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Canon purchases new supercomputer system to further its ‘no-prototype’ product development ambitions

29 Sep

Fujitsu Limited announced last week that Canon Inc. has ordered a new supercomputer. The purchase signals that Canon is progressing with its plans to develop products without the need for prototypes, thereby reducing development costs and increasing development efficiency.

The system Canon ordered includes a Fujitsu Supercomputer PRIMEHPC FX1000 unit. Canon has previously used Fujitsu PRIMEHPC FX10 and PRIMEHPC FX100 supercomputer systems. The new FX1000 unit includes class-leading technology from Fugaku, the world’s fastest supercomputer. Fugaku, a petascale supercomputer, was jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu starting in 2014. Fugaku is scheduled to begin operation next year. When tested in June, it became the fastest supercomputer in the world. Fugaku has an expected theoretical computational performance of 648.8 teraflops.

Fujitsu Limited also announced that upon its completion, the supercomputer headed to Canon will play a critical role in Canon’s ‘no-prototype’ product development plans. The supercomputer will allow for ‘enhanced capabilities and scope of applicability of analysis in Canon’s product development process.’ Fujitsu and Canon anticipate the supercomputer to begin operations during the first half of 2021.

Sample image of a simulation created using an existing supercomputer. This is a simulation of a Canon inkjet printer being dropped while in its packaging. With the new FX1000, Canon will be able to perform much more complicated simulations of impacts and much more. Image credit: Canon.

Canon’s ‘no-prototype’ initiative applies to the development of numerous products, including cameras. Canon is utilizing 3D CAD data in ‘analytical simulations to evaluate multiple facets of proposed products, including functionality, as well as ease of manufacturing.’ The PRIMEHPC FX1000 system, which includes 192 nodes, will allow Canon to produce larger scale analyses and simulations, including simulations with over 100 million total elements. The new system will also Canon to produce analyses of simulated airflow and electromagnetic waves.

In its coverage of this announcement, PetaPixel speculates that Canon is working hard to catch up to the fast and furious development cycle of Sony and its mirrorless cameras and that a new supercomputer can speed up Canon’s development cycles.

Fujitsu PRIMEHPC supercomputer have numerous applications, including aiding in establishing a product development and manufacturing cycle that isn’t reliant upon prototypes. Image credit: Fujitsu

It stands to reason that if Canon can quickly simulate many iterations of a product it is developing rather than need to construct real-world prototypes, the revision process will be quicker. Further, leveraging a class-leading supercomputer may allow for deep analyses of products that may have otherwise taken Canon far too long or been outright impossible.

Ultimately, how the FX1000 supercomputer system will impact Canon’s product development cycles remains to be seen. The system should be operational in the first half of 2021, but of course, the development cycle of something like a new camera is quite lengthy.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Video: Olympus shows off incredible photos from its 150-400mm F4.5 lens, hint at further lens developments

06 Mar

CP+ might’ve been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns, but Olympus has improvised and shared its presentation on YouTube instead. The 44-minute video covers a variety of topics, but two specific moments stand out.

The first is a demonstration Olympus shared showing just how much zoom you can get out of the Olympus 150–400mm F4.5 lens. One demonstration, seen in the above screenshot from the video, shows a photograph captured with the sun setting over Mount Fuji, captured a ridiculous 67km (42 miles) away, at Olympus’ Ishikawa facility. To capture the shot, Olympus used the 1.25x converter inside the lens as well as the MC-20 2x converter to achieve a 2000mm (35mm equivalent) focal length.

A screenshot from the presentation contextualizing just how far away the photograph and timelapse images were captured from.

The next demonstration with the lens was a hand-held shot of the moon, seen in the below screenshot from the video, captured with the exact same camera setup.

In addition to both images, Olympus also shows a short timelapse video of the sunset over Mount Fuji (the section on the 150–400mm F4.5 lens starts at roughly 36:00).

The above captions in the image are auto-translated via YouTube.

Olympus representatives also note later on in the video that more lenses are in development. However, no further information was given.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Sigma updates lens compatibility notice for Canon EOS R after further testing

17 Jan

Sigma has made a number of amendments to its lens compatibility notice for Sigma lenses when used on Canon’s EOS R mirrorless camera.

After further testing, Sigma has concluded both autofocus and optical image stabilization (for applicable lenses) work ‘without any issues’ on the following lenses when used with Canon EOS R mirrorless cameras via the EF-EOS R mount adapter or Control Ring EF-EOS R mount adapter:

DG Lens
– SIGMA 12-24mm F4 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 24-35mm F2 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 24-70mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | Art
– SIGMA 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM | Art
– SIGMA 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Sports
– SIGMA 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | Sports
– SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary
– SIGMA 120-300mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | Sports
– SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary
– SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Sports
– SIGMA APO 200-500mm F2.8/400-1000mm5.6 EX DG
– SIGMA APO 300-800mm F5.6 EX DG HSM
– SIGMA 8mm F3.5 EX DG CIRCULAR FISHEYE
– SIGMA 14mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 15mm F2.8 EX DG DIAGONAL FISHEYE
– SIGMA 20mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 28mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 40mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 105mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art
– SIGMA 500mm F4 DG OS HSM | Sports
– SIGMA 70mm F2.8 DG MACRO | Art
– SIGMA MACRO 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM ?
– SIGMA APO MACRO 150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM ?
– SIGMA APO MACRO 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM ?

