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Eastman Kodak Co. promises to take those barely decent cameraphones to the next level. With their new low-light filter technology – essentially a color-filter – Kodak says that they can double sensitivity to light by any digital camera’s image sensor. This is especially important to cameraphones – which have always suffered in low lighting conditions, even with a flash.
Chris McNiffe, general manager of Eastman Kodak’s image sensor division, says “Low light can mean trying to get a good image indoors of your kid blowing out the birthday candles. It can mean you want to take a photograph on a street corner in Paris at midnight,” adding that “We’re talking about a 2-to-4-times improvement in (light) sensitivity.”
We’re expecting the new filters to start their sampling rounds in Q1 2008, with applications in digital cameras and cameraphones later that year. It’s nice to see new tech actually start at the lower end of the gadget spectrum rather than be horded by high-end models, only to trickle down after some time.
[Via: Yahoo]
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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
