Items tagged with megapixel

by Joshua Gulick - Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Scientists Using 570 Megapixel Camera to Take Glamor Shots of Dark Energy

Scientists have been puzzling over cosmic acceleration – the ever-faster expansion of the universe – for decades. Now, they have a new tool that may help them solve the mystery: a 570MP camera that is being used by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) group to snap images of galaxies that are millions and... Read more...

by Jennifer Johnson - Fri, Feb 20, 2009

The Camera Phone Megapixel Race Heats Up

There’s been a decent amount of talk lately surrounding the megapixel race on camera phones. At Mobile World Congress, the only cell phone manufacturer to actually show proof of a 12 megapixel phone was Sony Ericsson. That doesn’t mean Sony Ericsson is the only manufacturer in the race, however. Not long after Sony Ericsson announced its 12.1... Read more...

by Gregory Sullivan - Mon, Dec 18, 2006

Megapixel Arms Race Over; You Won

The crummy camera in your phone would have been considered a multi-megapixel wonder just a few years ago. But advances in cramming megapixels into cameras have run up against the limits of what's usable. Wired has some suggestions about how to choose a digital camera, now that they're all powerful enough.... Read more...

by Stacy Doss - Sun, Oct 08, 2006

Micron Sampling New 1/5-inch, 1.3-Megapixel Image Sensor

With shrinking feature sizes, smaller and smaller form factor devices are coming to market. Imagine this little image processor coupled with bluetooth embedded in such devices as key chains, pens and other small form factor devices. James Bond would have a ball with this type of technology. I wonder what the power requirements will be? The... Read more...

by Matt Beauvais - Mon, Jul 17, 2006

Enough already with the megapixels

For the average person, the workings of a computer and digital camera can be a bit mystifying and confusing. To combat this problem in the retail market, advertisers have been creating easy ways to judge the power of a product using fairly easy to understand terms like "Megahertz", and "Megapixel". The Megahertz rating... Read more...

by Matt Beauvais - Tue, Mar 14, 2006

The End of the Megapixel Race

All good marketing schemes usually come to an end. With processors, Intel had to abandon their MHz/GHz rating system. Digital cameras are starting to hit the same wall these days, with megapixels and total zoom features becoming less of a focal point. In their latest article, TheTechLounge discusses some features you should be looking for... Read more...