The rolling shutter used by the majority of consumer CMOS sensors can do crazy things to photos and videos. The video above shows what an airplane propeller looks like when shot with a Nokia N95. The rolling shutter makes the plane looks as if it's dropping boomerang bombs that quickly disappear into thin air.
Photojojo just added the "Mini Model Camera" to their store. This is a 1/6 scale miniature model DSLR system that actually allows you to swap the tiny lenses around. It's definitely a cute and unique gift, but it comes at a no-so-miniature price -- the 1.5 inch camera and three lenses are priced at $28.
At first glance (or from far away), these might look like ordinary food photographs. Look a little closer, and you'll see the creativity of photographer David Sykes at work.
The ratio between the focal length and the aperture (diameter) of a lens is called the f/number. The smaller the f/number, the more light is let in. Fast lenses start around f/2.0, and the light let in goes as the inverse square. Compared to f/2.0, f /1.4 lets in twice as much light, f/1.0 four times, and f/0.71 eight times. The fastest camera lenses designed for DSLRs and widely available are between f/1.4 and f/1.2, but lenses as fast as f/0.75 have been made in quantity for special …
NASA joined The Commons on Flickr today, creating 3 sets with 180 beautiful historic photographs from various points in the agency's rich history. If you love looking at launch photographs, one of the three sets is dedicated to those.
Say what you want about cameraphone photography, but this is one beautiful shot. It's a view of the Ebro river in Spain, and was captured by Joan Ramon Bada Suñe on his iPhone 3GS. What's more, the post-processing was done completely in-phone as well.
The t-shirt of the day over at TeeFury is pretty fun and relevant to photographers today. The shirt will be available until the end of the day for $9. It was created by London-based designer Joao Lauro Fonte.
