TI New Camera Processor

[Vladimir Koifman]

TI puts out a new camera processor. Among usual claims of being faster and snappier than ever there are few news:

• in camera red-eye correction (well, actually some others promise this as well, but nothing in production yet)

• Wi-Fi interface

• TV quality MPEG-4

Interesting product.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040210/datu014_1.html

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Vladimir.

 

[jkirk@oz]

Yep, VERY impressive specs. I don't doubt TI can't achieve it either, having used their processors and DSPs for many years. Makes it so simple that anyone can design a DC now ... hmmmmmmm
JKirk

Vladimir Koifman wrote:

TI puts out a new camera processor. Among usual claims of being faster and snappier than ever there are few news: - in camera red-eye correction (well, actually some others promise this as well, but nothing in production yet)

• Wi-Fi interface
• TV quality MPEG-4

Interesting product.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040210/datu014_1.html

 

[med007]

Yep, VERY impressive specs. I don't doubt TI can't achieve it
either, having used their processors and DSPs for many years. Makes
it so simple that anyone can design a DC now ... hmmmmmmm
JKirk

TI supplies HP, Kodak and others. They allow companies with money and designers a less painful path to competing in the camera market.

This is so good!

By next year, a number of cameras will appear with such sophisticated capability for fast focus, data handling, responsiveness, dynamic range and more, that the big guys are going to have to compete,LOL!

As these digicams get better, all we need is someone to grab Leica lenses and say Walmart retailing power, and the whole landscape could change.

In any case, the accepted wisdom of collecting L Glass and picking your new body may be eclipsed by these new digicams.

I hope this happens fast so that Canon, Nikon and the other Japanese companies concentrate on dynamic range, color fidelity, noise instead of just megapixels.

I can see specialized professional versions of fixed lens digicams for sports and wild life or for weddings that will seriously challenge current DSLR offerings.

Cheers for TI!

Asher

Vladimir Koifman wrote:

TI puts out a new camera processor. Among usual claims of being faster and snappier than ever there are few news: - in camera red-eye correction (well, actually some others promise this as well, but nothing in production yet)

• Wi-Fi interface
• TV quality MPEG-4

Interesting product.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040210/datu014_1.html

 

[AdamW]

• in camera red-eye correction (well, actually some others promise

this as well, but nothing in production yet)

I just hope it doesn't kill other REDs in the picture, outside the eyes.

• Wi-Fi interface

a, b, g, or n?

• TV quality MPEG-4

Now that's what I'm expecting to have.
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swatchhustler from the S.P.F.

 

[Vladimir Koifman]

• Wi-Fi interface

a, b, g, or n?

I guess the processor has just some hooks for Wi-Fi, while a companion chip defines which exactly standard is implemented.

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Vladimir.

 

[Tom May]

Vladimir,

At some point, when the cost of electronics drops down far enough, it would be conceivable that we will see the imager, and signal processing imbedded in the lens (like Apple's iSight for instance). A high bandwidth serial connection (SATA or Firewire) might connect to the body housing storage, power supply, EVF, and controls, thus providing a sealed environment, and interchangeability even amongst different crop factor systems. One might even consider that lenses could be field upgraded to different imager configurations as technology progresses.

It seems to me that Panasonic tried a system such as this (modular) years ago with limited success. Nikons F6 is rumored to be a modular system, but, based on interchangeable backs.

Whatever the market wants, I suppose. There has been some desire to be able to interface the iSight to the iPod for just such a system, though, I don't see much chance of this.

tom

TI puts out a new camera processor. Among usual claims of being
faster and snappier than ever there are few news:

• in camera red-eye correction (well, actually some others promise

this as well, but nothing in production yet)

• Wi-Fi interface

• TV quality MPEG-4

Interesting product.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040210/datu014_1.html

--
Vladimir.