<strong>From Wired:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><span class="lede" tabindex="-1">IN THE SUMMER </span>of 2013, when documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras was shooting a still-secret NSA leaker named Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room, she took security seriously. She’d periodically transfer her footage to encrypted hard drives, and would later go so far as to destroy the SD cards onto which her camera recorded. But as she watched Snowden through her lens, she was haunted by the possibility that security agents might barge through the door at any moment to seize her camera. And the memory card inside of it remained dangerously unencrypted, full of unedited confessions of a whistleblower who hadn’t yet gotten his secrets out to the world.</p>
<p>“When you’re in the field filming and your camera is taken by authorities, that footage is completely vulnerable,” Poitras says. “That’s where encryption is really needed.” <a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/12/200-filmmakers-ask-nikon-canon-sell-encrypted-cameras/">Read the entire article</a></p></blockquote>
<p>This is something I’ve never personally thought of, but seems to be something that should be taken seriously.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://freedom.press/news/over-150-filmmakers-and-photojournalists-call-major-camera-manufacturers-build-encryption-their-cameras/">list of filmmakers</a> can be seen in the open letter written to Canon at the Freedom of the Press Foundation website.</p>
<blockquote><p>As filmmakers and photojournalists who value our own safety and the safety of our sources and subjects, we would seek out and buy cameras that come with built-in encryption. Adding these data security features to your product line would give your company a significant competitive advantage over other camera manufacturers, none of whom currently offer this feature.</p></blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://www.cinema5d.com/interview-sigma-ceo-suggests-potential-video-shooting-cameras-in-future/https://www.cinema5d.com/interview-sigma-ceo-suggests-potential-video-shooting-cameras-in-future/">Cinema5D</a> had the opportunity on a recent trip to Japan to sit down with Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki and talk all things Sigma.</p>
<p><strong>Here is a rundown from <a href="https://www.cinema5d.com/interview-sigma-ceo-suggests-potential-video-shooting-cameras-in-future/https://www.cinema5d.com/interview-sigma-ceo-suggests-potential-video-shooting-cameras-in-future/">Cinema5D</a> of questions asked in this interview:</strong></p>
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<li>00:17 – How was it to grow-up in a house with an enthusiastic father? (Mr. Michihiro Yamaki established the company in 1961 and passed away in 2012, at the age of 78).</li>
<li>01:29 – Can you please share with our audience your daily routine?</li>
<li>03:14 – How do you prioritise which mount and lenses to make?</li>
<li>04:01 – How easy was the decision to start making the Art line of high-quality lenses?</li>
<li>05:27 – In the past, Sigma lenses were considered affordable. Then you decided to hit the upper end of the market. What was the reason?</li>
<li>06:53 – In such a crowded market, Sigma is producing a high-quality stills camera that does not offer any video functionality. Why is that?</li>
<li>07:51 – Are you able to keep good sales is a declining market?</li>
<li>09:07 – Why did you decide to produce cine lenses?</li>
<li>09:57 – Where did people go? Why aren’t they buying lenses anymore?</li>
<li>10:26 – What would be your dream zoom lens?</li>
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<p>One of the most intriguing parts of the interview is at about the 7:40 mark where he talks about the possibility of Sigma producing a mirrorless camera with video capabilities.</p>
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A patent showing a lens design from that shows the ability to reverse mount for greater macro magnification has appeared.</p>
<p>Patent publication number 2016-206568 (Google Translated)</p>
<ul>
<li>Release date 2016.12.8</li>
<li>Application date 2015.4.28</li>
<li>Reversibly attachable lenses</li>
<li>Reverse attachment detection switch</li>
<li>Switch control according to installation position</li>
</ul>
<p>There have been a few adaptors over the years that would allow you to reverse mount certain lenses for macro usage.</p>
<p><a href="http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2016-12-12">Egami suggest</a> that this patent may have been part of the EF-M 28mm f/3.5 IS Macro lens development.</p>
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We’re going to announce\ the poll results on Monday, December 19, 2016 instead of Friday, December 16, 2016.</p>
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</strong>It’s time for the annual best of 2016 from Canon. This time we’re going to let you select the winners!</p>
<p><strong>How it works</strong></p>
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<li>You can only vote once in each category, best camera, best lens and most anticipated product of 2017.</li>
<li>We will announce the results on Friday, December 16, 2016.</li>
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Another patent showing a curved sensor design from Canon has appeared. A <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/patent-canon-curved-sensor-to-reduce-vignetting/">previous patent showed how a curved sensor</a> could help reduce vignetting.</p>
<p>This patent shows how to electronically bend the sensor.</p>
<p>We’ve now seen a few patents for curved sensor technology, so we expect we’re going to see some sort of implementation in the future.</p>
<p><strong>Patent publication number 2016-201425 (Google Translated)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Release date 2016.12.1</li>
<li>Application date 2015.4.8</li>
<li>Coupling the imaging element and the expansion / contraction section</li>
<li>As the stretchable portion expands, the amount of curvature of the imaging surface increases</li>
<li>The expansion and contraction section is electrically controlled</li>
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