Pinterest has gotten very popular for a wide variety of businesses and in theory, it’s a great way to promote your business. People will spread the word for you if you have a product or item that gets people’s attention. Unfortunately it might just be too easy. Spammers have found a new way to get to your friends and customers.

Michelle Espinoza a jewellery maker reported to Bloomberg that some of the images posted of her work redirected people to pornography and other spam sites.

Needless to say, that could cost you big if you use social media sites such as Pinterest to promote your business. From the article:

“Social spam can be a lot more effective than e-mail spam,” said Mark Risher, chief executive officer of anti-spam software provider Impermium in Palo Alto, California. “We see a lot of it, and we see it increasing. The bad guys are taking to this with great abandon.”

Spammers create as many as 40 percent of the accounts on social-media sites, Risher said. About 8 percent of messages sent via social pages are spam, approximately twice the volume six months ago, he said.

Read the full article here on Bloomberg. I would suggest you check your account regularly to see where your links are going but unfortunately after you stuff has been shared on other people’s boards, you might loose control of it.

Where Pinterest falls very short is how they police the site. Sites like Twitter and Facebook have invested heavily in reducing spam and check items posted for content. Pinterest is relying on users to report a pin they feel is suspicious. That doesn’t work very well, I’ve reported items a couple of times and never heard a reply back. These items exist on the site today, months after reporting them on more than one occasion. Pinterest appears to be somewhat amateurish in how the site is run. Maybe it’s a case of being understaffed or underfunded. Issues like photo sharing rules that we reported on earlier seem to be developed on the fly and not well thought out.

Be careful if you have a board there to promote your business and check your boards regularly or maybe better, delete them before you get caught up sending ‘member’ enlargement pills to your customers who wanted to see your hand made afghans.

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Go to Google Images to check on possible copies of your work

Update:
We’ve had a lot of interest in this topic and if you have a situation where you hired a fake photographer or had your content stolen, send us the details. Get clear information, screen shots of the site, email and if possible physical addresses and phone numbers. Record any data on professional organizations that they claim to belong to. Proof is key! Send us an email through our Facebook page with the information and any attachments. We’ll create a group on that page and also here on the main page for everyone to see. A public record of these thieves for both photographers and clients to check. Remember, some of your content might be stolen but as in the Meagan Kunert case, she stole from many different ones and by exposing the thief here, you can help the entire community.

Update 2
A colleague has begun a blog post t make these fake photographer’s sites and names known. You can visit it here -Photo Stealers- and if you have something to submit there, just follow the instructions above. I’m also going to add this blog site to our main index so it doesn’t become lost in the archives.
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To follow up from our earlier article on Meagan Kunert’s theft of multiple photographers work that she posted on her web site. Photographers are checking to see if the same thing has happened to them. In my case, I found a wedding planning site that was using one of my images as their own and have had them attribute it to me. Now a colleague has also found a direct and large scale rip off of his work on another photographers site. I’ll show you that further into this article.

First how do you protect yourself? Go to Google images and you’ll see a way see if your published work is posted elsewhere on the web. You will see a small icon that looks like a camera in the right hand corner of the search box. Click on the camera and then you will open a new window where you can check your images. Post the image URL in the search box or upload a published image from your computer. Other than Internet explorer, you can drag and drop the image to check it and use smaller web sized images to speed up the process, just make sure the EXIF data is intact as well.

Google image check step 2

You can do exactly the same thing with a site called TinEye. I would recommend trying both as Google images tends to look for ‘similar’ images and you might get a bunch of green grass shots that look similar to your green grass shot but are not the same. Another tool you can use with Google Image search is here and it works very well.

Second to check text, go to Copyscape and put your web page URL in the search box. It will check to see if your content has been copied. If you are using a WordPress Platform, you can use these various Plagiarism tools to protect your work. You could also use Google Alerts to check for certain content keywords. Yet another would be Digital Fingerprints for WordPress.

Sadly the other partial protection is to clearly watermark your images. It’s not foolproof, as a person who wants to make the effort will remove the watermark if they have the Photoshop skills or recrop the shot if the watermark is only along an edge of the shot. Also put unique keywords in your text. If you have references to XYZ photography somewhere on the page so if it’s copied, it will be more easily found.

