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Human as Camera
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Posted On: November 28 2008
By: Joan Hill
Photo © neonlike
Many photographers have pondered the idea of "human as camera". It can be liberating fun, and certainly productive fun, too, when hands aren't required to carry and use a camera. Imagine interacting with a specialized image capturing device as part of our being, and the possibilities it would present to spark our creativity. Short of implants, there are some currently available and affordable methods out there that allow one to "become one" with your recording devices.
Point of View Cameras has a good assortment of cameras, suited for a variety of activities, that allow for hands-free and in-the-moment image capture.
Check out the $149 Go Pro Helmet with a specially encased 3 Megapixel camera and a 30 fps video camera. It uses 2 SD cards - and of course it's waterproof to 100 feet!
Water enthusiasts will dig the $99 Liquid Image Mask with its 5 Megapixel camera and 18-25 fps waterproof (to 15 feet) video. For surfers there are cameras that can be mounted on your board or your wrist.
Cameras are out there for air, bike, car, snow and other activities, allowing for hands-free photographic creativity we've only dreamed of trying for ourselves. Many of the ideas behind these products could probably be executed on one's own, with a little ingenuity and even less expense.
Unlike other underwater cameras that require the diver to hold the camera while taking pictures, Liquid Image's camera mask is hands free. The camera is integrated into a diving mask, allowing one to take pictures of marine life while swimming freely. -- And if this is possible, just wait until cameras are integrated into sunglasses, eyeglasses, baseball hats, contact lenses...
Future Scanner, 2008
It may not be long before we have tiny devices implanted onto our eyeglasses themselves, to record whatever it is we are beholding. Soon to be known as "Blink and Click"?
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On November 29, 2008, Bryan Partington said ...
These options don't look all that expensive and are almost certainly better than that time I duct taped an ultracompact to my bike helmet.
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