Today Lytro announced the world’s first light field camera. The main idea behind the camera is to shoot first and focus later. The camera has an anodized aluminum frame, f/2, 8x zoom, and an 11-mega-ray light-field which powers the ability to refocus. It also sports a touchscreen Continue to read»
With so many cameras available, figuring out how all the specifications and options translate into your everyday use is complicated. For our first lesson in the Basics of Photography, we learn how cameras work and make sense of what that means in terms of choosing a camera to buy and how that choice affects your photographs.Part I: Understanding How Your Digital Camera Works
ZionEyez now has a prototype with a more grounded spec list, including a 720p camera and 8GB of memory, along with micro-USB and Bluetooth connectivity for livecasting to Qik or Livestream. You can swap out the removable sunglass lenses for clear versions, or throw in your prescription in daylight (tinted) or indoor flavors, since many optical stores stock appropriately sized lenses. Availability for these $199 HD Ray-Ban clones is currently slated for fall (assuming ZionEyez hits its funding target), but you can pre-order your pair for $150 on Zion’s Kickstarter page.
Apple might be poised to ditch OmniVision for its next round of iPhone / iPod Touch cameras, but that hasn’t stopped the company from trotting out a fresh crop of sensors. Weeks after unveiling a beastly 12 megapixel number, it’s announced the OV5690, a 5 megapixel chip, and the first to use the company’s second-generation OmniBSI-2 pixel architecture.
