Got a Mac? You've got an accent!
Actually, you have access lots of accents, all at once!
Did you know that your Mac can very simply type a number of foreign language accents automatically with a simple keystroke under most applications and fonts?
I’ve know how to type the accents used by the German language for a while as I often use them in German papers for my studies, but on the Apple Knowledge Base I’ve discovered a post noting the key stroke combinations used for six different accent markings -grave, acute, circumflex, tilde, umlaut and cedilla. Check it out here.
The article is a bit dated as it also discusses how to use the “Key Caps” application, which was removed in OS 10.3 and later. The “Key Caps” application functionality has been shifted to the “Character Palette” window, the details of which are here.
Viel Spaß!
This works with a regular DV camera. Try this with your regular TV remote too!
The iSight infrared test works because the iSight camera uses a solid-state camera sensor (film) that is permits the IR to come right into the sensor, and the IR “fires” the red part of the video sensor. Solid-state imagers are MUCH more sensistive to near-IR than traditional film emulsions are. Some camera manufacturers (Nikon) go to great lengths to block infrared inputs to the camera, so the exposure system doesn’t get overloaded. Some photo buffs go so far as to dis-assemble their digital cameras to remove the visible-only light filter (a bluish piece of glass) from the camera, enableing them to take infrared B&W photos. You know, the weird ones with the dark sky & white trees?
A link to a Nikon disassembly & mod procedure:
http://www.lifepixel.com/ir-tutorials/nikon-coolpix-995-digital-infrared-conversion-instructions.htm