You would probably have to be the ruler of Dubai to be able to afford one of these but it’s impressive either way. That tiny little spec to the right of the gigantic sensor is the embarrassingly small ‘full frame’ sensor found in a camera like the 5D Mark II, Nikon D3 or Sony A900. Canon makes no mention of the resolution of this beastly sensor but it certainly doesn’t sound like it’s that high considering the improvements in sensitivity. [...]
Continue reading Canon demonstrates the largest CMOS sensor ever
If you thought the resolution jumps were over you might want to brace yourself because Canon clearly doesn’t agree with that train of thought. Their latest and greatest exhibition of pixel packing shoves 120mp in to a sensor. You might be thinking that with such resolution it must be a “full frame” sensor, but no, it’s APS-H sized. If it were full frame you’d be talking over 200 megapixels. For comparison Canon’s current best full frame sensor rocks 21.1 megapixels and their 1D mark IV runs an 18mp APS-H sensor. [...]
Continue reading Canon says “the more the merrier” and trots out 120mp sensor
Pellicle mirrors are back, but this time it’s not just to allow higher FPS in continuous shooting [drive] mode. Sony has brought back semi-transparent mirrors to take a portion of the light and direct it towards phase detection AF sensors for use while shooting video. Compared to contrast detection based AF using the image sensor, phase detection is faster and more accurate. This should definitely help address many of the AF concerns found in DSLRs (which use contrast detection AF) when shooting in video mode. Sony’s three new cameras sporting this design are the A33, A55 and A55v (has GPS built in). [...]
Continue reading Sony brings pellicle mirrors back with the SLT-A33 and SLT-A55
Canon must have spoiled me with the SD4000. Their first back-illuminated CMOS (I’ll call this BICMOS for short) camera was a surprise and I had hoped we’d be seeing that sensor technology creeping in to other cameras soon. While Canon is updating the SD4000 with the new SD4500, using the same sort of Canon-made sensor, it seems it may not be moving to anything else just yet. [...]
Continue reading I was hoping for a G12 with BICMOS
Another day, another bizarre camera concept from Yanko Design. Actually there have been a lot of good ideas out there for improving the ergonomics of cameras by tweaking grip angles, positions and control locations. This, clearly, is not one of them. [...]
Continue reading Crazy Camera Concept Friday – your camera is now a bent pipe
From the beginning of photography through the most recently botched BP public relations images, manipulation is as old a tool as the camera itself. The tools might be more accessible and more powerful now but that doesn’t necessarily mean all modern manipulations are well hidden, it still takes skill to successfully pull the wool over someone’s eyes. [...]
Continue reading Uses and abuses of photographic manipulation
This isn’t the first time a product like this has come to market. I remember seeing something similar from Horseman a couple years ago at PDN PhotoPlus. Accessories like this are pretty neat and I do like the way this opens up some flexibility when using DSLRs that even tilt-shift lenses can’t provide. Unfortunately I just can’t personally see justifying the cost and they’re too bulky which would make systems like this a poor replacement for my tilt-shifts. [...]
Continue reading Sinar p-slr lets your DSLR act like a view camera
But the bruises, scrapes and limps will continue on. Sunday, August 1st was the last day of the big yearly meet in Rochester, NY when people from all over converge to hang out, see the sights and take a picture or two. I didn’t see a lot and I didn’t shoot a lot but I’ve got the bruises, scrapes, bandage and hobble to make it look like I did a lot. [...]
Continue reading Summer in the ROC 2010 is over…
I had wondered when someone might take advantage of the proliferation of cheap and small inertial measurement sensors like this. These senors are already in everything from Wiimotes to cellphones and using them to improve the deconvolution techniques that help to reduce the appearance of blur in images makes sense. In the battle against camera shake every little bit helps and some cameras already ship with accelerometers (like Sony’s fancy panorama sweep stitching cameras) so it seems something like this might be closer to mass market reality than not. Hooray! Until then, lay off the coffee and maybe the jitters will subside. [...]
Continue reading Microsoft merges motion sensors with cameras to help with your shaky hands
