Comments on: Canon In-Camera HDR Maps Single Exposure to Individual Pixels

By: Christian Bloch

Christian Bloch — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:43:31 +0000

I was looking for this patent, but I couldn’t find it. Do you have a link to the original source?

By: Fernand Dionne

Fernand Dionne — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:48:32 +0000

Fantastic news, I hope the results are as good or even better than regular HDR. I have a Canon 40D and a T1i and the day a new Canon comes out with this feature I am buying it. HDR photography give impressive results and is an incredible way of capturing light on a sensor, if Canon can make it easier to achieve the same results or better I am 100% for it !

Go Canon, GO !

By: Christian Bloch

Christian Bloch — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:27:50 +0000

Very interesting find!

I hope they do the right thing and allow direct access to the HDR image. I don’t think we need another “picture style” magic in-camera tonemapping where all you get is the pre-processed JPEG that only has that “HDR look”. I want a real 32-bit file from the camera, call it the RAW HDR or Real HDR or whatever, that I can then tonemap in any style I desire. Or that I can use for lighting evaluation.
BTW – I just put together a real HDR viewer, that illustrates the difference pretty well:

http://www.hdrlabs.com/gallery/realhdr/

By: scott

scott — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:34:21 +0000

Ugh, nevermind that last comment. I’ve been trying to track where this story stems from and I was looking at comment timestamps instead of the article. It would help if you explained where you came up with the news. (I guess in this case, let us know you were digging around on the USPTO website.) It’s hard to figure out where news originates these days.

By: Patents from Pentax and Canon | Photo Rumors

Patents from Pentax and Canon | Photo Rumors — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:33:58 +0000

[...] last patent is for a in-camera HDR from Canon (patent application [...]

By: Eric is a M0r0n Noink fanboi

Eric is a M0r0n Noink fanboi — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:39:23 +0000

History shows Eric Calabros is dead wrong and is prolly a Noink fanb0i. Please do a little research on worldwide patent rankings yearly and compare Canon to Nikon. Canon is always #2 to IBM and Nikon is nowhere near the top 20.

By: Photophil68

Photophil68 — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:24:48 +0000

Bring it on!!!!!!! Let’s get rid of HD video from DSLR’s!!!!!!!!

By: Canon’s In-Camera HDR Patent Will Let You Take Pictures Like This | Gizmodo Australia

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:27:10 +0000

[...] wider dynamic range in a single image and a stand out feature in the ever evolving camera wars. [PhotographyBay] Tagged:camerascanondigital camerashdrhigh dynamic [...]

By: Catastrophile

Catastrophile — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:34:35 +0000

most of the time, we only hear about such patents in news items like this one, and then never hear or see anything about them again, it is becoming big time boring. :√(

By: Canon To Do Good In-Camera HDR » The Ben’enator

Canon To Do Good In-Camera HDR » The Ben’enator — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:10:41 +0000

[...] Photography Bay has more details and the initial impression is that it will be pretty decent. Time will tell, but I really like the ability to tweak and customize. Having it done with a single click will take out the creative process and then it becomes a standard image like every other picture snapped. [...]