Hasselblad’s new H6D-400c MS camera captures 400-megapixel images

Swedish high-end camera maker Hasselblad has unveiled an exceptional new model that can capture images in 400-megapixel resolution. The Hasselblad H6D-400c MS will be available from March 2018 for the princely sum of €47,999 or $47,995.

The Hasselblad H6D-400c MS is billed as offering the highest resolution, most color accurate medium format images currently available on the market. To achieve this, the camera uses multi-shot technology to capture and combine six exposures. The first four involve moving the sensor by a pixel at a time to achieve real color data. The sensor then returns to its starting position, before two further exposures are captured by shifting the sensor by half a pixel horizontally then half a pixel vertically.

These six images are then combined to create a single 23,200 x 17,400-pixel Tiff-format image, weighing in at a colossal 2.4 gigabytes. This technique is usually used in art reproduction and cultural industries for the documentation of paintings, sculptures and artworks. Here, it is made available to imaging professionals looking for extreme levels of detail and precision. The H6D-400c also films ultra-high definition video in the Hasselblad RAW format.

Note that the camera’s CMOS sensor has an ISO sensitivity range of 64-12,800. Moreover, since the device needs large amounts of storage, the Hasselblad H6D-400c MS has two memory card slots.

While the price of this camera is as jaw-dropping as its 400MP images, anyone interested in taking the Hasselblad H6D-400c MS out for a spin can rent one for a few hundred dollars a day.

source: technology.inquirer.net

Google Camera intentionally makes your photos blurry

Good news for selfie addicts and photo enthusiasts: you can now take photos SLR-style photos with their Android smartphones, with a new camera app from Google.

Software engineer Carlos Hernández said the new "Lens Blur" achieves an optical effect that would have required a big lens and aperture.

"(Lens Blur is) a new mode in the Google Camera app (that) lets you take a photo with a shallow depth of field using just your Android phone or tablet. Unlike a regular photo, Lens Blur lets you change the point or level of focus after the photo is taken," Hernandez said in a blog post.

He said a user can make any object come into focus simply by tapping on it in the image.

Changing the depth-of-field slider can simulate different aperture sizes to achieve bokeh effects ranging from subtle to surreal such as tilt-shift, he added.

"The new image is rendered instantly, allowing you to see your changes in real time," Hernandez said.

Also, he said the algorithms used to create the 3D photo run entirely on the mobile device, and are closely related to the algorithms in 3D mapping features like Google Maps Photo Tours and Google Earth.

Google Camera

Meanwhile, tech site Mashable said Google has released "Google Camera," a standalone version of its stock camera app for Android.

It said the new app was first rumored to surface earlier this month.

Google Camera is available in the Google Play Store and is compatible with devices running Android 4.4 (KitKat), Mashable added. -Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News

source: gmanetwork.com