He claimed the biggest dig against current HD rigs was their size, citing a need for ultra-fine HD capturing machinery that's uber-small as well before he could shoot an entire film with it.

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The remaining profitable lines range from binoculars and spectacles 40, 000 lenses a day are made at Aalen, near Oberkochen to monster combinations of quartz lenses, taking months to make, assemble and calibrate, that focus laser beams etching ultra-fine patterns on to semiconductors.

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For old lefties like Mr Talat and Mr Christofias, who take the line that their island's people would get along fine if ultra-nationalists in their respective motherlands would only allow it, this is a resonant, if rather Utopian, call to action.

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The flagship of the ultra-luxury Peninsula Hotel Group, this icon has been famed for its white glove service, opulent public spaces, fine dining, and fleet of custom "Peninsula green" Rolls Royces since it opened in 1928.

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