Ipevo's convertible Wi-Fi photo frame

Ipevo CEO Royce Hong and I have something in common: we hate digital photo frames.

In his words, digital photo frames so far have been expensive, with poor design, a difficult user interface, and poor image resolution. I have to agree. But the Ipevo Kaleido R7, which his company created, tries to tackle these concerns.

First, there's no need for an SD card. The device uses Wi-Fi to get photos directly from your PC's hard drive, or from a photo-sharing service like Picasa or Flickr. Or, with the 512MB of memory included in the frame, up to 5,000 photos can be stored on it. The Kaleido also comes with a remote control and software that allows you to organize your photos into channels or playlists, and then schedule what pictures are rotated through the display, and when.
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Olympus showcases concept Micro Four Thirds camera in Malaysia

As seen at Photokina, Olympus displayed its Micro Four Thirds concept camera in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the Kuala Lumpur Photo Festival. We had a chance to speak to Yoshiyuki Oyama, senior manager of Marketing Support in Olympus, who shed more light on this shooter.


One of the much-discussed aspects would be the design, which deviates from the conventional dSLR-like styling. Oyama told us that the company had come up with various designs and did a survey to find out which one would appeal most to consumers. The result showed that people favored the retro rangefinder look more. This rationale was very different from what Panasonic had revealed about the Lumix DMC-G1--its survey found that its audience likes cameras which look more like a dSLR, hence its Micro Four Thirds camera design.
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How many hues can you differentiate?

For the past 10 minutes, I have been straining my eyes, trying to make out subtle hues of colors from each other. X-rite's Test Your Color IQ displays 100 shades and each is slightly different. What I had to do was to drag-and-drop the colors in each row to make the transition from one extreme to the other as smoothly as possible. It may sound easy, but trust me, after working on the first row, my vision started to blur and it was quite a thereafter to determine which box was to go where.

Hit submit when you are done and your score will be shown. The lower the score, the better you are at differentiating colors. I got a score of 4 out of 100. What about you?
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Easier updates for Four Thirds lenses

Olympus, Panasonic, and Sigma, the makers of Four Thirds cameras and lenses, have joined forces to make updating lens firmware easier. They have launched an online firmware update service that will enable people to update the firmware in their Four Thirds lens, even if the lens and camera are made by different manufacturers. Because lens and body mounting information in the Four Thirds system is based on an open standard, photographers can freely mix and match camera bodies and lenses supplied by participating manufacturers. Before lens firmware could only be updated if the lens was mounted on a camera by the same make, so an Olympus lens could only be updated if it were on an Olympus camera. This new service makes it possible to update the firmware of an Olympus lens even if it is mounted on a Panasonic camera, or a Sigma lens could be updated if mounted on an Olympus camera.

This service launched yesterday and more information can be found here.

Fisheye camera distorts your view of the world

Designer Jian Guan is a self-professed fan of distortion caused by fisheye lenses. To him, pictures taken with these optics show more of the environment and can be useful for 3D rendering. This is probably why he formulated the Fun Camera.

Shaped like a magnifying glass, the shooter houses a 16mm lens and has a mirror so you can take distorted self-portraits. While it does have its entertainment value, we see some practical use for it. Real estate agents can use the Fun Camera and snap a shot that shows much more view of the room. However, the distorted walls may disturb some potential buyers.

Other specifications were not stated, and going from the looks of it, we think this design will remain in the conceptual stage for some time.

Via Yanko Design

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