Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) made a camera that can shoot up to 6.1 million pictures per second – that’s a shutter speed of 440 trillionths of a second. This currently comes at the price of a resolution of just 3000 pixels. Read the full story at Wired.
Archive for the ‘Misc. cameras’ category
Fastest camera of the world: 6 million fps
May 2nd, 2009Funny ads about Face Recognition
December 6th, 2008Advertising/Design Goodness by Frederik Samuel has found some funny Nikon S60 ads about the Face Detection Feature. Not all three pictures might be apropriate for all users so I make them small – open at your own risk 
Detailled Nikon D90 review by Dpreview
October 14th, 2008And here is a detaillred D90 test by Dpreview and their summary:
“After using and testing the D90 extensively, it’s hard to think of a better enthusiast-level camera.”
Leica S2 and a 56% larger sensor
September 23rd, 2008Leica has announced a brand new DSLR system with their Leica S2 featuring a 30 x 45mm sensor (more than 56% larger than 35mm full-frame) delivering 37.5 megapixel in a weatherproof body.
Included is a whole range of new lenses: 24mm ultrawide, 35mm wide, 70mm standard, 100mm short tele, 120mm macro, 180mm telephoto, and 30mm tilt-and-shift optics. You can find all about the new system here.
New Nikon Coolpix cameras
August 7th, 2008Nikon announced several new compact cameras:
Nikon COOLPIX P6000
Nikon COOLPIX S710
Nikon COOLPIX S610c/S610
Nikon COOLPIX S560
Nikon COOLPIX S60
