Even though SLR cameras adopted digital image sensors as far back as the 1980s, other key components have remained defiantly mechanical. Mirrorless cameras removed the mirror and optical viewfinder ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A couple of days ago I wrote about the mystery of why my camera refuses to let me set ...

Unless you’ve been living under a lens cap, you’ll know that the Big N has launched the Nikon Z8. But beyond that juicy 45.7MP stacked CMOS sensor, the latest Expeed imaging processor and cutting-edge ...

An Apple patent (number 20120092559) for rolling shutter distortion correction has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and apparently involves the camera in the iPad. It relates to ...

Some image sensors must either use a mechanical shutter or a pulsed light source to capture an image. For example, full-frame CCD image sensors, that are used for scientific applications such as ...

Ricoh has released new firmware updates for its popular GR IV compact camera that was introduced last year. The update adds the promised electronic shutter funciton and 1/16,000sec top shutter speed.