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Gizmodo Japan has spotted a design patent filed by DJI for a camera that looks remarkably similar to the Hasselblad X1D 50c. Of course, DJI essentially owns Hasselblad after becoming the majority stakeholder a couple of years ago, and DJI’s own Mavic 2 Pro contains a Hasselblad branded camera. But it seems now that DJI is going to be remaking Hasselblad cameras in their own image. The design patent was filed by DJI on the January 29th, 2019 and granted on July 26th. The images contained within have a very familiar appearance. In fact, from the front, it seems virtually identical to the Hasselblad X1D 50c, save for the lack of Hasselblad branding

https://www.diyphotography.net/the-first-chinese-hasselblad-x1d-clone-is-coming-and-its-coming-from-dji

NVIDIA also announced the availability of a new NVIDIA Studio Driver, which provides optimizations for popular creative apps updating around SIGGRAPH, including OTOY Octane Render, Blender, Autodesk Arnold, Maxon Cinema 4D, Substance Painter by Adobe and Magix VEGAS Pro. The latest Studio Driver adds an often-requested feature - support for 30-bit color in OpenGL apps such as Adobe Photoshop and Premiere for all GPUs. With this feature, creators can work with their HDR photos and videos with full accuracy and without the banding typical of 24-bit color.

The latest rerelease of Nvidia's Studio drivers allows you to view HDR video and wide P3-gamut colors " across all Nvidia product lines and GPUs.

From https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/nvidia-rtx-studio-laptops-and-mobile-workstations--purposebuilt-for-creators--coming-from-every-20190729-00520

Some articles are misleading that it is only RTX feature, but it must not be.

Info from report

• FY19 Q1 sales increased 14% year-on-year to 230.7 billion yen and operating income increased 20.4 billion yen to 49.5 billion yen, primarily due to a significant increase in image sensor sales for mobile devices.
• Demand for our image sensors continues to be strong and our market share of image sensors for mid-range and high-end models of major smartphone makers remains high, due to adoption of multiple sensors per camera and growing demand for high value-added sensors made using large die-sizes.\
• We are currently utilizing 100% of our internal capacity.
• Concerns about the impact of trade issues in the second half of the fiscal year remain. We have already been conservative when forecasting the impact of these issues, but, because we want to evaluate the risks over the course of the first half of the fiscal year, we have made no changes to our April forecast.

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier silicon IP and chip provider making data faster and safer, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Northwest Logic, a market leader in memory, PCIe and MIPI digital controllers. Northwest Logic’s high-performance, high-quality and silicon-proven digital IP controller cores are optimized for use in both ASICs and FPGAs. Interface IP solutions consisting of a physical interface (PHY) and companion digital controller make it possible to optimize the transfer of data between chips and electronic devices. Every SoC design that uses a Memory or a PCIe or a MIPI PHY also needs to use a controller associated with it. The combination of complementary digital and physical IP portfolios from Northwest Logic and Rambus will create a one-stop-shop for customers.

“With this acquisition, we expand our leading product portfolio for high-performance markets such as data center, networking, artificial intelligence, machine learning and automotive,” said Hemant Dhulla, vice president and general manager of IP Cores at Rambus. “Northwest Logic’s innovative, best-in-class digital controllers complement Rambus’ proven strength in high-speed physical IP cores. Together, we will offer one of the most comprehensive high-performance interface IP solutions in the industry, leveraging our core strength in semiconductors, strong go-to-market advantage and global reach.”

Brian Daellenbach, president and CEO, Northwest Logic said: “Northwest Logic’s category-leading digital controllers fit perfectly with Rambus’ leadership portfolio of high-speed PHY solutions. This deal creates a one-stop-shop for SoC designers working on state-of-the-art applications across a broad range of high-performance markets. We look forward to continue serving our existing customers and working with our PHY partners.”