DC Lens
– SIGMA 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 DC HSM ?
– SIGMA 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM ?
– SIGMA 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM ?
– SIGMA 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM | Contemporary ?
– SIGMA 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM | Art ?
– SIGMA 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM | Contemporary ?
– SIGMA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM ?
– SIGMA 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM | Contemporary ?
– SIGMA 50-100mm F1.8 DC HSM | Art ?
– SIGMA 4.5mm F2.8 EX DC CIRCULAR FISHEYE HSM ?
– SIGMA 10mm F2.8 EX DC FISHEYE HSM ?
– SIGMA 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art ?

*Camera’s “Scene Intelligent Auto mode” cannot be used.

Sigma notes when Digital Lens Optimizer, located within the EOS R settings menu, is switched to ‘OFF’ but peripheral illumination correction, chromatic aberration correction and distortion correction are turned on, those corrections will be made for each lens, specific to their optical characteristics. ‘This is applicable to DG and DC lenses from Contemporary, Art and Sports line listed below which were released after March, 2018, or those of which firmware has been updated to Ver.2.0 or later,’ says Sigma in the press release.

Sigma also clarifies that any DC lenses where the image circle is made to match APS-C sensors is used, the EOS R won’t automatically switch to its built-in 1.6x crop shooting mode, meaning it will have to be set manually. A future firmware update, expected to be ‘announced at a later date,’ will make this switch automatic and add support for the EOS R’s Scene Intelligent Auto mode.

Testing also confirmed three lenses had the potential to show ‘some phenomena’ that required special handling. The Sigma 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM, 24-70mm F2.8 DG OS HSM and 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM all experienced a problem wherein on particular occasions the camera battery needed to be taken out and put back in place if the lens was removed while the optical stabilization is running.

Likewise, the 24-70mm F2.8 DG OS HSM and 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM experienced an issue where autofocus would stop working from infinity to closer focus distance while shooting video.

Upcoming firmware updates to address these issues for these three lenses are expected ‘at a later date.’

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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A Further Insight In to the Advantages of On the internet Searching

14 Mar

We reside in the engineering period and over the past a number of a long time, more and more far more customers have turned to on the net buying – and for the superior motive, specified the many gains related with this modern type of browsing! Right now, much more than ever right before in the historical past of the World wide web, folks are obtaining a myriad of items and providers on-line. From sneakers to residences and even yachts, men and women full a wide array of transactions within the Internet. That staying mentioned,guess here’s a further insight to the most notable great things about on the internet searching:

Shopping on the web Is a snap And Practical!

This can be undoubtedly the most notable gain of buying products or services on the World wide web, as opposed to brick and mortar suppliers. To put it simply, on-line outlets grant you access for their services at any time with the day or of the night – you are able to position an buy on a 24/7 basis, no matter your locale in the entire world.

The ideal point is that you are able to place an purchase with only various clicks on the mouse, which factor is especially critical for many who have very small time at their disposal and who basically can not afford the luxury of shelling out hrs on the shopping mall. Regardless of when you have a tiresome operating plan, should you be a mom with young children otherwise you are only home-bound and you simply cannot go shop in a very classic brick and mortar shop, online buying will definitely come to the rescue!

You could Conveniently Examine Selling prices

When you are a budget-conscious individual and you simply choose to make sure that you receive the most effective worth for the funds, then there is no greater strategy to try this than as a result of on the internet searching. Simply put, purchasing for objects online enables you to definitely evaluate charges before making your option. The vast majority of websites feature cost comparison engines, but when they are doing not, you can normally use serps to check costs from different suppliers. Not just will this help you conserve a major sum of money, nonetheless it may even provide you gratification, figuring out you have paid for one thing that’s truly worth the revenue!

Generally speaking, on the web suppliers offer reduced rates compared to the typical brick and mortar retailers, primarily due to the fact Internet-based outlets only have to pay for your internet hosting services, that happen to be drastically less costly than shelling out the lease for your real-life business room. In addition to this, the majority of the online business entrepreneurs reduce their gain margin and also the price tag of their things simply to attract additional prospects, as they are completely informed on the proven fact that most (otherwise all!) in their customers have turned to online shopping as a result of the price-related gains. Furthermore, the net ecosystem is understood to be an extremely aggressive space with regards to online stores, that is why enterprise entrepreneurs will struggle to supply the very best price-quality ratio!

