Ke Colin Zheng

News on these hybrid models has been out for a while, but the interesting update is, “Sony said it will provide a firmware update shortly after the cameras ship in July that will give them the ability to take panoramic images in stereoscopic 3D”

While the technical details still remain unknown,  being that the camera only has one lens, it’s very likely that they are using an idea similar to the “Layered Depth Panorama” paper I have published in 2007. To a researcher, there is nothing more exciting than seeing his pioneer research/vision being realized as a product, even though it’s third party!

It’s like saying: “See, I told you it’s gonna happen 3 years ago!”

Sony Debuts Compact Hybrid Cameras

By Greg Tarr — TWICE, 5/17/2010

SAN DIEGO — Sony introduced last week its first hybrid cameras designed to offer the creative flexibility of an interchangeable lens D-SLR and the compact form factor of a point-and-shoot.

And, as an added surprise, Sony said it will provide a firmware update shortly after the cameras ship in July that will give them the ability to take panoramic images in stereoscopic 3D.

Sony is calling its new NEX-5 and NEX-3 “the world’s smallest interchangeable lens cameras.” Both hybrids are Sony’s first mirrorless interchangeable lens models. They use the largearea Exmor APS HD CMOS image sensors with 14.2 megapixel still image resolution and HD video resolution.

The sensors were said to have been optimized for both picture quality and speed of readout. The cameras are also among Sony’s first interchangeable lens cameras with HD video recording functionality.

The NEX-5 recorders in Full HD 1080 in AVCHD with continuous Auto Focus. The NEX-3 records in 720p HD resolution. Both models also include HDMI output.

Both cameras will accept Sony’s Emount lenses when used with a special optional adapter, making them compatible with a full range of the company’s D-SLR lenses. However, the cameras will ship in kits with one of two special compact lenses that incorporate builtin optical image stabilization. That capability is not supported by the NEX cameras using other Alpha camera lenses.

The new lenses also use Sony optics, instead of the Carl Zeiss optics used by the other Alpha family lenses.

Both cameras will support the full range of Memory Stick and SD storage cards, including the new SDXC format, the company said.

The cameras will ship in kits with a choice of either an E-mount 16mm/ f2.8 lens (NEX-5 $650 suggested retail, and NEX-3 $550) or an Emount 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens (NEX-5 $700, and NEX-3 $600). A clip on external flash is supplied with both camera versions.

Both models will be in stores in early July.

Shortly after the cameras ship, Sony said it is planning to release a firmware update that will give the cameras 3D panorama still image shooting capability.

这几年，戒了bbs，也少了玩游戏的兴致，

倒是一直绝不了看网络小说的陋习，更有日渐猖獗的迹象。

尤其喜爱YY小白文，到了精华糟粕不分，唯取痛快淋漓的地步。

要是有同好者，不妨交流一番书目：

• 许仙志： 放不下的是家乡的西子湖，所以连看看白蛇和小白脸的故事，都能让我觉得亲切；
• 黑锅： 我就是一个小人物，所以特别爱看小人物的YY： 生活，就像一口锅；我们，都是锅里的菜。
• 间客： 我不对科幻感冒，但是我喜欢小细节，一些动人，感人，骚人，雷人的小细节。

爱生活，读YY！

Due to some technical glitches, my website has been suspended for about a month. And finally, it’s re-live, albeit with a new domain: www.colinzheng.com

I took this as an opportunity to renovate the house a bit, by upgrading wordpress, integrating with facebook, and updating my current life status. While diversity is good, it actually makes life a bit harder to integrate everything together: facebook, live messenger, twitter… Maybe linkedin as well? Man, i’m close to overload!

I don’t know how long this interest could last, but I decided to take a quick crack on Japanese.

I bing around, and found NHK has a quick 100-sentence Japanese course with textbook & audio. We’ll see how much I can do with it. 🙂

Update as of 05/30/2010: I learned daily greetings, and how to do a brief self-introduction. And unfortunately, that’s about it.

Michael Jackson's This Is It!

AMC的电影票留在车里好久了，
事先也没有看影评，无论优劣，只想看看传奇的最后风采。
结果是惊喜地，
这种几近纪实的叙述，让我感叹他的天才横溢。
我想，他一定活在一个鲜活生动的视觉世界里，歌着舞着。
一个简单而纯粹的音乐和视觉天才。
这一生没有亲身一睹MJ的演唱会，是遗憾啊！

Route:

Saturday: Friday Harbor –> Posey Island –> Spieden Island –> Stuart Island (camp)

Sunday: Stuart Island –> Spieden Island –> Posey Island –> Friday Harbor

Wild lives Encountered:

Seals, Oyster Catchers, Bald Eagles, Porpoises, Orcas, Jellyfish,

Stats:

2 Day Trip

10 Hour Paddling

15 Mile Roundtrip

Some photos by Harlan:

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曾经以为最完美的爱情人生是和一个人在一起，走过中学，大学，研究生院，走到婚姻，走完人生。
曾经以为最完美的职业生涯是为了一个兴趣，在大学里学之，在研究生院想之，在公司实现之，一生以系之。
为什么其实这不是生活？

The weather was nice, and I got my last hand on the Canon 1D MarkII from the lab. So I managed to get Jon to pose for me to shoot some photos.  The bike/soccer photos didn’t turn out too well as it was too dark by then.

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