Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...
As amateur photographers grow in skill and move to more sophisticated cameras, one of the challenges they face is learning how to control depth of field. Depth of field—the portion of a scene that ...
One of the reasons to move up from a cellphone or point-and-shoot cameras to a DSLR or digital mirrorless one is the ability to exert control over your exposures with the latter. With cellphones or ...
Have you ever been confused by all the different modes on your camera's top dial? Here's a breakdown of what they do and when ...
Our approach to extending the depth of field utilizes the concept of point spread function (PSF) engineering to greatly increase the axial range clearly imaged in a single exposure. The basic concept ...
Working on a machine vision project requires understanding each part of the system, including light sources, frame grabbers, and computers. Here is a primer on two essential machine-vision terms.