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[2007-12-24 12:56:21]

Q: I want a new digital camera, now i have the pink kodak, but i want something that will take better pictures and will show up when its dark outside. I like how my camera now has this battery in it that is square and all i have to do is change my camera

A: Samsung L730. It is currently the cheapest camera with an inbuilt rechargeable battery, face recognition and "Image Stabilization". It comes in a variety of colours. The link below is an Australian website listing its details. As an SLR owner

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Stolen Camera Finder - Boing Boing

Interesting. The FAQ says that there are currently "over 1 million camera sightings" in their database. Does that mean there are over 1 million camera/photo re-unitings with owners? I see nothing in the FAQ about what happens after a camera or photos are sighted.

This seems promising. I just wonder who pays the postage or gas for returning the cameras?

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Expanding a bit of devil's advocacy here...

Isn't there an interesting privacy issue here?

Couldn't I basically drag someone else's photo (from a supported camera) onto here, and then use that data to track down any other photos they've also taken? Sell my camera on ebay, then track the photos that the new owner is taking with it? Wouldn't it be "interesting" to find out that guy who's a kids portrat photographer also takes amateur porn shots with the same camera.

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Camera - Bookshelf
The Camera
32 pages
The Camera

Provides an introduction to the history and development of the camera and explains how a camera works.

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(1870 diggs) The World's First Digital Camera aidenag Invented in 1975 by Steven J. Sasson. It weighed eight pounds, was the size of a toaster, and produced a 0.01 megapixel image that took 23 seconds to record onto a digital cassette tape.