Today’s image sensors are flawed. The standard silicon technology is extremely inefficient, pixel will lose 50% of the incoming light to metal lines or transistors blocking the silicon below. You might have noticed this peculiarity of silicon chips while shooting at night; Our eye can adjust and see in close to total darkness, digital cameras [...]
There is a lot of confusion about the nature of cameras with the APS-C sensor size vs. cameras with 35mm sensor size. Often the talk runs around image quality and I see that there is a general assumption that a DSLR with a 35mm sensor is always better. This is simply untrue. From a signal [...]
Focusing systems in modern DSLRs have been long criticized for accuracy problems. Phenomenon seems to be persistent across different brands. No matter if you shoot Canon, Nikon, or something else, chances are you have encountered situation when camera lens combination focuses slightly ahead or behind intended target. This focus weirdness is known as: ‘front focusing [...]
How much of dust and surface scratch on the lens front element is enough to cause visible image degradation? And how much will render my 1000$ lens useless? These were the questions bugging my mind today – Not accidentally though; I had a rough working day involving animals… obviously curious ones tried to grab my [...]
Photos captured by a digital camera thought to have spent over a year in the Atlantic ocean have been discovered. According to the BBC, trawlerman Benito Estevez fished the camera out with five holiday pictures intact on its SD card, off the west coast of Europe. One picture includes the cruiseliner QE2, that made its [...]
Mobile applications company zoomMediaPlus has announced the zoomIt SD card reader for Apple’s iPhone or iPod. Files including photos, videos, music and documents can be transferred in both directions using the included zoomIt application. Priced at $59.95, the card reader will start shipping from April 2010. “ZoomIt is creating an entirely new way for Apple [...]
