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Android 12 will restart apps and games if you change your wallpaper due to Dynamic Color

November 4, 2021
It’s finally rolled out to all Pixel phones, but even with that “stable” release, Android 12 feels relatively unfinished. One interesting problem that’s made it into Android 12’s final release sees apps and games force stopped, almost as if they’re crashing, when you change your wallpaper. This issue, detailed by CommonsWare and noted on Google’s Issue Tracker, sees apps and games…
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Panasonic confirms it's still developing its 8K organic CMOS sensor with WDR and 60 fps global shutter recording

November 4, 2021
One of the first images shared by Panasonic revealing what is, at least to our knowledge, still a prototype version of an 8K cinema camera that would use this organic sensor technology. Back in February 2018, Panasonic announced it was developing an organic 8K image sensor that offered wide dynamic range (WDR) and a global shutter at up to 60 frames per second (fps). While little has been…
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Pepsi Launches Throwback Polaroid Camera

November 3, 2021
Vintage tech revival company Retrospekt has partnered with Pepsi to release a Polaroid 600 instant film camera emblazoned with the soda company’s iconic colors and logo. It uses refurbished internal photographic components that are taken directly from vintage Polaroid instant cameras. Retrospekt is a company that is dedicated to bringing retro back. It focuses on analog and mechanical products…
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A Closer Look at the Leica IIIf, One of its Last Screw-Mount Cameras

November 3, 2021
The Leica IIIf is one of the last screw mount Leica cameras produced in the late 50’s alongside the Leica IIIg. The IIIf holds a special place amongst Leica screw mount users because it was, for its time, the most advanced screw mount camera that Leica produced that kept the values and ideas Oskar Barnack set out to create with his prototype “Ur-Leica” in 1914. Oskar Barnack’s goal in…
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