Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
Worse still, you may be interrupted by phone calls pushing duct cleaning services just when you were about to get that once-in-a-lifetime snoozing cat shot. And I wonder how much crapware you'll have to clean off of it to make it useable? On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:22 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > My conclusion anyway, it's powered by the Android OS... > > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth/announcements/new-android-powered-nikon-coolpix-s800c?BI=8938&kw=S800c > > > -- > Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a > lengthly search. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Bruce Walker > > Worse still, you may be interrupted by phone calls pushing duct > cleaning services just when you were about to get that once-in-a- > lifetime snoozing cat shot. > > And I wonder how much crapware you'll have to clean off of it to make > it useable? > Probably have to start with all the photos... B > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:22 PM, P. J. Alling > wrote: > > My conclusion anyway, it's powered by the Android OS... > > > > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth/announcements/new-android- > powered- > > nikon-coolpix-s800c?BI=8938&kw=S800c > > > > > > -- > > Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to > > avoid a lengthly search. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Bruce Walker >> >> Worse still, you may be interrupted by phone calls pushing duct >> cleaning services just when you were about to get that once-in-a- >> lifetime snoozing cat shot. >> >> And I wonder how much crapware you'll have to clean off of it to make >> it useable? > >Probably have to start with all the photos... At first I thought it odd that it would come with photos already when you buy it, but then I realized that may be the most brilliant marketing strategy ever! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
on 2012-08-22 12:22 P. J. Alling wrote My conclusion anyway, it's powered by the Android OS... just like every Android device (and many others of course), but yet smartphones are hugely popular ... the flip side is that such a camera should be extremely hackable; i think we're going to see more of these, and we're going to see people doing things with them we can't even imagine yet -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Mark Roberts > > Bob W wrote: > > >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf > >> Of Bruce Walker > >> > >> Worse still, you may be interrupted by phone calls pushing duct > >> cleaning services just when you were about to get that once-in-a- > >> lifetime snoozing cat shot. > >> > >> And I wonder how much crapware you'll have to clean off of it to > make > >> it useable? > > > >Probably have to start with all the photos... > > At first I thought it odd that it would come with photos already when > you buy it, but then I realized that may be the most brilliant > marketing strategy ever! > Nikon's matrix metering works by comparing the picture the camera's pointing at with it's database of pictures, and setting the exposure thingies the same as the model picture. It's a small step from there to simply copying the model picture when you press the shutter, so that you always get a brilliant picture each time. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
> > the flip side is that such a camera should be extremely hackable; i think > we're > going to see more of these, and we're going to see people doing things with > them we can't even imagine yet Like taking pictures? Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Tom Cakalic wrote: >> >> the flip side is that such a camera should be extremely hackable; i think >> we're >> going to see more of these, and we're going to see people doing things with >> them we can't even imagine yet > > Like taking pictures? Literally taking. When you press the shutter, it uses your GPS coords to search the 'net for images taken nearby, finds one then downloads it and presents it to you. This would be the first camera that can get great shots even if you leave the lens cap on. As an option, it would ignore the GPS and randomly download a sunset, baby, HDR'ed landscape or swimsuit shot. And upload it to Flickr where you'd get 5,000 views in hours. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Tom Cakalic wrote: >>> >>> the flip side is that such a camera should be extremely hackable; i think >>> we're >>> going to see more of these, and we're going to see people doing things with >>> them we can't even imagine yet >> >> Like taking pictures? > > Literally taking. When you press the shutter, it uses your GPS coords > to search the 'net for images taken nearby, finds one then downloads > it and presents it to you. > > This would be the first camera that can get great shots even if you > leave the lens cap on. > > As an option, it would ignore the GPS and randomly download a sunset, > baby, HDR'ed landscape or swimsuit shot. And upload it to Flickr where > you'd get 5,000 views in hours. Plus the ereader app is cool Dave > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
On 8/22/2012 4:34 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-08-22 12:22 P. J. Alling wrote My conclusion anyway, it's powered by the Android OS... just like every Android device (and many others of course), but yet smartphones are hugely popular ... the flip side is that such a camera should be extremely hackable; i think we're going to see more of these, and we're going to see people doing things with them we can't even imagine yet My imagination is pretty good and now I'm scared. -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
