http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/ Engadget Comments for New digital camera chip slashes power consumption 50x http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/
And while using the camera does suck up battery power like crazy on my V300, remember that the sensor is still powered up and running when you use the live preview as well, so that alleged 50x power savings goes to more than just the 1/30 second it takes to capture an image.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/
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Give me a hard copy right there.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Speedbacon, Bladerunner right?

anyway, that's awesome, hopefully this technology keeps advancing, I love my Canon powershot A750, but it's becoming a bit dated already. I'd like to get a nice quality camera in that price range, something with a nice optical zoom would be great too.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Great pics. but the 3.2mp is feeling really low compaired to what's out now.
Oh well, I still love it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/
hehe... "'More human than human.' That's our motto."]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/i took it back and got my money...
but this is a good thing and a bright future for digi cam fans...
see pix i have taken with my new digi cam on my web site....]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/-Taylor]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/
Yeah, Fuji is to be commended for making the S3 Pro more than just a megapixel game, and there are some other interesting HDR concepts in the works, one of which is by Sony. I have a feeling we're going to see something new to get excited about in the next 5 years (how about 1/30 night shots with no need for flash?)]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/
I'll believe it when I see it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Not just twice as much but 50 times less power used, the future just gets better and better.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/Think about this, along with next generation flash memory (a phone with 8 or 16 Gigs of space) + hardware H.264 compression. Think HD camcorder-phone with a voice recorder that can always be on, worn as a medalion taking pictures every few seconds of your whole life(if you want that). (from: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5887450.html)
"Samsung plans to begin mass-producing 16GB flash-memory chips by the end of next year and points to a 32GB prototype on the horizon."
Now I know what you're all asking "what about the lens" (cameraphone lenses are typicaly thier very weak point) well, with liquid lenses you'll have the potential to have a very high quality adjustable, cheap lens http://www.varioptic.com/en/
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But, on the digital SLR end of things, the power consumption could be nice for a fairly limited range of things, like astrophotography or nightime photography. Any time you're taking exposures longer than 20 minutes or so, you run the risk of draining any normal camera battery.

Also, didn't know I was the only Nikon lover on engadget.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/
But whether this effects the camera sector depend sont he quality.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/
Current sensors already see infrared light, but most cameras have an infrared filter in front of the sensor to block these as it produces unpleasing results without it. The 'major surgery' you refer to is the removal of this filter. Increasing the dynamic range of a sensor wouldn't change this.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/
So, let me see if I understand you correctly: Some CMOS DSLRs may not use a CMOS?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/09/new-digital-camera-chip-slashes-power-consumption-50x/


I hope that the consumer market is educated enough to look beyond pixel count as an indicator of a camera's quality.]]>Dec 21st 2005 7:50PM