US camera-maker to make smartphone with 9 cameras
San Francisco, July 4 : US-based digital photography company and camera-maker Light is prototyping a smartphone with five to nine cameras that could be capable of capturing a 64MP image, the media reported.
"A camera-maker called Light showed concept and working prototype phones with between five and nine lenses -- yes, nine -- on the back. It says its phone design is capable of capturing 64MP shots, better low-light performance and sophisticated depth effects," The Washington Post reported.
The device is not much thicker than an iPhone X and uses internal processing to stick the photo together.
The company has commissioned Foxconn as an investor and said it would launch the smartphone featuring multiple lenses later this year.
"All those lenses and the processor power required to stitch together all those individual shots don't come cheap. A stand-alone camera from Light with 16 lenses costs $1,950," the report added.
The company had unveiled the L16 camera -- which uses 16 lenses to capture 52MP images -- back in 2015 and starting shipping it last year.
"The results are impressive, especially when the size of the camera is considered. It's truly pocketable. Yet in the end, consumers want the convenience of a phone with the power of a dedicated camera," TechCrunch reported.
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Karnataka to witness heavy rain for next 10 days
Bengaluru: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the southwest monsoon will cause heavy rainfall likely this weekend and will drench Karnataka over the next 10 days.
The monsoon has begun retreating from northwestern India. Conditions remain active over the south, with an upper air trough extending up to 1.5 km over North Interior Karnataka and northern Tamil Nadu, combined with weakening monsoon winds across the peninsula, is driving the current spell. N. Puviarasan, head of the IMD’s meteorological centre in Bengaluru, said in a conversation with Deccan Herald, “As a result, the whole of Karnataka will see rain over the next week to 10 days."
With a cyclone in the Pacific Ocean along with a low-pressure system over the north Bay of Bengal, the monsoon is expected to intensify during the next four days. IMD has predicted heavy rains across South Interior Karnataka, including Bengaluru, throughout the weekend.
Bengaluru, recorded widespread moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday. Between 8.30 am and 8.30 pm, Bengaluru city logged 45.9 mm of rain accompanied by thunderstorms. HAL airport registered 6 mm and the Bengaluru Urban automatic station recorded 47.5 mm. Doddathoguru, near Electronics City, reported 55 mm.
According to IMD forecast heavy rainfall will occur at isolated places in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Yadgir, Koppal, Raichur, Ramanagara and Mandya districts in the next few days.
The southwest monsoon is now expected to extend until mid-October and with little or no break in between, the northeast monsoon is likely to follow immediately. These are expected to last until December. “There may be no break in between,” Puviarasan said.
