Canon develops super-sensitve, 202-by-205mm CMOS sensor
Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan, successfully developed a 202-by-205mm CMOS image sensor, which the company says is capable of capturing images in 1/100th the amount of light required by a professional-model digital SLR camera. At 202-by-205 mm, the newly developed CMOS sensor is among the largest chips that can be produced from a 12-inch (300 mm) [...]
Roxio announces Creator 2011 digital media suite
The next great 3D movie won’t feature blue creatures, talking toys, or even mad hatters, says Roxio. More likely, it will involve a baby’s first steps, a daughter’s graduation, or a grandmother’s seventieth birthday. Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, Santa Clara, Calif., released Creator 2011 — what it calls the world’s first digital media [...]
Canon develops 120 MP APS-H-size CMOS sensor
Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan, announced it has developed an APS-H-size CMOS image sensor delivering an image resolution of approximately 120 megapixels (13,280-by-9,184 pixels), the world’s highest level of resolution for its size. Compared with Canon’s highest-resolution commercial CMOS sensor of the same size, comprising approximately 16.1 million pixels, the newly developed sensor features a pixel [...]
Sony debuts Translucent Mirror technology
Sony claims its new “Translucent Mirror” technology is “one of the most significant SLR structural changes in more than a decade.” Continuous and quick focus with TTL phase-detection while shooting allows “desired moments to be captured in tack sharp focus, high-definition video,” Sony says, “and provides performance previously unattainable with traditional DSLR technology.” The translucent [...]
Tessera’s Tiny Imaging Innovations — in the new issue of The 6Sight Report
The latest issue of The 6Sight Report, the voice of the 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, is now available online. The report is $39. This month’s edition focuses on new innovations in imaging. • Original ideas in Photography and 3D • New Cameras for Fall • Tessera Transforms Optics Here is the beginning of our talk with Mike [...]
“Frankencamera” programmable open-source camera free to try on phone
Anyone can now create new imaging applications with Stanford University’s open-source digital photography software platform, dubbed the “Frankencamera.” The free download runs on Nokia’s N900 smart phone, which runs Linux. The camera’s metering, focusing, demosaicing, denoising, white balancing, and other post-processing algorithms are programmable. “Over the past five years, the cameras in cell phones have improved [...]
Tessera’s FotoNation Video Tools solution brings image stabilization to mobile
Tessera Technologies, San Jose, Calif., announced its new FotoNation Video Tools solution, which provides video image stabilization and video face beautification capabilities for mobile devices such as camera phones, pocket camcorders and digital still cameras. This innovative technology enables the capture and recording of clear, high-quality videos. As demand for video capabilities in handheld cameras [...]
YouTube crowdsources “Life in a Day” feature film
YouTube is developing a collaborative video project that will utilize Hollywood talent — and the videography of just about everybody. The company bills “Life in a Day” as “a historic cinematic experiment that will attempt to document one day, as seen through the eyes of people around the world.” The project aims to “collect all [...]
“Wonder Camera” coming from Canon… in two decades
Canon demonstrated a new concept camera that captures extremely high resolution video, from which still images can later be derived. “The Wonder Camera” premiered at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai — with word that the hardware itself is not due for decades. Canon’s concept cam reportedly combines video and still image capture, although little [...]
Adorama announces winners of first annual APPOS – iPhone App Awards for Photography
Photography and consumer electronics reseller Adorama announces the winners of the first annual APPOS – iPhone App Awards for Photography. The annual APPOS Awards are designed to spotlight the rapid rise in popularity of the iPhone as a new platform for digital point-and-shoot photography and to recognize developers of outstanding photo Apps. The top 10 [...]
