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In the first decade of the 21st century, camera manufacturers had to find ways to differentiate themselves from the competition. Kodak brought Wi-Fi to the camera world with its EasyShare One, Panasonic released the DMC-LX1 that had a 16:9 sensor and Samsung put... more

Microsoft has become the latest company to show its hand in the race to gain the image quality benefits of curved sensors. Its Project Vermont has developed a method for bending conventionally made silicon sensors into more uniformly-curved shapes.

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DPReview has partnered with the TWiT Network (named after its flagship show, This Week in Tech) to produce a regular segment for The New Screen Savers, a popular weekend show hosted by technology guru Leo Laporte.

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This is Bergn, a lovely town you are forbidden from photographing. Photo by Adrian Michael, licensed under CC 3.0

In a genius PR move, the local council of Bergn, a village in Switzerland, has banned photography. They claim that it's an effort to protect the feelings of anyone who might... more

Adobe Senior Creative Director Russell Brown recently posted this neat demo showing a technique for matching colors in Photoshop without touching a hue or saturation slider. His method uses adjustments in grayscale to individual color channels, comparing a swatch of the color he's attempting to change directly to the color he's trying to match. See how he does it in the video above.
Image  Yann Forget / Wikimedia

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is amending its photography policy that aims to reduce 'pestering' of tourists at thousands of monuments by licensed photographers. The proposed amendment reads:

'No person shall, within a protected monument, hawk or sell any goods or wares or display any... more

Following on the heels of a big leak comes the official launch of Nest's latest security product, the Nest Cam IQ. As the name suggests, this new indoor security camera packs a bunch of intelligent features, not the least of which is a high-quality zoom function called 'Supersight' that utilizes the Cam IQ's 4K image sensor. Cam IQ joins Nest's Cam Indoor and Cam Outdoor models.

The Nest Cam IQ features an 8MP 4K image sensor alongside 12x digital zoom, HDR, and a pair of 940nm... more

There have been some legal rumblings in the camera industry over the past couple of months. It’s an ongoing patent dispute between Nikon and two other companies involved in camera technologies: Carl Zeiss and ASML. The latest news is that the United States has opened an official patent infringement investigation into Nikon’s products.

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Matterport has taken the wraps off its new 134MP Pro2 3D Camera, an update to its existing Pro 3D camera designed to create 360-degree renderings of real estate interiors. The Matterport Pro2 adds support for 4K-resolution 2D photography on top of its VR walkthrough and 3D functionality. Matterport has also integrated GPS into the camera for automatically adding location tags to content.

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According to a Nikkei report, Sony is looking to prepare its sensor business to any appreciation in the yen by cutting costs, raising production yields for new offerings and increasing sales of image sensors used in automobiles. The report also says that a stronger yen benefits Sony's overall operations, but that for semiconductors the situation is different, with a 1 yen appreciation against the dollar decreasing annual profit by 4.5 billion yen.

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