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10 June 2014
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention (with more than 140 characters). This time we look at sensor stack thickness, patents, Vermeer and iPhone photography awards.
- In Sensor Stack Thickness: When Does It Matter?, Roger Cicala explains his previous The Glass in the Path: Sensor Stacks and Adapted Lenses in a more approachable way. Sensor stack refers to the glass covering your sensor. Its thickness varies from one camera to another. And that has implications for lens performance -- particularly when you mix and match brands.
- That Amazon patent case just won't go away. Kirk Tuck recently mocked it with a few patents of his own and Charles Duan at Ars Technica explains How Amazon Got A Patent On White-Background Photography today. "The problem is not with the examiners," he writes, "but with the law that governs that examination. That law makes it possible to get patents on ideas that any ordinary person would find old, well-known, and obvious."
- In Vermeer's Paintings Might Be 350 Year-Old Color Photographs, Tim Jenison describes one way Vermeer might have captured not just the line but the color of his paintings. Penn & Teller documented the reconstruction of the room depicted in Vermeer's The Music Lesson in a film that is being released on disc today.
- The 2014 iPhone Photography Awards (be patient, the site is running slowly today) honor some inspiring images in 17 categories. Mouse over the image for the details.
Thanks to Aaron for a couple of links above. More to come...