Critical to enabling the high performance of data center, networking, AI, ML and automotive applications, this acquisition will bring together the physical and digital IP core families from renowned market leaders to offer comprehensive memory and SerDes IP solutions for chip designers.

The transaction is expected to close in the current calendar quarter of 2019. Although this transaction will not materially impact 2019 results due to the expected timing of close and acquisition accounting, Rambus expects this acquisition to be accretive in 2020.

Rambus will also get lot of patents related to HBM2, GDDR6, DDR4, and general patents related to PCIe и MIPI. Expect new multi billion demands from Rambus soon. And you will pay for all this.

Second chart is very telling. How big price hikes are now and how bad are real sales.

Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual property, equipment and leases. The transaction, valued at $1 billion, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions, including works council and other relevant consultations in certain jurisdictions. Combining the acquired patents for current and future wireless technology with Apple’s existing portfolio, Apple will hold over 17,000 wireless technology patents, ranging from protocols for cellular standards to modem architecture and modem operation. Intel will retain the ability to develop modems for non-smartphone applications, such as PCs, internet-of-things devices and autonomous vehicles.

“This agreement enables us to focus on developing technology for the 5G network while retaining critical intellectual property and modem technology that our team has created,” said Intel CEO Bob Swan. “We have long respected Apple and we’re confident they provide the right environment for this talented team and these important assets moving forward. We’re looking forward to putting our full effort into 5G where it most closely aligns with the needs of our global customer base, including network operators, telecommunications equipment manufacturers and cloud service providers.”

“We’ve worked with Intel for many years and know this team shares Apple’s passion for designing technologies that deliver the world’s best experiences for our users,” said Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Technologies. “Apple is excited to have so many excellent engineers join our growing cellular technologies group, and know they’ll thrive in Apple’s creative and dynamic environment. They, together with our significant acquisition of innovative IP, will help expedite our development on future products and allow Apple to further differentiate moving forward.”

Here we see carefully designed thing to provide Apple proper Qualcomm modems replacement in few years time.

IMX311 is a 48MP BSI & Stack full frame sensor, employs an innovative 45 degree diagonal pixel array with BSI and stacked design, it can output 96MP/24MP RGB RAW stream.

Sony IMX313AQK

IMX313 is a high speed 48MP BSI Stacked FF sensor.

Sony IMX409BQJ

IMX409BQJ is a low cost, high resolution and high speed 54MP BSI FF sensor.

Sony IMX521CQR

IMX521CQR is a high speed, high sensitivity Quad Bayer 15MP BSI FF sensor.

Sony IMX554DQC

IMX554DQC is a ultra-high speed 30MP BSI and stacked FF sensor.

Minutes later, USA recognized Guaidó as legitimate president of the country and moved OAS to follow. The sphere of influence of USA and the Lima Group also followed. Later the day Russia, Turkey, Bolivia and Cuba announced support to Maduro.

USA government threatened armed intervention if Maduro "makes anything": "we have made no decision but every option is on the table". Russia announced that they would act in defense of Maduro in the case of USA intervention. EU and some other "neutral" countries position it's to search for talks and promote general elections with ONU support.

https://sputniknews.com/latam/201901241071763989-venezuela-crisis-diplomatic-ties-usa/

https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/01/23/actualidad/1548249429_996363.html

Edit: Changed the sputnik news link to one updated. Added a little bit of info.

At Friday they lost instantly 50% of valuation and now it is close to 60%.

Even last year they had been in red, and now already lost 84 millions euros, around 5x compared to year ago.

Drone market overall in tightly regulated developed countries has big issues. As now you have almost no places to fly your drone. And one you can use are of little interest for causal consumer.

Company will go through optimization process.

Check https://corporate.parrot.com/fr/publicationsfinancieres/activiteetresultatsdu3emetrimestre2018

Bye humans, wellcome ultimate deception if AI before natures disaster.

