Hat Tip: PetaPixel
The developers over at Magic Lantern have announced that they have gotten the Linux OS to successfully boot on Canon DSLR cameras.
The Magic Lantern team wasn't able to get beyond getting Linux to boot. That would require experience with modifying the Linux kernel and the developers at Magic Lantern apparently have no experience doing so.
They have released the information on how they accomplished this publicly. That means developers with Linux kernel experience should be able to develop a version of Linux capable of running on Canon DSLR cameras.
This creates the possibility of a great deal of customization when it comes to the software running on the cameras, including adding features not envisioned by Canon programmers.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Taking Real Estate Photos? Try This Trick.
Hat Tip: Shutterbug
A Florida couple trying to sell their home may have accidentally hit gold with their real estate photos.
The couples' 15-year granddaughter was taking the photos when she had the inspiration to include her grandmother. The results are priceless.
This does suggest something for those taking real estate photos, including professionals. Nothing beats staging when it comes to real estate, and the ultimate in staging is apparently an 86-year old grandmother.
Honestly, these photos scream "You too could be enjoying yourself in this home."
That is the goal of real estate photos.
A Florida couple trying to sell their home may have accidentally hit gold with their real estate photos.
The couples' 15-year granddaughter was taking the photos when she had the inspiration to include her grandmother. The results are priceless.
MY GRANDMA IS TRYING TO SELL HER HOUSE IN FLORIDA AND THESE ARE THE PICS I AM LAUGHING SO HARD pic.twitter.com/rONaIUyevS
— makenzie (@asapmakky) March 26, 2015
This does suggest something for those taking real estate photos, including professionals. Nothing beats staging when it comes to real estate, and the ultimate in staging is apparently an 86-year old grandmother.
Honestly, these photos scream "You too could be enjoying yourself in this home."
That is the goal of real estate photos.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Japanese Company Developing Synthetic Fluorite Process
Hat Tip: Imaging Resource
Yes, I realize the story is from Friday. I was busy this weekend. (I'm also busy working during the week at a physically demanding job. That's part of the reason I don't post regularly right now.)
Now, back to the fluorite (calcium fluoride).
Fluorite is a naturally occurring mineral that is mined from the earth. It's optical properties all it to be used to create lenses that suffer lower chromatic aberrations than glass-based lenses suffer. This obviously improves image quality.
The problem?
The vast majority of high-quality fluorite is mined in China.
The country has what amounts to a monopoly on the mineral. Any company that wants to buy pure fluorite in large amounts has to do business with that country.
A Japanese company (Iwatani Corp.) is attempting to develop a method for creating fluorite with a high enough purity for use in optical glass.
Iwatani developed a process for recycling the perfluorocarbon (PFC) gas created during the manufacturing of semiconductors. PFC gas is considered a harmful pollutant (it destroys ozone). The end result of this process is fluorite. Unfortunately, the fluorite created by this process lacks the purity necessary for optical uses.
The company recently announced it had been successful in creating highly purified fluorite, but the processing cost is currently cost prohibitive. (The resulting product is twice that of mined fluorite.)
It is now working on ways to decrease production costs.
Yes, I realize the story is from Friday. I was busy this weekend. (I'm also busy working during the week at a physically demanding job. That's part of the reason I don't post regularly right now.)
Now, back to the fluorite (calcium fluoride).
Fluorite is a naturally occurring mineral that is mined from the earth. It's optical properties all it to be used to create lenses that suffer lower chromatic aberrations than glass-based lenses suffer. This obviously improves image quality.
The problem?
The vast majority of high-quality fluorite is mined in China.
The country has what amounts to a monopoly on the mineral. Any company that wants to buy pure fluorite in large amounts has to do business with that country.
A Japanese company (Iwatani Corp.) is attempting to develop a method for creating fluorite with a high enough purity for use in optical glass.
Iwatani developed a process for recycling the perfluorocarbon (PFC) gas created during the manufacturing of semiconductors. PFC gas is considered a harmful pollutant (it destroys ozone). The end result of this process is fluorite. Unfortunately, the fluorite created by this process lacks the purity necessary for optical uses.
The company recently announced it had been successful in creating highly purified fluorite, but the processing cost is currently cost prohibitive. (The resulting product is twice that of mined fluorite.)
It is now working on ways to decrease production costs.
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