Filed under: Digital Cameras
Stellar photography seems like a wonderous thing: you and a loved one on a starry night taking beautiful images of the heavens — before making out. Unfortunately, anyone who has tried it knows it’s more often a frustrating exercise of fiddling with exposure and aperture settings on your SLR while it hangs precariously off the side of your
telescope, held in place only by a flimsy adapter ring. The Imaging Source has a simpler option, a series of digital cameras designed for slotting into your scope like an eye piece, capturing the night sky at up to 60-minute exposures over USB or FireWire. The range starts at $390 for a monochromatic VGA model, going all the way up to $870 for color and 1280 x 960 resolution. Not cheap, but it’s probably a lot less than you paid for the equatorial mount on your new reflector.
[Via Picture Snob; thanks Jay]
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Filed under: Ask Engadget, Digital Cameras
Don’t worry, we’ll get to you mid- and high-enders soon enough, but we’ve got a feeling this week’s Ask Engadget question will appeal to the masses. Granted, we’ve shot this inquiry out before, but a lot has happened in the DSLR realm in 3.5 long years, wouldn’t you agree?
“Summer’s coming up, and that means vacation time. I want to get an entry-level DSLR in order to best capture some of my upcoming adventures, and while I’d like to keep the cost low, I’m not against spending a bit of cash to get a really solid setup. What camera (and maybe even what lens) would your readers suggest for a newcomer?”
Go easy on the guy — he even admitted that he’s fresh to the game — but don’t hold back on explaining your answers in order to really give a good idea of why one camera is a better pick versus another. Right after that, send in a question of your own to ask at engadget dawt com — but make it good, alright?
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If you’re a Tivo user and are also a fan of Maureen Ryan, then today’s you’re lucky day. The Television critic, via her paper, the Chicago Tribune, has inked a deal with Tivo to automatically push her suggested shows to Tivos across the country who subscribe to the service. Personally, this sounds rather weird to these […]
If you’re a Tivo user and are also a fan of Maureen Ryan, then today’s you’re lucky day. The TV critic, via her paper, the Chicago Tribune, has inked a deal with Tivo to automatically push her suggested shows to Tivos across the country who subscribe to the service.
Personally, this sounds rather weird to these ears. The idea of someone else, even if they’re an expert, recommending what I should watch — and filling my hard drive with the suggestions — is very odd. But then she’s not going to suggest the stuff I watch, as she’s not much of a Skinemax fan.
Via [crunchgear]
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I’m not optimistic about the new G.I. Joe film. Not at all. There are several things wrong with it; Destro is a skinny guy with no mask, Cobra Commander is a twenty-something, and Duke looks like an Abercrombe model on vacation. As if those reasons aren’t enough, it has Sienna Miller as The Baroness. […]
I’m not optimistic about the new G.I. Joe film. Not at all. There are many things wrong with it; Destro is a skinny guy with no mask, Cobra Commander is a twenty-something, and Duke looks like an Abercrombe model on vacation. As if those reasons aren’t enough, it has Sienna Miller as The Baroness. She’s wrong for the role, but as the motion picture itself has no merits, I guess it makes sense.
Here are a pair of photos of Miller ruining my childhood. I hope you enjoy them. Second one after the jump.
Via [crunchgear]
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VUDU has just released a new version of their software and it will fix “several issues of importance to users and includes implementation of discounted extended rentals.” Discounted Extended Rentals: Rentals can now be extended at a discounted price for all movies on the service! * After an original rental window has lapsed […]
VUDU has just released a new version of their software and it will fix “several issues of importance to users and includes implementation of discounted extended rentals.”
Discounted Extended Rentals: Rentals can now be extended at a discounted price for all movies on the service!
* After an original rental window has lapsed (depending on the title, 24 or 48 hours after initiating viewing or 30 days after ordering, if unwatched), you may extend the rental of that title for a discounted price.
* This option is available for 7 days following the conclusion of the rental of the original title. The original title will remain in My Rentals for that time.
* Once a rental is extended, the motion picture is available under the same terms as the original rental: you may store the motion picture for up to 30 days with 24 or 48 hours to view the movie after you begin to play it.
* You will not receive a discount on a rental that has already been extended once.
* Pricing: $2.00 off new release HD rentals that are $5.99, $1.00 off all other movies, except 50 cents off $0.99 rentals.
Just out of curiosity. For those in the audience who have a VUDU box, do you get the weekly movie listing updates? If you don’t, do you want me to post those for you?
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