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Mobile

How Did An IPhone Take This Picture?

10:00AM August 30, 2010 | Casey Chan

Unless the blades of this aeroplane propellor can defy gravity and float, the iPhone’s camera totally distorted reality with this picture. How did this happen? No, it’s not Photoshop. It’s because of the camera’s “rolling shutter”. More »


Software

RollingShutter Reminds Us That Videos Should Not Wiggle Like Jelly

1:40PM September 3, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

What’s wrong with that video from last night? Things seem a bit skewed, distorted, and wiggly-jiggly. No, I’m not focused on that redhead in the tiny pink shirt, I’m talking about a fixable issue with CMOS-based video cameras. More »