Canon U.S.A., Inc., introduced the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera last wednesday, the long-awaited successor to Canon's highly popular EOS 5D, introduced in 2005.
The new 5D Mark II will retail for $2,600 for the body only and $3,499 with a 24-105mm lens according to pcmag.com
Photos from dppreview.com
Highest ISO Range to Date.
21.1 Megapixel Full-frame CMOS sensor, 14-bit A/D conversion (16,384 colors/each of 3 primary color), wide range ISO setting of 100-6400 (expandable L: 50, H1: 12800 and H2: 25600).
The EOS 5D Mark II features a huge, full-frame sensor. A 21.1-megapixel CMOS sensor delivers images of up to 5616 x 3744 pixels. And since it is full-frame, all lenses will deliver the angle of view they would on a 35mm camera without a conversion factor. This comes in handy especially when shooting with wide-angle lenses. For the flexibility to shoot in even the most dimly lit situations, the EOS 5D Mark II offers Canon's highest ISO sensitivity to date, ranging from 100-6400 (expandable to ISO L: 50, H1: 12800 and H2: 25600). Thanks to improved noise reduction technologies, images shot even at highest sensitivity will be remarkably smooth.
21.1 Megapixel Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
Key features / improvements
- 21 megapixel CMOS sensor (very similar to the sensor in the EOS-1Ds Mark III)
- Sensor dust reduction by vibration of filter
- ISO 100 - 6400 calibrated range, ISO 50 - 25600 expansion (1Ds Mark III & 5D max ISO 3200)
- Auto ISO (100 - 3200) in all modes except manual
- 3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
- DIGIC 4 processor, new menus / interface as per the EOS 50D
- Image processing features:
- Highlight tone priority
- Auto lighting optimizer (4 levels)
- High ISO noise reduction (4 levels)
- Lens peripheral illumination correction (vignetting correction)
- RAW and SRAW1 (10 MP) / SRAW2 (5 MP)
- RAW / JPEG selection made separately
- Permanent display of ISO on both top plate and viewfinder displays
- AF microadjustment (up to 20 lenses individually)
- Three custom modes on command dial, Creative Auto mode
- Image copyright metadata support
- 98% coverage viewfinder (0.71x magnification)
- 3.0" 920,000 dot LCD monitor with 'Clear View' cover / coatings, 170° viewing angle
- Automatic LCD brightness adjustment (ambient light sensor)
- Live view with three mode auto-focus (including face detection)
- No mirror-flip for exposures in Live View if contrast detect AF selected
- Movie recording in live view (1080p H.264 up to 12 minutes, VGA H.264 up to 24 mins per clip)
- Two mode silent shooting (in live view)
- New jump options in play mode
- HDMI and standard composite (AV) video out
- Full audio support: built-in mic and speaker, mic-in socket, audio-out over AV (although not HDMI)
- IrPort (supports IR remote shutter release using optional RC1 / RC5 controllers)
- UDMA CompactFlash support
- New 1800 mAh battery with improved battery information / logging
- New optional WFT-E4 WiFi / LAN / USB vertical grip
- Water resistance: 10 mm rain in 3 minutes
A group called "Anonymous" hacked the Alaskan govenor and republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal Yahoo email account.
Some members affiliated with the group gained access to governor Palin's email account "gov.palin@yahoo.com" and handed over the contents to Wikileaks.org.
The said files sent to Wikileaks contains screen shots of Palin's inbox, two example emails, address book and a couple of family photos.
Mail from Anonymous to Ivy Frye. Sarah Palin's assistant.
Dear Ivy, You don't know me, but I am part of an internet group.
We call ourselves anonymous.
This email was hacked by anonymous, but I took no part in that.
I simply got the password back, and changed it so no further damage could be done.
Please get in contact with Sarah Palin and inform her the new password on this account is
samsonite1
Thank you and best wishes,
-The good anonymous
This is serious because it's an invasion of privacy and unethical.
