Now for something completely different! Caltech research team develops lensless camera. https://www.dpreview.com/news/2611026820/caltech-research-team-develops-lensless-camera...

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Now for something completely different!

Jun 22, 2017 21:04:38 #

ggab Loc: ?

Caltech research team develops lensless camera.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/2611026820/caltech-research-team-develops-lensless-camera

Jun 22, 2017 21:18:13 #

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

ggab wrote:

Caltech research team develops lensless camera.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/2611026820/caltech-research-team-develops-lensless-camera

This isn't the first lensless camera; I assume everybody has heard of a pinhole camera.

Jun 22, 2017 21:31:40 #

RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas

BHC wrote:

This isn't the first lensless camera; I assume everybody has heard of a pinhole camera.

Yes: and they been around sense the middle ages or what ever that period was, word has it the masters back then used it to paint by, I saw it on Discovery Channel a few year ago.

Jun 23, 2017 01:03:23 #

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

RichardSM wrote:

Yes: and they been around sense the middle ages or what ever that period was, word has it the masters back then used it to paint by, I saw it on Discovery Channel a few year ago.

Interesting reading: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera

Jun 23, 2017 07:31:04 #

RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas

BHC wrote:

Interesting reading: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera

That's even cooler it goes way back. thanks for posting to Wikipedia.

Jun 23, 2017 08:22:23 #

ggab Loc: ?

BHC wrote:

This isn't the first lensless camera; I assume everybody has heard of a pinhole camera.

I am not aware that a pin hole camera could be used to zoom or fit in a cell phone! That is certainly different!

Jun 23, 2017 19:49:05 #