Category Archives: Canon

Canon planing to move camera manufacturing back to Japan

By PR admin | Published: January 9, 2015

With the falling yen, Canon is planning to move copier, camera and printer manufacturing back to Japan:

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Is this a new Canon DSLR camera?

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2015

On one of the press photos released by Canon for the Connect Station CS100 media hub, you can see a portion of a DSLR camera that doesn’t look like any of the currently available models. This is probably what Canon will announce for the CP+ show next month in Japan. Via Canon Austria

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Yongnuo also has a YN-2.0X III teleconverter clone for Canon EOS EF lenses

By PR admin | Published: January 5, 2015

In addition to the 35mm and 50mm lenses, Yongnuo also has a Canon 2x teleconverter clone that sell for less than half of the price of the original Canon version. Here are the specifications:

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Canon @ 2015 CES: new printers, camcorders, PowerShot cameras and a media hub

By PR admin | Published: January 5, 2015

Today at the CES show Canon announced new printers, camcorders, five PowerShot compact cameras and a Connect Station CS100 media hub used for photo and video storage. For pricing and availability, check this link. The full press releases can be found here. The Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera is now also available in a kit […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 4, 2015

→ Fujifilm and Globe-Trotter have announced another “exclusive” and “luxury” kit based on the Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Silver camera. You can see the previous Globe-Trotter/Fuji edition kits here and here. → The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 camera body is listed as discontinued at B&H. → Kodak already has a website for the Instamatic Android based devices I reported last month. […]

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Yongnuo is coming with a 35mm f/2 clone lens for Canon DSLR cameras

By PR admin | Published: January 3, 2015

The Chinese based Yongnuo already has 50mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.4 lenses for Canon DSLR cameras. The company will soon release also a new 35mm f/2 lens. Here are the technical specifications, lens design and MTF charts:

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The latest patents from Canon, Tamron and Konica Minolta

By PR admin | Published: December 29, 2014

Canon filed a patent for a EF-M 70-400mm f/4.5-7.2 STM lens designed for APS-C mirrorless camera. Canon also filed a patent for a 20-100mm f/4 lens designed for APS-C based cameras. Canon filed a patent for eliminating the star trails during long time exposures of the night sky. Tamron filed a patent for a 18mm f/2.8 […]

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Canon executive confirms the development of a high megapixel DSLR camera

By PR admin | Published: December 24, 2014

In a recent interview with DC.Watch Canon’s Senior Managing Director Maeda Masaya confirmed that a high megapixel DSLR camera is in development (Google translation): Q: image sensor or will toward the size and high pixel size? A: I am working in the high pixel camera. There are two ways of roughly divided into high pixel […]

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The latest firmware updates from Panasonic, Fuji, Canon and Sony

By PR admin | Published: December 20, 2014

Panasonic announced on their website that the previously promised GH4 firmware update will be delayed till January, 2015. Fujifilm released major new firmware updates for their X-Pro1, X-E1, X-E2 and X-T1 mirrorless cameras with several new improvements. For more details, see the release notes in the links provided. Canon released firmware update 1.1.6 for the EOS […]

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This new Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 lens is an exact copy of the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8

By PR admin | Published: December 16, 2014

A reader sent me those pictures of a new Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 lens (available on Amazon and eBay) that is almost an exact copy of the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens:

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