Send a secret message with pictures

Why say it with a thousand words when just a picture will do? Andrea Denzler apparently took the old proverb to heart with her mosaic art project. Take a look. It's Van Gogh's Starry Night. Take a closer look and you can see that it's made up of tiny photos.

Don't know how to do it? Here's a freeware (you are welcome to donate). The AndreaMosaic is a yummy little program that takes your existing collection of images and automates the process of making a mosaic.

Sweep her off her feet with an intimate portrait that's made up of cherished thumbnails of the two of you. Now that's what we call digital romance in a snap.

Click to see the mosaic upclose.

 

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A camera lens that's all wet

Try not to leave this camera in the sun. You wouldn't want your lens disappearing in a puff of steam. The camera in question? A 2-megapixel CMOS USB camera with a variable focus liquid lens called the IVIN- 2M USB 2.0. Talk about technical.

It's recently been announced by both Varioptic and IVA Corporation. Practical? Well, it's meant to be used as a surveillance videocam.

Impressive specs? It shoots up to only 1,600 x 1,200 at 15fps, but those wet lenses are the kicker, so it's not a total washout. Mass up enough of them in your home and you can trigger a mini tsunami when all one million of them detect a furtive intruder swimming in your pool.

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New Pentaxes launched

It's official. The month of October will be one for the mediocre. Other than the impending launch of the Olympus EP-1, there's not much to expect, so it's no surprise that basic cameras are starting to dot the horizon.

The Pentax Optio A40 is a follow-up to the Optio A30. It's the same design, same 2.5-inch LCD and has an identical 3x optical zoom. However, there is a small upscale in sensor resolution (10 to 12 megapixels) and an up in internal memory space. But at 21MB, what's the point, really?

The Optio V10 is a slightly lower-end model. It's an 8-megapixel model, but with a larger 3-incher of a screen. But like the A40, there's no optical viewfinder, so the LCD is your only aid for framing. See camera comparisons here.

   

Is this the end of the BenQ big bang?

Dear BenQ,

Apparently, you have not read my missive to you last week. It's nice to see the new cameras that have been trickling out. All that effort, yet no revolutionary improvements? Of course, while we shouldn't be expecting bold updates to an aesthetically oriented camera, you could change the design a little. You know? Make it refreshing?

On the light sensitivity part of things, the DC X735 has an increase of ISO 1,600 to ISO 2,000 over the previous X725, so we guess that counts for something at least.

Bored reviewer

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