Graduated ND Filter Built-In on Future Panasonic Cameras? 0

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Panasonic just submitted a patent application for a sensor which can adjust the exposure time uniquely for each row of pixels on a sensor.  This doesn’t sound like a huge deal at first, but it could seriously increase the perceived dynamic range of an image.  If you are taking an image of a landscape, for example, the sky is always brighter than the land.  To compensate people often use a graduated ND filter.  If Panasonic can get this tech working in a camera, they’ll essentially have a built-in graduated ND filter right on the sensor itself.

[Egami] via [43rumors]

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