to the crystal clear brook, dismount dip their stetson hat in the stream, fill it with water so their faithful horse could drink. What was it with those horses? Was it because they were stars, it was below their dignity to bend their neck to drink from a stream?

Well I've been thinking - an event that occurs less frequently these days, and here I must give credit to to Alphonse for asking "Do I ship for free?". I know your there before me - if hats can hold water then woolly hats can keep water out. So when someone places an order for a photographers ventilated pullover or IS / GPS string, they can be put in a woolly hat and floated to the purchaser. Just think of the excitement as each day the purchaser goes down to the beach to see if his or her parcel has arrived. OK I recognise delivery time will depend upon prevailing current directions. And like conventional postal systems the hat might finish up on the wrong beach - a parcel due for Nebraska might finish up in Fiji. But think of the joy when the Fijian sends the parcel on, and a new friendship is made for life.

But I've left the best to the last. If you go diving and want to take photographs of coral formations and fish you need a Camera Waterproof Case. All you will need do is wrap your camera in the woolly hat.

Now returning to my original question - What piece of high technology was used to obtain the image above?

Friday, February 01, 2008

Photographic gadgets test report & review

Last week I wrote about the difficulties encountered using a camera tripod around London.

Someone posted on Digital Camera Review
a suggestion to use string to stabilise a camera when taking a long exposure shot.

YesBut has had his boffins' working on the suggestion. And here are the results.

Rather than just using one length of string stretching taught from the tripod socket to the ground. The string 'A''A''A' is wrapped around the waist, threaded through the waist band and secured tightly to the camera wrist strap and pulled tight over the lens.

This image stabilization system retains the tripod configuration, providing longitudinal and lateral constraint - while allowing the user to pan the camera.

YesBut's boffins, the geniuses they are have come up with other world beating pieces of technology.

Firstly the piece of string marked 'B'. Unfortunately the top end of the string is out of view. It is tied to a Global Positioning System satellite - or rather it will be as soon as they overcome some minor difficulties. In addition to giving the exact location a photograph is taken, it can also be used to dry cloths. The boffins assure me it will be available for general release after July.

You buy a shoulder bag or haversack and it cost £5, may be £10 or £15. Sew a couple of straps inside, call it a camera equipment bag and multiply the price by a factor of 5 or 10 . YesBut's boffins reassure me they will not set exorbitant prices for their new range of purposely designed photographers clothing.

The Photographers Pullover incorporates unique ventilation ports 'C', these will ensure photographers arms are maintained within an optimum temperature range irrespective of camera settings.

They have also designed a photographers wo0lly hat 'D'. Naturally a SRL woolly cap will cost more than a point & shoot cap. Also the price must naturally reflect the model of SRL used.

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