I'm not quite sure whether the use of the new analytical solution (in comparison to a numeric approximation) will make a significant difference for the practical process of designing lenses, but the article "Goodbye Aberration: Physicist Solves 2,000-Year-Old Optical Problem" at petapixel.com on this is definitely an interesting read.

Broadcom Inc. is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity firm Symantec Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, seeking a further expansion into the more profitable software business.

Broadcom could reach an agreement to buy the Mountain View, California-based company within weeks, said the people, who asked to not be identified because the matter isn’t public. No deal has been finalized and the talks could fall through, the people said.

A representative for Symantec declined to comment. A representative for Broadcom didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Symantec’s shares rose as much as 16% Wednesday in New York, their biggest intraday gain in almost eight months. They closed Tuesday at $22.10, giving the company a market value of about $13.7 billion. Broadcom shares slipped about 3.5%. They closed at $295.33 Tuesday, giving the semiconductor maker a market value of about $118 billion.

KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Corel Corporation (“Corel”), one of the world's top software platforms, announced today that KKR has completed its acquisition of Corel from Vector Capital, a leading technology-focused private equity firm. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Uniquely positioned at the intersection of several large and growing end-markets totaling almost $25 billion across its key verticals, Corel offers a wide portfolio of software solutions that deliver best-in-class capabilities to over 90 million knowledge workers worldwide. Comprised of some of the industry’s best-known brands Corel’s products empower professionals across industries in three main verticals: Creativity, Productivity, and Desktop-as-a-Service.

Corel has a consistent track record of organic growth and product innovation, as well as a proven history of accretive acquisitions, the most recent of which include the products Parallels®, ClearSlide®, and MindManager®. Combining top-rated operational capabilities with a focused product portfolio addressing attractive niche industries, Corel has accelerated its growth profile in recent years. KKR is committed to furthering that growth trajectory by enhancing internal capabilities and building on the company’s established track record of successful acquisitions.

“Corel has differentiated itself by offering an impressive portfolio of essential tools and services for connected knowledge workers – across devices, operating systems, and a range of fast-growing industries. KKR looks forward to working together with management to drive continued growth across its existing platforms while leveraging the team’s extensive experience in M&A to deliver a new chapter of innovation and growth on a global scale,” said John Park, Member at KKR.

“KKR recognizes the value of our people and their impressive achievements, especially in terms of our commitment to customers, technology innovation, and our highly successful acquisition strategy. With KKR’s support and shared vision, our management team is excited by the opportunities ahead for our company, products, and users,” said Patrick Nichols, CEO of Corel.

“Corel has been an important part of the Vector Capital family for many years and we are pleased to have achieved a fantastic outcome for our investors with the sale to KKR,” said Alex Slusky, Vector Capital’s Founder and Chief Investment Officer. “Under Vector’s ownership, Corel completed multiple transformative acquisitions, grew revenue and meaningfully improved profitability, highlighting Vector’s proven strategy of partnering with management teams to position companies for long-term success. We are confident the company has found a great partner with KKR and wish them continued success together.”

For KKR, the investment in Corel is primarily being made from KKR’s Americas XII Fund.

Corel and Vector Capital were represented by Sidley Austin LLP during this transaction, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Deloitte representing KKR.

Corel lately is loosing customers at staggering speeds.

The company's flagship iPhone models have been impacted by some of the steepest cuts in smartphone history.

• Cheaper iPhone XR model now costs 3299 yuan, around 52% lower than March 29
• High-end iPhone XS and XS Max models each reduced by 48%

The cuts are hardly a surprise: CEO Tim Cook said back in January that the notoriously discount-resistant Apple would lower prices for some of its products in markets that had been impacted by a strengthening dollar and sharply lowering smartphone sale.

