The development of HD video cameras has led to a move toward electronic cinematography. The 24p scanning format contributes to the film look, but one of the classic characteristics when shooting 35mm ...

In photography, depth of field refers to how much of a three-dimensional space the camera can focus on at once. A shallow depth of field, for example, would keep the subject sharp but blur out much of ...

Most creative arts suffer from trends. Someone does something new or unusual, and suddenly dozens of others are imitating it; just look at Hollywood. Since the arrival of the Canon 5D Mark II, shallow ...

Replay: Today's large sensor cameras allow us much more control over depth of field than older, small sensor devices. Here's some tips on how to use depth of field as a creative tool. When DSLR video ...

Working on a machine vision project requires understanding each part of the system, including light sources, frame grabbers, and computers. Here is a primer on two essential machine-vision terms.