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You Can Take Photographs of Space!

Post author By Joel
Post date October 8, 2009
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You can take several exposures of pictures of space and combine them to see what is really out there!! This is amazing! Very technical, but amazing….

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/making-space-photo/

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Photography

$150 Photos from Space… with Your Camera!

Post author By Joel
Post date September 21, 2009
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MIT students spent less than $150 to send a camera to space and had it take pictures every 5 seconds the entire trip up! You can read about it more, and also look at the links on this page to see their project website:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/the-150-space-camera-mit-students-beat-nasa-on-beer-money-budget/

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Photography

Canon Cameras can be Hacked

Post author By Joel
Post date September 21, 2009
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You can install updated firmware in Canon cameras that “unlock” features that are usually only available on an SLR. Maybe this is something to install on one of your old compact cameras?

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/09/add-features-to/

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