I can't imagine why I'd want a camera operated by Android OS. I don't even want a camera powered by iOS ... I bought my iPhone because it's a great little communications device, the fact that it also includes a decent camera is secondary. The solution to getting hacked is to turn off network connectivity. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
If you really resist the temptation of playing around with this camera, the interface may surprise you by its ease of operation. That's of course, provided the programmers at Nikon did their job rightly. Given that most of the cell phones today are smart phones or even super phones and given that most of the folk around have at least one such device, the problem of computer virus in the camera shouldn't really bother anyone... IMHO, naturally, for sake of avoiding any misunderstanding. On 8/22/2012 9:22 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: My conclusion anyway, it's powered by the Android OS... http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth/announcements/new-android-powered-nikon-coolpix-s800c?BI=8938&kw=S800c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
On the fly panoramas are a useful app. I know people like to be curmudgeons on this list (and other places), but there are things that I'd love to be able to do with photography that isn't really possible or practical with dSLRs. Not everything photographic needs to be ultra-serious and old-fashioned. And, contrary to what some people think, not everyone that uses a smartphone is using instagram and cheesy digital filters. On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Tom Cakalic wrote: >> >> the flip side is that such a camera should be extremely hackable; i think >> we're >> going to see more of these, and we're going to see people doing things with >> them we can't even imagine yet > > Like taking pictures? > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
On Aug 23, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > As an option, it would ignore the GPS and randomly download a sunset, > baby, HDR'ed landscape or swimsuit shot. And upload it to Flickr where > you'd get 5,000 views in hours. I'd have to wait for the next model when they add support for downloading flower or cat photos. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus
> From: David Parsons > > On the fly panoramas are a useful app. > > I know people like to be curmudgeons on this list (and other places), > but there are things that I'd love to be able to do with photography > that isn't really possible or practical with dSLRs. Not everything > photographic needs to be ultra-serious and old-fashioned. > > And, contrary to what some people think, not everyone that uses a > smartphone is using instagram and cheesy digital filters. I agree somewhat. And the last thing I'd be worried about is my camera getting a virus. Having had 5 Android phones in the family in the last 3 years, there's never once been a virus issue. I'd be more worried about a legitimate OS update changing or breaking a feature. I don't often takes pictures with my phone to begin with, but I find the in phone editing apps and in-camera editing that can now be done (like on the fly raw coonversions) to be of little value. I, for one, don't want to edit my images on a tiny 3" screen, in varied lighting conditions, not to mention if I'm out shooting I'd prefer to continue shooting than edit. The biggest possible advantage I see is the ability to upload to the web instantly and GPS, but even then, unless it's a simple 'Hey look at this', I prefer to edit/adjust before sharing. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
on 2012-08-22 23:40 David Parsons wrote And, contrary to what some people think, not everyone that uses a smartphone is using instagram and cheesy digital filters. right; like i said (and as Godfrey perhaps unwittingly confirmed) we can't imagine some of the uses these can be put to; offhand i'm trying to come up with ideas to creatively use the actual camera controls — unusual intervalometers, exposures triggered by movement … and of course the stitching possibilities, including using the gyro to make the camera in effect a 3D scanner … but i'm pretty sure it will be a younger generation who comes up with the really clever ideas; in general i'm not too optimistic about today's youth, but i do expect them to invent a lot of cool stuff -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > steve harley > > on 2012-08-22 23:40 David Parsons wrote > > And, contrary to what some people think, not everyone that uses a > > smartphone is using instagram and cheesy digital filters. > > right; like i said (and as Godfrey perhaps unwittingly confirmed) we > can't imagine some of the uses these can be put to; offhand i'm trying > to come up with ideas to creatively use the actual camera controls — > unusual intervalometers, exposures triggered by movement … and of > course the stitching possibilities, including using the gyro to make > the camera in effect a 3D scanner … > > but i'm pretty sure it will be a younger generation who comes up with > the really clever ideas; in general i'm not too optimistic about > today's youth, but i do expect them to invent a lot of cool stuff > Everything has already been invented. That was the reason the head of the patent office somewhere in the USA gave when he resigned, shortly before Thomas Edison set up in business. It is, of course, always true in some sense. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
On 23/8/12, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >Everything has already been invented. Except a way of outsmarting Bob ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT -- New Nikon may be succeptable to computer virus.
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Steve Cottrell > > On 23/8/12, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Everything has already been invented. > > Except a way of outsmarting Bob ;-) > oh, that's easy - just be a woman... B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
