If you’re shopping for a digital camera, sensor size is one of the first things you’ll hear about. Chances are you’ve seen terms like “crop sensor,” “full frame,” and “micro four-thirds” thrown around ...

I grew up with film SLRs (full-frame, of course), and the rule of thumb was "the slowest shutter speed you should try to hand-hold is 1/your lens focal length in mm." e.g. 1/50 sec for a 50 mm lens.

Jae Ryu of the University of Idaho checks one of the drones he uses to analyze farm fields. Drones will be increasingly important in crop production and research in the coming years, Jae Ryu believes.

FARGO - Farmers on the northern Plains continue to adopt precision agriculture technology and management practices. In-field crop sensors are one of the new technologies farmers are using to help ...

Operators position the handheld sensor over a plant, pull the trigger, and the GreenSeeker handheld instantly calculates the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), which represents the health ...

Arable is moving agriculture tech forward today with a new generation of internet of things (IoT) tools that enable farmers to take advantage of advanced sensors, wireless networks, and machine ...

When I bought my first camera, I made a conscious commitment to crop-sensor life. I cast my lot with Micro Four Thirds with my eyes fully open, and for reasons that still hold up: cheaper gear, ...

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6981) (ISIN:JP3914400001) has introduced a highly accurate three-in-one soil sensor for data-driven sustainable agriculture. By ...

It’s rare that an APS-C system packs comparable power to a full-frame flagship, but that’s the case with the Nikon D500. This crop sensor camera (referred to as "DX format" in Nikon nomenclature, ...

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