Eye-Fi shoots photos straight to Evernote

It seems like a natural fit: Evernote, a Web service that turns random pictures of information into a searchable database and Eye-Fi, a company whose SD cards enable you to turn random information into pictures and upload them to the Web. In theory, it's a great idea. Evernote, which requires input ubiquity to be really useful, gains another data stream, and Eye-Fi gains a relatively compelling productivity application.

Having used both Evernote and an Eye-Fi card, however, I suspect a bit less than that rosy scenario.

With Eye-Fi you predetermine the various places you want to send your photos--to your laptop, to a sharing site, and so on--via the Web site. Evernote will be added to this configuration process as a target for photos--all of your photos. There are no controls with the Eye-Fi card to send select photos to a particular location, just a global enabling and disabling of locations via the Web site. That's OK, sort of, when you're uploading to a photo-sharing service or sending them to your computer, but the stuff you'll want to send to Evernote is a more intermittent and selective stream. And you can already send to Evernote selectively from a variety of phones, though in many cases not as transparently.

Still, there are some situations where I think the pair could greatly complement each other, such as for house or apartment hunting, documenting accidents, or assets for insurance purposes. What do you think?

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Black spots afflict Canon's new dSLR

Some users have reported that photos taken with Canon's new US$2,700 EOS 5D Mark II camera can be blemished with dark spots near areas with very bright highlights.

I first heard about the issue on the DP Review forums on Friday, but now one pixel-peeping user has come up with a fix spotlighted by Photography Bay: Disable for highlight tone priority, lighting optimizer, and noise reduction, according to commenter f_stops.

"No black dots," the photographer and new 5D Mark II owner reported on the posting, supplying before-and-after shots as proof.

Canon is checking into the issue. "We have been made aware of this and are looking into it," spokesman Len Musmeci said Monday.

The spots appear on the right edge of some shots with very bright highlights.

One forum poster spotted a dark patch on a 5D Mark II video; it appears fleetingly at about 1:04 into the video.

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Attention geotaggers: Nikon GP-1 going on sale

Nikon's GP-1, a GPS tracking device that fits into the company's cameras and writes location data into image files, is starting to go on sale for a price of about US$210.

Nikon announced the GP-1 in August along with the D90 SLR, saying it would arrive in November, but didn't give a price at the time. Now it's on sale: J&R.com lists it for US$209.99 and Adorama for US$209.95.

Don't expect to get one immediately, though. Adorama lists it as out of stock, though it lets you order it. J&R just describes it as "coming soon".
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Hands on: Oregon Scientific ATC3K Extreme hands-free camera

Like sliding down snowy slopes while standing on thin planks of wood? How about throwing yourself out of planes, or shouting "Gnarly!" at the top of your voice? If so, you might want to check out the Oregon Scientific ATC3K Extreme hands-free camcorder--the successor to the ATC2K.

It's probably the toughest camera we've ever tested. Last weekend we took it to the Italian Alps for a hardcore snowboarding expedition, where over the course of our five-day adventure, it really proved its sturdiness. It's waterproof to 5 meters so we never had to worry about it getting wet, plus it's resistant to snow, dust and shocks, which is just as well seeing as we spent more time wiped out than slaloming down the mountains.

The ATC3K Extreme has a 48-degree, 640x480-pixel lens, and can store up to 4 hours of footage at 30fps on to an optional 4GB SD card. It's not all peaches and cream, though. Picture quality is relatively poor and it's extremely fiddly to attach to a helmet (or anything else for that matter). The tiny non-backlit LCD screen is nigh-on impossible to see, let alone use.

Have a look at this video of CBS Interactive's own Kate Macefield and Rory Reid snowboarding (badly) down a mountain, and this footage of us running excitedly through the CBS Interactive offices. When you're done watching and have recovered from motion sickness, hop over to iwantoneofthose.com to buy one for US$148.

Via CNET UK Crave

German lenses dissected: Glad it's not mine

German optics is famed for its precision engineering and beautiful lens coating which can affect the sharpness of the pictures. But have you ever wondered how the insides of a Leica or Carl Zeiss lens look like?

At the Duetsches Technikmuseum Berlin in Germany, there is a side exhibit of antique German cameras. But what makes these pieces so intriguing is that some of these items have been sawn lengthwise in half to show the all nitty-gritty--small but important components which make the handling and operation of the optics so smooth. Think of it as similar to the Body Worlds showcase, except for cameras.

I do have a few defective lenses lying around at home, and if I can get hold of some precision tools, I think I might attempt the same feat. If I do, you'll be first to read it here.

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