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Discussions tagged with optics on WindowsForum.com cover a range of topics from camera technology to historical science. Threads highlight the Zeiss optics in Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones, emphasizing their advanced imaging hardware like F1.9 lenses and optical image stabilization. Another thread explores telescope adaptive optics in a video with Prof Simon. Additionally, a thread discusses the 11th-century scholar Ibn al-Haytham and his Book of Optics, which challenged Aristotle's theories and is considered foundational to modern optics. These posts reflect interest in both practical camera optics and the history of optical science.
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    VIDEO Telescope Adaptive Optics - With Prof Simon

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    Exploring the Great Barrier Reef with National Geographic and the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL

    National Geographic photographer and Microsoft Devices Ambassador, Stephen Alvarez, traveled to Australia to explore one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World—the Great Barrier Reef. Stretching 1,200 miles along the northwest coast of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef is larger than...
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    Camera magic on Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL

    Last week I was super excited to be in NYC where we launched the latest Lumia flagship phones, Link Removed and Link Removed. These innovative Link Removed devices have our most advanced smartphone imaging hardware and software to help you take beautiful and natural photos every time. Under...
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    11th-century Egyptian scholar proved Aristotle wrong on optics

    Link Removed Ibn al-Haytham's 11th-century Book of Optics, which was published exactly 1000 years ago, is often cited alongside Newton's Principia as one of the most influential books in physics. Yet very little is known about the writer, considered by many to be the father of modern optics...
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    Windows 7 Unexpected 10Gb/s Internet Connection Leads to ISP Confusion and High Charges

    This morning I woke up to find that I had a 10Gb/s internet connection, I only noticed because my 3GB Call of duty: Black OPs and a torrent download of 5GB Dowloaded in <1minute, then 5 hours later I get a phone call from Testra Our ISP, finding out why we had been downloading so much in so much...
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