Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>According to Universal Press Syndicate, Sony Corp. will modify its popul= ar Handycam video camera after a Japanese magazine revealed that a $7 filter used with the lens's infrared feature could enable users to see underneat= h the clothing of lightly dressed people. An Associated Press reporter likened the effect to seeing a body through a thin curtain rather than viewing someone nude, but that did not stop a brief run on the cameras before Sony's announcement. > >Kirk Turk > ########## The story is funny but totally false according to the french review Chasseur d'images (n=B0 207, p.168 : "the summer rumor").They have tested= the cam with a female model and the result is not convincing.They say that if you want to see the anatomy of the model, you had better ask a favour of her ! =20 Dominique Pellissier