The ultimate reference spycam!
Written: Aug 29 '00 (Updated Oct 10 '00)
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Pros: Cheap, tiny, unobtrusive, artsy
Cons: Not enough accessories, sync software's still primitive
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| Doctorow's Full Review: Handspring Eyemodule2 Digital Camera for |
There are some predictable objections to this little cam: it shoots low-res, it comes out blurry at times, blah blah blah.
Who cares?
The eyemodule kicks all kinds of ass. It's a teeny, utterly unobtrusive camera, and it shoots killer, super-eight style old-school snapshots. I keep it in my Visor all the time, and it's the ultimate reference cam: want to remember who you had lunch with? Take a pic. Want to get the tags on the jerk who cut you off on the highway? Take a pic.
I walk down the street, snapping like wildfire. The images are low-res, gritty, almost noir. Shooting in low-light and shooting backlit subjects produces weird, surprising and sometimes nonlinear results.
if I have a single complaint about the eyemodule, it's that it's too new, and the accessories haven't really been fleshed out: there aren't any carry-about cases that accomodate the lens, and the sync software generates non-Unix-legal filenames, so you have to rename files (removing slashes and spaces) before uploading.
I keep a daily eyemodule journal at http://www.craphound.com/eyemodule.html. Check it out.
Recommended:
Yes
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Member: Cory Doctorow
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