Scalado demos zero shutter lag for camera-phones

Damian Koh | Oct 21, 2008

(Credit: OmniVision)

Good news for camera-phones running on future versions of Symbian OS. Mobile imaging software company Scalado is demonstrating its new imaging solution that's capable of processing full-resolution image files at 20 frames per second, eliminating shutter lag and providing instant zoom/pan picture reviews at the Symbian Smartphone show in London.

According to Scalado, this is the first live demo in the world. Besides Symbian, two other partners--Texas Instruments and OmniVision--are also involved in this collaboration. OmniVision manufactures CMOS image sensors for camera-phones and Scalado claims that the embedded SpeedTags will improve JPEG handling while provide better management for large file sizes generated by high-res pictures.

While most of these features are probably nothing new to digital still cameras and digital SLRs, this is still something to look forward to when it comes to the performance of camera-phones. No word on when we'll see this commercially in the market, but we suppose we wouldn't have to wait too long for it.

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