Shutter buttons have been an age-old feature of cameras, and it's one that hasn't seen too much innovation over the years, but it seems Canon is working to reimagine what the button could be like... by removing the button altogether and replacing it with a shutter touchpad.
Needing to use a lower-resolution front-facing smartphone camera for selfies and video calls might be a thing of the past if Oppo acts on a recently-filed patent. The design within features a rear camera module that separates from the main camera body.
Canon engineers have designed a lens that quite literally and intentionally sucks. The lens pulls in air, swirls it across the image sensor in the camera body, and then pushes it out in order to get rid of the internal dust that causes nasty dark spots in your photos.
Canon is apparently hard at work developing some never-before-seen lenses. A newly published patent shows that the camera company has at least toyed with the idea of a crazy 50-80mm f/1.1 lens.
Canon is apparently looking into building continuous LED lights into the pop-up flashes on DSLR cameras, something that could come in handy for certain situations when shooting photo or video.
The multi-aperture computational camera is an exciting technology that's emerging in the world of photography, and it appears that Nikon wants in. The company has patented a "4-eye" camera that packs 4 lenses and 4 sensors.
Sigma's Art series of lenses has received high praise for its leading image quality and relative affordability. A 24-70mm f/2.8 lens may soon be added to that family.
With Google's first prototype version of its Glass head-mounted computer, users can take pictures by pressing a button on the side or by “OK Glass, take a picture.” In the future, composing a specific photo with Google Glass may be as easy as framing the shot with your fingers.
We've seen ring flash units that redirect light from a DSLR's pop-up camera and a hot shoe-mounted flash, but never from a compact camera's built-in flash. Based on a patent filing published earlier this month and uncovered by Egami, that's what Nikon appears to be in the process of building.
Looks like Canon has some serious plans to jump into the mirrorless camera market. The company’s G1X …
Nikon is developing an X100-esque hybrid viewfinder for DSLR cameras. A recently published patent filing …
We may be close to seeing a Canon DSLR with an articulating touchscreen — and possibly even built-in Wi-Fi.
A Nikon patent published today details a new dust reduction feature that might …
Based on a recently published patent filing, Canon appears to be working on putting aperture rings on EF-mount lenses …
If computers can have fans, why can't cameras? With recent Sony cameras running into unexpected limits due to the sensor overheating, Nikon may be looking to solve the problem with a good, old-fashioned fan. A recent patent filing by Nikon shows a mirrorless camera with a computer-style fan embedded into the circuit board.
Having figured out how to embed a projector into the body of a compact camera with the …