This email gets me worried, somehow.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Last month, my friend and I got photographed by some uncles in HK. We asked him to help us take a photo using our camera, but then he insisted that our camera was too simple and the shots are not that nice, and used his professional camera instead. So the following mail got us worried.. since they have not sent us the pics through email yet. But the uncles seem nice, not the sort that would use that particular lens for shots, I guess. One was frowning when taking the pics.
Abstract:Hi lady friends,
The next time when you see astranger using a Digital Video Cam or Digital Camera pointing at you, don't think you are pretty and gorgeous. You are in danger in fact!! You might land yourself as a "starring" or "porn actress" in the XXX web-sites showing your naked body all over the world unawared. There are many pervert people doing this currently. Don't think they are just tourists or reporters.Please be awakened and alert when you are doing shopping in Big Malls, Airports, LRT Stations, Cinemas, Beaches, Hotels so forth..!!!!
Nowadays, technology in using high-tech cameras fixed with a type of lens called PF LENS, which can see through clothings. The PF LENS is able to see through most types of clothes, for example, thin clothes, tight clothes, sun dresses, swimsuits and so forth. Be awared that this means that the person taking a snap on you can actually see your naked body both "upper & underpart" through the external garment.
In other words,
the PF Lens allows the camera man to "see through" someone's clothes.My Research online:http://www.hoax-slayer.com/see-thru-lens.htmlPF Lens - See Through Clothing Camera WarningSummary:Email forward warns that unscrupulous photographers are using specialized camera lenses to capture images of women's bodies through their clothing and posting the resulting "nude" pictures on websites.Status:Plausible, but threat is probably exaggeratedhttp://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue58.html...While technically possible under certain conditions, I have so far found no evidence to suggest that the invasive practice described in this rather alarmist email is as common as implied. Although such tactics are possible, I feel that the email exaggerates the potential threat. Even with the specialist lenses, I doubt that capturing a usable "nude" image would be as simple as taking random snapshots of passers-by. For shots to be "effective" potential victims would most probably need to be already wearing sheer or skimpy attire (not us!) and be more or less posing(erm, oopz) for the camera. However, given the very rapid developments in technology that characterizes our times, more effective "see through" cameras may be just around the corner. Certainly, you should be quite wary of camera wielding strangers who seem intent on taking more than casual snapshots of your person. And of course, the unscrupulous or the perverted can misuse cameras that do not even have specialist "see through" capabilities. Mobile phone and digital cameras are becoming ubiquitous and have already been used to capture indecent images in change rooms and children's playgrounds.
http://www.kaya-optics.com/products/experiments.shtmlWell, as you can see from the link above, i think that the only problem at hand would be wearing thin clothes and not wearing a bra inside ur clothing. Lol~ Threat as artform? So in future if you see any weird photos, please note about this info.
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