But what do you think of this? Barack Obama's Gmail account hacked!
LOL!
Google's Android phone will hit the market this October for $199.
Some leak pictures:
The price matches the iPhone for sure competition. Functionality wise, I'll bet that it is a good phone. But visually, I think iPhone is more appealing.
"Taiwan's HTC Corp. is the manufacturer of the said phone and will require a service contract with T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, which plans to announce the phone. " -wallstreetjournal
Congrats to my UPLB COSS Brod!
Just sharing the news. Read the article from GMANews.TV
IBM names point persons to encourage worldwide innovation
VERONICA C. SILVA, GMANews.TV
09/16/2008 | 06:12 PM
MANILA, Philippines - IBM has named 28 new innovation point persons in subsidiaries worldwide to support its global advocacy to encourage innovations.
IBM Philippines Inc.’s new chief technologist is Lope Doromal Jr, a 12-year veteran in the 75-year-old local subsidiary and an 18-year veteran in the local information technology industry.
Doromal is expected to collaborate closely with the other newly appointed chief technologists worldwide and one of his main tasks is to ensure that IBM’s advocacy is pursued in the Philippines.
IBM is one of the private sector partners of the Philippine government in advocating more innovation initiatives to spur economic growth. Last year, IBM and the Philippine government organized the National Innovation Summit to bring into the fore the need to do innovation, which includes research and development.
“Working with a multi-disciplinary advisory team, Lope will help IBMers, clients, government agencies, universities, business partners and other key stakeholders, understand the full scope of IBM Research and Innovation initiatives in the Philippines and across the globe," said a statement announcing Doromal’s new appointment.
IBM said the Philippines is a key growth market which is why it is focusing on helping the country undertake innovation initiatives.
“No one country has a monopoly on innovation today—it’s open, multi-disciplinary and can arise just about anywhere," said Nick Donofrio, Executive Vice President, Innovation and Technology.
Donofrio participated in the National Innovation Summit last year where the national innovation strategy dubbed as Filipinnovation was launched.
As part of IBM’s contribution to further the strategy, it helped organize a recent conference to introduce a new approach to the curriculum that will ensure that a services industry-led country like the Philippines can get its much needed manpower requirements. IBM dubs the new approach to the curriculum as Service Science Management and Engineering (SSME).
IBM Philippines worked with the government’s Commission Information and Communication Technology (CICT) and with the Business Process Association of the Philippines (BPA/P) to organize the conference.
The three also recently forged a agreement to promote SSME to boost the competitiveness of the Philippines’ offshoring and outsourcing industry through this new academic and research discipline that will prepare the next generation of workforce.
Doromal said part of his tasks as chief technologist is to ensure “that the experience and expertise of our research, development and innovation technologists in local markets gets shared across all of IBM—in all countries." - GMANews.TV
-Pictures and Specs from GIZMODO
I know you know Wall-E, the Robot from Pixar's latest movie. But, have you seen a LEGO version of it? Cool!
I was very happy when I saw this because currently we are also working on a LEGO NXT Robot Competition, just a line tracker though, but it's still a fun challenge.
We call our Robot WALL-E too! haha!
I wonder if someone can make Evah at this time? :D
The Napbook is a standard laptop case but with extra thick and fluffy cushion so that you can use it as a pillow.
Designed by Hafsteinn Juliusson from Iceland.
"This Napbook seems like the perfect case for on-the-go people that might need to catch a quick nap here or there. Essentially what you’ve got is a small pillow that also happens to serve as a laptop case. When you need a few minutes of shut-eye, just plop your head down and you’ll be snoozing in no time. These are currently only sold in a remote Apple Store in Iceland. The good news is that the designer is already working on getting his bags mass-produced so that the rest of us can purchase them."
- Oh Gizmo!
- CraziestGadgets
I just don't the need to blog about this because of thousands of blogs leaking on the net with just the first day of announcement of it's realease today. But for the sake of sharing, I'll post some links about this latest fuzz from google.