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) today announced that it has released version 2.0 of the DisplayPort™ (DP) audio/video standard. DP 2.0 is the first major update to the DisplayPort standard since March 2016, and provides up to a 3X increase in data bandwidth performance compared to the previous version of DisplayPort (DP 1.4a), as well as new capabilities to address the future performance requirements of traditional displays. These include beyond 8K resolutions, higher refresh rates and high dynamic range (HDR) support at higher resolutions, improved support for multiple display configurations, as well as improved user experience with augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) displays, including support for 4K-and-beyond VR resolutions.

The advantages of DP 2.0 are enjoyed across both the native DP connector as well as the USB Type-C connector, which carries the DP audio/video signal through DisplayPort Alt Mode. DP 2.0 is backward compatible with previous versions of DisplayPort and incorporates all of the key features of DP 1.4a, including support for visually lossless Display Stream Compression (DSC) with Forward Error Correction (FEC), HDR metadata transport, and other advanced features. The increased video bandwidth performance of DP 2.0 carried over the USB-C connector enables simultaneous higher-speed USB data transfer without compromising display performance. DP 2.0 leverages the Thunderbolt™ 3 physical interface (PHY) layer while maintaining the flexibility of DP protocol in order to boost the data bandwidth and promote convergence across industry-leading IO standards.

In addition, the new data rates of DP 2.0 come with a display stream data mapping protocol common to both single-stream transport and multi-stream transport. This common mapping further facilitates multi-stream transport support of DP 2.0 devices for a single DP port on the source device to drive multiple displays either via a docking station or daisy-chainable displays. First products incorporating DP 2.0 are projected to appear on the market by late 2020.

"DP 2.0 offers differentiated end-to-end user experiences, across a multitude of market segments, such as productivity and gaming, as well as wider end-to-end interoperability with various connectivity options. It sets a new paradigm for display interface specifications by providing scalability from power-efficient small form-factor displays, to high-resolution and high-refresh-rate large form-factor displays," said Syed Athar Hussain, VESA Board Vice Chairman and Display Domain Senior Fellow, AMD.

"Intel's contribution of the Thunderbolt™ PHY layer specification to VESA for use in DP 2.0 is a significant milestone making today's simplest and most versatile port also the highest performing for display," said Jason Ziller, General Manager, Client Connectivity Division at Intel. "By collaborating with VESA, we're enabling common building block technologies to come together across a wide range of devices and increasing compatibility to deliver better experiences to consumers."

Higher-resolution Demands Mandate New Developments in Display Interfaces

Industry efforts are underway to push video broadcasting beyond 4K/Ultra HD resolutions, while 8K televisions and PC monitors are already beginning to hit the market. For example, the Japan Broadcasting Company (NHK) has announced plans to broadcast the 2020 Summer Olympics in 8K, and has already begun to broadcast 8K content to viewers.

At the same time, gaming platforms are pushing the envelope on immersive gameplay, driving demand for higher resolutions and video frame rates across PC, laptop, and mobile platforms, including smart phones and VR headsets. Further developments in display interfaces are needed to address these developments.

Tripling Data Bandwidth Performance

The previous version of DisplayPort, v1.4a, provided a maximum link bandwidth of 32.4 Gbps, with each of the four lanes running at a link rate of 8.1 Gbps/lane. With 8b/10b channel coding, that equates to a maximum payload of 25.92 Gbps. DP 2.0 increases the maximum link rate to up to 20 Gbps/lane and features more efficient 128b/132b channel coding, delivering a maximum payload of 77.37 Gbps -- up to a three-fold increase compared to DP 1.4a. This means that DP 2.0 is the first standard to support 8K resolution (7680 x 4320) at 60 Hz refresh rate with full-color 4:4:4 resolution, including with 30 bits per pixel (bpp) for HDR-10 support.

Maximizing Gains on USB-C connector

The performance increases enabled by DP 2.0 are through both native DP connectors and the USB-C connector via DP Alt Mode. USB-C allows a single connector for USB data, video data and power. If simultaneous support of SuperSpeed USB data and video is needed, the significantly increased data rates enabled by DP 2.0 give users the ability to have power and SuperSpeed USB data at the same time as super-high-resolution video.

