Camera shutter speed is an essential adjustment in photography – along with the aperture, the shutter moderates the amount of light entering the camera. Older cameras (and some newer ones) use ...

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 ...

The three-transistor design or 3T Pixel is the simplest CMOS pixel architecture (Figure 1). One transistor is used to reset or precharge the photodiode while two more are used for video readout: one ...

Global and rolling shutter sensor designs both have different advantages and disadvantages. So, why have one or the other when you can simply have both on one chip? That's exactly what Nikon has ...

There are few sounds that photographers find more satisfying than the click, clack, or clomp of a camera shutter. Recently, Sails Chong’s captivating video, “Lovely shutter sounds of 18 cameras from ...

What is a global shutter? The star of the show for the a9 III is, by far, its global shutter. Global shutter technology isn’t new, with a handful of cinema cameras utilizing it over the past few years ...