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Color is a huge topic in photography. You'll be hard-pressed to wander through online photography forums without tripping over a group of shutterbugs arguing over which manufacturer's "colors are best." Like warring cavemen bashing each other with clubs, even the "winner" of a colorful debate, if there is such a thing,...
Focus stacking, combining images shot at different focus distances to create a composite image with greater depth of field, isn't new. For years, photographers have used specialized software, like Helicon Focus and Zerene Stacker. However, this approach has required photographers to adjust focus and capture consecutive...
Last week, SkyFi officially launched its new satellite photography on-demand system. Powered by more than 80 in-network satellites, users can select an area they want to photograph using SkyFi's satellites and capture custom satellite images. While being able to capture images like this using commercial satellites isn't...
Here at Imaging Resource, we're always interested in the latest and greatest camera technology. Recent innovations like AI-powered subject detect AF and super-fast stacked image sensors, for example, have made it easier than ever to capture incredible photos in traditionally very challenging situations. That's great...
After more than 20 years of effort from thousands of people, the public finally saw the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope yesterday. The first five images, including one spectrum graph, are stunning new looks at familiar celestial bodies, including galaxy clusters, nebulae, and even an exoplanet.
When...
Update: The first image from the James Webb Space Telescope is now available. It's the deepest and furthest image of the early universe, although it's not the earliest image NASA has ever captured.
The image is of SMACS 0723, a galaxy cluster known as Webb's First Deep Field. To get a sense of the patch of sky the...
Samsung has announced a new smartphone image sensor, the ISOCELL HP3. The 200-megapixel image sensor features the industry's smallest pixels at just 0.56 micrometers. Compared to its 200MP ISOCELL HP1 image sensor, Samsung's latest sensor has 12 percent smaller pixels, resulting in a 20 percent smaller camera module...
Apple's annual WWDC event just ended, and the company made some of the expected announcements, such as features for the upcoming releases of iOS and macOS. The Cupertino-based company also announced new products, such as the M2 chip, an all-new M2-powered MacBook Air and new, more powerful M2-equipped 13-inch MacBook Pro...
NASA has announced that the first full-color images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Space Telescope will be released on July 12. NASA has also set up a countdown on its JWST website.
We've already seen that the $10B space telescope can capture amazingly detailed photos, thanks to test images, but the images...
Phase One has optimized the industry's first fully automated high-resolution multispectral imaging (MSI) workflow solution. The Phase One Rainbow MSI Solution allows users to use multispectral light to "precisely and non-invasively capture, process, and analyze images in paintings and artworks; ancient texts that may be...
Heading to Mars may seem like a strange way to celebrate Earth Day, but a new video from NASA's Perseverance rover is as good a reason as any to visit the Red Planet virtually. The Perseverance rover recently sent back footage of one of a solar eclipse featuring one of Mars's two moons, Phobos.
While the larger of the...
Earlier this week, NASA announced that the Hubble Space Telescope had spotted the farthest star ever seen. The ESA writes, 'NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the universe's birth in the big bang –...
Apple today hosted a virtual event dubbed 'Peek Performance.' As always, rumors ran amok leading up to the presentation, with industry experts expecting Apple to announce new iPhone SE and iPad Air models and at least one new Mac. Earlier this year, the smart money seemed to be on new M2-equipped notebooks. However, a...
Manufacturers, such as OM (formerly known as Olympus), Canon, Nikon and Sony, have all released cameras featuring sophisticated autofocus modes designed specifically for tracking high-speed subjects, such as cars and motorcycles. These modern cameras work amazingly well and capture sharp, high-resolution photos in...
Achieving accurate skin tones in photographs can be tricky. Pantone has announced SkinTone Validated, the world's first validation program for skin tones for technology. The new technology program allows display, TV, mobile device and printer manufacturers to have their devices tested to ensure that they authentically...
About a month after its iPhone and iPad event last month, Apple hosted another event today. The focus was on music and the Mac.
Apple’s AirPods are popular. I'm not sure it's possible to walk around in a city or on a college campus without seeing many people walking around with Apple's iconic white wireless...
There are many excellent photo contests each year, but one I especially look forward to is the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. The Nikon Small World contest attracts many fantastic images from talented photographers around the world. While the images may look very different from one another, they all...
Samsung has announced new Pro Plus and Evo Plus SD and microSD cards aimed at advanced photographers, videographers and content creators. The cards promise fast read and write speeds suitable for capturing bursts of images and 4K video.
'Professionals and consumers of all kinds want memory cards that make it easy to...
Storage is a major concern for photographers and videographers alike. If you shoot RAW, especially with a high-resolution camera, hard drives fill up quickly. This is even more true if you are shooting 4K or other high-resolution videos. There are many storage solutions, including setting up RAID arrays for on-site...
Sony announced its first drone, the Airpeak, at CES 2021. Since then, details have been sparse. While we still don't know everything, Sony has today announced additional information about its drone, including some key specifications, features and price. Further, Sony has given the Airpeak its official name, the Sony...