DP 2.0 Configuration Examples

With the increased bandwidth enabled by DP 2.0, VESA offers a high degree of versatility and configurations for higher display resolutions and refresh rates. In addition to the above-mentioned 8K resolution at 60 Hz with HDR support, DP 2.0 across the native DP connector or through USB-C as DisplayPort Alt Mode enables a variety of high-performance configurations:

Single display resolutions

• One 16K (15360×8460) display @60Hz and 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR (with DSC)
• One 10K (10240×4320) display @60Hz and 24 bpp 4:4:4 (no compression)

Dual display resolutions

• Two 8K (7680×4320) displays @120Hz and 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR (with DSC)
• Two 4K (3840×2160) displays @144Hz and 24 bpp 4:4:4 (no compression)

Triple display resolutions

• Three 10K (10240×4320) displays @60Hz and 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR (with DSC)
• Three 4K (3840×2160) displays @90Hz and 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR (no compression)

When using only two lanes on the USB-C connector via DP Alt Mode to allow for simultaneous SuperSpeed USB data and video, DP 2.0 can enable such configurations as:

• Three 4K (3840×2160) displays @144Hz and 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR (with DSC)
• Two 4Kx4K (4096×4096) displays (for AR/VR headsets) @120Hz and 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR (with DSC)
• Three QHD (2560×1440) @120Hz and 24 bpp 4:4:4 (no compression)
• One 8K (7680×4320) display @30Hz and 30 bpp 4:4:4 HDR (no compression)

"Being an open standards body comprising more than 280 member companies across the electronics value chain gives VESA a unique vantage point to anticipate the needs of the display market several years out and add new capabilities to our standards ahead of demand," stated Alan Kobayashi, VESA Board Chair and VESA DisplayPort Task Group Chair. "DP 2.0 represents one of our most significant milestones in the history of DisplayPort, and is the culmination of several years' effort and major enhancements to this ubiquitous standard. Like the previous versions of DisplayPort that helped pave the way for major inflection points in video technology such as UHD, 4K, 5K, video over USB-C and HDR, DP 2.0 will help take the industry to the next level -- enabling even higher frame rates and resolutions up to and beyond 8K, greater flexibility in display configurations including multiple monitor setups, as well as improved power efficiency."

Improving Power Efficiency

DP 2.0 also supports VESA's new Panel Replay capability, which is designed to optimize the power envelope and thermal performance of smaller end devices, such as all-in-one PCs and laptops, with higher resolution displays. Similar to the Panel Self Refresh capability in Embedded DisplayPort (eDP), Panel Replay incorporates a partial update feature that enables the system video processor, or GPU, to update only the portion of the display that has changed since the video frame update, thus saving system power. Advantages include the ability to recharge a device more quickly while at the same time using it.

Seems like Olympus is having a 3 day event in Austin, Texas on August 10th. My guess is a camera announcement.

Contrary to 43rumors idea it can be actually merger announcement and some plans sharing.

Olympus camera division is still in anemic state without any clear guidance how to survive or become profitable.

We can see it merging with either Sony or may be even Nikon.

If you remember previous PV leaked rumor - https://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/21715/strange-rumor-panasonic-to-transfer-all-consumer-imaging-to-be-under-leica-brand/p1 this can also be big case. As Leica can soon become solely marketing venue of Panasonic.

Via https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/mittelstand/familienunternehmer/matthias-harsch-so-will-der-leica-chef-den-firmenumbau-meistern-/24461078.html?ticket=ST-1463380-I1AkaeWDaAodvVecSJ3F-ap2

As image sensors are a driving force in innovating industries, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is pleased to announce two new CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductors) sensor products, the ultra-high resolution 120MXSI and ultra-high sensitivity 35MMFHDXSMA. These sensors help expand the company’s lineup of industrial vision products, and offer integrators and end users additional capabilities when developing solutions in a variety of applications1.

