Nikon made a camera that lets dogs take pictures of things they like - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Nikon 3D-printed a custom case for one of its cameras that can be strapped around a dog to take photos from a dog’s-eye view. According to Nikon’s site, the case is connected to a heart-rate monitor strap, like the ones runners use to track their heartbeat. When the dog’s heart rate spikes, the case snaps a photo. With its camera, Nikon says any canine can become, ahem, a “pho-dog-rapher.” The photos Nikon’s test dog took aren’t terrible—no worse than the average human’s incidental snaps—so presumably we could soon see Instagram feeds full of canine-captured pictures of cats, food, and anything else that catches dogs’ attention. Dogs, however, do seem to get excited by just about everything—from their owners, to babies, to snow and the ocean—so it’ll be interesting to see if Nikon’s camera would run out of storage space before the average dog runs out of energy.[/QUOTE] [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a6fd-wvIdw[/MEDIA] [url]http://qz.com/407959/nikon-made-a-camera-that-lets-dogs-take-photos-of-things-they-like/?utm_source=parWD&mbid=social_fb[/url]

I am really bothered that their own advertisement mispronounces the name of the company. "Knee-Con". What.

Phot-dographer, holy shit is this for real.

[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47813179]I am really bothered that their own advertisement mispronounces the name of the company. "Knee-Con". What.[/QUOTE] It's a japanese company and that's how it's actually pronounced

this was already posted though

[QUOTE=eurocracy;47813194]It's a japanese company and that's how it's actually pronounced[/QUOTE] I have never in my entire life ever heard anyone say it "Kneecon". Only "Neye-con"

God I really don't like when ads do this whole "hey, I'm the dog talking" thing, it's always weird.

[QUOTE=Mr Flexi;47813209]God I really don't like when ads do this whole "hey, I'm the dog talking" thing, it's always weird.[/QUOTE] I thought it was kinda cute.

it was proven fake. in some of the pics you can see a reflection, and it's a cameraman

[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47813207]I have never in my entire life ever heard anyone say it "Kneecon". Only "Neye-con"[/QUOTE] People here mispronounce loads of Japanese words, so it's not very surprising.

it was taken by a dog alright :getout: [img]http://i.imgur.com/uGzvApd.png[/img]

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;47813232]People here mispronounce loads of Japanese words, so it's not very surprising.[/QUOTE] Not mispronounced, corrected. America obviously knows better than Japan, we're just fixing their words for them. No need to thank us. We're happy to help. :v:

1,000 pictures of other dogs' asses....

[QUOTE=green bandit;47813240]it was taken by a dog alright :getout: [img]http://i.imgur.com/uGzvApd.png[/img][/QUOTE] so is this a real product that they did dishonest advertising for or some weird prank?

[QUOTE=cccritical;47813320]so is this a real product that they did dishonest advertising for or some weird prank?[/QUOTE] Probably a combination of both. I'd imagine they'd need a human to take a bunch of the advertising pictures for the video because honestly, who would want to watch an ad full of dog's asses, piles of shit, and food spilled on the floor? What dog is gonna get excited looking at a car full of corn oil and baked beans?

[QUOTE=green bandit;47813240]it was taken by a dog alright :getout: [img]http://i.imgur.com/uGzvApd.png[/img][/QUOTE] Of course the dog would get excited at the sight of Baked Beans. Probably planning on stealing the recipe, the slobbery bastard.

Heart rate acceleration isn't just caused by excitation, if the dog decided to run all of a sudden or jump the camera would take a photo

Nikon's response to the reflections: [Quote]Hello everyone, thank you for your comments! We’ve read them all and we really appreciate the feedback we’ve received. Some of you are wondering why there’s a reflection of a person in one of the images that Grizzler took. The person in the image is one of our crew members. Our camera crew followed Grizzler around to film the process of how he went about capturing images using his heartbeat. There were also crew there to ensure his safety and well-being by providing ample hydration, food and other necessities. This is why you may be able to spot our crew members in the images that Grizzler took. Due to Grizzler's high energy and active movements, several shots were blurred, so we only picked the best shots to be featured in this video.[/Quote]

[QUOTE=toastedspyro;47813368]Nikon's response to the reflections:[/QUOTE] Sounds like they're lying, I'm pretty sure in that reflective pic you would at least see a dog with the man, and not just a guy holding a camera.

[QUOTE=toastedspyro;47813368]Nikon's response to the reflections:[/QUOTE] Yes but we all know it's obviously bullshit.

[QUOTE=toastedspyro;47813368]Nikon's response to the reflections:[/QUOTE] To me it can sorta look like a man with a dog on the reflection, especially considering the dog in the video was black and white. I can definitely see something between the guy's legs, below his hands. Might be him petting the dog to encourage the shot. This just seems like a really weird thing to fake.

[QUOTE=Dracon;47813400]Sounds like they're lying, I'm pretty sure in that reflective pic you would at least see a dog with the man, and not just a guy holding a camera.[/QUOTE] I see a dog there, looks like a man holding around a dog. [img]http://puu.sh/i2ayi.png[/img]

just unbend it in photoshop or something anyway the video is so cringey

[QUOTE=Nebukadnezzer;47814658]just unbend it in photoshop or something anyway the video is so cringey[/QUOTE] what, you don't like phoDOGraphers? :v:

[QUOTE=paul simon;47814682]what, you don't like phoDOGraphers? :v:[/QUOTE] I'm gonna have a stroke if I see that word again.

[QUOTE=paul simon;47814636]I see a dog there, looks like a man holding around a dog. [img]http://puu.sh/i2ayi.png[/img][/QUOTE] I guess that's what being a pho-dographer actually means. You grab a dog with a built in camera and takes photos with it super simple.

The pictures are way too sharp for a camera that shakes like crazy on a dog. Neat idea though.

Anyway, this whole thing is nonsense simply because even if the heart camera magical selective photo taking worked, 90% of what you gonna get will be blurred crap because guess what, dog's heartbeat also rises when it MOVES. Because of that, you will spend ridiculous amount of time weeding out the few okay pictures yourself, anyway. SO, why bullshit around with a camera holder mashed together with a heartbeat sensor, and not just attach a GoPro to the dog in same manner and attach the heartbeat sensor separately, so you can sit with the video (which will probably at least be much easier to make sense of than series of horribly blurred photos), and if you want to pretend the heartbeat nonsense actually means something, you can just look at the saved graph of heartbeat, line it up with the video, and pick the snapshots, yourself. This is just a massive gimmick by principle, even if it worked and there's zero point to it. Since they obviously lied about the photos they showcased, they can crash and burn for all I care. [editline]27th May 2015[/editline] It's kinda saddening to see this because it's just Nikon struggling to keep their compact camera market a thing as they watch it to run dry and disappear because 90% of people who would have bought a compact just have a phone with [I]good enough[/I] camera today.

[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47813332]Probably a combination of both. I'd imagine they'd need a human to take a bunch of the advertising pictures for the video because honestly, who would want to watch an ad full of dog's asses, piles of shit, and food spilled on the floor? What dog is gonna get excited looking at a car full of corn oil and baked beans?[/QUOTE] Well, my dog used to get excited at the sight of any stationary car, because in his mind it meant it was time to mount up and go somewhere for a walk.

I can picture my dog taking pictures of his food bowl non-stop :Y