The chances Are Countless

In regards to on the internet buying, sky is the limit – practically! The chances are endless, instead of the typical are living retailers where the shelf room is proscribed. Quite simply, the possibilities are that an internet store will exhibit noticeably much more goods than the usual brick and mortar retail store, so furnishing you with a big range of solutions. Browsing by distinctive things has never been a lot easier, given that Web browsing is simply numerous clicks away!

Much less Promoting Stunts To deal with

One more essential profit of buying goods on the internet is usually that not like brick and mortar outlets, who aim to lure clients into buying as several things as feasible (be it via interesting price tag discounts, revenue messages, posters or good product placements), on-line stores have fewer “purchasing traps”, so to talk.

Basically, on line retailers are considerably more unlikely to try persuading you into purchasing other items that you neither require nor want, as well as all those you are established on purchasing. The advertising and marketing ways of on line suppliers are likely for being extra discreet and fewer bothersome, in contrast to all those of brick and mortar shops which is one of the various causes why potential buyers have chose to give on-line procuring so much credit rating recently.

You are able to Examine A product Before Buying It

A further notable advantage of online searching – 1 that only Net procuring has – is always that you can essentially browse many consumer opinions and testimonies before you decide to commit your hard-earned cash inside a products or service. People are frequently a lot more than ready to offer you an genuine and unbiased evaluation so that you can assist foreseeable future consumers, just due to the fact these are wanting forward to looking through other reviews and evaluations themselves. You can now make knowledgeable purchases!

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4 March, 2014 – Fuji X-T1 Further Thoughts

04 Mar

 

The FujiFilm X-T1 is a handsome mirrorless camera in a small DSLR-like body. It offers a complete array of manual controls. But, this retro-style approach does not always work for my type of photography due to a couple of failings that limit the camera’s usability. Read Michael Reichmann’s Further Thoughts on the X-T1.


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Ricoh GR Preview extended with further details and more comparisons

23 Apr

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We’ve extended our Ricoh GR Preview with additional comparisons, studio shots, a larger gallery and more details on the camera’s behavior. We’ve shot our standard test scene with both the Ricoh and Sigma’s DP1 Merrill, and added the DP1M to the comparison using our forthcoming test scene. Furthermore we’ve shot the GR next to the Coolpix A in a real-world setting. Click here for all this and more.

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Facebook further pushes photo prominence in the News Feed

08 Mar

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Facebook has announced an upcoming update to the way photos are presented in user News Feeds. More space will be devoted to images, displaying them more prominently on the page. This is the second redesign that focuses on bigger pictures since July last year. The result of the redesign is not too dissimilar to the gallery view in Google+. In addition, the News Feed can be filtered to view only photo-based updates. The company says it is rolling the changes out in the coming weeks to both desktop and mobile version.

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Just posted: Canon EOS 6D test data and further impressions

18 Jan

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We’ve just posted an extra six pages to our Canon EOS 6D coverage including data and analysis from all our key tests. We’re working towards completing our review and wanted to publish this information as we know a lot of readers are interested in this camera. We’ve had the camera in the office for a couple of weeks and have used this time to expand our impressions of the camera. This will be the last update before the full review is published very soon.

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Further Down The River | Zilker Botanical Gardens HD Timelapse Preview

10 Nov

This video is comprised of around 6000 still images taken in June and September of 2010. This stubborn video has been in production since June 2010 and I finally got it all stitched together and looking good. I had a lot of trouble rendering this puppy correctly but I think that I learned enough about the inner workings of the software to counteract my anger about it. Making these time lapses are some of the most enjoyable things we’ve ever done. To sit alone or with your special someone in the garden early in the soft morning light with the company of a still pond and lotus blossoms makes everything feel right in the world. We had this song, Aqueous Transmission, in mind while we planned and captured the time lapse sequences. Just listening to it with your eyes closed makes you feel so peaceful. We wanted to convey that feeling in the video and create a tribute to one of our favourite songs. So as for the video: My computer at home sucks so bad that I wasn’t able to fully preview it. I’m not that happy with the quality in this version but meh, when I finish the whole thing it will be better. 🙂 If anyone has any tips for using Adobe Media Enocoder, I’d be delighted to get some tips.

 
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NEC to further develop noise suppression technology

17 Feb

NEC has announced its noise suppression technology has been integrated into the Casio Exilim EX-ZR10 digital compact camera. The technology, a development of the work first touted back in 2009, records the sounds of zoom and focus motors and subtracts them in real time, from any recorded audio. The technique starts with a reference set of lens and motor sounds and adapts to take into account the characteristics of the individual camera’s motor sounds and microphone behavior. The system allows motors to be run at full speed, rather than having to be slowed in an attempt to reduce noise.
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