Digimarc. If you want to take the extra step to protect your images, you could use Digimarc which is an Adobe Photoshop plugin. From the web site: allows you to embed imperceptible, persistent digital watermarks into your images to communicate ownership and other information, wherever the images travel across the Internet. A digital watermark embedded in your image carries a unique ID and can link to contact information or a website for viewers interested in learning more about you or purchasing your artwork. The watermark stays with your image regardless of the path it travels across the Internet. No matter where your digital image ends up, others will be able to determine your copyright ownership and find you.

Another case of a Professional Photographers work being stolen

Ashton Lamont is a colleague and excellent photographer based out of Reading, Berkshire UK. With all the theft of real professional’s work happening, he decided to check who might be using his work. He used some of the tools I mentioned above. Well unfortunately another photographer based in Victoria BC copied his work and posted it as his own. Really what a dumb move. The photos are clearly taken at old world locations. Victoria BC is pretty far from old world. It’s blatantly clear who owns the work.

The work that was stolen is samples of albums that Ashton has made for his clients. Creating these albums cost a huge amount of money, takes hours of design work for each album and takes time to properly photograph to present in an appealing way on his web site. To just go and rip this off is frankly appalling. What’s even worse is the photographer who stole the work is a member of several professional photography associations. A direct quote from their site:

We take our photography seriously and are bound by standards of practice and performace by being charter members of the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC), Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) and Canadian Association of Photographic Art (CAPA).

So here is the work that’s been stolen in Ashton’s Album section. If you click on his link (it will open in a new window), you will see the originals that are identical to the screen shots below. The screen shots are of the pages from (how ironic is that name) Noble Photography. Now a couple of the really dumb things about this theft is, because Ashton embosses his albums with the names of the bride and groom, the thief has to use the same names in the descriptions. Very hard to hide from that. Second is the quality of the work. Ashton has a solid high quality body of work that is very consistent. If I were to assess the Noble samples, I’d recommend they get a job flipping burgers and sell their gear. They are in no way capable of matching Ashton’s work.

Now, it’s clear Ashton’s work has been used without his permission. The penalty in Canada is $1million and/or 5 years in jail per occurrence. I would hope the aforementioned professional bodies would support Ashton’s claims and strip this thief of any accreditation and also assist him in any prosecution he decides to follow. As has been discussed before, Gary Fong received a $240,000 award in US federal court for a very similar offence. Let’s hope Canada’s copyright act is equally enforced.

I’ll save you a step, share this article on Facebook on the Noble Photography Facebook page here and tell them what you think of these actions.

Yet again, another photographers work stolen.

In this case, not only the photos but the text and 95% of the entire site. Martin Leckie is a multi-award winning photographer (see below) who just discovered his site was stolen. I don’t understand the thinking of these thieves, Martin has a high profile and his site and work would be easily recognized. These people will be found and I hope face either jail time, big fines or both. I guess it’s a case of ‘So you want to avoid all the work and learning of getting to this level? Steal his entire online portfolio and jump the years of hard work it takes to be a professional.’ If you steal from someone with that type of profile, you will get caught, I hope no matter what your profile level, you are not faced with someone stealing your work. We will continue to publish articles like this to help the photographic community find and expose these thieves.

The link to the stolen work is here. Martin is currently taking actions to have this removed and is speaking to lawyers with the intention of further action. So I suspect the site will disappear shortly. Here are some screen shots of the offending site and Martins to compare. You can see more of his work here. Click on the images below to see larger versions and use the back button to return to this article.

You will see identical pages on the fake site, only the background colour and photographer's name has changed.

One for Homer Simpson. Martin's signed photo on Coleen's site. Theives always screw up somehow.

Martin used Copyscape to discover the site and it found the fake site in about a minute. If you think your website host or designer will check if the material you are submitting is stolen, think again. Swiftcreations used this web site as a portfolio example on their site until they were notified by Martin’s lawyers about the stolen content and the example was removed.

Martin’s Awards:
Martin A. Leckie L.B.I.P.P. L.M.P.A. L.S.W.P.P.

