Category Archives: Canon

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→ Lomography introduced a new Belair X 6-12 Instant Back. → Yongnuo announced a new YN-622N-TX i-TTL LCD wireless flash controller and wireless flash trigger transceiver for Nikon DSLR cameras. Check availability and pricing on eBay. → Phottix Mitros+ TTL transceiver flash for Nikon is now in stock.

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The latest patents from Canon: pancake zoom lenses for EOS-M and full frame tele primes with IS

Canon filed patents in Japan for for several new pancake zoom lenses for their EOS-M mirrorless system: 18-40mm f/3.5-5.6 (pancake), 18-55mm f/4-8 (pancake), 10-20mm f/4-5.6 and 9-18mm f/4-5.6. The second Canon patent is for 85mm f/1.8, 100mm f/2 and 135mm f/2.8 full frame lenses with IS (image stabilization)

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The latest patents from Fuji, Canon, Ricoh and Tamron

Fuji filed a patent in Japan for a sensor with enlarged sized green pixels: “The human eye is sensitive to luminance noise than the color noise and it is possible to improve the high sensitivity performance and practical to increase the pixel size of the white and green pixels“. Canon filed a patent for automated AF […]

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Canon G1 X Mark II camera rumored specifications

Those are rumored specifications for the Canon G1 X Mark II camera that will replace the current model which was announced in January two years ago:

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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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