FC: Politech photos: Internet World, SF, *next* Spielberg movie

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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




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