Olympus patent discloses new 3D camera and lens. | 43 Rumors.
Hard to tell from the drawings but it looks like the lens (see right most drawing at link) is doing an internal beam split to give slightly different left and right perspectives.
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Microsoft’s SkyDrive said to be adding 3D panorama capability
Microsoft is planning to add support for uploading and viewing 3D panorama within SkyDrive.com in the future.
via Exclusive: SkyDrive.com to get built-in Photosynth 3D panorama mode [updated] | LiveSide.net.
Report suggests camera sales may have peaked
CIPA report on 2012 sales in Japan: Fewer Mirrorless cameras produced. | 43 Rumors.
The main finding is that actual camera sales in Japan in 2012 were significantly less than had been originally forecast for 2012.
From a comment, compact camera sales are down about 30% from 2011 to 2012. And “so far this year mirrorless sales are 81.5% of last year and DSLR sales are 76.8% of last year”.
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3D video of Lilac Festival Parade
An experimental 3D video of selected scenes from the 2013 Spokane Lilac Festival and Armed Forces Day Parade. Photographed using dual Canon HF M301 camcorders, edited in Sony Vegas Movie Studio 12, and uploaded to YouTube in the side-by-side half resolution format.
Olympus leaving the low end camera business
Makes sense: Olympus quits low end compact camera business. Focus on mirrorless and high end compact. | 43 Rumors.
Many of the camera makers have what seems like dozens of similar low end cameras up through super zooms. I have never understood why they felt they needed to subdivide the market into so many tiny niches. Seemed better to concentrate on a few products and make them great. Perhaps this is a first step in that direction and Olympus will now focus on mirrorless and high end cameras.