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Category Archives: Industry trends
Understanding the Mirrorless Transition
Not everyone is infatuated with the granular technical aspects of new imaging tools, or the complex set of considerations big companies make in bringing new equipment to market. But for those that are, we seem to be at one of … Continue reading
Posted in Cameras, Industry trends
Tagged Canon, mirrorless, Sony
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Industry Changes
Some sorting out is going on. In late June, Micron Technology–parent company of Lexar, long-time maker of high quality memory cards and flash drives–announced that they would be discontinuing the Lexar brand and its entire removable storage retail business. If … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Industry trends, Software
Tagged Google, Lexar, memory cards, Micron Technology, Nik
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CES 2016
Every year about this time the Consumer Electronics Show provides an opportunity for manufacturers to showcase their stuff. One of the big announcements this week has been from Nikon. Faithful Nikonians have been waiting for an update to the very … Continue reading
Monetizing Information
Our 21st century economy revolves around money—and profit—and all kinds of methods are used to convince as many customers as possible to shell out for goods and services. It’s the way things work in the modern world, whether we like … Continue reading
Work Concept Evolution
I’ve watched with considerable interest the dueling ideas from Apple and Microsoft regarding whether desktop and mobile operating systems should be blended or kept inviolably separate. I don’t see this as some expression of natural law, but a guess about … Continue reading
Posted in Industry trends
Tagged Apple, Microsoft, mobile technology
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Color Space Trends
Technology marches on, whether we like it or not, but sometimes it moves in strange directions. Apple’s latest 4K and 5K iMacs will be using displays with a larger color gamut in the new-to-consumers DCI-P3 color space. DCI-P3 isn’t a … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Industry trends
Tagged Apple, color management
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Corporate Greed
Now and then big companies completely lose sight of their relationship with customers, apparently forgetting that without them they wouldn’t be in business at all. Here are two recent examples. Intuit, the makers of TurboTax, decided that for the 2014 … Continue reading
Giveaway
Who gets to use the pictures photographers work hard to create has taken another turn. Earlier this month, Getty Images announced they would allow 35 million photos in their collection to be used at no charge for non-commercial purposes (see … Continue reading
Form, Function, and Retro Design
Many camera makers are now offering bodies with “retro” design, like the Nikon Df, hoping that nostalgia will lure more customers. Too often this detracts from camera usability instead of improving it. There’s nothing wrong with liking the appearance of … Continue reading
Posted in Cameras, Industry trends
Tagged Canon, nostalgia, retro
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