Note that this web pages is in Japanese. I haven't tried putting it through Google Translate, but I'd be curious to know how this camera compares to the Insta360 Go 3, which I've recently seen some reviews for,
Here's the text. Price conversion in US dollars: 12000 = $82.86, 9000 = $68.40
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Ultra-compact and lightweight camera weighing 19g "NanoSnap"
Gloture Co., Ltd. released the digital camera "NanoSnap" on June 26th. The price including tax is 12,000 yen. It will be handled on the company's EC site "MODERN g". Also, at the time of writing, it is being sold for 9,900 yen including tax as a release commemorative sale.
A compact and lightweight digital camera with a weight of 19g. Equipped with a 0.96-inch rear monitor, it supports still image shooting and 1080p video shooting.
It features easy operation that allows you to shoot with one button, and assigns the power on / off and shutter button to one button.
In addition, 8 types of effect filters are built in. You can choose to match the shooting scene, such as emphasizing the retro atmosphere and colors.
Supported media is microSD. External dimensions are 40 x 47 x 36 mm.
It would be awesome if it had some kind of external trigger, since the very low weight and small size means it should be very easy to integrate into other things (model train, drone, r/c car, robot, whatever). I guess chances are low, if the only interface is the USB port (and SD card socket).
Check out gphoto2. It allows controlling cameras through USB, take photos and videos, modify parameters, etc. The list of supported cameras is quite large, and while this one (still?) isn't, should it accept commands from USB then support could be easier than writing the entire software from scratch.
This keyboard has Kailh Box White switches, the configuration is mostly sane, and the price was okay. I also have an WASD V3 (MX Blue), Realforce R2 (Topre), and (PC, PS/2, non-PC) Northgate Omnikey/ULTRA (Alps SKCM White).
For a low-power device, a microSD card draws something like 300 mW while writing (less than 100mA at 3.3V) , versus something like 8-10W for an NVMe drive (up to 3A at 3.3V).
Those bastards. Smart sellers default the most expensive option. Although I am bit disappointed it doesn't say "Perfect for spies, parents with lowest bidder childcare, sex criminals, and grandparents wondering who's refilling the vodka bottles with water."
I have a Go 2. It’s interesting but the workflow is pretty tedious. I find that unless something is shot and on my phone, or shot on a proper camera for a client and thus worth ingesting and editing, anything else is just painful. GoPro, Osmo Pocket, Go, etc.
LMAO! I didn't even look at them together. Nice catch. :) It's good to know.
There's probably 1 or 2 originating manufacturers in China. Chinese generic products are often semi-open source amongst design/engineer and manufacturing people. The disposable nonsense brands end customers see are invented either by an intermediate wholesale reseller or the seller themselves, sometimes inconsistently.
I think I saw a collab video with Strange Parts once. Gongkai makes it easier to create consumer hw products at the expense of some/total loss of IP control. Starting from scratch is very difficult. It's what make Shenzhen so efficient and nimble.
I'd like to see some actual photo comparisons from this camera.
"4K photo" means absolutely nothing except the pixel count. There could be a 32x32 photosensor and software upscale to 4K. The lens could be made of recycled Styrofoam.
As expected the sensor's image quality is terrible and in line with a typical webcam, but the compact size and use of microSD storage could possibly redeem it as a bit more than just a novelty gadget.
The difference in quality between the second (inserted, obviously professional) picture and the third (original from the nanosnap) in hilarious. Though it does look like a neat bit of engineering.
slice of life snap is very different from street photography... it's the blurry unfocused faces or other parts of your friends being in the moment feeling doing things
Street photography does not have to be in the street. The name never really had a mandatorily fixed connection to the practical expressions of the genre, or the artistic phenomenon that it is. It's about moments in passing, casual observations etc. I write this (and previous comments) as someone with a profound love for photography and that genre in particular, not as someone throwing random guesses. But thank you for the quip retort.
Sorry. You are talking about some kind of photography where "definition" is important. I am not talking about that kind of photography. I am talking about the kind of photography for which people use cheap film cameras, expired film, disposable cameras, cheap digital compacts. "Definition" is of very little importance.
> Street photography does not have to be in the street.
Well that's another can of worms I guess. People tagging random non-street shots as street photography is my personal pet peeve...
