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Samsung Shoots Building-Size Photo with its 200MP Smartphone Camera

Samsung’s 200-megapixel smartphone sensor has not yet made its way into a consumer device but the company has already begun hyping what it can do by printing a massive 616 square meter (2,021 square feet) photo taken with it. The 200-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL HP1 was announced last September and is the industry’s first that reached such a resolution and is based on 0.64 µm-pixels…
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RED Sues Nikon for Infringing on its Video Compression Patents

RED has sued Nikon for illegally copying its data compression technology. The lawsuit asserts that Nikon infringed on its patents through capabilities granted to the Nikon Z9 in the recent firmware 2.0 update. The lawsuit was filed in a southern California federal court today and asserts that the Japanese camera manufacturer and its United States subsidiaries have illegally infringed on…
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Nikon Plans to Basically Abandon DSLRs by 2025

Nikon has revised its medium-term management plan and in an eye-opening revelation, all but announces the death of F-mount. As I commented on previously, Nikon has had a financially good 2021 which has seen its Imaging Division post profits and its revenue…
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Supposed leaked spec sheet suggests Sony will announce a 61MP a7R V with 8K/30p video and more

A photograph of Sony’s a7R IV full-frame mirrorless camera, the latest a7R model to be released. Photo Rumors has published what appears to be a pretty plausible specifications list for an upcoming full-frame camera from Sony. According to the leaked details, the camera’s model identifier will be ILCE-7RM5, a naming scheme that suggests a Sony a7R V is around the corner. Whereas most…
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Sigma confirms 30-minute presentation for a new product announcement next week

Sigma has posted a YouTube Premiere video teasing a new Sigma Stage Online event set to take place at 9pm JST (UTC+09:00) on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. As is typical of these teasers from Sigma, no additional information has been shared about what products we can expect to see. It’s worth noting though that the event is only scheduled to last 30 minutes, so it should be a fairly short and sweet…
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