!!Con 2017: HDR Photography in Microsoft Excel?! by Kevin Chen

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as a fun, short talk that shows how HDR photography actually works through an absurdly playful implementation.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Confreaks

Topic

hdr photography

Format

talk

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• You should definitely check out !!con. They have really fascinating and weird talks about all sorts of interesting CS and design topics. Plus, it's pay what you can and is located in New York, so there's lots of interesting stuff to do nearby. My favorite …

• I did my PhD in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) physics, and despite "optical" being part of that I realized midway that I didn't know enough about how regular cameras worked! It didn't take very long to learn, and it turned out to be extremely …

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