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This Dead $10,000 Camera Shows the Danger of Salt Water

September 1, 2020
LensRentals recently got back a $10,000 Fujinon GFX100 medium format mirrorless camera from a customer who used it in dive housing and reported that it “suddenly died for no reason.” After Fuji declared repair impossible and insurance claims were paid, LensRentals decided to take the camera apart and look inside. From the outside, the camera showed no signs of water exposure. But there’s an…
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Netflix now offers some of its original shows for free on Android, web

August 31, 2020
Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services on the planet, but it’s always looking to get more subscribers signed up. This week, Netflix has quietly announced that it will offer some of its original shows and movies completely for free on Android and the web. A new section of Netflix’s website calls the service the “premiere destination for all your entertainment needs,” then…
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Phase One Unveils $13K 90mm f/5.6 Lens for the Medium Format XT System

August 31, 2020
Phase One has just unveiled the latest lens for the $57,000 XT camera system. The new XT-Rodenstock HR Digaron W/SW 90mm f/5.6 is the fifth lens for this system, weighing in at $13,000 and built with three priorities in mind: image quality, image quality, and image quality. In case you missed the announcement last September, the Phase One XT is a tiny medium format field camera system that accepts…
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Japan explores AI as the pandemic curbs in-person quality control

August 31, 2020
(Reuters) — At a factory south of Japan’s Toyota City, robots have started sharing the work of quality-control inspectors as the pandemic accelerates a shift from Toyota’s vaunted “go-and-see” system, which helped revolutionize mass production in the 20th century. Inside the auto parts plant of Musashi Seimitsu, a robotic arm picks up and spins a bevel gear, scanning its teeth against a…
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