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Hasselblad's 39 megapixel H3DII-39MS DSLR brings the multi-shot {Engadget}
Oct 18th 2007 11:42AM Multiple shots is necessary when doing high dynamic range photography. Most cameras are limited in their dynamic range due to a global white balancing. By taking multiple shots at different ranges (typically adjusted using exposure compensation settings) and combining them in postprocessing, you can get images that look more realistic (i.e., how you or I would normally see the scene). Hope this helps.
Nokia's 8GB N95 photographed in the wild {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 11th 2007 12:55AM More likely it's just how the light reflects off the letters. If the light is dead on, it should reflect brightly but if the light source is on an obtuse angle, you might not see the letters.
Fujitsu's H.264 chip encodes/decodes in Full HD -- a world's first {Engadget}
May 21st 2007 12:25PM Personally I'd like to see the chip in some decent 1080 HD camcorders, but it'll most likely make its way to DVDR settop boxes first.
Talking on the phone + riding your bicycle in NJ = $250 ticket {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 25th 2007 1:15PM How does one give a ticket to a bicycle rider who is not carrying any ID? As far as I know, NJ doesn't have a "bicycling" license nor requires one to carry ID while bicycling. And given the number of teenagers with cell phones who don't have driver's licenses, I'm unsure how this could be constitutionally implemented.
Toshiba demos 55-inch SED with 100,000:1 contrast ratio {Engadget}
Oct 19th 2006 7:15PM 100,000:1 seems pointless unless the video source actually contains that much information. Since most media displayed on a HDTV like this is bound to be digital, it's already limited. Sure the black (0 red, 0 blue, 0 green) value is going to be darker on this tv than on a 1000:1 tv, but as other people mentioned, ambient light will reak havoc on contrast anyway...
55-inch SED HDTVs on the way in '08 {Engadget HD}
Oct 6th 2006 6:45PM GhostDoggy,
Akin to what DaMan wrote, there are many reasons the contrast near the man in the picture looks better than what's on the TV. Remember, you're looking at a digital photo of a tv under less than ideal settings. I'm not exactly sure how the tv's contrast was measured, but the perceived contrast and the actual contrast are not always the same. With actual contrast (Michelson), they're measuring the luminance of a white spot vs the luminance of a black spot in isolation (i.e., the only light source is the TV). Perceived contrast also involves reflected light, distribution of light elements in the picture, etc. And let's not forget, the camera is taking a picture of the TV at an non-orthogonal angle, which typically reduces contrast with most types of technologies (not sure with SED though). Anyhoo...
Engadget's relaunch giveaways: Nikon S7c WiFi camera {Engadget}
Sep 25th 2006 6:01PM Ansel Adams
Engadget HD giveaways: win a Philips 42PF9631D 42-inch plasma! {Engadget HD}
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Day 29 of Engadget Mobile's 30 days of cellphone giveaways {Engadget Mobile}
Mar 14th 2006 1:16PM please?
Day 25 of Engadget Mobile's 30 days of cellphone giveaways {Engadget Mobile}
Mar 10th 2006 10:44AM for the love of all that is holy, please!
