Sony India on Thursday announced Alpha 9 II a full-frame interchangeable lens camera for Rs. 3,99,990 in India. The Alpha 9 II will be available across all key retail counters Sony Center and major electronic stores across the country from this Thursday onwards. The company said in a statement that the new Alpha 9 II
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Sigma, popularly known for its lenses, recently launched a brand new mirrorless camera called the Sigma fp, which is now available in India. Sigma’s camera lineup might not be as well-known as its lenses here, but the new fp is touted as the world’s smallest full-frame mirrorless camera, which makes it special. That’s not all;
Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic is abandoning the semiconductor business with the sale of its last business in that sector to a Taiwanese company. Panasonic said Thursday it was transferring the semiconductor business operated by Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions to Nuvoton Technology. In recent years, Panasonic has sold its semiconductor plants in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. Terms were not
Amazon has considered adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras, according to a letter to a US senator defending its video-sharing partnerships with police. The company told Sen. Ed Markey that facial recognition is a “contemplated, but unreleased feature” of its home security cameras but that there are no plans to coordinate that feature
Another year, another new GoPro. Arguably the leader in the action camera market, GoPro has been consistently iterating its flagship action cameras, which are marketed as its ‘Black’ models in each generation. The Hero 6 Black and Hero 7 Black offered small, iterative updates over the Hero 5 Black, which debuted the design that we
China’s DJI, the world’s largest commercial drone maker, said on Wednesday it is developing technology that would allow the public to track the registrations of drones in flight using just a smartphone, amid a broader industry push to make such data available. SZ DJI Technology aims to roll out a free app in 2020, pending
Leica has just launched a new successor to the SL mirrorless camera it had launched way back in 2015. Called the Leica SL2, it feature improved ergonomics with an IP54 certification for moisture resistance, it can shoot up to 5K video and can shoot a burst of images at 20fps, using the electronic shutter. The
As India prepares to install a nationwide facial recognition system in an effort to catch criminals and find missing children, human rights and technology experts on Thursday warned of the risks to privacy and from increased surveillance. Use of the camera technology is an effort in “modernising the police force, information gathering, criminal identification, verification”,
She woke to her ex-boyfriend standing at the foot of her bed. At first, he said nothing. He stood there, she later recalled to a court, staring and silent for what “seemed like an eternity.” He then told her, low and quiet, “you’re lucky it’s just me and not a robber or a bad person
Fujifilm has launched its hybrid instant camera in India called the Instax Mini LiPlay. It combines the features of a digital point-and-shoot camera and an instant printer, in a single device. It features an LCD display, a SoundRecord feature, and a remote shooting function with the help of the smartphone app. The camera is now
Sony on Wednesday said quarterly operating profit jumped 16 percent on robust image sensor sales, its strongest-ever result for the second quarter, and it raised its full-year earnings outlook. Operating income for the Japanese entertainment and electronics firm came in at JPY 279 billion (GBP 2.02 billion or roughly Rs. 18,184 crores) for the July-September
Fujifilm X-Pro3 has debuted as the latest mirrorless camera by the Japanese company. The new camera offers a retro-style design that reminds us of its predecessor — X-Pro2. However, its back panel looks similar to the classic film cameras with a dedicated postage-stamp-sized screen that displays settings. The X-Pro3 also comes with an old fashioned
Google appears to have has quietly retired its AI-powered camera product ‘Google Clips’, because the actual product listing has been removed from the company’ s online store. Google Clips was launched in 2017 for $249 (roughly Rs. 18,000). It features a 12-megapixel sensor, 130-degree field-of-view lens and 8GB of internal memory. The camera is designed
Canon announced the EOS 90D and EOS M6 Mark II cameras back in August and now, they are available in India. The EOS 90D, which succeeds the EOS 80D, features an upgraded sensor, 4K video recording and gets Canon’s Dual Pixel autofocus system. It will go on sale with the EF-S18mm-135mm IS USM kit lens
Facebook said Tuesday its Portal smart screens would be incorporated in its Workplace social network for businesses, which has grown to more than three million paid users. Workplace paid users grew by more than 50 percent in the past eight months, the company said as it kicked off its second annual Flow conference at a hotel
