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Even New Yorkers could see the northern lights due to the recent solar storm

Apr 15, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Aurora borealis or northern light is usually visible in the areas close to the center of the Arctic Circle. However, due to the recent solar storm, you may be able to see it as far south as New York! The geomagnetic storm has pushed the aurora closer to the south, so you don’t have to travel as far to the north to capture it in your photos.

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Pilot arrested after crashing his drone into a World Trade Center complex skyscraper

Aug 4, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 6 Comments
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A Texas tourist recently learned the hard way that you can’t fly a drone just anywhere. He crashed his DJI Air 2S into a skyscraper in New York City’s World Trade Center complex. It caused an immediate response from authorities, resulting in an arrest.

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Naked guy found in “World’s Largest Photo” of New York City

May 2, 2021 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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It was bound to happen, really. In a city that size, an image that covers that much of it, with a resolution so high, finding a naked person was as inevitable as Thanos believed himself to be. And now, the Reddit detectives have found one. Some guy, sitting naked in a chair by his window.

The image was created using EarthCam’s new GigapixelCam X80 80-Gigapixel camera, although this particular image is actually 120-gigapixels. From its vantage point atop the Empire State Building, it points primarily towards lower Manhattan (the rear behind is mostly blocked by the Empire State Building itself) and shows some incredible detail.

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EarthCam’s new camera shoots massive 80-gigapixel images – Here’s one of New York to explore

Apr 28, 2021 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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Huge resolution images have become all the rage the last few years, with a number of cameras now featuring the ability to create “super high resolution” images in-camera without any external software. But EarthCam’s new camera, the GigapixelCam X80 really takes the cake, producing whopping 80-gigapixel images. To celebrate the launch of the camera, the company made the largest and most detailed image ever created of New York City.

The camera is perched atop the Empire State Building, pointing towards lower Manhattan, and it holds a pretty insane amount of detail. Inside it, is a 61-megapixel Sony A7R IV driven by Sony’s SDK, to capture thousands of images in a full 360 degrees of rotation with full pan, tilt and zoom control over IP, 4G LTE and 5G networks.

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Don’t sell photos with “I LOVE NY” logo in them or New York state will sue you

Apr 23, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 4 Comments
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Even if you don’t live in New York, even in the USA, you’ve seen the iconic “I ❤ NY” logo on various objects. And if you take a photo of it and want to sell it, beware – the state of New York might sue you.

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Sony sued in class-action over A7 III shutters bricking cameras, forcing an expensive repair

Mar 27, 2021 by John Aldred 5 Comments
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A consumer by the name of John Guerriero has filed a class-action suit against Sony Electronics Inc. in the Southern District of New York over claims that the shutter in the Sony A7 III is not fit for purpose, resulting in much-shortened life expectancies than expected. The reported life expectancy of the shutter in the Sony A7 III is 200,000 actuations, although he claims “numerous users report shutter failures … between 10,000 and 50,000 for most of the users who experienced this”.

If those failures happen outside of the one-year warranty, customers are required to pay $500-650 for repair or basically be stuck with a useless brick for the rest of time. And while a shutter life expectancy in any camera isn’t a guarantee, he alleges that it happens often enough that it’s kinda suspicious.

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Breaking: NAB Show New York has been cancelled

Jun 11, 2020 by John Aldred Add Comment
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It appears that October isn’t far enough away to reliably hold a show, at least not in New York. We’ve been told by a source close to NAB Show New York that organisers have begun sending out emails informing people that the NAB Show New York, which was scheduled to take place on October 21st & 22nd at the Javits Convention Center in New York, has been cancelled.

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Leica Store in Soho looted in New York protests

Jun 2, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 16 Comments
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During Sunday’s protests in New York city, luxury stores were ransacked, and Leica Store SoHo was among them. The store had its windows smashed and a lot of gear was stolen. According to witnesses, this looting could have been organized, and it doesn’t have anything to do with the protests that have been happening across the US.

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Tourist in Hawaii breaks mandatory quarantine, gets arrested after sharing beach photos on Instagram

May 18, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Sharing photos of your exotic vacation on social networks can be a double-edged sword, especially during the pandemic. For a 23-year-old tourist from New York, posting photos from his trip to Hawaii had him arrested. He reportedly broke the mandatory quarantine, and it was his Instagram photos that gave him away.

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New York City suspends social distancing hotline after people flooded it with memes and obscene photos

Apr 23, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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The Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, invited the citizens last week to report anyone who breaks social distancing. He encouraged people to snap a photo and text it to a hotline open specifically for this purpose. However, people reportedly sent in so many memes and obscene photos, that NYC was forced to temporarily disable the hotline.

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