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World’s second largest mining corporation orders four Wabtec battery-electric locomotives

January 11, 2022
Rail freight manufacturer Wabtec Corporation has announced its latest customer is Rio Tinto, one of the largest metal and mining companies on the planet. Rio Tinto’s order for four of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives will support its effort to achieve a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. Wabtec Corporation ($WAB) is a manufacturer and freight company with over 150…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 10, 2022

January 11, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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The Best Places to Buy Used Cameras and Lenses in 2022

January 11, 2022
Ever since I became a photographer, most of the cameras and lenses I have purchased have been used. Most cameras and lenses only come with one-year warranties (though there are exceptions), and since some used gear sellers offer 6-month warranties, that extra half-year is…
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Image Sensors: The Main Battleground of the Camera Industry

January 11, 2022
Manufacturing silicon is patently not required in order to make cameras — anyone can put together a pinhole model — however, the wider point is more pertinent. To be a competitive, global, manufacturer, do you need to make the sensors that actually go into camera bodies? The History of Camera Manufacturing The camera manufacturing business has its origins in the precision engineering sector…
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The Best Lenses for APS-C Cameras in 2022

January 11, 2022
While full-frame has received the most attention from camera manufacturers in recent years, there are plenty of great reasons to purchase smaller format sensors like APS-C. These systems can be cheaper, smaller, lighter, and offer greater reach over their full-frame counterparts. Update 1/1/2022 by Matt Williams: Added Nikon Z to the list. That latter feature latter might be particularly…
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Fujifilm’s New Fujicolor 200 Looks to be Kodak Gold 200 in Disguise

January 11, 2022
Fujifilm released a new Fujicolor 200 film in December, but astute film fans noticed something unusual about the curves diagram in its datasheet: namely that it looked awfully familiar to Kodak Gold 200. The Fujifilm Fujicolor 200 that was originally launched in 2019 has a completely different specification than this new version that was just launched in December of 2021. The packaging…
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