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Canon is Making Metalenses, Further Legitimizing the Technology (petapixel.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Salamendacious to c/technology

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Metalenses are a relatively fringe optical technology — at least, they were. Until now, it has been largely pursued by startups and scientists but that is changing as Canon has jumped into the fray and not only makes them but also produces the equipment necessary to manufacture them.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Reviewers then write "it's got great battery life, but it's so bulky" and take a star off. It's possible nobody actually cares, or that most people think extra battery life is worth the bulkiness. But that's what reviewers will write, and it will affect sales.

See also: laptop bezels. Reviewers say you're supposed to want the thinnest one possible. Problem is, web cams tend to be better if they can be bigger, and there isn't enough room in those thin bezels for a good one. Thus, your laptop web cam looks substantially worse than your smartphone.

Reviewers need to think harder about what they emphasize.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It's so weird what reviewers will focus on. The tiny bezel thing is terrible, for phones and laptops.

I need to be able to hold my phone - without bezels I'm constantly touching the wrong part of the screen.

And you already covered the laptop webcam. OK, fine, make the side and bottom bezels smaller, but leave the top one for... Wifi antennas and webcam?