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4 votes
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How the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird works
21 votes -
Spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration
8 votes -
Nikon is acquiring US camera manufacturer RED
21 votes -
Are there any affordable digital compact cameras out there with a zoom lens?
Most of my photo-taking is done with my Smartphone but it really lacks a proper zoom feature. I'd like to purchase a cheap compact camera with a zoom lens. Is there anything out there you would...
Most of my photo-taking is done with my Smartphone but it really lacks a proper zoom feature. I'd like to purchase a cheap compact camera with a zoom lens. Is there anything out there you would recommend?
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Bonus if it has a USB-C interface. I hate carrying multiple cords around.
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Spot at AB InBev Belgium
6 votes -
Inside the world's highest tech prison - HMP Fosse Way
12 votes -
A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon's motion to dismiss lawsuit over selling a spycam disguised as a bathroom hook
22 votes -
stranger video
9 votes -
Elusive egg-laying mammal named after Sir David Attenborough caught on camera for the first time
23 votes -
Sony announces a9 III: World's first full-frame global shutter camera
26 votes -
AI cameras took over one small American town. Now they're everywhere
30 votes -
Speed cameras are coming to the car capital of America
19 votes -
Premier League to test video game-inspired camera angle this weekend
8 votes -
Android 14 adds native support for using smartphones as a webcams
15 votes -
Wyze security breach: Why we’re pulling our recommendation of Wyze security cameras
27 votes -
Investigation launched into tape of Seattle police guild leaders downplaying death of woman struck by officer
24 votes -
Panasonic G9 II hands-on: It’s made for photographers, but is it really?
7 votes -
Best compact cameras in 2023
25 votes -
Sony a7C II and a7CR hands-on: Entry-level no longer
12 votes -
Help with choosing my first camera
Hello ~hobbies, I've come to you in hopes of getting some guidance as a newbie. I have never owned a camera before and am afraid of choosing the wrong one for my use case, so I was hoping some...
Hello ~hobbies, I've come to you in hopes of getting some guidance as a newbie.
I have never owned a camera before and am afraid of choosing the wrong one for my use case, so I was hoping some people could enlighten me, if not with model suggestions, then with what I should be looking for.
My main goal is to shoot video, not take photos (though of course I want it to take good photos but the primary use will be shooting videos wherever I go). And specifically 4k 60fps video. I have a 65 inch TV where I want to play these videos so that resolution is a must, as any picture quality flaws will be noticed.
I have a gimbal, a hohem iSteady MT2, which I use with my phone and would like to use with the camera, so whatever camera I get can't go above its 1.2kg payload limit. I really don't want to pay for a separate gimbal for the camera.
I plan on using a separate mic, probably the sennheiser mke 200 based on reviews I saw, so the camera must also be able to support external mics.
And lastly, the budget is roughly 1000€.
There are so many brands and models I really don't know where exactly to turn to. I've mostly been leaning towards cameras like the Sony ZV-E10L and similar as they seem geared towards vloggers and that's more or less the type of video I'll be making (not content creation though, these are just personal videos), but I'm wondering if I'm falling into a trap as the price is so much lower than say an A7 III.
Any advice, pointers, or recommendations would be greatly appreciated as I really don't know much about the world of cameras. I'm frankly not even sure what type of camera (DSLR, point and shoot, etc.) I should even be looking at so yeah.
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New USSR camera and pictures
16 votes -
Guidance on using my camera
Hello, I have had the Sony ZV-1 for a while, and i was wondering if anyone had any experience with it - namely video stabilization. I feel like even with Active SteadyShot turned on in the...
Hello,
I have had the Sony ZV-1 for a while, and i was wondering if anyone had any experience with it - namely video stabilization.
I feel like even with Active SteadyShot turned on in the settings, the footage is relatively shaky, and I like to think I have a relatively stable hand. Would using a gimbal of some sorts eliminate most of the shakiness of the footage without having to apply the in-camera stabilization?
10 votes -
Why we don’t recommend Ring cameras: They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes
29 votes -
Cops are already treating self-driving cars as 'surveillance cameras on wheels'
16 votes -
Guy makes an actual functioning camera inside of his Blender world
30 votes -
What is your etiquette for starting a video call?
How long do you stare at yourself before you look away or do something else? e: I specifically mean for personal calls. To give an example, let's say you initiate video call on your phone.
11 votes -
AI camera inspired by star-nosed mole snaps "photos" without taking photos
11 votes -
Photographers what are you shooting with?
