Camera software developer, Scalado says that it has developed a "shutterless" platform for camera phones which cancels out the lag between a person clicking the button and the phone capturing the image. The company also launched a new JPEG processor which reduces memory drain on camera phones when processing the images.
With this new solution, photographers using a camera phone can instantly capture multi-megapixel images without any "shutter lag", thereby freezing the exact moment of capture. Until now, only advanced Digital Still Cameras (DSC) and Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras have thus far been capable of managing the delay between pressing the capturing button and actually saving the view finder image as the captured high resolution image.
"Thanks to the new technology, manufacturers can now offer real-time viewing and capturing of high-resolution images, totally eliminating shutter lag. As a result, camera phone users can finally take memorable photos instead of missing the moment." says Sami Niemi CTO of Scalado.
By providing instant random access to the captured JPEG, the Scalado Camera Solution allows unprecedented JPEG handling performance, as well as faster image browsing in the photo gallery. The result is a mobile imaging solution that can provide up to 20 frames/second instant full resolution image handling, instant zoom/pan at the moment the image is captured, and burst-mode image capture. As with shutter lag, fast burst-mode image capture - the rapid capture of multiple images - has until now been associated only with expensive, high-end cameras or expensive additional hardware processing.
"The combination of true creativity, enormous processing power, and jaw-dropping features in our latest software reinforces Scalado's status as experts and innovators who are focused on continuously enhancing the imaging experience" says Fadi Abbas, VP Business development at Scalado.
Posted to the site on 18th November 2008
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