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| Samyang has announced it will be presenting a perspective control 24mm F3.5 lens at Photokina 2012. The Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC is a wide-angle, full-frame lens that offers tilt and shift movements, allowing control of subject geometry and depth of field. It offers up to 12mm of shift and 8.5° of tilt; the shift movement can be rotated +/- 90° relative to the lens mount, and the tilt movement 90° relative to the shift axis, allowing lots of flexibility over adjustments. The lens will be available in Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K and Sony Alpha mounts. |
Image Deblurring using Inertial Measurement Sensors
I’ve just read a great research paper on image deblurring. It suggests incorporating a motion sensor that records the camera movement through out the exposure and then deblurring the image based on the motion observed. The results are quite remarkable. If you don’t want to bother with actual mathematics, then at least read the first and last 2 parts of the paper. It will give you a good idea of what it takes to battle blurred images. Of cause there is an ultimate, foolproof, 19th century solution – use a tripod!
Nikon is developing a mirrorless SLR-style camera
It seams that Nikon is finally decided to join other camera manufacturers (Olympus, Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony) and is currently developing a new mirrorless sub-SLR camera. Back in 2008 Nikon filed a patent for a mirrorless digital camera with interchangeable lens (see picture below). Could it be that by 2012 Nikon will release its version of ultimate APS-C compact. Could it be able to utilize Nikon lenses from it’s bigger brothers? Could Nikon be able to supply it with a small series of compact sized lenses? Could they price it at less than $500 for a kit?
The time will tell. I know I know for sure, if this dream comes true, I will be one of the first people in line.
For now it is still a dream, but Nikon is working on it.To read more about this breaking news, read Bloomberg article here.
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