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In with the old!
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PSVR 2
that is directional so you will be objects in games, providing
able to locate friends or developers utilise the feature.
enemies by gunfire or footfall.
Motion sickness has been a
Sony have designed all new constant problem with virtual
controllers called PSVR 2 Sense reality. Sony hope to counter
Controllers which like the PS5 this this by way of an expanded
Dual Sense controllers feature 110º field of view (FOV) which will
T
haptic feedback and adaptive display more of the virtual world
triggers and unlike the previous without the need to tilt your
he original reduces rendering demands by headset like the dual sense
PSVR game developers will be head. One downside to the new
PlayStation VR was focusing on the areas your eye controllers which can simulate
able to specifically design their headset is the lack of
a very popular is looking at. This should allow an arrow flying past your head
games around this backwards compatibility as
virtual reality developers to be able to create or rain drops. This should add a
standardised control system as Sony have designed this as a
headset with over 5 even more detailed worlds. whole new dimension to virtual
every PSVR 2 comes with two new games platform. This is
million sales since Hopefully game developers reality games. Accompanying
controllers as standard. They both good and bad. The bad is
its release back in 2016. utilise this feature. User this is Tempest 3D Audio Tech,
also feature ‘finger-touch’ that old PSVR game libraries will
friendliness has been vastly so not only will it feel like and
detection which detects require the old headset (which
Announced earlier this year the improved with the headset arrow whizzing past your head
placement of the fingers is compatible with PS5) but the
PlayStation VR 2 is due to be featuring four in-built cameras but sound like it too with audio
without touching the button. good is that new games
released on February 22nd 2023 so no need for an external one
This should open up news ways developed will not be
and will be powered by like the previous model and
for players to interact with hampered by having to support
PlayStation 5 and next-gen with video passthrough, players
old hardware which can often
optical features. The displays will be able to utilise these
hold games back and cause
are vastly improved over the cameras to see the outside
problems down the road if
previous generation featuring world whilst they play at the
developers want to implement
two 2000x2040 OLED displays touch of a button. There is a
new features.
delivering 4K at up to 120Hz. haptic motor built-in to the
That’s four times the resolution
The new PSVR2 will cost £529.99/
of the original PSVR. PSVR 2
AU$879.95 when it launches
features intelligent eye tracking
early next year.
with Sony stating players will be
able to express themselves in
game “in new and lifelike ways”.
The eye-tracking also allows for
foveated rendering which
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RED vs. GREEN
not launch until the 13th
December. It is rumoured
that the RX 7900 XTX could
be just 20% behind the
RTX4090. If this is the case they
could be a sure thing for
gamers who want a card that
represents far better price to
performance than what the
green team are offering.
Hopefully, as time goes on the
Founders edition RTX3080 was is “a lot more expensive today” opportunity to raise
costs may well fall and I hope
meant to have an RRP of with him justifying the price their prices. They also
that the AMD cards are close
£649.00 and the RX6800 XT at increases given the won’t be as worried about
enough performance wise so
£529.00. Of course, things did performance increases. So the introduction of new
that NVIDIA need to adjust their
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not quite work out that way what are we talking about when games consoles as hype
prices. This will be more
once the pandemic kicked in it comes to these price around these has settled. There
VIDIA’s latest apparent when we start to see
and supply chains suffered but increases? The RTX4080 16GB is no denying that the
graphics cards; direct comparisons in mid-
these were meant to be the Founders edition card retails for performance uplift is huge with
the 4000-series December.
price points, and people did an RRP of £1,269.00/ the new cards but these prices
offer incredible
mange to get them for these AU$2,200.00. That’s almost only thing to have grown as are eye watering.
performance
prices. Unfortunately, these double the cost for the RTX3080 well. NVIDIA’s cards have also
gains over the
people as we know were on launch. There was going to physically grown 30-60%. As an AMD are not off the hook either.
previous generation but one
scalpers selling them on for be a cheaper 12GB version of example, the RTX4090 is almost There newly announced RX
thing that was shocking when
extortionate prices and the rest the card but this was removed the same size as a PS5! 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX cards
they were announced back in
is history. from the launch table shortly are also far more expensive
September; the price. Back
before the release as it I have to say, I’m quite the than their predecessors coming
when the 3000 series were
Fast-forward to 2022 and appeared to be a 4080m in all pessimist at this price increase in with a 38.5% increase in cost!
about to hit the market, Sony
NVIDIA CEO Jenson Huang but name only featuring and do not buy the reasoning It is unclear at this time how
and Microsoft’s next generation
proclaimed “Moores law is significantly lower core counts given by NVIDIA’s chief. A part of well the new AMD cards are
consoles were set to hit the
dead” on a Q&A session when and memory specifications me thinks that execs saw what going to stack up against
market so both NVIDIA and AMD
asked about the rising costs of compared to the 4080 16GB. It people were willing to pay for NVIDIA’s as they gave no
launched their new GPU’s at
the 4000 GPU’s. According to is rumoured this could become the 3000 series and saw an specific comparison during the
fairly “reasonable” prices. The
him the cost of a 12-inch wafer the RTX4070. The cost is not the announcement and they do
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SONY
S
A7 V ony’s new Alpha 7R V
camera is a tech
powerhouse and a
stark contrast to
another recent
release we will talk
about later on.
recognition helps the new
camera achieve market
leading Real-time Recognition
AF. 693 phase-detection points
cover 79% of the image area.
