More importantly, the block chain technology provides a way to protect intellectual property rights of photographers.
This is a really big deal. In a couple of days, Kodak’s stock has tripled in value and the company transitions from a “has been” to a future oriented business.
“Before taking the lead this weekend at the domestic box-office, “Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi” proved fans are still as eager as ever to see films in 3D. This week RealD, the world’s largest 3D cinema platform, announced that Lucasfilm’s latest Star Wars installment earned an impressive 34% of its worldwide gross from 3D performances of the film.”
‘Star Wars the Last Jedi’ Proves that 3D is still a Selling Point with fans
On February 16 to February 17, 2017, malware gained access to my 3d.coldstreams.com web site. The malware generated spam messages that were routed to my Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr account pages.
This malware attack occurred while our Internet access was down (or mostly down) over the past 3 days. Fortunately, Internet service has been restored today and I have removed the spam messages from the Twitter and Facebook pages – still need to clean up the Tumblr page.
I believe I have successfully deleted the malware from the web site as there have been no more spam messages sent during the past 90 minutes.
My guess is the malware infected a “plug in” to the web site. Specifically, I think the plug-in was infected as part of a plug-in update. When the web site automatically updated to new versions, it downloaded the infected new code, installed that and began spamming.
Cameras
Canon EOS 77D Digital SLR Camera Body – Black – $899.99
Canon EOS 77D Digital SLR Camera Body Kit, with EF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens – $1,049.00
Canon EOS 77D DSLR Camera Kit, with EF-S 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens- $1,499.00
Canon EOS Rebel T7i DSLR Camera Body – $749.00
Canon EOS Rebel T7i DSLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens – $899.00
Canon EOS Rebel T7i DSLR Camera with EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens – $1,299.00
Canon EOS M6 Mirrorless Digital Camera Body – $779.00
Canon EOS M6 Mirrorless Digital Camera Kit with EF-M 15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM Lens – $899.00
Canon EOS M6 Mirrorless Digital Camera Black Kit with EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM – $1,279.00
LENS
CANON EF-S 18-55 F/3.5-5.6 IS STM LENS – $249.00
ACCESSORIES
Canon BR-E1 Wireless Remote for T7i and 77D – $49.95
Canon EVC-DC2 Electronic Viewfinder Black – for EOS M6 / EOS M3 / PowerShot G1 X Mark II / PowerShot G3 X – $209.95
The media bad mouthed 3D – falsely referring to eyeglasses as “goggles” – contributing to the stunted market for consumer 3D TV. This CNET story reads like those old stories – just change “3D” to”VR”:
Virtual reality promises to be a mega-trend that upends how we use computers and just plain get along. So why’s it such a snooze at the world’s biggest tech expo?
Source: Virtually boring: VR really disappoints at CES this year – CNET
Yep, it’s 2017 and VR is just a snooze, practically dead, isn’t it?
Reminder – 3D was launched into a market in the midst of a near global economic depression. People who had just upgraded their old TVs to new HDTVs were asked to upgrade to more expensive 3D TVs. That was a non-starter. Second, there was very limited 3D content available. A limited selection of 3D BluRays – plus one or two 3D TV networks available only to a few. With little to watch, there was little reason to upgrade one’s HDTV to a new 3D HDTV.
News reporters, many of whom admitted they did not like 3D movies, invented their own explanation – they proclaimed consumers did not like “3D goggles”, referring to eyeglasses. The same reporters who wrote that then later wrote enthusiastically about Virtual Reality – never mind that VR elevates the “goggles” to literal helmets.
Now some reporters seem to be turning against VR because VR is not already in every home and being used for every possible application. The technology just isn’t roll out fast enough!
VR has something going for it that 3D TV did not – Google Cardboard-style viewers. Low cost, simple viewers that use existing smart phones enable consumers to enjoy VR 360 and VR 3D videos and games – at low cost! No large investment is required – no need to purchase an expensive 3D TV and upgrade your DVD player to 3D BluRay.
Second, content is delivered as gaming applications – no cable TV or satellite network support needed, as was needed for 3D. Users can watch VR 360 and VR 3D videos hosted on Youtube, Facebook and other online sites.
To summarize, VR has going for it: