Nokia 808 PureView Camera – Yes There is Also a Phone Feature
Nokia’s new PureView Pro imaging technology was announced today at Mobile World Congress. The first phone including this technology is Nokia 808 PureView which has pretty amazing camera specs, Carl Zeiss optics, 41 MP sensor with 1.4 micron pixel size (White paper here). There has been some debate whether or not anyone needs 41 MP Read the Rest…
Scalado Introduces a Novel Object Removal Technology
How many times have you taken images in a crowded place where people are moving in front of a scene you would like to capture? It is a very common problem that Scalado aims to solve with their object removal technology. The idea is simple, their app takes several images from the scene and detects Read the Rest…
Low Light Imaging
Todays digital cameras produce pictures with amazing image quality, but only if there is enough light. In low light situations, taking good looking pictures becomes really challenging. Often you can see camera manufacturers telling how good performance their new camera product has in low light. It’s because that’s the area where they have most room Read the Rest…
Lytro is Shaking the Camera Industry
Until recently, light field imaging has been performed with systems including several large cameras and a supercomputer. Yesterday, Lytro presented a first consumer level light field camera which will certainly shake the whole camera industry. Pictures taken with conventional cameras are two dimensional light intensity maps. Light field pictures include also information of the directions Read the Rest…