Sim 2000 UK Wedding Album Designer of the Year 2009
SWPP 2 Gold Awards for Wedding Photography 2008
SWPP UK Children Photographer of The Year 2007
SWPP Runner Up Overall UK Photographer of the Year 2007
MPA Scottish Portrait Photographer of The Year 2000
MPA Award for Avant Garde Wedding 2007
MPA Gordon McGowan Award for Innovative Portraiture 2004/ 2007
MPA Complete Wedding Award of excellence 2007
MPA 33 Awards of Excellence 1989 – 2007
BIPP Scottish Photographer of The Year 1997
BIPP 17 Awards of Excellence 1989 – 2005

I never ask a reader to do this but I feel this is an issue that needs as much exposure as possible. Copy the article to your blog, post it to a sharing site like Stumbleupon or Digg. Share it on Facebook and any place you think other photographers might see it. We need the community to find out if their work is being copied and go after these thieves.

If you have tried the tools we posted above to protect your work and found cases where someone has stolen your work, we want to hear your story. Please post a comment below. It’s important to “out” these thieves who are not only stealing your hard work but your income and very likely tarnishing your reputation and the reputation of all photographers who do an honest days work (7 days a week!)

Cheers and good shooting
-Peter Zack

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Images on the left side are the copyright property of Sean McGrath. Stolen images on the right were on the site of Meagan Kunert (Reed) but are also the copyright property of Sean McGrath.

Images above are the copyright property of Sean McGrath

Update
We’ve posted a lengthy follow up article here and would like everyone who read this article to have a look at how to protect your work.

Well this is old news now (about 24 hours old and in internet terms, that’s a lifetime) but a so called photographer, Meagan Kunert (Reed) of (Conway) Little Rock, Arkansas, who appeared to have some talent, decided that taking shortcuts was the quick way to a ‘rock-star’ career in wedding photography. She ripped off the work of several established pros to build a Facebook page, Flikr site, Zenfolio account, blog and web site. In fact you could find her almost everywhere as she also had a G+ site, Linkdin profile and was on [b] School. How she thought no one would notice her copying other peoples work, is beyond imaginable. The internet might be global but it’s also a small and closely watched place in so many ways.

So this exposure of stolen images went viral very quickly. The theft by Meagan Kunert (Reed) was pretty extensive. It encompassed the work of at least 5 other photographers that I was able to determine and I would assume, there were more that just haven’t become known. The thief was using this work to book business and passing off the posted work as her own. Even to the point of watermarking the stolen photos as her own work. One photographer Amber Hughes had a large section of a wedding stolen, then another and then a third. You can see the originals on her site and a few of the copies looked like this:

You'll note the new watermark on Amber's work

The following morning after this was discovered, it had gone viral before Meagan had gotten out of bed. There where a flood of posts on various forums and Facebook pages, one of the most notable being David’s Hobby’s Twitter feed (of Strobist fame). The internet in it’s various forms, exploded with condemnation and anger. Meagan began by just deleting comments but the flood kept coming. Eventually the web site, blog, Flikr account and a few others were shut down. Later on May 9th, she issued a public apology on her Facebook page but some claimed the reply comments were being filtered to only include supportive posts or ones that were less of an attack nature. Since she’s taken that apology down and it’s resulting comment section, there’s no way to know everything that was said. When I visited, the bulk of the comments were supportive.

Her Pinterest account at the time of this writing remains active. I’m sure that will change so I’ll post a most curious item in one of her boards:

The Pot calling the kettle Black.

Her blog was full of tips about how to create a successful wedding photography business and like the image above, she had stolen a “how to” blog post that was put on her site on April 17th. The post was a copy word-for-word from Shannon Holden’s Blog site found here and the top section which was stolen from Digital Photography School. Comments like :
“RESPECT YOUR FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHER”
“Operate with Integrity”
“Be honest, be bold, be genuine, be loving, and be humble. Your clients will appreciate you more for it.”

The list of ironic quotes goes on. I don’t think you need me to explain how hypocritical she was in posting the written work of others containing phases like this. The curious thing was, Shannon was freely sharing her thoughts with everyone and only asked if you posted it on your own web site or blog, that you linked back to Shannon’s site and gave her credit. Meagan took it as her own.

