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The Presidential Portrait Goes Digital

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-oh-obamania dept.

alphadogg writes "Barack Obama's election to US president has already brought a string of firsts, and on Wednesday there came another. The official presidential portrait was shot on a digital camera for the first time. The picture was taken by the White House's new official photographer, Pete Souza, and issued by The Office of the President Elect through its Web site. It was taken on Tuesday evening at 5:38 p.m. using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, according to the metadata embedded in the image file."

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  1. Re:I seldom simply rant... by squiggleslash · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are you kidding? The President-elect has just been shot* and you don't think it's newsworthy?

    * As in "shot with a camera", "camera shot", etc**
    ** Yes, I'm aware most people get the joke. This is Slashdot though, half the readers will need it explaining to them.

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    CmdrTaco is a big fat idiot.

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  2. Re:do we really need an article here on /. by aliquis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nah, just when he's sore and gets blood on the paper.