I'm in Las Vegas for Defcon. I came by way of Chicago, and stopped by Internet World briefly while I was there. It was deserted -- a far cry from 46,000 attendees at one IW convention last year -- see my photos: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,45198,00.html Wayne Madsen, a Politech irregular and muckraking reporter, recently slipped into the set of the *next* Spielberg movie, which is being filmed in Washington, DC. It's called Minority Report and involves the U.S. Department of Precrime, which prosecutes suspects (in this case Tom Cruise's character) for crimes they plan to commit. Photos from the set: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/minority-report-filming-june01.html John Sonderman, another Politechnical, has photos here: http://www.sonderman.org/gallery/album08 When I was in the SF area last month, the only camera I brought was my Nikon Coolpix 950. Now, I've railed against digital cameras in the past, or at least non-professional ones (http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33244,00.html), but the 950 is a reasonably decent consumer-grade model, so I thought it would be worth a test. The results were mixed. The 950's macro abilities are excellent: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-22/flower-closeup-1.html http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-22/flower-closeup-2.html And it handled colors accurately: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/sf-museum-of-modern-art.html Photos in shade or soft sunlight turned out well, even very well: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-22/eroded-shoreline-2.html http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-22/fishermans-wharf-pier.html But harsh sunlight photos were awful. Either the glare nearly ruined the image -- digital cameras really need lens hoods -- or the sun washed out the screen so much it was difficult to keep the camera level with the horizon: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-22/no-sex-until-marriage.html http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-22/driftwood.html http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-22/pigeon-point-lighthouse.html You can see all the images here: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-22/ Also, I've put some photos up for a friend who's traveling in Africa: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/susie-gibbs-africa-2001.html One is especially remarkable: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/susie/great-ape.html I have the Canon D30 at Defcon. -Declan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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