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... and if it is. When do we get the Photoshop Plugin?

http://www.afrlhorizons.com/Briefs/Aug05/OSR0406.html

Paul

Looks fake to me.

If it is real it is amazing, but i can't see how any algorithm could possibly get that much detail of an out of focus blob like that.

I cant imagine how either - but im impressed enough to send for more information!

Any Unix IT people here want to' have a go...' ?

http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~nagy/Resto ... index.html

Scientists used no adaptive optics to generate the enhanced image; the high resolution is due solely to computational image processing algorithms. (images courtesy of Dr. Stuart Jefferies, MSRC director, and Ms. Kathy Schulze, KJS Consulting)

I think in this case the real 'trick' relies on the use of adaptive optics. The technology has been around a while.. so I'm not sure what's new here.. maybe they've improved the algorithms used in processing.
Unfortunately unless you have some mythical adaptive optics lens (I wish.. ) I can't see it being much use for the average photographer.

More info on adaptive optics here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_optics

Maybe I've missed something here though I'd be interested to see results if anyone can get that software working properly

But doresn't it say they use NO adaptive optics?

Hope its for real. then we cam through away our Nikon stuff and buy some sigma or tamron..


MATT

I think this is a case of taking imagery using optics with known distortion parameters and using software algothingies to remove or correct that distortion. It's a bit like profiling your lens on your D70 and having software to correct for all the aberrations.

If after reading the above anybody believes I know what I am talking about....then I gotcha!

Sounds pretty convincing to me Matt. K

It looks like they have the early beta release of the D4Xsi.
The upcoming Nikon with anti-blur protection...