Patent and technology consultancy Chipworks has published its iPhone 7 teardown and reveals that front and rear image sensors on the new Apple models are supplied by market leader Sony. This is not too much of a surprise as earlier iPhone models used Sony sensors as well. In its report Chipworks doesn't say which exact sensor model has been deployed in the rear camera but we know the 12MP chip uses the Exmor RS... more
Icelandic company Kla is showing a pre-production version of its Bebe smartphone lens attachment at its Photokina booth. The Kla Bebe allows for the capture of stereoscopic 3D images with any smartphone camera. It attaches to the device via a plastic clip and uses high-quality mirrors the capture the right and left eye view of your 3D image at the same time. Output... more
Leica's Dr. Andreas Kaufmann with Ren Zhengfei, founder of HUAWEI
Camera manufacturer Leica and telecom brand Huawei have announced they are to create a research and development center so they can jointly work on optical and software systems. The Max Berek Innovation Lab will be established at Leicas headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany, and will build on the relationship the two... more
Venus Optics are quickly becoming a leader in extreme lens design, but even by their standard, they’ve seriously outdone themselves with the Laowa 24mm f/14 Replay 2x Macro lens.
This weird lens, spotted at Photokina by our friends at... more
With the Mark II version, Olympus' new flagship comes with some big improvements despite remaining relatively compact. Between its impressive speed, autofocus system and video capabilities, almost every core specification has been bumped up a notch (or three). We sat down with Olympus' Eric Gensel to go through some of those changes in more detail, from continuous shooting (and what its mechanical shutter sounds like at 15 fps) to just how effective Olympus' image stabilization has... more
We’re always looking to up our Photoshop game, but the lists of Must Know “techniques” or “skills” or “tools” we run across typically disappoint us by being either to basic or too niche. This useful Top 10 by Nate Dodson of... more
Today, we know the Eiffel Tower as the much beloved symbol of Paris. It wasnt always like this though. In fact, many Parisians were not too fond of their new landmark back in 1889 and many of them wanted it taken down.
Even before its construction, a group of eminent French authors and artists... more
Apple released iOS 10.1 to public beta testers today, and it includes one of the most anticipated features they showed off during their iPhone 7 keynote: the “Portrait” mode that fakes a depth of field effect.
Apple isn’t the first to leverage a dual camera to try and fake bokeh in portraits and other images, but they... more
