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The technique was used for some time in specialized roles like low-light security cameras and astronomy sensors, but was complex to build and required further refinement to become widely used. Sony was the first to reduce these problems and their costs sufficiently to introduce a 5-megapixel 1.75 μm BI CMOS sensor at general consumer prices in ...
These cameras do not require a video capture card because they work using a digital signal which can be saved directly to a computer. The signal is compressed 5:1, but DVD quality can be achieved with more compression (MPEG-2 is standard for DVD-video, and has a higher compression ratio than 5:1, with a slightly lower video quality than 5:1 at best, and is adjustable for the amount of space to ...
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Wireless security cameras function best when there is a clear line of sight between the camera(s) and the receiver. If digital wireless cameras are outdoors and have a clear line of sight, they typically have a range between 250 and 450 feet. If located indoors, the range can be limited to 100 to 150 feet.
DSLR cameras often have image sensors of much larger size and often higher quality, offering lower noise, [50] which is useful in low light. Although mirrorless digital cameras with APS-C and full frame sensors exist, most full frame and medium format sized image sensors are still seen in DSLR designs.
This gives them weaker low-light performance, greater depth of field, generally closer focusing ability, and smaller components than cameras using larger sensors. Some cameras use a larger sensor including, at the high end, a pricey full-frame sensor compact camera, such as Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1, but have capability near that of a DSLR.
Compact digital cameras, DSLRs, MILCs, and rangefinder cameras: Lytro: United States: Light field sensing cameras Medion: Germany: Consumer digital cameras Memoto: Sweden: Wearable lifelogging camera Minox: Germany: Compact digital cameras Nikon: Japan: Coolpix compact digital cameras, Nikon 1 series MILCs, and D-series DSLRs: OM System: Japan
Lytro Illum 2nd generation light field camera Front and back of a Lytro, the first consumer light field camera, showing the front lens and LCD touchscreen. A light field camera, also known as a plenoptic camera, is a camera that captures information about the light field emanating from a scene; that is, the intensity of light in a scene, and also the precise direction that the light rays are ...