In a German language podcast, a Leica shareholder and chairman dropped a bombshell that has sparked a frenzy of internet speculation: Leica is developing its own camera sensor. The insight comes from ...

Researchers have used inkjet printing to create a compact multispectral version of a light field camera. The camera, which fits in the palm of the hand, could be useful for many applications including ...

A new atom camera uses one ultracold rubidium atom to map light intensity and polarization with spatial resolution below 100 nanometers.

In a packed Menlo Park auditorium, astronomers, physicists and engineers leaned forward in anticipation. On a screen in front of them, the universe came into view — captured by a telescope a ...

With the Nikon ZR we finally get to see what a RED-flavored Nikon camera would look like, and the company’s first all-in-one cinema camera doesn’t disappoint. Nikon claims that the ZR is the lightest ...

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A high-speed camera designed to withstand hail — and calculate its every move — is helping researchers better understand the sometimes devastating phenomenon, the National Severe Storms Laboratory ...

Marine scientists have welcomed an unexpected asset to their underwater camera crews: sea lions. By attaching video cameras to sea lions' backs, researchers are not only learning about hyper-valuable ...

CONVENTIONAL CAMERAS focus light onto a recording medium to preserve an image as a field of tiny dots. The media have changed over the years from plates of silver to plates of glass to acetate films ...

As Associate Professor Sara Pruss sees it, the field of earth science is plenty entertaining without being played up for television. “We don’t have to spin it too much,” said Pruss, who has taught ...