“A new technique can reconstruct the depth of a surface simply by taking two photos of it – one with a flash and one without. Merely analysing the resulting shading patterns can capture the surface’s 3D texture.”
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“Meet the Space Cube — the world’s smallest fully functional PC. Primarily designed for use in space, it somehow manages to cram a working PC with USB ports, card readers, audio outputs and proprietary interfaces into a tiny cube chassis measuring just two inches square. It runs a basic Linux front-end.”
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Sony have released a press release about their development of a back-illuminated CMOS image sensor which promises lower noise and almost twofold sensitivity. This means more dynamic range and better low light performance.
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“Ever had a really cool idea for something you wanted to build, but you had no way to actually build it? Ever designed a toy or a piece of art that you thought would be a neat thing to have, but your skills at moulding plastic or at sculpture just weren’t up to the task?”
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I’ve developed a technique for getting better flash photos from any point-and-shoot digital camera for free using only a business card.
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“No, the Google Street View cameras didn’t cause the fire (at least I don’t think so), but they were there in Sherwood, Arkansas when this house went up in flames. Now the images are saved for who know how long on Google.”
When I tried it, the link to Google maps said that ‘This image is no longer available,’ just click once in the north direction to see the house.
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This is a very impressive slow motion video of a lightning strike. Unfortunately the frame rate is unknown but estimates made by the guy at Gizmodo put it above 1200 fps.
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Hi everyone, sorry for the recent radio silence. I’m back with this Flickr set of some “High Dynamic Range Photos processed from two or more exposures in Photomatix”
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