Video the week --- we're going to the dogs!
October 8, 2011 Post a Comment 
On October 4th, 2011 Petco and Sony (strange bedfellow, eh?) attempted to break a Guinness World Record for having the largest gathering of adopted pets and their owners. It was a so-so day with some rain before the event and the record (250 owners with their adopted shelter pets) wasn’t broken. Sony was on hand with tips on how to take great photos of your pets. The Petco National Adoption Reunion will be accepting photographs of your pet(s) online till October 31st, 2011. For every photograph received, Sony will donate a dollar (up to $10,000) to help pets that are in need. There’s also a chance to win a trip to San Francisco for the best pet photograph submitted. More details are at the link below. At the event I got to briefly play with the Cyber-shot WX9. It’s Sony's entry point for getting an Exmor R backside-illuminated CMOS sensor. (Exmor R backside-illuminated CMOS sensor.) According to CNET these sensors, found in the iPhone, provide faster shooting performance and better low-light quality. They were previously used only in Sony's higher-end Cyber-shots. The WX9's has some nice features for a camera that retails for less than $200. There’s a high-res 3-inch LCD, a f2.6 25mm-equivalent ultrawide-angle lens with 5X zoom, and full HD movie capture. The pictures I saw on display where really great and I was surprised to learn this camera offers 16-megapixel resolution at that price. There are dozens of automatic modes, or better yet, you can limit it to 3 if you’re not interested in manual control. They are Easy, Intelligent Auto, and Superior Auto. The WX9's movie mode is capable of recording at HD resolutions up to 1,920 X1,080 pixels in either AVCHD or MPEG-4 formats. I didn’t use it, but there’s also a 3D shooting mode. The Sony WX9 is as low as $163.00 on Amazon. I haven’t shopped at any this places, but here’s the list:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6hy8mfz
Info on entering your pet pictures:
http://www.petcoadoptionreunion.com/
The ball I was playing with is the Arachnoid Ball from JW Pets. This squeaky, bouncy, rubbery, ball got a
lot of attention at the event, even from the dogs! A natural rubber web design surrounds the squeaky toy inside, and there’s room to stick a treat inside to add interest to the toy for your hound. It sells for under $10. Available at Petco and other pet stores.
See or hear this Netcast: www.twit.tv/dgw1335
This link usually goes live on Sunday afternoon, the day after we record the Netcast.
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