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Xiaomi’s Mi Mix Will Be the First Smartphone to Use a Liquid Lens

Xiaomi, one of the leading global smartphone manufacturers, has teased an upcoming tech that will be found in the forthcoming Mi Mix device: a liquid lens. It’s the first of its kind in a smartphone and can apparently change focus and focal length just by altering the shape of the liquid element. DPReview reports that according to some sources, the liquid lens will allow the manufacturer to…
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Building a 16×20 Camera with a Giant Aerial Lens and Cardboard

A few years ago I built an ultra-large-format (ULF) camera that is 24 inches by 24 inches. While it was a pretty huge camera, it was a simple build it was just two square standards, one for the front and one from the back that were connected by a big bellow. There was no support base or focusing rails and I just support the two standards by using two tripods, so it was not the most stable camera.
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How to Build Your Own Thermal Camera With a Raspberry Pi

Thermal cameras are expensive. They can cost anywhere between a few hundred to a few thousand dollars to buy and can cost $50 a day to rent. So why not just build one for around $100? As published on the Raspberry Pi blog, DIY-er Tom Shaffner wanted to check his house with…
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Sigma fp L initial review

Product shots by Dan Bracaglia The Sigma fp L is a high-resolution development of the company’s compact full-frame interchangeable lens camera. It gains a 61MP BSI CMOS sensor, providing a more stills-focused platform than the original fp 24MP L-mount mirrorless…
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Nikon expects profitability and plans to release more Z mount lenses by 2022

Nikon’s Sendai factory. It’s been a rough few years for Nikon, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Or, so we’re being led to believe based on an interview Nikon’s CFO Muneaki Tokunari gave to Nikkei, wherein he says he expects Nikon to once again reach profitability by the end of its 2022 fiscal year. In the interview (behind a partial paywall), Tokunari reiterates what Nikon…
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