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Will USB 4 enable USB-C hubs?

The name Thunderbolt (and its icon) are trademarked by Intel and licensed (now for free) to others. But if a computer maker wants to use them, they still need to get Intel's OK.

And the need to buy new hardware to run current software doesn't already happen even without any system architecture changes? At some point, a computer won't run the current OS anymore and ...

The 2012 A12X/Z chip in the developer transition kit already offers a performance for emulated software that corresponds to maybe a three-year old Mac laptop. An A14-based Mac chip might even ...

Light density at the sensor remains the same, but then you are blowing up the image more to a given viewing size when starting with a smaller sensor (or a crop from the larger sensor). This...

Focussing on DSLRs is just one reason, people might prefer an f/5.6 (or f/8) lens over an f/11 lens. Faster shutter speeds to freeze action (without needing to ramp up the ISO) is another....

Apple generally has decently long OS support for its computers. The oldest Macs supported by the current OS, Catalina (or still getting security updates, High Sierra/Mojave) are: (1) iMac: late 2012 ...

The masses have either moved large portions of their photography to smartphones or are perfectly happy with the performance of 5+ years old cameras. They don't have an incentive to upgrade.

Though, leaving the TC on while using an effective focal length that is below the native upper zoom limit is almost always affecting image quality.

Is the reverse also true, does a physical hard stop prevents mounting the TC when the lens is zoomed to below 300 mm?

I don't think even the very best lens available shows decent results at f/22.

And lens+TC combos basically always fare worse than the lens on its own. Even lenses with custom TCs, eg, the xxx-400...

All those old sensors weren’t global shutter, It thus isn’t surplus from those days.

Sure, but you must really have some special needs that a global shutter compensate for all the downsides of this camera (compared to a Fuji).

So what about a Fuji X-Pro (pick whatever generation you prefer)? Apart from rangefinder focussing it does basically everything this camera does for less money while offering a lot of additional...

You say that as if a rangefinder were something good when it is largely just a nostalgia trip.

Given that they’ve just separated iPadOS from iOS two years or so ago, I think they’ll stick with macOS. The only issue is the different version numbers: (1) iOS 14 (2) iPadOS 14 (3) tvOS 14

“ The issue is that people could never see past the sensor size.”
People could increasingly not justify the prices given the sensor size (and falling behind in sensor technology which today also...

Yeah, but this is Japan. Shutting down a business and firing its employees is hard over there. They have sunk money into Imaging for something like 7 out of the last 10 years (technically, Imaging...

JIP (or rather the JIP-owned NewCo) could continue selling lenses with m43 mount. At worst, people have speculated that Olympus is basically switching over to only selling inventory rather sooner...

They fully intend to transfer ownership of the Imaging division to JIP but whether they expect to get a cash benefit from doing so is another question. Technically they would still sell the...