Cameras and Photo Editing
At the beginning of the travelogue on Western soil, between 2017 and 2018, a Xiaomi smartphone, acquired in Beijing around 2015, was the tool of choice for capturing and editing still images.
In early 2021, a smartphone, operating under Android One software system, was purchased to meet the need for a dedicated mobile camera. Its technical appeal was receiving secure software updates from an American corporation, Google.
The low-cost computing machine, manufactured by a supply chain for a Finnish corporation and bought at a Belgian chain of stores, was equipped with two rear cameras which were endowed with a 13-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.
The Nokia’s longevity and endurance earned it the merit of being compared to a cheap handheld Air Force One in the hands of a moving target of celestial attention and protection.
The smart device was cryptographically identified and verified as his by him on a cyberspace board in the summer of 2022. In a stunning turn of events, a few weeks later, the handheld computer was attacked by more than a single cyber-roaming intrusion, deniably sponsored by weaponized powers, as strong as a nation-state’s.
The Android One’s circuits were penetrated by an illogical force in the last season of 2022, then again in the first season of 2024. Such were unreported cases of traumatic events that, year after year, comically proved one’s resilience to ill-willed interference, and tearfully washed away hopes of mercy.
All photographs were edited by using Android software applications before being sent off to cyberspace, namely Snapseed (uncolouring into greyscale), White Border (wide white framing), and Scrambled Exif (removal of native metadata). All of them were manually processed, in a sequential manner, to attempt escaping from global mass surveillance and third-party sabotage of equipment.
Overall, the two cameras had basic features to balance highlights and shadows in photographs, and produced decent details in well-lit conditions. They assisted with scene recognition and optimization, but all cameras were obviously unprivileged by their mediocre sensors.
awalkaday 28-2022 → A church on an island where the Moselle splits in two, Metz, France. Its metadata was stripped before reaching this page. The photo knows where it was taken. The file no longer does.
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