I got scammed a few too many times on these cheap high-spec cameras on DealExtreme/AliExpress etc. 4K? No problem, just take your generic 640x480 sensor and upscale the heck out of it, usually with dodgy, buggy upscaling algorithm at that. And there has to be a special art to making audio microphones as dysfunctional as I encountered. These scamcams are everywhere, even at Costco and Home Depot once in a while, in the form of action cameras that, as usual, claim 4K though recently the real resolution may be as high as 720p, though now with horrible rolling shutter artifacts.
Not that any of this matters anymore when everyone carries a pretty decent camera in their pocket as part of their smartphone.
This is a good example of straight-to-trash e-waste camera. If I had a kid, I would maybe give it to my toddler to take apart, but given how small it is, it's more of a choking hazard than anything.
Buy something good that takes quality pictures or use your phone. Don't contribute to e-waste and demand for this garbage.
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Ultra-compact and lightweight camera weighing 19g "NanoSnap"
Gloture Co., Ltd. released the digital camera "NanoSnap" on June 26th. The price including tax is 12,000 yen. It will be handled on the company's EC site "MODERN g". Also, at the time of writing, it is being sold for 9,900 yen including tax as a release commemorative sale.
A compact and lightweight digital camera with a weight of 19g. Equipped with a 0.96-inch rear monitor, it supports still image shooting and 1080p video shooting.
It features easy operation that allows you to shoot with one button, and assigns the power on / off and shutter button to one button.
In addition, 8 types of effect filters are built in. You can choose to match the shooting scene, such as emphasizing the retro atmosphere and colors.
Supported media is microSD. External dimensions are 40 x 47 x 36 mm.
main use shooting mode
・Still images/movies Maximum resolution/format
・Still image (JPEG): 3,760×2,128 ・Video (AVI): 1,920×1,080 30fps storage
・microSD card (supports up to 128GB) battery capacity
・180mAh operating time
・Continuous shooting: about 1 hour ・Standby: about 100 minutes connection port
USB 2.0 Micro-B
It would be awesome if it had some kind of external trigger, since the very low weight and small size means it should be very easy to integrate into other things (model train, drone, r/c car, robot, whatever). I guess chances are low, if the only interface is the USB port (and SD card socket).
http://www.gphoto.org/
Battery Capacity: 180mAh Recording time: ~ 1 hour Standby: ~100 Minutes
バッテリー容量 ・180mAh 作動時間 ・連続撮影：約1時間 ・待機：約100分
PDF: https://assets.website-files.com/63b6412d4ef17b35c8b5f9d5/64...
This keyboard has Kailh Box White switches, the configuration is mostly sane, and the price was okay. I also have an WASD V3 (MX Blue), Realforce R2 (Topre), and (PC, PS/2, non-PC) Northgate Omnikey/ULTRA (Alps SKCM White).
Switch guide: https://www.mechanicalkeyboards.com/switches/index.php
AI hands are usually missing digits and have webbed fingers.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002664675613.html
Korea has/had a spycam problem.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57493020
https://spyassociates.com/spyfinder-pro-hidden-camera-detect...
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=spycam+finder
It's about the same size (without the attachble screen), a bit more weight at 35g but much more versatile and higher quality. Plus easily obtainable.
It looks like a great piece of tech, but the markup in this segment of products is insane.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805296215288.html
& HD is 1920x1080, 2K is 2048x1080 (native variant)
There's probably 1 or 2 originating manufacturers in China. Chinese generic products are often semi-open source amongst design/engineer and manufacturing people. The disposable nonsense brands end customers see are invented either by an intermediate wholesale reseller or the seller themselves, sometimes inconsistently.
As greatly commented a decade ago by Bunnie Huang, calling it "gongkai" [0]
[0] https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297
"4K photo" means absolutely nothing except the pixel count. There could be a 32x32 photosensor and software upscale to 4K. The lens could be made of recycled Styrofoam.
As expected the sensor's image quality is terrible and in line with a typical webcam, but the compact size and use of microSD storage could possibly redeem it as a bit more than just a novelty gadget.
no need to keep making guesses, it's okay to not know something.
> Street photography does not have to be in the street.
Well that's another can of worms I guess. People tagging random non-street shots as street photography is my personal pet peeve...
https://www.productindetail.com/pf/mustek-gsmart-mini-2
Not that any of this matters anymore when everyone carries a pretty decent camera in their pocket as part of their smartphone.
Buy something good that takes quality pictures or use your phone. Don't contribute to e-waste and demand for this garbage.