Questions tagged [camera]
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Are paler raw images normal for a newer sensor with higher dynamic range?
I started photography with the Canon EOS M (the very first in the M series).
Recently I bought the Canon EOS M6 and of course now I try to compare the two image quality wise.
To my surprise, although ...
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Operating camera in Arctic winter
I have read at a few places that cameras go haywire when used in temperatures around -20 degree centigrade or below (like Arctic winter) and as I understand it's a hardware limitation.
Do we need to ...
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Camera image in pixel to real image in meters size relation [closed]
first post so please be nice. I am doing an image processing project and my problem is now that I would like to know how big my digital image is in the real world.
I have: digital image: 336x256 ...
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Why does the camera output an image with multi-colors not shown by the naked eye under the projector?
I was shooting in a gallery that used what appears to be a multi-colored projector and had difficulty shooting in that type of scene as the color was not even across the scene. The image shown below ...
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How to calculate a sensor size when all I know is focal length and resolution? [duplicate]
A lot of the related questions require variables that we simply do not have. I would like to calculate sensor size for a video camera. We have focal length and resolution but I do not know the field ...
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A camera that takes real photos without manipulation like old analog cameras
In modern digital cameras there are many settings which are applied automatically to the photos. And it does not always result in good ways. Recently I saw two photos of the same face one from a old ...
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How important is a good quality camera for good photography? [closed]
Don't know if this is already a known thing/wiki/previously asked here, but basically:
How important is a good camera for actually making strides in photography/doing well? I've done some photography ...
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How useful is wifi on a camera?
I have to buy a camera for my daughter for Christmas but I have a problem: I do not know if the wifi (included in the camera) is useful. what do you think about it? is it advantageous?
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Accidentally opened film camera, film ruined?
I accidentally opened the back of my film camera while trying to advance it for the second time. I have not taken any photos yet and the film counter currently shows a "S". Is my unused film ruined ...
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What kind of camera do I get for my class?
I'm starting in a semester-long "Intro to Digital Photography Class" and I'm completely new to anything photography-related. The most experience I have with picture taking is on my cell phone. That ...
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What camera and lenses are shown in The Office (US) season 2 episode 21?
In season 2, episode 21 of The Office (US edition) which aired on the May 4, 2006, there is seemingly a first-gen 5D by Canon.
Here is my edit of every scene that includes it.
What is the camera? ...
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relationship between focal length, perspective projection and camera distance
This page here describes that the focal length does not result in perspective distortion, while this page here describes if you increase the focal length and camera distance to infinity then it ...
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How can a camera pick up and process colors?
How does a camera/AI/ robotics process and determine the color of a specific object ?
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Is there any camera with a square sensor?
For creators who wants to make videos for platforms like IGTV and youtube as examples you have two totally different formats. Portrait and landscape. You could obviously crop a video or photo from ...
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Why do my camera's specs give a 120 degree angle of view when I calculate it should be much narrower than that?
I have a camera with these specs
Image sensor = 1/4' OV CMOS Sensor
Image Resolution: 1280*1024,640*480,320*240,160*120
Focal Length: 2.8mm
Angle of view: 120
Since it's a 1/4 CMOS i got the width ...