“As a result of Canon’s success in developing and manufacturing advanced CMOS sensors for our own purposes, we expanded to create a business platform offering select sensor capabilities for use in industrial vision applications,” said Kazuto Ogawa, president and chief operating officer, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “These two new CMOS sensors reflect Canon’s dedication to this new business, and reinforce our commitment to developing high-quality imaging solutions.”

120MXSI

The 120MXSI sensor is built with the ability to produce clear, high-quality images, making it a great fit for integrators and end users developing applications such as machine vision, security, robotics, precision agriculture and healthcare. This 120-megapixel sensor is capable of simultaneous and discrete image capture in both the visible and near-infrared spectrums2 at a maximum frame rate of 9.4 frames per second.

35MMFHDXSMA

The 35MMFHDXSMA sensor is capable of capturing monochrome imagery in extreme low-light environments where subjects would be near impossible to recognize with the naked eye. Removal of the color filter array doubles the sensitivity of the previously announced 35MMFHDXSCA sensor, providing even greater low-light capabilities. This sensor can meet a wide range of ultra-high-sensitivity needs when used as a component to support a multitude of applications developed by integrators and end users, including astrological observation, natural disaster monitoring, security and object detection, molecular and cell biology, and industrial vision.

The 120MXSI and 35MMFHDXSMA CMOS sensors will be showcased in the Canon Booth #1611 at the Sensors Expo & Conference, which, according to its organizer, is the industry’s largest event dedicated to sensors, connectivity and IoT, taking place from June 26-27, 2019 at the San Jose McEnergy Convention Center in San Jose, California.

For more information on Canon sensors, please visit canon-cmos-sensors.com

U.S. activist investor Daniel Loeb has called on Sony to spin off its "crown jewel" image sensor business to unlock the Japanese group's true worth as a global entertainment powerhouse.

In a letter to investors on Thursday, Third Point publicly acknowledged for the first time that it had reinvested in Sony through a $1.5 billion stake. The move launches its second campaign since the hedge fund failed in 2013 to persuade the Japanese conglomerate to sell a part of its entertainment business.

Loeb urged Sony to focus on being a global entertainment company, redeploying cash from its TV and cameras business to focus on gaming, music, and film and television. He also called for the sale of its shareholdings in Sony Financial, M3 Inc., Olympus and Spotify.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Daniel-Loeb-calls-on-Sony-to-spin-off-sensor-business

Of course it does not mean anything for now. But something tells me that leading US companies and Samsung are behind this early warning.

Smartphone companies will find a way to not pay big money for extremely high marginal top sensors. Samsung having lot of tech and knowledge also looking on how to break secret agreement.

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Right now we have LTO-8 as a format, we have the drives, and… we don’t have any tapes. Between 2000 and 2015, the first seven generations of LTO improved from 100GB to 6TB per tape, and were released in orderly sequence. LTO-8 was released in December 2017, promising 12TB of capacity and a healthy 360MB per second of performance, and there’s an enticing roadmap all the way to 480 terabyte tapes, with even LTO-10, at 48TB per tape, projected to achieve over a gigabyte per second. Filling twelve terabytes of LTO-8 at 360 megs a second would take over nine hours, ignoring any sort of filesystem or other administrative overheads, but it’s a pretty attractive idea in the 8K, HDR future.

Or rather it would be if it were actually available. The technical details are too dense to go into, but essentially, despite the fact that there are three participants in the LTO program (HP, IBM and Quantum,) the principal organizations making tape are Fujifilm and Sony, and those two organizations are currently engaged in a multi-year court battle over some very complex issues of patentability on the tape media. As a result, nobody is currently selling LTO-8 tape, and no solution is expected before the latter half of the year.

https://www.redsharknews.com/production/item/6415-there-s-a-shortage-of-lto-tape-and-that-s-a-big-problem

On July 2010, 21, Fujifilm introduced the F300EXR with a then new kind of AF, called "Hybrid AF" by Fuji. It makes use of the fact that the microlens which modern cameras have in front of every pixel on the sensor, creates a directional dependency of brightness distribution on the light sensitive pixel surface.

