PaPaLaB's YC-3300 camera sees same colors as human eyes

We can't say that we've ever heard of PaPaLaB, but all it takes to get on the consumer electronics radar is doing something that no one has ever done before. It's one of those "easier said than done" things, we're guessing. Anywho, the Japanese outfit has just rolled out a camera system that has been proven to see the same colors as the human eye, a feat that was previously only achievable via huge, impractical camera rigs. The YC-3300, however, is far smaller and manageable than prior systems, and it has already been dubbed a "full-visible-color-gamut camera" by the powers that be. The creators expect it to primarily be used for photographing digital archives and for use in the medical field, but we're already anxious to see such technology miniaturized further and ushered into the consumer market. Surely someone can make that happen before the next PMA kicks off, right?

[Wwhat Posted Dec 27th 2009 1:35PM]

Talking of which, Is there any software since that can as easily do animation on the PC and mac as they did on the amiga?

[KrisRoberts Posted Dec 27th 2009 5:03PM]

HOW DO WE KNOW WHETHER TO BELIEVE IT?!

Omg, I don't know what to do with myself now.

[Nimer55 Posted Dec 27th 2009 6:22PM]

WOOOOW!!!!!


Oled found a partner... Oled can see 105% of the colours we can (beats me how they know it goes over 5%), and this can record 100 percent... Sony use this in your future sensors, the ones you keep, and the ones you sell to nikon... nikon d4/d400 needs this...

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10551&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665327724

[kaltkalt Posted Dec 27th 2009 7:30PM]

How do they know all human eyes see the same colors? What's one shade of blue to me might be a different shade of blue to you. Considering some people are color blind, I'd say that it makes sense that no two people see the same color exactly the same way. If a color has a certain wavelength, then I'm sure there's a way to reproduce that wavelength in a repeatable, standardized manner. But comparing it to the human eye is a really stupid, meaningless, nonsensical thing to do. It surely doesn't impress me.

[JediFonger Posted Dec 28th 2009 1:44PM]

as evidenced by comments even here at engadget, the average joe knows even LESS than readers of engadget. no1 cares about it.

only the OCD peepz like me ;). full color depths is the 'final frontier' of 2D displays (in general). 2bad most content we have today from HDTVs, to video games to Blu-Rays are still 8-bit colors =(. it's time for 12-16bit color depths.

[Dan Fruzzetti Posted Dec 29th 2009 10:37AM]

OK so most cameras aren't able to receive visual information from the whole color spectrum the eyes cover with its cones. I understand that. But the camera is able to differentiate colors with high reliability and higher sensitivity than the human eye (to a camera, #FFFFDF is different from #FFFFFF; to the eye this distinction might pass unnoticed depending on visual context).

But why is it so technicially challenging to make a camera that is able to record basically 'all' light information from any part of the color spectrum?

[Andy73 Posted Jan 8th 2010 4:06PM]

Haha!!!
Look at big picture
h**p://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20091224/178841/?SS=imgview_e&FD=47620101&ad_q
and you will see silver back of Imperx 11M5-L camera :-)