You can see that what was posted on Meagan's site was a copy of Shannon's earlier writings, posted in 2008.

What also interested me was Meagan wrapping herself in the name of God. Her tag line on Linkedin and Google + was “wedding photographer slash story teller. lover of Jesus” The apology on Facebook was sprinkled with “pray for me” and other religious forgiveness references. While I make no comment on ones faith, I find this abhorrent to use religion as an “Opps, I’m really a good person [because I believe in God] who made a mistake. Sorry and please forgive me and pray for me.”

If Yahoo CEO, Scott Thompson can be pressured to step down (he most likely won’t have much choice) for claiming on his resume, a degree that he never earned, then Meagan should never pick up a camera again to take the photo of a paid client. This type of fraud is all too common and and can not be supported or condoned in any fashion. Unfortunately it repeated itself in the same 24 hour period with the work of Martin Leckie based in Scotland not only had his images stolen but his entire site! Someone claiming to be a photographer based in Brighton UK, copied the site and used the web address (now closed) http://www.coleensullivan.co.uk/ as their own. [I don't have any screen shots because Martin had the site closed very quickly].

So I decided to post this editorial item as a warning to others who think image theft is a good way to skip the years of hard work to build a business. You will get caught when you steal. Either the internet and those you stole from will find you or you will not be able to produce work that comes close to the fake portfolio you put forward. Your clients will soon realize you can’t do the work you claim to do. On top of that in Canada where I’m based, the legal penalty for copyright theft is $1 million and/or 5 years in jail. The USA penalties are similar ($500K/5years). This is no trivial matter and should be punished under the law. It’s not an “Opps. sorry, I’m really a good person that believes in Jesus and just made an error”.

Update
We’ve posted a lengthy follow up article here and would like everyone who read this article to have a look at how to protect your work.

Cheers and good shooting
-Peter Zack

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In 2007 Simon Glik found himself witnessing police officers conducting an arrest in the Boston Common in the heart of the city. He thought they were using excessive force, as did other bystanders, so he took out his phone and recorded the arrest. He was being vigilant, and he paid a dear price for it when those same officers arrested him for “illegal wiretapping”, which is an offense in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. What happened later (a judge threw out the charges) you can read about here in detail. Although now a free man, Simon, who is a lawyer, wasn’t content, so he went after the police department by filing a civil rights suit.

Five years later the Boston police department has settled the suit to the tune of $170,000 in favour of Simon Glik. See this video by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts about the case:

I’m not a lawyer, I’m just someone who likes to use logic to solve problems, so bear with me while I take you through my mental process:

• I pay taxes in the USA.
• My tax money is used to fund public services.
• Police departments are public services.
• Hence, police officers are public servants.
• Furthermore, I also have the right (even duty), granted by the First Amendment, to record any event taking place in a public space.

Because of all the above I logically deduce that I have the right to record a police officer in the act of duty in a public place.

Why does some poor guy have to be arrested and the American Civil Liberties Union get involved for common sense and justice to prevail? The police are not above the law, and we should all wonder, if they’re watching us, who’s watching them?

We are.

If you come across police behaving inappropriately, remember what Thomas Jefferson said. But think quickly because you’ll have an important decision to make.

Good light and good luck,

    —Miserere

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And by “terrorist”, I mean “photographer”, of course. In November 2009, art student Simona Bonomo was arrested for filming buildings in the Paddington neighbourhood of London. She spent 5 hours in a cell and was released after paying an £80 ($120) fine. She kept her camera on during her encounter with the police community support officers (PCSOs) but not with the actual police officers from the Metropolitan Police (known as the Met) that came later. You can see the footage below.

She sought legal action against the Met and they recently settled out of court for an undisclosed sum of money, yet haven’t offered an apology nor admission of wrongdoing. You can read the whole story at the Guardian.

Having grown up in London it pains me to keep reading the same story over and over again, and I’ve written about it before (here and here). When I visited London last Summer I was extremely self-conscious doing street photography and fully expected to have a run-in with some ill-informed, over-zealous PCSO or policeman; luckily, I didn’t. But it shouldn’t have to be a matter of luck.

