Canon is rumored to announce a new 70D DSLR camera. The 70D kit will be available with a EF-S 18-55mm IS STM or with the EF-S 18-135mm IS STM lens. The matching battery grip will be the BG-E14 (via digicame-info). Rumors have been floating around that Canon is preparing a “BIG” announcement in the next […]
Canon officially announced a new firmware update 2.0.2 for their mirrorless EOS M camera which significantly improves the sluggish AF. Here is a list of the fixes and improvements:
The Nikon rebates will be renewed next month, but many of the high-end lenses will not be included (end June 29th). The current Fujifilm rebates will not be extended (end June 29th). Those Canon savings will expire on July 6th. Sony’s offers are valid till June 29th. Tamron lens savings are set to expire on June 30th. […]
The latest rumors: “Canon have been inviting some people from dealers for a ‘big’ product launch within the 6-8 week timeframe“. Maybe the new product will be this Canon EOS 3D DSLR camera that showed up on a Chinese website few weeks ago?
Several videos surfaced online demonstrating the improved autofocus of the upcoming Canon EOS M firmware update. For comparison, the first video shows the AF speed with the current 1.0.6 firmware, while the second video shows the improved AF with the yet to be released 2.0.2 firmware update (both videos shot with the Canon EF-M 22mm lens):
The above picture of an unknown Canon camera was posted on the Chinese website Weibo. The actual camera is blurred out, bu it appears that the label on the strap reads “EOS 3D”:
Tamron’s latest patent is for a 135mm f/2.8 lens for APS-C based cameras (202.5mm equivalent). Canon filed patents for several different lenses: 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 85mm f/1.2 85mm f/1.8 135mm f/2 50mm f/1.4 Olympus filed a patent for a 40-200mm f/4 Micro Four Thirds lens.
Here is a list of all ongoing rebates and instant savings offered by the major camera and lens manufacturers:
Canon New Zealand announced that a new firmware update for the EOS-M mirrorless camera will be announced at the end of June, 2013. The slow autofocus has been one of the major complaints for Canon’s first mirrorless system camera. The firmware will make the AF 2.3x faster:
Canon UK announced the EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM lens for the EOS-M mirrorless system. For some reason, there was no official announcement in the US. Here are the key features of the new lens:
