Pixim's glare-reduction photo tech
Technology developed by Pixim relies on a massive array of analog-to-digital converters to reduce the glare on images. Each pixel is paired with an A-to-D converter, so bright pixels get less exposure, and dark pixels get more. The top photo shown here was taken with a camera that uses Pixim technology; the lower was taken using a competitor's hardware.
Credit: Pixim
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back and at that time they explicitly stated that the two pictures
were taken at the same time and in the same conditions. Seeing the
video in which the guy outside walks in and you can still see his
face is the most convincing bit. The critical thing about this
technology is the ability to cope with a large dynamic range of light
levels in the same frame.
The correct way to avoid this is to use fill flash and balance for the outside in the lot to get EVERYTHING properly exposed.
Electronic "fixing" of images before taking just "un-educates" people as to what is really going on and does not teach them how to do it right - and better than can be done electronically.
Tom
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This may be good for those digital cameras without any controls of metering. Otherwise, it's useles...
I can achieve the same thing with current cameras by underexposing, or metering on the thing I want to capture. And no, you don't have to be a photo guru to do that...
Pixim should be applauded for this breakthrough and its about time someone finally solved this issue. Pixim is LIGHT years ahead of CCD, no pun intended.
- A real side-by-side comparison of the sensor
- by john0720 January 29, 2007 10:56 PM PST
- Some of the rplys here have suggested that the pictures of the CCD
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(11 Comments)vs. the Pixim sensor weren't taken at the same time. They were.
This video: http://www.pixim.com/html/tech_video.htm shows
more examples of side by side product comparisons.