Thanks to my British friend, Ewan (who hasn’t been arrested for photographing in the UK yet), for alerting me to this latest story.

Good light and good luck,

    —Miserere

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Even the product name tells you there's trouble here. Take a shot and get killed.

OK, so sometimes there are bad ideas or concepts that are not well thought out. Then there are ideas which are so stupid, they defy all logic. Now this isn’t a new idea, it’s been tried by at least 3 or 4 manufacturers several decades ago, but they didn’t look completely like a real rifle. Plus they never gained wide acceptance. So why try this again? See more images of the ‘Killshot” camera here. By the way, the camera is in the scope and the memory card is inserted where the clip would go on a real gun. So you’re on the street (of course near a large bank), you insert the memory card in the clip, raise the camera to your head and the next thing you know, you’re in custody or in an ER handcuffed to the bed…..

Rare 1936 Leica camera on rifle stock.

I can see the headlines now. “Photographer shot by police while innocently taking street photos”. Even in the woods, I can see this being an issue. Like taking it in an area where guns are not allowed. Transporting it in the back seat and so on.

But if you still think it’s a good idea, you can help in its development and snag one for yourself through the Killshot Kickstarter page.

Cheers and good shooting
-Peter Zack

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What I find galling in these 2 cases is that the ‘artist’ Shepard Fairey would consider it fine to steal the work of other artists to create his work. Fairey took the work of 2 different photographers and transformed these works to his liking, then claiming it was his original work. The 2 cases are different in many respects, they do share a common theme, the unauthorised or non-credited use of someone else s work. He then did everything possible to avoid or hide the fact he’d stolen the work in the case of the AP image or avoided giving Dina Douglass her due credit for her original work. In Dina’s case, that’s all she asked for.

Dina Douglass's original work

In researching this article, there have been many sites that claimed there was no foul since the original artist in the case of the Obama image didn’t know the image had been used. In the case of the Douglass image, it seems although he asked at first to use the work and provide credit, he then failed to do so and I would guess because he thought the photographer wouldn’t find out or follow up. Wrong, she did and I’m glad.

Photographers have only one thing, the copyright to their images. That allows them to continue creating and earning a living. In the Case of Dina Douglass, she wasn’t looking for money, since she donated the work. In certain situations such as this, she was only interested in the added exposure and to support the charity (Lance Armstrong auction for cancer). Even though she’s named as one of the “Top Ten Wedding photographers” by American Photo magazine, a little exposure doesn’t hurt and in the process, supporting a cause she believes in.

Well it seems Mr Fairey has been caught twice now, stealing other peoples work and transforming it, then claiming it as his own or at the least, not providing credit to the original copyright holders. He now faces up to 6 months in jail in the AP case as well as settlements with both AP and Dina Douglass in her case.

He claimed that:

‘Violating the court’s trust was the worst thing I have ever done in my life,’ said Fairey, 42, of Los Angeles. ‘I was ashamed as I did all these things, and I remain ashamed.’

Well he couldn’t have been that ashamed as he did the same thing again with the Dina Douglass image, “Jessica” after he created ‘Hope”. He’s ashamed that he got caught, plain and simple.

You can read the full background stories about both here:
Artist behind iconic Obama poster faces six months in jail

Dina Douglass v Shepard Fairey

This is one “artist” (term used loosely) that I ‘hope’ (pardon the pun) fades into the distance, never to be famous again. If he does pop up again, check your portfolio against his.

Cheers and good shooting
-Peter Zack

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As a wedding photographer myself, I always appreciate exceptional photos that tell a story. This is quite a story and so wonderfully captured. 12 photos on Facebook that tell you so much.

Katie (21) was diagnosed in 2002 with a cancerous brain tumour. Despite surgery, the cancer spread to her lungs. Katie died in 2005, just five days after her wedding to Nick Godwin, her grade 11, high school sweetheart (23).

You can see the photos in a gallery here on Facebook.
Below is some info about the photos in the order they show up in the gallery:
Pic 1, Katie had to rest as the pain made it difficult to stand for long periods
Pic 2, Katie’s husband and friends sing to her.
Pic 3, Nick’s parents and Katie with her constant companion, the oxygen tank.
Pic 6, Even in pain and dealing with her organs shutting down, with the help of morphine,
Katie took care of every single part of the wedding planning.
Her dress had to be adjusted several times due to Katie ‘s constant weight loss.
Pic 8, Taken prior to their wedding January 11th, 2005. Katie spends hours in chemotherapy. Here Nick awaits while she finishes one of the sessions.

