May 232013
 

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May 222013
 

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May 152013
 

Brinno Announces the World’s First HDR Time-Lapse Video Camera

 

May 152013
 

Next thing you know he’ll be shooting HDR images! Check out the story on PetaPixel at the link below:

Chimpanzee’s Photographs Set to Fetch Over $100,000 At Auction

Photo by Guzelian GUZELIAN

PetaPixel – Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration

May 142013
 

It is not surprising that  a huge amount of money has been invested in sensors for mobile phone cameras. My research indicates that Sony has spent about two billion dollars in R & D to develop the Exmor RS series of HDR sensors. The way they work is quite logical. Where conventional Bayer sensors are comprised of a single layer of pixels, the Exmor RS sensors are comprised of three layers. Each layer is sensitive to a different level of brightness. So the camera basically captures and combines three bracketed images during a single exposure. This HDR capture also works for HD video capture. Exmor RS also incorporates back illuminated sensor technology which moves the wiring behind the photo-diode for increased sensitivity.

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The new Sony Experia Z uses a 1/3 inch 13 megapixel version of this sensor. By the end of this year we may very likely a much larger 20 megapixel Sony Exmor Sensor in the “Sony Honami” smart phone. It seems to me that if this sensor is scaled up, we may find a future variation in a professional DSLR. I would love to be able to avoid motion artifacts in my HDR images using this technology!

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Is this the Sony Exmor RS “Honami”?

 

Sony i1 aka Honami cameraphone to land unlocked in the US this fall, alongside the 6.44″ Togari phablet

More On The Sony Honami And Its 20-Megapixel Camera | Ubergizmo

May 072013
 

 

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May 062013
 

Adobe kills Creative Suite, goes subscription-only | Business Tech – CNET News

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Apr 252013
 

HDR Panorama Tutorial – PhotoEngine & Autopano

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Mar 162013
 

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Mar 062013
 
HDR EFEX PRO 2 is $99.95 and $49.95 to upgrade from the previous version.

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Mar 042013
 

My understanding is that Sony spent a billion dollars developing this new three layered sensor. Each layer is sensitive to a different portion of the dynamic range of a scene. Those of you who remember the history of color photography know that there is a striking analogy here. The first three color motion picture process by Technicolor used a three strip film camera to capture the RGB color information. In 1935 Kodak invented something called integal tripack color film. It was named “Kodachrome”. The new film recorded RGB information on three layers coated onto the film base. Subsequent color films all used integral tripack  to capture color information.

With Bayer sensors in digital cameras, RGB info is captured in one layer with some limitations on dynamic range. By devising a three layer, Bayer sensor Sony is increasing the ability of this sensor to capture a wider dynamic range. Eventually I predict that there will be larger sensors of this type for our DSLRs that will probably eliminate are at least reduce the need to shoot multiple exposures in HDR photography. Thanks Sony!