Here are some of the headlines from the past few days while I was offline: → New Metabones Speed Booster Ultra 0.71x adapter for Micro Four Thirds cameras announced (check pricing and availability here). → The Canon PowerShot G3X camera is now shipping. → The Sony RX10M2 camera is also now shipping. → The latest Olympus deals and […]
→ Canon 5DX: “Canon is to name the 5D Mark IV 5DX. 28 megapixels, Digic 6+-basically a souped up version of 6 just to name a few. X branded bodies will be for event and sports photography. S will be for studio, landscape, etc.” → New Canon EOS Rebel T6i video creator kit introduced (T5i and […]
→ Sigma filed a patent for a 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM (FLD) Art lens with zero distortion. → Canon has a new patent applications for a lubricating camera body cap.
The Russian certifications website Novocert has listings for two new Canon lenses: EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM EF-M 15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
DxOMark published their test results of the Canon 5DS and 5DS R cameras: One of the more interesting comparison is agains the Nikon D810 and Sony a7R cameras: Canon 5DS & 5DS R DxOMark’s conclusion:
Canon Celebrates Significant Milestone With Production Of 110 Million Interchangeable EF Lenses MELVILLE N.Y., July 8, 2015 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that its parent company, Canon Inc., will celebrate the achievement of a new lens-manufacturing milestone with the production of the Company’s 110-millionth EF-series interchangeable lens for […]
Canon announced a new wireless Speedlite 430EX III-RT flash and accessories. The new zoom flash has a compact body, built-in Catchlight panel, dot-matrix LCD and a Multi dial (guide number 141 feet, 24-105mm zoom). Here are the US prices: Canon Speedlite 430EX III flash: $299.00 Canon remote control adapter RA-E3: $39.95 Canon bounce adapter SBA-E2: $29.95 Canon color filter […]
NL reports that Canon will have a new product announcement on August 14th, 2015. Rumored are a new camera and two lenses.
→ Canon filed a patent for a EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 STM and EF-S 15-105mm f/2.8-5.6 STM lenses. → Tamron has a patent for a new 24mm f/2 VC full frame lens designed for DSLR cameras.
In addition to the service advisory from Tamron, Sigma also reported a live view issues (images are not being displayed) when using the following lenses with the Canon EOS 5Ds and 5DsR cameras:
