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HTC Claims “Best Smartphone Camera”

by Tom Allen

The HTC 10, a new flagship smartphone, has what the company claims is ‘the best camera on the market’ (although Huawei might disagree – see Huawei Challenges Tier One Phone Makers). The design is …

Tags:Cameras| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Huawei Challenges Tier One Phone Makers

by Tom Allen

Huawei’s new phones, created in collaboration with camera manufacturer Leica, are said to set ‘a new standard in smartphone photography’. They are the P9 and P9 Plus, and were launched at an event in …

Tags:Cameras| Huawei| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Samsung Augments Reality With Contact Lens Display

by Tom Allen

The Korea Intellectual Property Office has granted Samsung a patent for contact lenses with a tiny display and built-in camera, as well as sensors that detect movement. The ‘eye-mount display’ projects images onto a …

Tags:Cameras| Contact Lens Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 13

New Camera HDR IP Cores Offered by Pinnacle Imaging Systems

by Chris Chinnock

Pinnacle Imaging Systems is a company that has been focused on High Dynamic Range (HDR) for some time – longer than any other company on the planet, the company claimed in an email exchange. …

Tags:Cameras| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Atomos Brings HDR to Field Monitors

by Tom Allen

Atomos has shown off two new 7.1″ field monitors prior to NAB, which display 10 stops of luminance detail, with 10-bit HDR post production colour accuracy (8-bit + FRC); said to be the first …

Tags:Cameras| Field Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 12

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 11

by Tom Allen

The TCG121WX 12″ TFT-LCD module from Kyocera (MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 21) is now available in Europe. Nokia has shared the price of its Ozo VR camera (Nokia Announces Ozo VR …

Tags:Cameras| Kyocera| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Pricing| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 11

The Air A01 Mates with a Smartphone to Form a Unique Camera

by Arthur Berman

The Olympus Air A01 looks like it is just a lens but it is actually an add-on camera for Android or iOS smartphones. The camera does not have its own display but, rather, uses …

Tags:Cameras| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Olympics Used to Test 8k, WCG and HDR

by Tom Allen

UltraHD will not be broadcast from the Olympics in Rio (IOC Has ‘No Plans’ for UltraHD in Rio) – but the format will not be entirely absent. Japan’s NHK will record at least some …

Tags:4k| Brazil| Cameras| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| Olympics| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 09

LG, Alcatel, Canon Shine at the iF Design Awards 2016

by Isaac Oburu

LG Electronics received a total of 28 awards at the iF Design Awards 2016, setting a new record for a Korean company. Three products from LG took home iF Gold Awards: the Gram 15 …

Tags:21:9| Awards| Back Panel| Cameras| Canon| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Smartphones| TCL| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Lilliput Protects Field Monitor

by Tom Allen

China’s Lilliput has developed a new 7″ camera-top monitor, with a 3G-SDI input. The Lilliput Q7 is rack-mountable and can be used to view waveform data with a picture-in-picture. It also includes time code …

Tags:Cameras| Field Monitors| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 08