S
eagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:
STX) presented the �irst 8TB
surveillance hard disk drive at the
China Public Security Expo (CPSE) 2015
in Shenzhen.“With HD recordings now standard
for surveillance applications, Seagate’s
Surveillance HDD product line has been
designed to support these extreme
workloads with ease and is capable of a
180TB/year workload, three times that of
a standard desktop drive. It also includes
surveillance-optimized �irmware to
support up to 64 cameras and is the only
product in the industry that can support
surveillance solutions, from single-bay
DVRs to large multi-bay NVR systems.”
said Matt Rutledge, Seagate’s Senior Vice
President, Client Storage.This 3.5 inch drive has the capacity to
store about 800 hours of high-de�inition
content captured by up to 64 cameras
simultaneously. It also features rotational
vibration sensors enabling it to perform
in systems with eight or more drives. The
usage of this device is ideal in businesses
like casino and manufacturing plants,
which require bulk storage for HD
content and video analytics.Snippets
Fuji�ilm Corp. has announced that it
will market a new 1.4x tele-converter
for their X-mount lenses. The
converter will extend the focal length
of the lens by 1.4x. The converter
is constructed with 7 elements in 3
groups and features an anti-dust and
anti-splash design, which can endure
temperatures up to -10°Celsius. The
expected street price is 54,500 yen.Fuji�ilm released a compact instant
lm camera—the Instax 70. e
camera features a simple and modern
design along with a sel e mode and
automatic exposure control. e
camera is equipped to adjust the focal
length and brightness for sel e shots.
It also incorporates self-timer for
group pictures as well as a landscape
and macro mode. e Instax 70 is
available in Canary Yellow, Island Blue
and Moon White.Shenyang Zhongyi Optics has
released two versions of its Lens Turbo
Adapter. e adapters allow Canon
EF lenses and Nikon F mount lenses
to be attached to Micro Four irds
cameras.Hewlett-Packard announced that
it will shrink10% of its work force.
Nearly 30,000 employees will be
laid o . Meg Whitman took over
the reigns of HP as Chief Executive
in 2011. is restructuring was
announced in 2012. 54,000 jobs
had been cut at HP. Whitman will
also become Chief Executive of HP
Enterprise, which will sell computer
servers, data storage so ware etc.International
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Sigma conceptualises 20mm
f/1.4 lens for full-frame D-SLRs
Sigma Corp. announced the Sigma
20mm f/1.4 DG HSM/Art lens—a one
of its kind ultrawide lens for 35mm
full-frame D-SLR cameras. Colour
aberration is corrected by utilising 2
FLD ( F Low Dispersion) glass elements,
5 SLD ( Special Low Dispersion)
glass elements and large both-sided
aspherical lens elements with an outerThis hard disk drive is also equipped
with data recovery services. Be it loss
of data due to accidental damage,
hardware failure or computer viruses,
the data recovery plan is perfect for
users, who lack IT support to protect
their data.
Data can be restored within two weeks
depending on the details of recovery.
The plan is activated at the time of
purchase and provides three years of
data recovery at a fraction of what it
would cost to recover this data.diameter of 59mm. Ultra-wideangle
lenses make for effective landscape and
star photography, but this particular
lens is apt for photography under low
light conditions and portraits. The
lens will be available for Sigma, Canon
and Nikon mounts starting November
20, 2015 at a suggested list price of
150,000 yen.Seagate launches
8TB drive
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