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unusual facts about Image quality


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Crysis 3

After Crysis 2 received some criticism from many PC gamers because of the apparent design sacrifices made due to the limitations of the older console hardware, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli stated that the PC version of Crysis 3 will figuratively "melt down PCs" due to its highest image quality system requirements.

Curtis Carlson

While at Sarnoff, Carlson led teams that developed the HDTV standard and designed a system to assess broadcast image quality, both of which were awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award.

Digital Pictures

Although the film boasted stars such as Yasmine Bleeth and Walter Koenig, they only appear in the segments that had been pulled from the FMV sequences of the game, which suffer from lower image quality than the original footage.

Fools Guild

In 2004 The American Society of Cinematographers' Technology Committee and the six-studio industry consortium Digital Cinema Initiatives created the ASC-DCI Standard Evaluation Material (StEM) "Mini Movie" as the official image quality reference used to create the requirements and standards for Digital Cinema (Filmed on the Universal backlot with Allen Daviau as director of photography).

GoPro

The codec (which was used in the film Slumdog Millionaire) according to the press release "makes HD and 3D editing faster and more convenient without sacrificing image quality".

HTC One Mini

While PC Magazine experienced issues with image quality on the rear camera on a pre-production model, the One Mini was considered a good competitor to the similar Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini due to the One Mini's higher quality build and high-definition screen.

Magnifying glass

A Coddington magnifier provides higher magnification with improved image quality.

Nokia N950

Both camera modules have similar image quality (Carl Zeiss branding in the Nokia N9) and both modules support 8 Mpix image mode.

Panasonic Lumix 7–14mm lens

While reviewers praise its image quality and constant f/ratio despite a small size, it is considered very expensive, especially after the introduction of the competing, even smaller Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm f/4-5.6 lens.

Pansharpened image

Google Maps and nearly every map creating company use this technique to increase image quality.