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 ...

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 ...

Compared to ISO and aperture, shutter speed is a relatively straightforward concept to understand. It's the period of time that a camera's sensor (or film) is exposed to light after you hit the ...

Most digital cameras these days come with some kind of electronic remote shutter release. Various solutions exist, using USB cables, smartphone apps, or dedicated remotes. [Steloherd] wasn’t happy ...

Most cameras also feature an electronic shutter, which has no moving parts but instead 'turns on and off' for image capture. This shutter type can be used for both photography and video. Until now, ...

You’re sitting at home sipping on a freshly opened can of ice cold beer in your bathroom. Best of all, it’s a Saturday afternoon. Pure bliss. Then, by chance, you lock your gaze squarely at the indoor ...

Here's another chance to read this great article by Phil Rhodes on why cameras need global shutters. Cheaper, cinematic cameras come with a cost - they tend to have Rolling Shutters, which means that ...

Technology can be confounding. For the most part, we understand it only on the peripheries. The rare exception seems to be photography. In high school, plenty of students learn the basics of a film ...

The Z9’s new fake shutter sounds are a fun addition, but Nikon could be doing so much more. The Z9’s new fake shutter sounds are a fun addition, but Nikon could be doing so much more. Antonio G. Di ...

When you purchase a new digital camera, you expect just that: a new device, not one that someone's purchased and returned. Use Adobe Photoshop CS4 to validate the merchant's claim that you received ...

The Part 1 of this series about digital camera design has shown how to do the basic calculations that interrelate pixel size, focal length, focal ratio, and spot size, and demonstrated how these ...