Canon has released an awesome video explaining just how a Canon camera works, from the lens, to the sensor, and to the digital image processor, which takes the raw data from the image sensor and turns them into images we know. While the video has an old school, infomercial feel to it, it still offers ...
CCD and CMOS sensors are the most important part of any camera, without a good sensor, you won't take good pictures, regardless of what image processor your got, what lens you use, a good sensor captures the image and the light correctly and efficiently. The video above from The Science Channel shows just how CCS ...
For decades, photographers, videographers and surfers have tried to capture the perfect surfing shot, the shot of the surfer riding inside the wave, as the wave encloses on top of him. It's a one in a million shot, so it's not surprise that no one has been able to achieve the perfect shot. Until now. ...
Okay, the app hysteria has officially reached new heights: a photo sharing app called Color, currently in development, has raised $41 million in funding. For an app! Either they have some amazing technology, or they're really good salesmen. Either way, you can check out parts of the app in the video demo above. Actually, it's ...
Landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd shares here her amazing time lapse video of the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis as it's known. It reportedly took her 4 years to compile all the footage, and we must say, it looks like it was worth it. Especially set to the soundtrack of Gladiator. The footage was shot with ...
We love stop motion films, because unlike regular video, they actually take time and effort to create, especially if they're any decent. Photographer Alex Profit took 2000 photos from his journeys to cities like Paris, Barcelona, Shanghai, Tokyo, New York and London, and strung them together into this awesome video. What's more impressive, is that ...
The other day, we reported on a certain user named BITcrash 44, who found a way to connect a device to the iPhone that made him hijack a screen. I regret to inform of two fallacies. First, I believe that I suggested that this guy is in Tokyo. He is actually at ...
The Projector - 8mm Direct to 5Dmk2 from James Miller on Vimeo. What you are seeing here is how James Miller turned an old 8mm film into digital. Miller essentially used a maks to a Canon 5DMK2 and ran the film one frame at a time past the sensor, then he synced the frames with ...
We love the Nikon D3, and especially the D3s, but honestly, we don't really know how things run behind the scenes, inside the camera body, every time we take a photo. Sure, we know there's a shutter and shutter curtain and a mirror and a lot of other things, but we can't really see them ...
"Painting with Pixels" time lapse from iam8bit Productions on Vimeo. As part of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), iam8bit put on display a very interesting poster. Every Conference Attendee was given a pixel, which was a 2 x 2 sticker. There were about 5,760 of them given out in total, and each sticker matched ...
