Category Archives: Canon

Canon EOS-1D X officially announced

By PR admin | Published: October 18, 2011

New 61-Point Autofocus, Fast Shooting up to 12 fps, 18-Megapixel Full-Frame CMOS Sensor, 100,000-pixel RGB Metering Sensor, Face Detection technology, Full HD Video Recording – just some of the specs of the new EOS-1D X flagship camera from Canon. Canon EOS-1D X is now official. You can read a good break down of all the specs at planet5D or just […]

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Canon EOS 1D X press release

By PR admin | Published: October 17, 2011

Here are the Canon EOS-1D X camera specs: Full Frame 18.1MP Dual DIGIC 5 – 17 Times The Processing Power of DIGIC 4 ISO 100-51200 Native 100,000 Pixel RGB Metering Sensor EOS iSA (Intelligent Subject Analysis) 61 Point AF 21 f/5.6 Cross Type Sensors 20 f/4 Cross Type Sensors 5 f/2.8 Cross Type Senors EOS […]

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The Canon Mark III finder app

By PR admin | Published: October 17, 2011

Here is some humor few hours before the rumored Canon announcement tomorrow: Via Learningdslrvideo

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Canon patent: DSLR with touchscreen (and maybe Wi-Fi)

By PR admin | Published: October 17, 2011

Canon filed a patent application 20110249165 for a DSLR with a touchscreen: “The present invention provides an image pickup apparatus that reduces the likelihood that when a user operates a display screen with a fingertip while not looking through a viewfinder, the user’s fingertip will be falsely detected, and makes it less likely that erroneous operation […]

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This week’s recap

By PR admin | Published: October 16, 2011

Here are some interesting stories from last week: New Eneloops rechargeable batteries keep their charge for over 5 years. Check out also this post about the best AA batteries for photography. Apple’s iPhone 4S has a Sony sensor. Sony’s CEO was right and so was the Apple employee who published a picture taken with the new iPhone 4s on flickr before […]

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New Canon DSLR on October 18th

By PR admin | Published: October 12, 2011

A new Canon DSLR is expected to be announced on October 18th. The new camera will probably be from the 1D series: 16-18mp Full Frame ISO 51,200 Dual Digic V Crazy frame rates of 12-14fps have been reported 61 AF points has also been reported

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The latest patents from Canon and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: October 12, 2011

Canon 180mm f/3.5 Macro lens patent (2011191743): Canon 65mm f/2.8 Macro lens patent (2011191743):

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What’s coming from Canon on October 18th?

By PR admin | Published: October 9, 2011

There is an upcoming Canon VIP event on October 18th, 2011 in the Netherlands: Digicame-info posted a rumor for an upcoming EOS-1D/1Ds successor on the same date (October 18th, Google translation): One model which is integrates the 1D and 1Ds 18 million pixel full-size sensor 61 focus points. 14 fps (12 fps with AF) New battery, […]

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Patents update (Canon, Sigma and Panasonic)

By PR admin | Published: September 27, 2011

Canon patent for lens with aperture ring: Canon 100-400mm f/4-5.6 lens patent:

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Another Canon event on October 26th

By PR admin | Published: September 27, 2011

In addition to November 3rd, there is another Canon event scheduled for October 26th. This will probably be for a new Pixma printer since Canon, just like Nikon, is not expected to announce a new DSLR any time soon. The November 3rd announcement will probably be for two new video cameras: one with EF mount, the other with PL […]

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