Archive for June 5th, 2007

Canon crams 50 megapixels into a CMOS prototype – Engadget

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

You won’t be seeing one of these sensors in your fashioncam any time soon. Canon has built a 50 megapixel CMOS monstrosity, which is reportedly almost twice the resolution of its nearest competition, and is prepping it as a sort of large format surveillance camera for monitoring large, busy areas such as parking lots and theme parks, along with detailed work like factory part inspections.

Linux not quite up to snuff with RAW Photography

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Don’t get me wrong… I still love the Penguin ( for now, Solaris 10 / ZFS review coming up ) but the penguin just doesn’t like my photography work.

My requirements were not very high. I shoot with a dSLR and capture RAW images. I want to download, sort, re-develop, and post process my images with a small amount of effort. Under windows I had been using Picasa with much success. I don’t think these requirements are too much to ask for.