Cameras
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Apple Tried To Catch Red On Vague Patents And Lost
Red Digital Cinema appears to be the winner in a months-long patent spat with Apple over its RAW video codec. Apple claimed in its challenge that Red shouldn’t have been able to patent its RedCode Raw codec in the first place. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ultimately didn’t agree.
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A Mexican Physicist Solved A 2,000-Year Old Problem That Will Lead To Cheaper, Sharper Lenses
It’s a problem that plagues even the priciest of lenses, manufactured to the most exacting specifications: the center of the frame might be razor-sharp, but the corners and edges always look a little soft. It’s a problem that’s existed for thousands of years with optical devices, and one that was assumed to be unsolvable until…
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Canon EOS R Review: Beautiful Photos, But Mistakes Were Made
The Canon 6D was my first grown-up camera, back in 2013. I loved how Canon’s colours looked like the best version of reality, and how sharp its glass was, and the 6D was the most affordable way to get into full-frame photography. As the years went on, though, I came to believe the mirrorless cameras…
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This GoPro-Like Action Camera Shoots Night Like It’s Day
Capturing great videos at night is a tricky business without throwing movement into the mix. Now use something like a GoPro and you’re just asking for gloomy, blurry clips of indecipherable activity. SiOnyx wants to change that with its Aurora, an action camera with a “patented Ultra Low Light IR” sensor that can record even…