{"id":4899,"date":"2013-07-02T05:51:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T05:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2013-07-02T05:51:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T05:51:03","slug":"dave-akerman-wins-the-farnellelement-14-raspberrypi-camera-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4899","title":{"rendered":"Dave Akerman wins the Farnell\/Element 14 #RaspberryPi camera competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Akerman, who launches high-altitude balloons as a hobby, has won the Farnell\/Element 14 photography competition, voted on by the public. His photograph, a brilliant image of Devon and Cornwall taken at a height of almost 39km, stunned the Raspberry Pi world a few weeks ago and I think he&#8217;s a worthy winner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premierfarnell.com\/content\/%E2%80%98pi-sky%E2%80%99-winning-entry-element14%E2%80%99s-raspberry-pi-camera-competition\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/178.62.14.192\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/David%20Akerman.jpg?w=560\" alt='\u2018Pi in the Sky\u2019 the winning entry in element14\u2019s Raspberry Pi camera competition | Premier Farnell' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The full press release from Farnell is below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #88898d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">1 July 2013, London<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 An image of the Earth from 38.9km in the air has today been confirmed as the winner of element14\u2019s global Raspberry Pi camera competition. David Akerman used a weather balloon to fly his Raspberry Pi and camera module up into the Earth\u2019s stratosphere to capture\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #0083ab;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/groups\/raspberry-pi-accessories\/blog\/2013\/05\/28\/pi-camera-board-photography-competition--pi-in-the-sky?CMP=PRR-GLO-13-0021\" target=\"_blank\">the stunning image<\/a>\u00a0of Devon and Cornwall in the UK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #88898d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Entries to the competition came from all over the world including Taiwan, The Czech Republic, Canada, Germany and Australia and varied from traditional photographs, to stitched images as well as stop motion and video.\u00a0 The finalists included Tyler Crumpton with his image of hot air balloons in Alabama, USA and Mike Cook\u2019s cross section of the tongue of a common frog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #88898d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The camera board, which retails at $25, is available through\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #0083ab;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newark.com\/jsp\/search\/productdetail.jsp?CMP=PRR-GLO-13-0015&amp;sku=69W0689\" target=\"_blank\">Newark element14<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #0083ab;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcmelectronics.com\/product\/28-17733?CMP=PRR-GLO-13-0015\" target=\"_blank\">MCM<\/a>\u00a0in North America,\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #0083ab;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/groups\/raspberry-pi-accessories?CMP=PRR-GLO-13-0015\" target=\"_blank\">Farnell element14<\/a>\u00a0in Europe,\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #0083ab;\" href=\"http:\/\/cpc.farnell.com\/jsp\/bespoke\/bespoke7.jsp?bespokepage=cpc\/en_CC\/makerspace\/picamera_lp.jsp&amp;isRedirect=true?CMP=PRR-GLO-13-0015\" target=\"_blank\">CPC<\/a>\u00a0in the UK and Ireland and\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #0083ab;\" href=\"http:\/\/sg.element14.com\/?CMP=PRR-GLO-13-0015\" target=\"_blank\">element14<\/a>\u00a0in Asia Pacific.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #88898d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">David Akerman said: \u201cI&#8217;m delighted to win this competition which caps off a year since my first &#8220;Pi In The Sky&#8221; high altitude balloon flight.\u00a0 Since I took that image I&#8217;ve flown six Raspberry Pi missions, mostly using a webcam to take photos for transmission down to the ground, but more recently using the new Pi Camera.\u00a0 The images I can now capture are much better quality than before, plus the savings in weight and power mean my flights can go far higher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #88898d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The camera board itself is tiny, at around 25mm x 20mm x 9mm weighing 0.004kg with a five megapixel native resolution sensor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #88898d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">As David\u2019s prize he will receive each of the exclusive element14 accessories developed to enhance the Raspberry Pi experience including the Pi-Face, Gertboard, XBMC kit and the Embedded Pi all launched in 2013 with more exclusive add-ons to follow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #88898d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Claire Doyle, Global Head of Raspberry Pi at element14 said: \u201cDavid certainly deserves to win this competition, I was very impressed with his image which has already generated a lot of excitement across the globe when it was posted.\u00a0 The camera board is just one of a strategic pipeline of accessories we will be launching in 2013 to allow people to do more with their Raspberry Pi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #88898d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #0083ab;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/groups\/raspberry-pi-accessories?ICID=hp-rpicamera-ban?CMP=PRR-GLO-13-0015\" target=\"_blank\">Raspberry Pi camera board<\/a>\u00a0is a custom designed add-on which attaches to one of the small sockets on the board\u2019s upper surface. This interface uses the dedicated CSi interface, designed especially for interfacing to cameras.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premierfarnell.com\/content\/%E2%80%98pi-sky%E2%80%99-winning-entry-element14%E2%80%99s-raspberry-pi-camera-competition\">\u2018Pi in the Sky\u2019 the winning entry in element14\u2019s Raspberry Pi camera competition | Premier Farnell<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Akerman, who launches high-altitude balloons as a hobby, has won the Farnell\/Element 14 photography competition, voted on by the public. 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