Catch me on camera with the Mazda CX-5
When I was evaluating vehicles at the Canadian Car of the Year awards, I was asked to do a video on behalf of Shell Canada, with a look at the Mazda CX-5. It's up online now … see it here!
Camera Test: Nikon’s Top-of-the-Line D4
Nikon D4 Satoshi Nikon’s followup to the D3s, the D4, has recently taken the reins as Nikon’s current big boy–the absolute top-of-the-line, crazy-powerful beast of a camera, competing with the Canon 1D. Our buddies over at Pop Photo just posted their full-on hardcore camera test of the D4, thoroughly examining its image quality and usability under all sorts of conditions to see if it’s worth the title of Nikon’s finest–and the $6,000 price tag. Check it out here.
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Video: How MIT’s Laser Camera Can See Around Corners
MIT’s Femtosecond Around-the-Corner Camera
Back in late 2010, MIT Media Lab announced that it was working on technology that would allow a camera to see around corners and image objects that were never in its direct line of sight. Now, the lab has released a video explaining exactly how they do this and showing the technology in action.
Briefly, the system works by firing rapid femtosecond laser pulses–pulses so short they are measured in quadrillionths of a second–at a surface opposite the obscured …
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Lytro Light-Field Camera Review: Shoot, Then Focus
Lytro and Buildings John MahoneyLytro’s promise of post-shot refocusing is unlike anything we’ve ever seen–but does it live up to expectations?
To win our Innovation of the Year award, the Lytro had to captivate us enough for us to pass over significant medical diagnostic breakthroughs and a complete reinvention of the internal combustion engine–and it did. So we’re naturally excited about the opportunity to spend a little QT with the Light-Field camera. The Lytro, which is culmination of over a decad…
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Backup camera rule is debated
The backup camera rule, estimated by the Obama-Biden administration to cost as much as $2.7 billion, is now part of the national debate about federal regulations, public safety and jobs.
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The iPhone 4S Gets an Expert Camera Test
iPhone Camera Test Dan Bracaglia
Our good friends over at Popular Photography just posted a lengthy expert test of the iPhone 4S’s camera. It’s been called one of the best phone cameras ever released, and not just by Apple–but how does it stack up against point-and-shoots, superzooms, and the other “best cameraphones”? More importantly, how does it fare in a proper camera test? Check out the story over at PopPhoto.
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Chicago, Illinois Speed Camera Plan Could Dwarf Red Light Revenue
Sixty-one million dollars a year is a lot of money. That is the revenue Chicago’s red light camera program program generated in 2010. Based on reports from the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), a proposed speed camera enforcement program being pushed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) would make the city’s red light camera program look [...]
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Mazda Takeri Sedan Concept Smiles for the Video Camera
This year's edition of the Tokyo Motor Show in December is gearing up to be one of the most exciting automotive events of the year as we're anticipating many important debuts including the Toyota FT-86 and Subaru BRZ twins, the new Honda CR-V and the reason why we're writing this article, the Mazda Takeri concept. Even though Mazda's initial press release didn't disclose many details, the Takeri is believed to be a thinly disguised concept of the next generation of the Mazda6 sedan i…
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Washington: Report Finds Red Light Camera Installation Unjustified
A report released last week by the engineering firm Gibson Traffic Consultants (GTC) found the use of red light cameras unjustified in Bellingham, Washington. The study gathered collision data from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the city to conclude the use of an automated ticketing machine at the intersection of Guide Meridian [...]
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You Built What?! A Six-Foot-Long Camera That Shoots Enormous Photos
On Display Samuelson will exhibit photos taken with his giant DIY camera at San Francisco’s Inclusions Gallery on August 20. John B. CarnettThis DIY (if you’re an expert) camera uses x-ray film for stock
Darren Samuelson had just taken his last photo of Manhattan when the police arrived. He and his father had been working from an empty dock across the Hudson River, and the authorities wanted to know why they were pointing a five-foot-tall, six foot-long, 70-pound folding contraption at the city. Samuelso…