Although I know who the photographer is, it seems as if he isn’t interested in publicity surrounding this story and isn’t credited on the Facebook page. A true professional! The photos speak for themselves.

A movie of Katie and her life and struggles is being prepared for the big screen.

Cheers and good shooting
-Peter Zack

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Update Feb 18/12: Tech Manual available for download, see the following post.

Nikon D800 from Nikon USA site

Note: as we find more information and links, we’ll add them to the bottom of this article. There have been some added since this was first posted. Check out the full sized sample on the Russian web site (link below) where you can download 112 MB of sample shots.

No not me!!! Nikon’s not ringing the phone off the hook to offer me an NDA. I wish!
World renowned wedding photographer, Cliff Mautner (also of Kelby Training fame) did get an NDA and has a prototype D800 for testing, He’s posted his first thoughts on his blog. The site has crashed several times since the launch this morning, so you might have to be patient. But suffice to say, he likes the camera a lot. If you can’t get on the site, here’s a few sentences to whet your appetite.

“In years past, wedding photography was traditionally captured with medium format equipment for maximum image quality. When the 35mm format was adopted within the genre, it was widely accepted that image quality was compromised in lieu of speed and convenience. Now, my wedding portraiture will have a depth it’s never had before, and my style of shooting won’t ever be compromised-only enhanced- with the D800.”

Coming in at $2999.00 I think this camera is going to dominate the higher end of the market (and probably be in short supply).

So good luck and I hope you can get on to take a look at his comments and sample photos. Cliff Mautner’s blog.

Update: Here’s another site that the reviewer had an early sample and he discusses the features as well as showing test images. Some of the photos here are also used on the official site. Visit Rob van Petten’s blog.

Russian site with full size images at low ISO and 25,600 avalable for download. Site, Download link and Google translate version.

If other similar early tests become available, we will try to post them here.

You can preorder it at Amazon.com and B&H.

From the Nikon USA web site

Main specs:

