Sharp’s boasting that their new 12.1MP sensor module is the world’s thinnest, allowing it to squeeze completely unnoticed into newer, svelter smartphones. What users will notice is its built-in optical stabilisation, reducing the amount of blur in their photos. More »
As well as popping out news of a massive 120MP sensor last week, Canon’s technicians have today announced its biggest ever CMOS sensor – which measures 202mm x 205 mm. That’s about 52sqcm. More »
Traditional high-resolution has been downgraded. Canon’s developed an APS-H-size CMOS image sensor capable of recording 120MP images, which will emerge at a monstrous 13,280×9184 pixels. Canon claims this 2.4-fold increase over its previous maximum resolution comes courtesy of clever new circuit timing techniques – which allow the sensor to record up to 9.5 of these huge frames per second. More »
These days, it’s hard to know whether we’re carrying mobiles that can take photos or cameras that can make phone calls. We take it for granted now but there was a time not so long ago when mobile phones were only made to make phone calls. Weird! More »
Wondering where you’re going to find some 3D content to run on your new 3D TV and 3D capable Blu-ray drive? Shoot your own! Panasonic’s new AG-3DA1 camcorder is hitting the market in October, and our eyes-on experience on Tuesday shows home videos could become 3D’s ‘killer app’. More »
German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems have embedded a head-mounted microdisplay into a pair of glasses—allowing the user to access and manipulate data with simple eye movements.
