Stanford Photo Scientists are Teaching the Camera New Tricks
Posted by brian | Posted in General Photography Videos | Posted on 01-01-2010
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Stanford scientists have created an open-source camera that could revolutionize digital photography by giving programmers that chance to design software to teach the device new tricks. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford News Story news.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com … Stanford engineering photography innovation camera technology
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notice the pink ” FEAR US” poster. The camera manufacture definitely should be afraid of these guys i think. Refocusing? Nice!
Amazing, looking forward to HDR and the overall flexibility of computational photography!
This isn’t just about HDR. HDR is a poor example of this camera’s options. Picture a professional DSLR with the customizability of say an iPhone. This platform allows endusers and other companies to write programs that really push the boundaries of photography and photographic equipment as we know it. If you think this is about in-camera HDR and little more, you’re sadly mistaken.
I’m anxious for the day that these great features are available to prosumers.
But, for the record, Pentax has had in camera HDR, up to 9 images, since the K10D.
Well, I guess if somebody were to put 3 ccds in such a way as they would make a kind of “section of a tetrahedron” , that is, you take a tetrahedron, find the middle then draw 4 vertexes to it from the corners then take one side and pull it out along with the middle. Then you put ccds on the inside panels of this thing and I guess you can compute the 3d location of the pixel within range, which I guess you can vary by changing the angle of the panels and adjusting the focus. That would be nice!
How the hell are you thinking now?
To make a 3d picture you need to take 2 pictures from two different angles, each corresponding to where an eye could be. Focus hasn’t got anything with that to do.
Can change focus? Does that mean it will be able to take 3d pictures and movies?
YAY!
Freesoftware is so awesome!
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If you do photo journalism you know most pictures you take are unexpected, you have to click,click,click for chosing the best later. Most photographers just can’t afford to worry about doing advanced settings or program the camera in real time.They can miss a great shot.
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awesome.
Other issues:
Most likely the device beyond Beta will need prosperity parts Lens Array, Focal Assembly, I/O Screen, the entry for commercial manufacturers would surely buy the whole kit & kaboodle & produce the hardware, (after all the Photo & Imaging game have a long history of oftentimes outrageously expensive kits devices).
When this takes place there will be more cloaking of so-called OpenSource Firmware & OS.
LOL I say release the full documentation now and let us all have at it!
Let me play Armchair skeptic for a few more minutes
Desire:
100% customizable and hackable device with a full lists of parts & exploded assembly drawings.
Result 50% of Desire
Reasons for shortfall:
Limited appeal of device
High cost of research means Researchers
a. Must much go commercial with the project in short order
b. Must retain some propriety rights with which they can barter.
Some of this is already commercially available e.g Pentax already has in-camera HDR (K-7). In general, I agree it’s about time cameras were opened up to hackers, just as we’re seeing with music hardware, such as Arduino-based effects pedals (OpenStomp, MIDIfoot).
The difference is that it would be legal. Others are great but, they are hacks. I’d love to add features to my new 500D but don’t know where to start. I looked at the CHDK and it’s not trivial…
I concur but I was speaking to the point of the Firmware on Commercial DigiCams being closed it is only true in part. Canon especially has released the SDK to it DigiCams into the Wild Since the early days of the DSLR and 1st gen was based a slightly modified well researched OS.
There’s a difference between hacking a proprietary off-the-shelf unit, and building a new platform from the ground up that is made specifically to be hackable.
Both are valid, but the latter is truly revolutionary in the field of digital photography. This is very exciting!
yeah! Finally some REAL development in photography. I’m very excited!
True I like how the professor told a little lie.
They just made a more complete programmable camera.
There are many hacks been sold and given away already, some even making use of Large Format over a stock Sensor with just OTS Parts.
Still this is good if it sees production a reasonable price.
Actually alot of canon cameras can be hacked by hooking into the debug firmware segments. Search “CHDK” on google and take the first hit.
This idea of changing the focus after you take the picture is brilliant.