Lens Mount: Nikon F bayonet mount
Effective Pixels: 36.3 MP
Sensor Size: 35.9mm x 24mm
Image Sensor Type: CMOS
Dust-reduction system: Image sensor cleaning
Image Area (pixels)
  FX-format
     (L) 7,360 x 4,912
     (M) 5,520 x 3,680
     (S) 3,680 x 2,456
     1:2 format (30 x 20)
     (L) 6,144 x 4,080
     (M) 4,608 x 3,056
     (S) 3,072 x 2,040
     5:4 format (30 x 24)
     (L) 6,144 x 4,912
     (M) 4,608 x 3,680
     (S) 3,072 x 2,456
   DX-format
     (L) 4,800 x 3,200
     (M) 3,600 x 2,400
     (S) 2,400 x 1,600
File Format Still Images
   JPEG: JPEG-Baseline Compliant with fine (approx 1:4), Normal (approx 1:8) or Basic (approx 1:16) Compression
   NEF (RAW): lossless compressed 12 or 14 bit, lossless compressed, compressed or uncompressed
   TIFF (RGB)
   JPEG: JPEG-Baseline-Compliant; can be selected from Size Priority and Optimal Quality
Storage Media:
   CompactFlash© (CF) (Type I, compliant with UDMA)
   SD
   SDHC
   SDXC
Card Slot: 1 CompactFlash© (CF) card and 1 Secure Digital (SD) card
Viewfinder Frame Coverage
   FX (36×24): 100% Horizontal and 100% Vertical Approx.
     1.2x (30×20): 97% Horizontal and 97% Vertical Approx.
   DX (24×16): 97% Horizontal and 97% Vertical Approx.
     5:4 (30×24): 97% Horizontal and 97% Vertical Approx.
Viewfinder Magnification: 0.70x Approx.
Viewfinder Eyepoint: 19.5 (-1.0¯¹)
Shutter type: Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane
Shutter Speed: 1/8000 to 30 sec., Bulb
Flash Sync Speed: Up to 1/250 sec.
Synchronizes with shutter at 1/320s or slower (flash range drops at speeds between 1/250 and 1/320s)
Shutter Release Modes
   Continuous low-speed [CL] mode; 1-4 frames per second
   Continuous high-speed [CH] mode; 4 frames per second
   Mirror-up [Mup] mode
   Quiet Shutter Release
   Self-timer mode
   Single-frame [S] mode
Continuous Shooting Options
   FX-format
     CH: Up to 4 frames per second
     CL: Up to 4 frames per second
     5:4 format
     CH: Up to 4 frames per second
     CL: Up to 4 frames per second
   DX-format
     CH: Up to 5 frames per second
     CL: Up to 5 frames per second
     1:2 format
     CH: Up to 5 frames per second
     CL: Up to 5 frames per second
Exposure Compensation: ±5 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV
Exposure Bracketing: 2 to 9 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV
ISO Sensitivity
   ISO 100 – 6400
   Lo-1 (ISO 50)
   Hi-1 (ISO 12,800)
   Hi-2 (ISO 25,600)
Long Exposure Noise Reduction: Yes
High ISO Noise Reduction
   Low
   Normal
   High
   Off
Number of AF points: 9, 21, 51 and 51 (3D-tracking)
AF-area mode
   9, 21 or 51 point Dynamic-area AF
   Auto-area AF
   Single-point AF
   3D-tracking (51 points)
Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points: 51
Built-in Flash: Yes
Live View Autofocus: Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)
Movie Frame size (pixels) and frame rate
   1280 x 720 (30p): 30 fps (29.97 fps)
   1280 x 720 (60p): 60 fps (59.94 fps)
   1920 x 1080 (24p): 24 fps (23.976 fps)
   1920 x 1080 (30p): 30 fps (29.97 fps)
Movie Maximum recording time
   20 minutes at highest quality
   29 minutes 59 seconds at normal quality
Movie File Format: MOV
Movie Video Compression: H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
Movie Audio recording format: Linear PCM
Movie Audio recording device
   Built-in monaural microphone
   External stereo microphone (optional)
Movie
   HD 1,920×1,080 / 30 fps
   HD 1,920×1,080 / 24 fps
   HD 1,280×720 / 30 fps
   HD 1,280×720 / 24 fps
   HD 1,280×720 / 60 fps
Monitor Size: 3.2 in. diagonal
Monitor Resolution: 921,000 Dots
Monitor Type: Wide Viewing Angle TFT-LCD
Wi-Fi Functionality
   Eye-Fi Compatible
   WT-4A
GPS: GP-1 GPS unit
Approx. Dimensions
   Width 5.7 in. (144.78mm)
   Height 4.8 in. (121.92mm)
   Depth 3.2 in. (81.28mm)
Approx. Weight
   31.7 oz. (900g)
Supplied Accessories
   AN-DC6 Strap
   EN-EL15 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery
   MH-25 Battery Charger
   UC-E14 USB Cable
   BM-12 LCD Monitor Cover
   BF-1B Body Cap
   BS-1 Accessory Shoe Cap
   DK-17 Viewfinder Eyepiece
   NikonView NX2 CD ROM

Cheers and good shooting
-Peter Zack

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3. Nikon D800, not the Camera We Wanted.

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Baker the Monkey in space, aboard Horus 19. ©Baker.

This isn’t a photoshopped image, that really is a monkey…in space. Baker the monkey flew up to an altitude of about 35 km and withstood temperatures down to -55°C, and all in an effort to promote Australian band Skipping Girl Vinegar. Not that is a committed pet.

Want to know how this happened? Then check out this behind-the-scenes video made by Grant Willis, who shot it with a Panasonic GH2 + 14-140mm f/4.0-5.8 lens.

Want more info about this particular flight? Then read this blog entry. To find out about Project Horus, follow the link.

Here’s some more monkey business in case you need even more info:

Good light and good luck,

    —Miserere

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1. Photography: So Easy even a Monkey Can Do It
2. Photos from the Edge of Space
3. NASA ISS Images – Some Great Images from Space

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