Most attempts to improve the quality of image sensors have focused on making them more sensitive to low light. A newly-developed organic CMOS sensor from Fuji and Panasonic goes in the other direction ...

Nokia may have the best smartphone camera system around with its 41 megapixel Pureview camera. We are all hoping to see similar Pureview technology (but on a smaller scale) with the Lumia 920 Windows ...

Lots of people build custom steampunk goggles, but most don’t implement any interactivity – they’re just an aesthetic accessory. [Sarah] recently decided to built a pair that, besides looking cool, ...

Just like bracketing exposures, image sensor circuitry combines multiple exposures into one image to improve its dynamic range, or the ability to capture bright and dark regions. Stephen Shankland ...

San Jose, Calif. — OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has expanded its infrared (IR) product portfolio with the addition of the SFH 7710 SMT orientation sensor for camera phones, digital cameras and personal ...

Avago Technologies releases the APDS-9004. It is a low cost analog-output ambient light photo sensor in miniature chipLED lead-free, reverse surface mount package. It provides response close to that ...

Full Frame/FX, APS-C/DX, 4/3, CX, digicam; how to decide which camera to use for different tasks. Recent developments in the market have presented camera buyers with some complex choices, most of ...

A team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has developed a new image sensor from graphene that promises to improve the quality of images captured in low light ...

Jennifer Van Grove covered the social beat for CNET. She loves Boo the dog, CrossFit, and eating vegan. Her jokes are often in poor taste, but her articles are not. A newly surfaced photo suggests ...