Category Archives: Canon

The latest Canon lens patents: 16-35mm f/2.8, 17-40mm f/4, 200mm f/3.5 Macro and more

By PR admin | Published: March 12, 2014

Several new Canon patents were filed in Japan: → Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 lens

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: March 9, 2014

→ New products from ThinkTank Photo and MindShiftGear. → The new Canon PowerShot G1X Mark II camera is expected to start shipping on May 9th. → The 4k Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 mirrorless camera (body only) will be priced at $1,698. Pre-orders will be available at midnight. → New Nissin i40 flash announced. The price is $269.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2014

→ Most of the Pentax Q10 mirrorless cameras are now listed as discontinued. → Pentax Multi Mount is a replacement mount plate that allows you to use Nikon F-mount, Olympus OM-mount, Contax or Yashica C/Y-mount and Konica AR-mount lenses to Pentax DSLR cameras. → New Super 8mm-style digital camera. → Canon Interview: “We don’t see the smartphone as an […]

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Canon EOS M2 camera is not coming to the US

By PR admin | Published: February 28, 2014

ImagingResource published an interview where Canon’s executive initially confirmed the company’s plans to release the Canon EOS M2 mirrorless  camera to the US market (the M2 is currently available only in Asia). IR later received and update from Canon USA, where they denied any plans for bringing the M2 to the US:

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Canon is considering to withdraw from the low-priced compact digital camera market

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2014

Canon is considering to withdraw from the low-priced compact digital camera market (cameras priced under $200) and concentrate on DSLR models in the future. The company is citing plummeted compact cameras sales as a result of fast growing smartphone market.

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The latest patents from Olympus, Canon and Ricoh

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2014

Olympus filed a new patent for 12mm f/1.0 and 14mm f/1.0 Micro Four Thirds lenses. Canon filed a patent for a 24-85mm f/3.5-5.6 and EF24-70mm f/4L IS USM lenses. Ricoh’s latest patent is for a 24mm f/2 lens designed for APS-C mirrorless cameras (of 35mm equivalent).

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Canon doesn’t care about retro design cameras

By PR admin | Published: February 17, 2014

Canon published a new PDF brochure “Story of the PowerShot G1 X Mark II Development” where they describe in great details how the new G1 X camera ($799) was designed. An interesting paragraph was spotted by Theme on page 14 where Canon is clearly differentiating themselves from the current classic camera design trend:

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Another set of rumored Canon 7D Mark II camera specifications

By PR admin | Published: February 16, 2014

The media presentation for the Panasonic GH4 announcement had a comparison between several different cameras from various manufacturers that included also a “Canon 7D successor” (see screenshot above) along with a set of detailed specifications:

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Canon EOS Rebel T5, G1X Mark II, macro ring and PowerShot cameras officially announced

By PR admin | Published: February 11, 2014

Canon officially announced the Canon EOS Rebel T5, G1X Mark II, a new macro ring flash and several PowerShot cameras. For pricing, availability and detailed specifications check the links below: → Canon EOS Rebel T5 camera with EF-S 18-55 IS II lens → Canon MR-14EX macro ring lite II → Canon G1X Mark II (sample images). Canon G1X Mark II […]

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Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II camera leaks at BestBuy

By PR admin | Published: February 11, 2014

Additional images and detailed specifications of the Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II camera taken from BestBuy’s website:

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