I'll start, Sony A7C, w/ Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 as my main lens. Have a Sony 28-60mm f/4 as well, though its more for where I need a really compact setup. Looking to get a Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 for a...
I'll start, Sony A7C, w/ Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 as my main lens. Have a Sony 28-60mm f/4 as well, though its more for where I need a really compact setup.
Looking to get a Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 for a little extra fov when indoors, while still having some reach. Planning on getting the A7CII when it comes out supposedly later this year according to sonyalpharumors.
27 votes -
Amazon Ring cameras were used to spy on customers
32 votes -
UFO hunters built an open-source AI system to scan the skies
4 votes -
A landscape photography and wildlife expedition to the Hornstrandir nature reserve in Iceland
4 votes -
Why aren't more sports in 4K?
8 votes -
Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras
23 votes -
Why are TV cameras still huge and expensive?
7 votes -
Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras. Despite claims of only using local storage, Eufy has been uploading identifiable footage to the cloud.
18 votes -
Amazon shared Ring security camera and video doorbell footage with police without a warrant
31 votes -
How Taika Waititi shoots a film at three budget levels
5 votes -
Canon has a “museum” of every camera they’ve produced on an obscure part of their website
19 votes -
Why dark and light is complicated in photographs
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Shooting with a 1936's Zeiss Ikonta camera
Recently I got for free an old Zeiss Super Ikonta 531/2, it's a medium format foldable camera from 1936. It was in decent shape but the lens was very foggy. Fungi can grow on lenses but I think it...
Recently I got for free an old Zeiss Super Ikonta 531/2, it's a medium format foldable camera from 1936. It was in decent shape but the lens was very foggy. Fungi can grow on lenses but I think it was just general dirt. Opening it was a bit tricky (I had to get watching-making tools, because the screws are very tiny) but I managed to clean the lenses quite well. I shot a first roll but the focus was off, so I had to make sure the front lens element was at the right distance, using some semi-transparent tape on the back of the camera to see the image.
Then I shot a second roll and developed it myself, which was also a first (it's not super hard though), I had no idea if the images would come out good, or even at all (wasn't even sure I loaded the developing tank correctly). Seeing the images come out of the tank for the first time is quite magical, and they came out great (some of them at least...) :
Even with my crappy development & scanning I can get high-res images that compete with my expensive digital camera. The lens (Tessar 105mm, f3.8) is quite sharp wide open (statue shot) and I even took a long exposure shot at night using a release cable. The process is very slow and focusing is hard, but it's quite fun and rewarding. These kind of cameras are very cheap but the rest (film, accessories, development, repairs, ...) not so much.
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Body camera video shows Minneapolis officers shooting Black man, Amir Locke, during no-knock warrant. Attorneys say he wasn't the target.
19 votes -
How I climbed a 1000m cliff wall with no ropes and filmed it
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Webcams
There was a very brief period of time in the late 90s early 00s when the word “webcam” had just started existing and entering the popular discourse; and where that word was practically synonymous...
There was a very brief period of time in the late 90s early 00s when the word “webcam” had just started existing and entering the popular discourse; and where that word was practically synonymous with “sex show”.
I think around the time I first heard that word, having a webcam usually meant you would use it to do nude shows with.
They weren’t integrated with computers back then (laptops were super expensive and not popular yet, and they weren’t a mainstream laptop accessory until way later). So if you had a webcam, you had to really seek it out and pay quite a bit of money for it. It made little sense for people to buy them just to use them for personal reasons and most jobs didn’t have a utility for them.
… except sex work. Live, paid access cam shows immediately caught on. And people would see those in ads (ads tended to be trashy with zero quality control back then, even automated. Worse than now, I swear), and associate “webcam” with “webcam show”.
There was no reason to otherwise hook up a camera to a computer if not to stream its contents to the web, anyway. The first webcam, that famous coffee pot, was just that: a web-connected camera. Web cam. Wikipedia talks about “Jenni cam” — I wasn’t on the anglosphere’s internet at the time so this escaped me, but it does seem to agree that the concept entered the mainstream not via videoconferencing, but via cam girls.
5 votes -
Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain
6 votes -
Manufacturers will be forced to create a universal charging solution for phones and small electronic devices, under a new rule proposed by the European Commission
42 votes -
Huge Eufy privacy breach shows live and recorded cam feeds to strangers
5 votes -
Hackers break into thousands of security cameras, exposing Tesla, jails, hospitals
16 votes -
ADT employee covertly accessed about 200 security cameras he installed to spy on people having sex
9 votes -
Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
13 votes