Window sensors are a critical part of any home security system. Learn how they work so you can ensure this last line of defense is there when you need it.

How Your Digital Camera Sensor Works A digital camera’s sensor collects light and converts that light into an image. It’s a small square positioned inside the camera body behind where the lens ...

Software-based autofocus (known as passive autofocus) uses data from the image sensor to determine whether the image is in focus and adjusts the lenses to compensate.

But vintage cameras are making an inexplicable comeback among young people. Old digital cameras are a TikTok craze, and those participating in it are gravitating toward CCD sensors in particular.

How the latest digital-camera sensors create sharper color photographs.

The image sensor in that camera didn’t have much in common with the ones we use today, but you have to admit it is clever. Of course, 1975 was also the year Kodak developed a digital camera and ...

The general idea of how a digital image sensor works is relatively simple: a dense grid of light-detecting photosites captures millions of pixels worth of intensity and color data about the ...

You use them on holiday, at concerts, or just for a plain old selfie, but how exactly does your camera work? James May explains all.

Chances are pretty good that you have at least one digital image sensor somewhere close to you at this moment, likely within arm’s reach. The ubiquity of digital cameras is due to how cheap ...

Image used with permission by copyright holder No pun intended here, but the dual pixel image sensor really outshines in low light situations.