If you’re shopping for a digital camera, sensor size is one of the first things you’ll hear about. Chances are you’ve seen terms like “crop sensor,” “full frame,” and “micro four-thirds” thrown around ...

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Thieves beware. If you prowl around [Matthew Gaber]’s place, you get soaked by his motion activated super-squirter. Even if he’s not at home, he can aim and fire it remotely using an iPhone app. And ...

The megapixel myth has treated camera manufacturers well over the years, those ever increasing, and often meaningless, numbers have sold millions of cameras. But consumers are getting wise to it.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When buying a camera for the first time and researching your options, you might've heard of cropped-sensor and full-frame cameras. This ...

Digital camera and smartphone marketing often highlights the number of pixels on the camera sensor on the basis that big numbers are good, and huge numbers are even better. The resolving power of the ...

With everyone demanding the best camera phone, image quality has become the latest smartphone arms race. And the camera sensor is where manufacturers are duking it out. While large megapixel counts ...

(Passive InfraRed sensor) A device used to detect motion by receiving infrared radiation. When a person walks past the sensor, it detects a rapid change of infrared energy and sends a signal. PIR ...