Category Archives: Canon

Rumors: the Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera to be announced at the CP+ show in Japan

Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera rumors

Another Canon EOS 7D Mark II rumor: the camera will be announced at the CP+ show in Japan (February 13 – 16, 2014). Just like the Nikon D400, a 7D replacement has been rumored for years, but there has not been anything reliable so far to convince me that this camera is really coming. A new […]

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New CES photo products pre-order links

Here are the pre-order links for most of the new photo products announced so far at CES in Las Vegas: Samsung NX30 camera (more info) New samsung NX 16-50mm lenses Leica DG NOCTICRON 42.5mm f/1.2 ASPH POWER OIS lens (more info) New Nikon products (more info at NikonRumors) New Sony products (more info) Canon’s compact cameras and camcorders (more info) […]

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Canon N100, SX600 HS, ELPH 340 HS cameras, VIXIA mini X and VIXIA HF R52 camcorders announced at CES

Canon announced several compact cameras today (see pricing and availability): Canon PowerShot N100 Digital Camera In addition to the creative imaging functions, the PowerShot N100 camera offers a 5x optical zoom, a 24mm Wide-Angle f/1.8 lens, a 12.1-Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor and Canon’s DIGIC 6 image processor to help provide stunning image quality. Users also […]

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Canon PowerShot N100, SX600HS, IXUS 265HS cameras leaked

Canon will announce three new compact cameras at the CES show next week: PowerShot N100, SX600HS and IXUS 265HS. It seems that this will be the only new Canon products for now. Via Digicame-info

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The latest patents from Panasonic, Konica Minolta and Canon

Panasonic filed design patents for a camera that could be the next M43 model in the GF product line.

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2014 Photo Rumors Recap & Happy Holidays

I will have limited Internet connectivity during the next few days and will be enjoying the holidays, I hope you will enjoy yours too. Here is a quick recap of some of the latest rumors from around the Web: In a recent DC.Watch interview, Sugita Mr. Yukihiko from Olympus Imaging Development Division said that the company will focus […]

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The latest patents from Canon: motorized camera mirror flip and 100x zoom lens

Canon filed a patent for a motorized camera mirror flip (instead of the spring loaded solution used today). The use of motor will not increase the speed, but reduce the vibrations inside the camera.

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The latest patents from Canon, Olympus and Konica Minolta

Canon filed a new patent in Japan for a 200-400mm f/4 and 280-560mm f/5.6 lenses with built-in teleconverter and image stabilization.

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The future of the Canon EOS M mirrorless system

In a recent interview, the managing director of Canon Mr. Masaya Maeda provided some interesting information on the future of the EOS M mirrorless product line:

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Canon EOS M2 to be sold only in Asia?

It seems that the Canon EOS M2 announcement last night was only for Asia (the camera was officially announced only in Japan and China). It could be that Canon will introduce the M2 to the Western world during the 2014 CES show in early January. The second possibility is that Canon has decided to no […]

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