November 22nd, 2004
End of the Paparazzi? Not this time…
Posted by
Ben in
Gear, Photojournalism
The London Times had a story about a new system developed by Hewlett-Packard that would supposedly enable celebrities to avoid having their picture taken.
“By wearing a specially designed electronic badge that jams electronic cameras, they will be able to prevent photographers from taking unwanted pictures. The “privacy protection system” being developed by Hewlett-Packard will allow the publicity-shy to transmit an infrared signal to any nearby compatible camera.”
Compatible camera?… As pointed out at in this Engadget article, no-one is going to want to buy a crippled camera like this, thus rendering the system pointless and – fortunately for the press – cementing the certainty that any such system will never make it to market.