Panasonic India has announced the launch of Lumix DC-S1H, which is the company’s latest digital single-lens full-frame mirrorless camera aimed to deliver cinema-quality video output. This camera was first launched internationally in August earlier this year and now finally it has been brought to the Indian market. The Lumix DC-S1H sensor’s resolution has been set
In a promotional video, Amazon.com says its Cloud Cam home security camera provides “everything you need to monitor your home, day or night.” In fact, the artificially intelligent device requires help from a squad of invisible employees. Dozens of Amazon workers based in India and Romania review select clips captured by Cloud Cam, according to five
Back in July, we heard about Canon’s experimental pocket camera that went up on crowdfunding site Indiegogo and now, it finally ready to ship sometime next week. Production began sometime in August, and some of the big retail stores in the US already have it up for pre-order. The camera will go on sale for
Nikon has launched a brand new Z series camera called the Z50, which unlike the Z7 and Z6 full-frame cameras, is the company’s first cropped sensor (APS-C) mirrorless camera. It’s based on the Z-mount, can shoot 4K videos, apart from boasting of a slim and light body. The camera will be available in November starting
China’s Hikvision said on Wednesday a decision by the US government to place it on a trade blacklist could have a short-term impact on the video surveillance company’s performance. Hikvision was one of eight Chinese firms included on an expanded US trade blacklist on Monday aimed at punishing Beijing for its treatment of Muslim minorities and which has escalated
It’s been two years since Sony launched its flagship A9 full-frame mirrorless camera, which was already a beast of a performer. Now, the company has quietly introduced a follow-up to that model, unsurprisingly called the A9 II. The new version doesn’t add anything major over its predecessor but it does get some notable improvements in
Canon has announced the launch of its latest entry-level mirrorless camera, the Canon EOS M200, which is the successor to the Canon EOS M100. Some of the key highlights of the EOS M200 include the latest Canon Digic 8 processor, improved autofocus, and the addition of 4K video recording. This new compact and lightweight camera
In a bone-chilling incident, a couple in the US was left stunned when a hacker broke into their connected home and started talking to them via camera, played vulgar music on the video system in the living room and even turned thermostat to 90 degrees Fahrenheit (over 32 degrees Celsius). According to Fox 6 News,
Sony India has announced the launch of its latest high-end mirrorless camera in the Alpha 7R series, the Alpha 7R IV. This new mirrorless camera from Sony comes with what’s claimed to be the world’s first 61-megapixel back-illuminated full-frame image sensor, which is designed to deliver stunning image quality with high resolution and wide dynamic
Hero Electronix has announced the launch of its Qubo Smart Indoor Camera in India, under its Qubo brand of AI-powered connected smart devices. Along with the camera, the company has also launched smart sensors, namely — Qubo Smart Gas Sensor, Qubo Smart Smoke Sensor, and the QuboSmart Door and Window Sensor. The Qubo Smart Indoor
Fujifilm has launched a new mirrorless camera for beginners called the X-A7. This is the follow-up to the X-A5, which launched last year and comes with a host of new improvements. There’s a new sensor; more PDAF points; a higher framerate for 4K video recoding and a new Bright Mode for more vivid images. The
Beleaguered Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Tuesday denied accusations reported in the Wall Street Journal that it stole technology from a Portuguese inventor, accusing him of “taking advantage of the current geopolitical situation.” The US Department of Justice is looking into the claim, potentially adding to existing criminal cases against Huawei, the WSJ reported last week.
It’s suddenly raining cameras in August. After Canon announced its new mirrorless offering, Sony has announced two new APS-C mirrorless cameras which will hit markets in October and November. The first is the A6600, which will be the current flagship model. It borrows the same features like real-time subject and eye tracking in stills and
Panasonic Lumix DC-S1H has been launched, the company’s latest digital single-lens full-frame mirrorless camera aimed to deliver cinema-quality video output. This new camera joins the Lumix DC-S1 and Lumix DC-S1R in Panasonic’s lineup of professional-grade, full-frame mirrorless cameras. The Lumix DC-S1H sensor’s resolution has been set at 24.2-megapixels, and it complies with the new Dual
The doorbell-camera company Ring has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States, granting them potential access to homeowners’ camera footage and a powerful role in what the company calls the nation’s “new neighbourhood watch.” The partnerships let police automatically request the video recorded by homeowners’ cameras within a