So, Fuji masked one half in some, the other half in some other of the pixels (but modified only a few pixels in total). It could therefore create two signals (low resolution images) from the modified pixels which are used to determine a phase shift between the two. The modified pixels aren't used to take the image itself.

Canon took this idea, sat down for a few hours and thought: "well, what if we didn't mask one half of a pixel but split it into two and only reading one at a time?" Here is what it looks like:

Obviously, Canon pays better graphics designers than Fuji. Other than that, the two illustrations look pretty similiar. So maybe, it is no surprise that it took them exactly 12 working days to write this idea down and file another patent on 2010, August 9, a Monday ... 2 busy weeks. The idea is obvious. But only Canon reacted quick enough to make it a patent. And only Canon was brave enough to actually double the pixel count in a real product. It took them 3 years to do. I applaud Canon for what I think is a business master piece.

Yes, it really is a new type of AF. The idea is quite simple and is the same as with the Hybrid AF. But executed with brute force. And what you get in return, wow!

Unlike PDAF and Hybrid AF, CDAF can make use of all available light falling into the lens. This is a massive advantage. Sadly, it is offset by a large number of measurements it must take in order to maximize contrast. Especially as many vendors don't apply sophisticated algorithms to minimize the number of measurement steps. On the other hand, PDAF and even more Hybrid AF, only use a fraction of available light for their measurement.

The new MPAF is the first kind of AF which does both: use all light and minimize the number of measurements. Canon's first installation with its focus on continuous movie focusing may not tell the full story yet, but I am convinced that eventually, MPAF will blow all other kinds of AF out of the water. In terms of speed, tracking ability, accuracy, and low light capabilities.

The MPAF is a breakthrough here: it eventually allows the high end cameras to drive innovation rather than play the conservative watcher. This redefines the rules and will transform the industry.

http://falklumo.blogspot.ru/2013/07/comment-why-new-dual-pixel-af-will.html

Badge registration is now open for Cine Gear 2019. All attendees must complete this FREE registration process to obtain their credentials. Registration is free until 11:59 p.m. PDT, May 25th 2019.

Location: Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA

Exhibits & Seminars

• Friday, May 31 Hours: 12:00 noon - 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday, June 1 Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Film Competition Screenings

• Thursday, May 30 Finalist Screenings 12:00 noon - 5:30 p.m.
• Friday, May 31 Winners Announced at Awards Party

Master Classes

• Sunday, June 2 Lighting Workshop 1:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Alan is covering exhibition for us, huge prizes for him:

Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware and software products except those covered by open source licenses, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Sunday, in a blow to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government has sought to blacklist around the world.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will immediately lose access to updates to the Android operating system, and the next version of its smartphones outside of China will also lose access to popular applications and services including the Google Play Store and Gmail app.

Details of the specific services were still being discussed internally at Google, according to the source. Huawei attorneys are also studying the impact of the U.S. Commerce Department’s actions, a Huawei spokesman said on Friday. Huawei was not immediately reachable for further comment.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-alphabet-exclusive/exclusive-google-suspends-some-business-with-huawei-after-trump-blacklist-source-idUSKCN1SP0NB

This means that all Google apps won't work as well as no testing and such will be performed, also expect many US applications (like all Facebook owned) to start checking your smartphone manufacturers and telling that they won't run.

US started to use their big cards, trying to stop Huawei that eats US companies at smartphones market.

Xiaomi can soon also join the company.

Both companies have their own LSI for smartphones (Xiaomi soon will show theirs), as well as special adapted version of Android that will drift far apart with time. We will soon see really big global app stores being alternative to Google Play.