Samsung has announced the ISOCELL HP3, a 200-megapixel image sensor that has 12% smaller pixels that can result in a 20% reduction in camera module area. It features what Samsung claims is the industry’s smallest 0.56μm pixel.
The ISOCELL HP3 packs the small 0.56μm pixel size in a 1/1.4-inch optical format, which is the diameter of the area that is captured through the camera lens.
Photographer Rachel Canale’s popular video series details the outrageous Photoshop requests clients have asked of her.
Requests such as, “Can you make it look like I’m hugging a leopard?” and “Can you put me in a selfie with Beyoncé?” appears to be…
Gear in this story
June 23, 2022
Most modern cameras will shoot video to one degree or another, but these are the ones we’d look at if you plan to shoot some video alongside your photos. We’ve chosen cameras that can take great photos and make it easy to get great looking video, rather than being the…
A photographer 3D printed a 4x telescopic macro adapter lens and sent it to a photographer for a field test who produced stunning results with the custom-made glass.
Nicholas Sherlock, sent his creation to YouTuber Michael Widell who took the 3D printed lens outdoors to track down tiny insects to practice the lens on.
The adapter, which Sherlock has put up on Thingiverse and was spotted by…
The Voyager Space Probes — the most distant cameras in the universe — are being powered down after 44 years of interstellar travel.
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have made it deeper into space than any manmade object in history. Both were launched in 1977 to photograph a…
Why Canon is the Microsoft of the Camera World
June 22, 2022
With Canon’s strong foothold — or should that be increasing stranglehold — on the mirrorless market, you can easily argue it is becoming the Microsoft of the camera world. Microsoft is ubiquitous in the world of personal computing with its software products…
Electronics engineer Guarav Singh has 3D-printed a camera chassis that’s designed to work with interchangeable lenses and sensors.
The open-source industrial-grade camera is split across three boards, and it is here the interesting design allows for modularity.
The first board holds the USB interface, with a USB 3.0 Type-C connector mounted at a 90-degree angle for data and…
A dual-shutter vibration-sensing system developed by Carnegie Mellion University (CMU) researchers uses standard, ordinary cameras to see sound vibrations with such precision that it can reconstruct the music made by a single instrument out of a band.
The…
Adobe updates Premiere Pro with new vertical video features, updated Workspace UI and more
June 22, 2022
Screenshot of the updated Essentials workspace. Click to enlarge.
Adobe has announced an update to Premiere Pro that adds a slew of new features and performance improvements, inlcuding new GPU-accelerated effects and social content features.
A breakdown of some of…
Image credit: Micael Widell
One of macro photographer Micael Widell’s subscribers, Nicholas Sherlock, sent Widell an awesome microscope lens and 3D-printed adapter. Sherlock, a macro photography enthusiast, created a microscope adapter for up to 4x macro photography on Sony E/FE, Canon EF/EF-S, Nikon F and M42 cameras.
With the adapter, you can attach an AmScope 4x Plan Achromatic…
