Danie van der Merwe

Analogue camera goes digital with a Raspberry Pi Zero and camera sensor

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 10:50:52 +0200

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Befinitiv’s latest project handles this conversion by swapping in a Raspberry Pi Zero where the film cartridge would otherwise be inserted into the camera. The Pi is attached to a 3D-printed case which mimics the shape of the film, and also houses a Pi camera right in front of the location where the film would be exposed. By removing the Pi camera’s lens, this new setup is able to take advantage of the analogue camera’s optics instead and is able to capture images of relatively decent quality.

There are some perks of using this setup as well, namely that video can be broadcast to this phone over a wireless connection to a computer via the Raspberry Pi. Would be nice to be able to add a slightly larger and higher resolution camera sensor.

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The digital camera revolution swept through the world in the early 2000s, and aside from some unique situations and a handful of artists still using film, almost everyone has switched over to digit…

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digiKam 7.3 Cross-Platform Open-Source Photo Management App Released with ExifTool Support, Export to iNaturalist, Improved Find Duplicates, Etc

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 20:58:54 +0200

Danie van der Merwe

gadgeteer@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

digiKam is my favourite tool for photo management, metadata updates, geolocation setting/stripping, editing, batch updates, and exporting directly to Piwigo (which I use for my photo sharing service) and to other popular photo sharing services.

Version 7.3 follows only about four months after 7.2, so they are constantly working on updates and the application is also further expanded through 3rd party plugin functionality.

It installs on Linux (of course), Windows and macOS, as well as having a "no need to install" AppImage for Linux.

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Professional Photo Management with the Power of Open Source Dear digiKam fans and users, After four months of maintenance, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.3.0 of its open source digital photo manager. Here is the list of most important features coming with this release: ExifTool Support The famous ExifTool is now supported...

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Google Photos improves memory recollections and enhances Cinematic photos from stills

Wed, 19 May 2021 14:51:47 +0200

Danie van der Merwe

gadgeteer@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

Having used Apple Photos for the last 3 months I must say I still have to default back to Google Photos if I really need to search and download something. Obviously Google does a lot more machine learning and AI and analytics of your photos (how do they know for a fact otherwise that most of the 4 trillion photos they store are never viewed).

But that aside, the new Cinematic can now be generated from only two similar still photos using machine learning. Often when we're trying to capture a very important photo, we take two or three photos. Well now those will be recognised and made into Cinematic photos with no 3rd party software and computing power required.

So good to see Google Photos at least not resting on its laurels and moving forward with better personalised memories and even suppression of some people or time periods.

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We’re using AI to power new features in Google Photos that resurface meaningful moments — while giving you control over what you relive.

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Deep Nostalgia uses video reenactment technology to animate faces in still photos

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:13:49 +0100

Danie van der Merwe

gadgeteer@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

The genealogy platform MyHeritage released a feature that animates faces in still photos using video reenactment technology. The feature, called Deep Nostalgia, produces a realistic depiction of how a person could have moved and looked if they were captured on video.

Users can animate five photos for free before requiring a subscription to upload more.

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The genealogy platform MyHeritage released a feature that animates faces in still photos using\u00a0video reenactment technology.

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The Making of Turning Tide - An Epic WW2 Movie On A Low Budget

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:26:07 +0100

Danie van der Merwe

gadgeteer@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

This video shows what can really be done with a ton of determination and creativity when you only have a low budget. Technology does help fill a lot of the gaps, but it is very clear technology alone would have failed.

Watch at How We Made An Epic WW2 Movie On A Low Budget | The Making of Turning Tide

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A glimpse behind the scenes of Turning Tide (FULL FILM HERE: https://youtu.be/6eYOZNjUqp4 )0:00 - Intro0:55 - Casting2:28 - Pre-Production2:59 - Production5:...

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Optical Metasurfaces: A new lens technology is primed to jumpstart phone cameras by eliminating need for multi element lenses

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:45:37 +0100

Danie van der Merwe

gadgeteer@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

A new company called Metalenz, which emerges from stealth mode today, is looking to disrupt smartphone cameras with a single, flat lens system that utilizes a technology called optical metasurfaces. A camera built around this new lens tech can produce an image of the same if not better quality as traditional lenses, collect more light for brighter photos, and can even enable new forms of sensing in phones, all while taking up less space.

Devlin says the applications for Metalenz reach beyond smartphones. The technology can be used in everything from instruments for health care to augmented- and virtual-reality cameras, to the cameras in automobiles.

See A new lens technology is primed to jumpstart phone cameras

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Smartphone optics have been pretty much the same for more than a decade.

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Need to move your photos from Google Photos? Try free YMSPhotos with a massive 512GB storage limit and no login required to view public photos

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 16:37:05 +0100

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A photo service needs decent storage limits, albums, searching, comments, likes, public/private sharing, keywords, and stats to fulfil the essential needs. YMSPhotos has all this with 100MB per file upload limit and around 500GB storage for free users.

Premium users get bigger upload sizes and storage, and more functionality.

Various links per photo allow you to easily reshare your public photos to various social media or to embed them into posts or pages. Viewers need only register and login if they wish to like or comment on photos. The site is hosted in the EU so falls under the GDPR and does not need Google or Facebook type logins.

See Upload & Share Images - YMSPhotos

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