On January 5, a seemingly regular afternoon in Glendale, Arizona, became extremely stressful for the local cops. A Flock Safety camera at a local car wash saw a stolen GMC Sierra pickup truck traveling by and alerted the police, who were on the spot. That single alert prompted them to rush over to find the thief, John Graff, who was cleaning the truck’s interior as if he owned the place.
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The leaked Quick Start Guide for the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 has finally been discovered, and every page reveals exactly what DJI plans to achieve next with its tiny handheld gimbal camera. At first sight, this update appears to be very similar, however there have been some significant changes. The body remains the same compact design that fits easily into a jacket pocket, but there are a few useful hardware buttons to replace the incessant screen swiping.
Since the power of a true random number generator comes from the actual unpredictability of the physical world, software equivalents are simply constrained by patterns in the algorithms they employ after the starting point is known. Hardware techniques become somewhat more intriguing, utilizing chaotic phenomena such as quantum effects or thermal movements. One project just followed the easiest route, extracting randomization directly from a camera sensor’s noise.
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Barny Dillarstone is an adventurer who enjoys traveling to distant bodies of water and placing baited camera systems in places that most don’t even think of. He chose a location near Nusa Penida, a small Indonesian island nicknamed the “Black Magic Island” due to its murky legend and hazardous tides. Over the course of a few days, he was able to get his beloved Insta360 Ace Pro 2 down to about 170 metrers / 600 feet, where the water is so forceful that only the most desperate life can cling to the bottom.
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A new hands-on video has emerged, purportedly showing the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 in action, and it comes directly from a Malaysian store. The clip, provided by a local DJI outlet named DronesKaki in the Kuala Lumpur area, shows a customer messing with what appears to be a production unit.
A roll of Scotch tape can do some truly unexpected things, such as completely replacing a camera lens. Maker okooptics puts this to the test in a recent project, transforming an ordinary sensor into a functioning camera using only Scotch tape, smart rigging, and some math after the fact.
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As night falls over the Arabian Sea and India’s west coast, something remarkable happens. The fishing boats turn on their bright green lights to attract squid, shrimp, sardines, and mackerel, with the glowing dots lighting up the black waters. From the dock or the beach, it’s just a normal sight, a bunch of ships doing their thing long after the sun has set, but up in the International Space Station, 259 miles above the earth, those same lights transform into brilliant streaks and bursts of color that compete with city lights for attention and, in some cases, appear much brighter than entire cities.
Photographer Ancient crammed a fully functional computer into the tiny gap of a lens adapter, which may seem like an odd location to put one, but that’s just the goal. This adapter, which connects DSLR lenses to mirrorless camera bodies, is often just a hole in a metal item, but Ancient didn’t think that was adequate. Instead, they transformed that often-overlooked sliver into a home for a miniature computer and a programmable aperture.
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Denis Aminev, a Russian photographer, has spent years attempting to recreate the look of those magical film days that digital photography couldn’t quite replicate. It all started with movies shot on film, and how the stretched aspect ratio immediately draws your attention to them. Standard lenses and anamorphic adapters fell short, so he turned to something more direct: building his own camera from scratch.
The DJI Neo, priced at $149 (was $199), stands out as an entry-level flying drone that’s surprisingly simple to use, especially if you’re just getting started or looking for something to keep in your carry-on. People call it the ideal starter or travel companion for a reason: it’s small (just 135 grams), simple to use, and inexpensive.