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NHK's balloon camera is cheaper than a crane and just as steady | The Verge
The Japan Broadcasting Corporation, or NHK, has developed a camera-carrying balloon capable of steady aerial shots that would previously have been done from a crane. The helium-filled balloon, which can rise to heights of 300 meters but would likely operate at 30 to 50 meters, is attached to a four-axis gimbal that keeps the camera steady even when the balloon moves.
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Android Apps: Ninja Camera
by alamat (via)
★Widget Mode:
User can quickly take a picture or record a video as a Widget and there is no need to launch the Camera application. Because many beautiful view is fleeting.
Support silent mode. It is completely silence under Widget Mode.
