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NanoSnap: A 19g, 5x3cm camera with 4K photo and 2K video
- bradknowles 3y agoNote 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,
- squarefoot 3y agoHere's the text. Price conversion in US dollars: 12000 = $82.86, 9000 = $68.40 ------------------------------ 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
- unwind 3y agoThat sounds fantastic. 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).
- rnmmrnm 3y agosounds like the simplest of mods to me
- squarefoot 3y agoCheck 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. http://www.gphoto.org/ http://www.gphoto.org/
- methou 3y agoLess battery but longer runtime than Go 3. This one looks also very raw, without all the features Go 3 has. 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
- jimhefferon 3y agoOn the page is an "English" button, for me.
- villgax 3y agoWould love for someone to integrate this with NVME storage somehoe
- pdpi 3y agoWhy? What purpose would that serve?
- Tepix 3y agoPerhaps filming the blinking RGB LEDs inside the PC case? You know, for more FPS?
- sacnoradhq 3y agoWhen you have to download a keyboard manual to find the Konami codes to turn off the ground effects, you know you're officially old. PDF: https://assets.website-files.com/63b6412d4ef17b35c8b5f9d5/6437e0be0485b3b0b0aaf848_PV765MBWUXMGM_Manual_EN.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 https://www.mechanicalkeyboards.com/switches/index.php
- quickthrower2 3y agoI am guessing for a low power, long term, offline, security camera.
- pdpi 3y agoFor 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).
- sacnoradhq 3y ago???
- kitd 3y agoAnyone else confused by all those fingers holding the camera? Is that one hand? 2? More? AI?
- EthicalSimilar 3y agoDo you not have an index finger and thumb on either hand?
- IanCal 3y agoTwo hands, both pinching. One pinching vertically and one horizontally, thumbs are at the bottom and the right.
- sacnoradhq 3y agoAliExpress photoshop hands are the best. AI hands are usually missing digits and have webbed fingers.
- londons_explore 3y agoCheaper, Smaller, and higher resolution - and with wifi: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002664675613.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002664675613.html
- sacnoradhq 3y agoIt's not a "GoPro", it's a static spy camera requiring external power. And 2K is just 128 more horizonal pixels than HD.
- londons_explore 3y agoChoose the "with wifi, 4k" variant. Still requires external power tho,
- sacnoradhq 3y agoThose 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."
- quickthrower2 3y agoSounds like you’ve got some good (and bad) stories
- sacnoradhq 3y agoNawh, just how Saturday Night Live would market it. Korea has/had a spycam problem. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57493020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57493020 https://spyassociates.com/spyfinder-pro-hidden-camera-detector/ https://spyassociates.com/spyfinder-pro-hidden-camera-detect... https://www.amazon.com/s?k=spycam+finder https://www.amazon.com/s?k=spycam+finder
- eis 3y agoIf interested in small cameras then the Insta360 Go 3 might be relevant: https://www.insta360.com/product/insta360-go3 https://www.insta360.com/product/insta360-go3 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.
- imiric 3y agoIt's also $400. It looks like a great piece of tech, but the markup in this segment of products is insane.
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- prawn 3y agoI 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.
- sacnoradhq 3y agoHere's one on AE that's 4 mm thinner but 1 mm taller, full HD& @ 30 fps. Battery is 180mAh. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805296215288.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805296215288.html & HD is 1920x1080, 2K is 2048x1080 (native variant)
- throwaway290 3y agoNice find. It looks like the exact same camera? Promotional materials are 1:1.
- sacnoradhq 3y agoLMAO! 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.
- ajot 3y ago> Chinese generic products are often semi-open source amongst design/engineer and manufacturing people. As greatly commented a decade ago by Bunnie Huang, calling it "gongkai" [0] [0] https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297
- sacnoradhq 3y agoI 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.
- aspyct 3y agoThere's no point in having 4K res if your lens isn't sharp enough. Just sayin'...
- ranting-moth 3y agoI'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.
- throwaway290 3y agoTrue. But on the other hand the best camera is the one you have on you. And this one seems very easy to have on you. Unless you lose it, also easy...
- iso1631 3y agoWhy would I carry a camera when I have my phone. If I cam going to consciously carry a camera then why would I choose something worse than my phone.
- throwaway290 3y agoAsk all those people who switch to film cameras and old digital compacts lately
- oakwhiz 3y agoThe refractive index of transparent polystyrene is actually pretty high so that's a neat idea.
- DeathArrow 3y agoResolution means nothing without a sharp lens and a decent sized sensor.
- uni_baconcat 3y agoI would assume that's a car hash cam hidden in the enclosure.
- daneel_w 3y agoActual product page is here: https://modern-g.com/products/nanosnap https://modern-g.com/products/nanosnap 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.
- c0balt 3y agoThe 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.
- throwaway290 3y agoI actually like the third one. It's not for high quality stuff anyway, it's for slice of life snaps. Worse is better
- daneel_w 3y agoGood definition brings a lot of value to street photography in my opinion - for the moment right then and there, and for the history it documents.
- throwaway290 3y agoslice 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
- daneel_w 3y agoThat just sounds like a ridiculously narrow and specific subcategory of street/flâneur photography.
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- joelanman 3y agoReminds me of my old GSmart Mini 2, fantastic little credit-card sized camera. No screen was part of the fun https://www.productindetail.com/pf/mustek-gsmart-mini-2 https://www.productindetail.com/pf/mustek-gsmart-mini-2
- MarkusWandel 3y agoI 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.
- antisthenes 3y agoThis 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.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoAliExpress is full of kids toy cameras similar to this - small, crappy quality, cheap but technically working.