Category: Technology
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Awesome video as GoPro camera takes a swim with dolphins
According to comments on his Vimeo page, tuna fisherman Mark Peters said a GoPro Hero 2 camera with a flat lens and dive housing had been used to capture the footage. He added that a “torpedo” housing that he had constructed helped the camera to remain steady underwater. Read The Huffington Post and MercuryNews The…
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Team Reuters on Photographing the Olympics
Here’s a video that offers a peek into the life of a Reuters photographer covering the Olympics. It features photographers and editors on the Reuters team talking about the joys and challenges of shooting the biggest sporting event in the world. Via PetaPixel
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OMEGA – A Journey With Time
One of the challenges facing OMEGA at each edition of the Olympic Games is the transport of some 400 tons of equipment from Switzerland to the host city. This video, with narration by OMEGA Timing Board Member Peter Hürzeler, follows the timekeeping devices and dedicated scoreboards as they are moved by road, rail and sea…
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GoPro HERO 2 with Boompole and BlurFix Flat Lens Housing demo
Olivia is by far my favorite photo tech geek, here blogging about how you can get pretty shots by using the GoPro Hero 2 with a simple Boompole to achive jib style shots with steady camera movements on a tight budget. Demo video is off that blog post, sorry, didn’t have time to find another.
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The Deepflight Super Falcon to attempt first ever underwater loop
This October, Hawkes Ocean Technologies hope to have their DeepFlight Super Falcon ‘hydrobatic’ submarine ready for mankind’s first ever underwater loop, ‘we’re going to go into the water and do what only whales can do until now’. They need funding though, specifically $45,000 by Sunday August 26, they are at $2,665 now on Kickstarter. Via…
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Behold, WSJ recreate Franklin’s 100 backstroke win with paper puppets
With NBC having paid more than 1 billion dollars for the exclusive rights to broadcast the London 2012 Olympics in the United States, the pundits at the Wall Street Journal were stuck with having to make this low-budget recreation. Still, apparently they managed to broadcast the swim before NBC. Wow. See “>the Wall Street Journal…
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Speedo Fastskin Racing System Media Clinic
Journalists from all over the world enjoyed a taste of life as a Speedo sponsored athlete as they tested out the Speedo Fastskin Racing System at a special media event in London. This I learned today … that extra cap inside the egg-shaped is a ‘hair management system’