There is a new 4-axis multi-
The Ɑ7R V is equipped with a angle LCD 3:2 monitor with a
full-frame 61MP back resolution of 2.1 million dots. It
illuminated sensor, the latest also supports touch and a wide
BIONZ XR processor is said to be colour gamut which is
8 times faster than its equivalent to DCI-P3. The OLED
predecessor. 5-axis in body electronic viewfinder is almost
stabilisation for up to 8 stops of twice the resolution of its
stabilisation. This enables the predecessor with 9.44 million
photographer to potentially dots and a selectable 120Hz
handhold the camera at slow mode for minimal motion blur.
shutter speeds that would There are two media slots that
ordinarily require a tripod or support both CFexpress Type A
even in low light where they memory cards and UHS-I and
might be required to raise UHS-II SDXC/SDHC cards.
sensitivity which introduces Tethering is improved with the
noise. For a first time in a Sony camera’s faster WiFi allowing
camera the Ɑ7 R V supports connections via 2.4GHz and
lossless RAW with three 5GHz bands and 2x2 MIMO
selectable pixels counts; L support. Weather sealing has
(60M), M (26M), and S (15M). been improved across all
seams, buttons and the battery
A new state of the art AI compartment with a newly
processing engine has been designed lens mount button
trained to recognise human and cushioning lens mount
forms and movement to help resist dust and moisture.
significantly improve the There is a new anti-dust system.
cameras subject recognition The ultrasonic actuator vibrates
accuracy. This subject the filter in front of the sensor at
recognition feature has been 70,000 cycles per second
extended to animals and birds removing dust and particles.
as well as insects, cars, There is a shutter that closes
airplanes and trains. Heads and when the camera is powered
bodies are now recognised in off further protecting the sensor
addition to eyes in the human, when changing lenses.
animal and bird settings and
this extends to the cameras There are honestly too many
video functionality. The AI features to go over here. The
processing unit also improves new Sony Ɑ7R V is available to
the camera’s white balance pre-order now for £4,000.00/
offering greater accuracy even AU$5,899.00.
in the most difficult lighting
conditions. This subject
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1984 PART
F
2 rom one of the most
advanced cameras
on the market to a
re-release of one of
the most iconic and
popular cameras of
preserves its ability to adapt to
our times without
compromising its core values.
Like no other Leica M camera,
the analog Leica M6 is a tool
that keeps evoking admiration
all time! Leica have re-released from photographers around the
the M6, a camera first released world.” Its second-hand pricing
in 1984. has certainly reflected this with
them costing between £2.5 to
Unlike the previously discussed £3.5K on average in recent
tech powerhouse which is the years.
Sony A7 RV, the M6 has very
little in the way of features. On What will be interesting moving
the front is a frame-line selector forward will be how other
for the viewfinder window, a manufacturers respond or if
battery slot for the internal light they do at all. Momentum for
meter and a film rewind release film in recent years has been
switch. On top is the frame growing and whilst brands like
counter, film advance lever, Fuji and Kodak have been
shutter button, shutter speed discontinuing film stocks or
selector, accessory shoe and a raising costs smaller
film rewind crank. Round the companies have stepped in to
back is the ISO dial for create new stocks. FujiFilm have
telling the light meter been styling some of their
what speed the film is cameras after old film cameras
and at the bottom of the for years and last year, Nikon
camera the removable released the Z fc styled on their
baseplate for loading the film. old FE and FE film SLR’s. If
That is pretty much it, the full anything, other manufacturers
feature list. Rumours were could likely be sitting up in their
swirling for months regarding chairs waiting to see how well
Leica launching a new camera, the launch of the new M6 goes.
with enthusiasts hoping Leica Vinyl had a revival so why can’t
would be bringing something film photography?
out that was cheaper than the
current M-A and M-P cameras. The two cameras discussed in
Leica have not done this. The this issue represent two very
M6 is actually a little more different spectrums of
expensive than the other two photography. The M6 is
film cameras in their range (in completely manual and the
the UK) costing £4,500.00/ Sony perhaps does a little too
AU$8,390.00. Oddly the cost is much! One thing is for certain,
the same for the M6 and M-P in one of the cameras talked
Australia. about in this issue will likely still
work in 30 or 40 years and still
But why release a new film be worth close to what it was
camera in 2022? In Leica’s own purchased for. The other likely
words “Still, after almost 70 will not!
years, the Leica M-System
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