I will admit that I am not much of a skier, and thus, not very Canadian in the eyes of most. My first memory of skiing is of crashing into a fence, and subsequently a garbage bin at the age of 14. It is also my fondest memory, not for the pain it caused but […]
Say ‘hello’ to the new Sony NEX-3N!
Sony’s showing a lot of love for its NEX line with the rumoured released of the Sony NEX-3N, a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 16 MP sensor and what appears to be an electronic zoom lever below the shutter button. With the electronic zoom control, users will experience a smoother and steadier zoom, especially […]
Panasonic announces the Lumix G Vario 14-42mm
It looks like Sigma and Tamron aren’t the only companies that have been busy trying to flood the market with new Micro Four-Thirds lenses! Yesterday, Panasonic got in on the game after announcing the upcoming release of the Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, a compact standard zoom lens designed especially for Micro Four-Thirds cameras.
New Tamron and Sigma Micro Four-Thirds Lenses Set for Release
Lens-making tycoons Tamron and Sigma recently announced that they will be releasing a handful of new lenses designed especially for micro four-thirds cameras. Tamron has devised a 14-150mm f/3.5-5.8 (28-300mm equivalent) high-power zoom for mirrorless cameras which have a micro 3/4 sensor. Available in both black and silver, it will purportedly reduce chromatic aberration thanks […]
First mirrorless, and now lens-less? The invention of the first metamaterial camera!
We’ve all heard of mirrorless technology, but what about lens-less technology? At Duke University in the United States, scientists and engineers have used a copper-based metamaterial (or, artificial materials which do not exist in nature) to create a lens-less imaging sensor for cameras to be implemented in airport security and law enforcement.