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Nikon Z9 teaser #4: Zero blackout viewfinder, fast burst modes and another look at the 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 S lens

October 27, 2021
Nikon USA has released its fourth and final teaser in its ongoing series to promote its forthcoming Z9 mirrorless camera system. As we’ve seen with each of the three previous teasers, this one only hints at what we can expect rather than outright telling us. Nikon has also posted a countdown timer for its Z9 online launch event. In the 30-second video, we see a photographer with a Nikon…
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Tokina releases its atx-m 23mm, 33mm and 56mm F1.4 lenses for Sony E mount cameras

October 27, 2021
Tokina has announced it’s now made three of its atx-m prime lenses available for Sony E mount APS-C camera systems: the atx- 23mm F1.4, 33mm F1.4 and 56mm F1.4. Tokina’s atx-m nomenclature is used for the company’s interchangeable lenses designed exclusively for mirrorless camera systems. In the case of these three lenses, Tokina says it specifically went for a ‘small and lightweight’…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 26, 2021

October 27, 2021
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.  Check out the , an all EV event taking place at Sonoma Raceway this November…
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Electric vehicles projected to make up 31% of the global fleet by 2050

October 27, 2021
Electric vehicles will grow from 0.7% of the global light-duty vehicle (LDV) fleet in 2020 to 31% in 2050, reaching 672 million EVs, predicts the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA estimates that the global LDV fleet overall – both gas and electric – contained 1.31 billion vehicles in 2020, and it expects this fleet to grow to 2.21 billion vehicles by 2050 as the result of…
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Will perovskite give silicon a run for its money in semiconductor solar cells?

October 27, 2021
Researchers presented a new road map to create perovskite semiconductors that can be used in solar cells and LEDs. Perovskite could provide many advantages over purely silicon-based semiconductors, specifically due to its fault tolerance in manufacturing. In a new article published in the journal APL Materials, researchers presented a possible road map to bring this silicon alternative closer to…
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