Metalenses are a relatively fringe optical technology -- at least, they were. Until now, it has been largely pursued by startups and scientists but that is changing as Canon has jumped into the fray and not only makes them but also produces the equipment necessary to manufacture them. [Read More]
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Canon is expanding even further outside of imaging with the release of a new nanoimprint semiconductor manufacturing device capable of executing circuit pattern transfer, a critical tool needed to make the most advanced semiconductors. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-10-13 18:51
Cosina is expanding to support Canon RF mount this year and will release a Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1 aspherical lens that, while manual focus, will communicate electronically with the camera. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-02-21 21:19
Canon is going all-in on mirrorless. The company has revealed that it has no plans to create any new EF lenses for DSLRs… unless photographers demand more. In an interview with Digital Camera World, Canon Europe pro product marketing senior manager Richard Shepherd states that Canon’s plan moving forward is to support existing EF lenses […] petapixel.com »
2020-01-08 18:53
Canon has made a 19-megapixel full-frame global shutter CMOS image sensor, and it's available now.
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In 1998, San Francisco installed the latest cutting-edge technology to run the train network: floppy disks. A quarter of a century later and the city's transportation agency is still using the same system. [Read More]
Mark Weir, Senior Manager of Electronics at Sony, retired this week after working for the company since 1986. He is, without a doubt, one of the smartest and friendliest people the digital camera industry has ever known and while we are so happy he finally is taking time for himself, we're still a bit sad to see him go. [Read More]
Artificial intelligence companies Stability AI and Midjourney Inc. are fierce competitors in the AI image generation space. The rivalry has allegedly boiled over into the dangerous and felonious realm of corporate espionage. [Read More]
Despite a combined valuation of its 32 teams nearing $150 billion, the National Football League (NFL) has long relied on a literal chain -- carried by a "chain gang" -- to measure first downs.
A new advanced neuromorphic system designed to eliminate blurring in smartphone photos is now ready for production, using a mix of AI and existing processing power to freeze action in ways not seen on current smartphones. [Read More]
Researchers have developed a new method of storing data on an optical disk. It is capable of holding 24 times the data of the most advanced hard disk drives: the equivalent of 20 million digital photos. [Read More]