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2014年3月3日星期一

Fujifilm firmware updates: 56mm lens compatibility and improved OIS [feedly]

Fujifilm firmware updates: 56mm lens compatibility and improved OIS
// fujifilm related news: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

Fujifilm has announced firmware updates for five X-series cameras and three zoom lenses. It adds XF 56mm F1.2 lens compatibility to the following cameras: X-Pro1, X-E1, X-E2, X-M1 and X-A1. Improved optical image stabilization functions are added to the XC16-50mm, XF18-55mm and XF55-200mm lenses; the latter two also gain improved AF focus tracking on the X-E1 and X-T1.

Camera updates incorporate the following changes:

Addition of compatibility with XF56mmF1.2R.
Improvement of AE accuracy with XF56mmF1.2R.
Improvement of AF accuracy with XF56mmF1.2R (only for X-E2).

Download the new firmware

For the lenses, the following changes are applied:

Improvement of OIS function for movie shooting when panning and tilting a camera.
Improvement of OIS function for still image shooting.
Fixed a bug where the maximum aperture always displays F5.6 (only for XC16-50mm).
Improvement of AF response during continuous shooting with X-E2 and X-T1 (for XF18-55mm and XF55-200mm).

Download the new firmware

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A camera for all weather? Shooting with the Fujifilm X-T1 [feedly]

A camera for all weather? Shooting with the Fujifilm X-T1
// fujifilm related news: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

We first laid our hands on the Fujifilm X-T1 about a month ago when it was announced. Now that we've had some time to shoot with it extensively, we've gathered our thoughts on using the latest X-Trans camera from Fuji. The X-T1 offers much of what the X-E2 does, including a 16 megapixel APS-C sensor with on-chip phase detection. More than that, it offers an SLR-style sculpted handgrip and weather-resistant sealing. Find out how what the X-T1 is like to use in the field.

Read our Fujifilm X-T1 Shooter's Experience

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全開 f/1.2 有水準？ FUJINON XF56mm F1.2 R 速測 - DCFever.com [feedly]

全開 f/1.2 有水準？ FUJINON XF56mm F1.2 R 速測 - DCFever.com
http://www.dcfever.com/news/readnews.php?id=10016&link=guid

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遊走城市間: 深水埗及嘉頓後山 | Magicmomentz - DCFever.com [feedly]

遊走城市間: 深水埗及嘉頓後山 | Magicmomentz - DCFever.com
http://www.dcfever.com/column/read.php?id=2324

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Report: Tesla rockets to $259 a share on Morgan Stanley, Consumer Reports announcements [w/video] [feedly]

Report: Tesla rockets to $259 a share on Morgan Stanley, Consumer Reports announcements [w/video]
// AutoblogGreen

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, USA

Remember way back when we mentioned that Tesla's Gigafactory for batteries might prove to be a good investment opportunity, with its potential to bring cell prices down to a level that could make the forthcoming Tesla Model E affordable, not to mention attractive for massive amounts of renewable energy storage? Well, today the automaker's share price popped - we'd say exploded, but it's not as alliterative - up over 15 percent to hit an all-time $259.20 high. It seems market analysts at Morgan Stanley were way ahead of us, and they have now released a report outlining their decidedly optimistic expectations.

Authored by analyst Adam Jonas, the document looks forward to a Utopian future (around 2026, for those anxious for such a thing) where it is predicted that Tesla will enjoy a commanding share of both the battery and autonomous automobile market, and its revenues will be sixty times that of today. Sixty times. That's a pretty sunny outlook. Not incidentally, the financial services company also has doubled its target price for TSLA, from $153 to a nice, round $320.

Consumer Reports named the Tesla Model S its best overall top pick for 2014.

That rosy outlook report is not necessarily the only thing filling the sails of the California automaker today. Consumer Reports has also also added to the momentum, naming the Tesla Model S its best overall top pick for 2014. And now we hear that Panasonic and some partners are interested in investing almost a billion dollars into Tesla's new gigafactory. Of course, we here at AutoblogGreen are simply scribes, not investment professionals, so this is not an encouragement to buy, sell or hold. We can recommend, though, that you scroll below and check out CR's brief video containing all 10 of its 2014 top picks.

Continue reading Tesla rockets to $259 a share on Morgan Stanley, Consumer Reports announcements [w/video]

Tesla rockets to $259 a share on Morgan Stanley, Consumer Reports announcements [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Report: Adorable little Kombi EV work truck coming soon [feedly]

Report: Adorable little Kombi EV work truck coming soon
// AutoblogGreen

Filed under: EV/Plug-in

Cenntro Group and KLD Energy Technologies is preparing to stick a finger in the eye of those super-macho folks who insist on driving big-old Ford F150s for their daily work vehicles by getting ready to debut what's got to be the least-macho utility vehicle in existence. Cenntro's Kombi electric vehicle, complete with KLD's OneDrive drivetrain, will start North American sales by the end of June, Gizmag says. And while an official mileage rating hasn't been granted by the Environmental Protection Agency, the little vehicle is said to get 240 miles per gallon equivalent.

No speed burner here, the Kombi will have a 50-mile single-charge range, while its 17-horsepower electric motor will provide a top speed of about 31 miles per hour. Designed for short-distance deliveries, the truck will have a carrying capacity of 800 pounds. No pricetag as been disclosed.

KLD and Cenntro Group started making noise in late 2012 about their joint-venture, which included vehicles such as a four-wheel-drive vehicle, in addition to what would become the Kombi, and said it would eye China and Europe in addition to North America as target markets. Last summer, KLD was on the verge of debuting a small, freeway-legal electric vehicle whose drivetrain was priced at less than $10,000, though no specifics on release date or total price (including the rest of the vehicle) were disclosed.

Adorable little Kombi EV work truck coming soon originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Official: Tesla Gigafactory will be capable of supplying packs for 500,000 EVs a year [feedly]

Official: Tesla Gigafactory will be capable of supplying packs for 500,000 EVs a year
// AutoblogGreen

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Tesla Motors

We made our gigafactory predictions the other day and, it turns out, we were pretty much on target. Today, Tesla Motors released the first official details on its upcoming massive battery plant and we see sun and wind power feeding energy into a plant that will employ around 6,500 people and make enough packs for around a half-million Tesla EVs a year. You read that right. Tesla is getting ready to produce 500,000 EVs a year, and that's already in 2020. Tesla hopes to start selling a lower-cost EV, the Model E, in about three years.

The finalists for where the Gigafactory will be built include the Southwestern states of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas (our money is on Nevada). We were a little low on the estimated battery output. Instead of being able to make 30 Gigawatt-hours of batteries per year, Tesla is saying that it will have enough capacity to produce 35 GWh of cells and 50 GWh of packs a year. We think that's for both EVs and stationary applications and have reached out to Tesla for confirmation on this point. You can see the details for yourself here and in our gallery below.

Through 2020, Tesla will directly invest around $2 billion in the plant and its partners will pony up another $2-3 billion for a total cost of $4-5 billion. That's a lot of cash, but Tesla says that it will make buying an EV much, much cheaper. The company is saying that, once the plant is up and running for the first year, the per-kWh cost of a Tesla battery pack will be lowered by "more than 30 percent." Maybe that Model E isn't such a pipe dream after all.

Also today, Tesla announced a new convertible notes offering worth $1.6 billion. Details are available in the press release below.

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Tesla Gigafactory will be capable of supplying packs for 500,000 EVs a year originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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