In a surprising move, one of the leading optical glass makers Hoya are to buy out Camera manufacturer Pentax - or at least have them under their name. The merger has been going on for some time behind the scenes with twists and turns in negotiations resulting in a feud within Pentax. The two companies had reached a basic agreement on the merger in December, but Pentax made a change of presidency and cancelled the plan to merge with Hoya citing reasons why the company could survive on its own. Hoya then prepared a takeover bid for Pentax in an effort to bring about the merger. After much debat

Thanks to developers at the South Korea Electronic Technology Institute we may soon wave goodbye to those awful bright white flashes that not only turn you into the devil with those red eyes and blast the exposure out the window, but also annoy anyone in the vicinity! Those clever bods have just announced a handy technology breakthrough with a new type of sensor to replace the traditional CCD seen in most digital cameras of today. It reportedly can take a bright, clear picture in just one lux of light, the equivalent to the light output of one candle from one meter away! The sensor is claim

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