Category Archives: Canon

What else is new? [weekend digest]

By PR admin | Published: June 3, 2012

Panasonic is cutting the workforce of its Osaka head office by between 3,000 and 4,000 workers. Olympus to cut 2,500 jobs, consolidate overseas plants, sell 10 percent stake to Sony or Panasonic. Michael Woodford, Ex-Olympus CEO, wins multi-million dollar settlement. New rebates on Sigma lenses (up to $200 off). See all current rebates here.

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What else is new? [weekend digest]

By PR admin | Published: May 27, 2012

Canon invested £10 million in the UK based photo store chain Jessops. Fujifilm to end APS film sales this month. ITC says again that Apple and RIM don’t violate Kodak patent. Canon announces resolution of patent infringement disputes. Getty Images could be valued at $4 billion for a potential IPO.

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New rebates from Tamron, Sony and Quantum

By PR admin | Published: May 24, 2012

Tamron: Sony: Sigma: Canon: Nikon: Quantum:

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Canon patents for 600mm f/4 and 400mm f/2.8 lenses

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2012

Canon filed a patent (2012-88427) in Japan for 600mm f/4 and 400mm f/2.8 lenses:

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Nauticam NA-5DMKIII underwater housing for Canon 5D Mark III camera

By PR admin | Published: May 20, 2012

Nauticam announced a new underwater housing NA-5DMKIII for Canon 5D Mark III. With a depth rating of 100m, the NA-5DMKIII will be available on June 1st, for $3600. Press release and additional images:

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The latest rebates from Sigma, Sony, Canon and Nikon

By PR admin | Published: May 19, 2012

This is an update list of the current rebates on photo equipment, now including up to $200 off Sigma lenses: Tamron: Sigma: Sony: Canon: Nikon: Quantum:

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Canon EOS Rebel T4i (650D) camera specs

By PR admin | Published: May 18, 2012

Nikon recently announced their new entry level Nikon D3200 camera and this could mean only one thing – Canon will follow. Here are the first rumored EOS Rebel T4i/650D specs: 18mp 9 AF Points, all cross-type Touchscreen LCD Continuous AF in LiveView & video recording June announcement FYI: the Canon EOS Rebel T3i was announced on February 7th, […]

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Rumor: Canon EOS 650D and new mirrorless camera to be announced next month

By PR admin | Published: May 16, 2012

Two new Canon camera announcements are rumored for next month – EOS 650D DSLR and their new mirrorless solution. Two weeks ago, the first rumored specs for the Canon mirrorless camera indicated that Canon will probably go with an APS-C size sensor.

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Canon to implement machine-only production by 2012

By PR admin | Published: May 15, 2012

By 2015 Canon is planning to implement a complete robots/machines only camera production. This move was triggered by the expensive yen and the trend of Japanese companies to move productions in other parts of Asia. Read more on Yahoo and Engadget.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 13, 2012

Adobe Creative Cloud is now live, here are the different pricing options: Canon filed a patent application in Japan for automatic tracking of celestial objects by shifting the sensor. Canon recently announced the EOS 60Da DSLR camera tailored for astronomy photography. Canon also filed a patent that will allow photographers to obscure some of the embedded EXIF data for privacy.

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