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Subject: [Leica] why phones have cameras in them
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:19:21 -0700
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Thank you so much for sharing this. I was touched.

Herb


>My sister's husband died recently. At sunrise, about two hours
>before the end, she pointed the camera in her ancient BlackBerry at
>her dying husband and her grieving son. If she'd run out of the room
>to get a "real" camera the moment would have been gone.
>
>Steve died shortly thereafter, and in her grief, my sister forgot
>about this picture locked away inside her phone. When she remembered
>it, she sent it to me to be archived. Trust me, I've made sure this
>precious image will never get lost.
>
>    http://reid.org/~brian/images/EthanSteve-20100730.jpg
>
>(I've applied chroma noise removal and slight color balancing to the
>as-shot image)
>
>
>
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Herbert Kanner
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] why phones have cameras in them)