Canon’s future dSLRs may make photographers see double if its recent patent for a revolutionary viewfinder system goes into production. The Japanese imaging firm has applied for a patent for a viewfinder system that incorporates both optical and electronic viewfinders (EVFs). Shutterbugs can peer through the optical viewfinder and see two screens: One displays the view through the lens, and the other is a small EVF that is used for image review. So is there really a need for this? For professional sports photographers, reviewing the pictures on the LCD can distract them from the action and cause them to miss shots. Hence, if they can see what they’ve photographed without removing their eye from the optical viewfinder, that’ll be really useful. An alternative use I can think of for such an implementation is for manual focusing. The EVF can show a magnified view so photographers can fine-tune their focus.
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Think Silly Putty, and you’ll probably have a very good idea what the brains at Japan’s Tokyo University have created. The new material, called Elastic Water, retains its Flubber-like consistency by mixing a few grams of clay and organic matter to H20, essentially binding the whole into a jelly-like putty. The aqua substance isn’t headed for toy retail outlets, though we won’t be surprised if it does spin off in that direction. For now, its intention is more visionary and intended to facilitate quick tissue attachment. The Japanese are also looking to increase the density of the substance for use as ecologically clean plastic materials.
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We’ve been longtime fans of Oppo’s disc players, but as much as we liked the company’s BDP-83 Blu-ray player, its US$500 price puts it out of reach for most buyers. With that in mind, Oppo has released the BDP-80, a lower priced Blu-ray player that looks to keep much of what we liked about the BDP-83 for only US$290. It’s available today. The easiest way to see the differences between the new BDP-80 and the BDP-83 is to check out Oppo’s comparison chart, but the short story is that it keeps most of the BDP-83’s features, but has a step-down video processor, can’t output DVD at 24 frames-per-second, and it lacks some customer-installation-friendly options like an RS-232 port and IR inputs and outputs.
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