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Canon comes up with a shutter button like no shutter button before it

Dec 20, 2020 by Udi Tirosh 22 Comments
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There are many kinds of cameras: DSLRs, point and shoot, mirrorless, even that weird Sony F707 from when DSLRs started. But one thing almost never changed since when cameras started. Even the old Analog cameras. The Shutte Button. Sure, it was mechanical at first and got a new “half-press” when auto fucus was introduced. But the overall mechanics stayed the same. Click the button – make a photo.

In a patent application spotted by Canon News, you see something that resembles a touchpad. If you google translate the patent (like I did), you see that it does not just resemble a touchpad. It is a touchpad. Moreover, the back LCD has another touch screen, similar to what we are actually used to in recent camera lines.

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Instagram appears to be testing black and white interface in its smartphone app

Apr 26, 2016 by GB Leave a Comment
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File this under non-essential-but-interesting news.

Reports are coming out that Instagram is potentially looking at implementing a black and white design throughout the entirety of their application.[Read More…]

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Instagram no longer displays usernames for photos with less than 10 ‘likes’

Feb 19, 2016 by GB Leave a Comment
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This is interesting. Instagram is changing a small, but prominent feature of its social network service.[Read More…]

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