Category Archives: Canon

Canon update

By PR admin | Published: January 27, 2011

Canon (as well as Nikon) lost 15% market share in the UK (probably because of the growing mirrorless market). At the same time Canon’s profit rise 26% this year, beating analysts’ estimates. The future looks promising according to a Goldman Sachs analyst: “Single-lens reflex cameras will probably record double- digit growth this year to become Canon’s earnings driver, while compact cameras may […]

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Canon patents 16-35mm f/2-2.8 lens

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2011

Canon filed a patent in Japan for a new 16-35mm f/2-2.8 lens: The design is very similar to the current EF 16-35mm f/2.8L lens:

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Some Canon rumors: 600D and 1100D to be announced next month

By PR admin | Published: January 17, 2011

Here are the rumored specs on the two new Rebel models: T3i/600D 18mp sensor 3.7fps Vari-Angle 3″ LCD DiGiC IV Redesign of the model nameplate as well T3/1100D 12mp sensor DiGiC IV Will be available in red and black Both cameras are expected to be announced during the CP+ show in Japan (February 9-12).

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Today is CES press day (Fuji, Canon, Sony)

By PR admin | Published: January 5, 2011

Today is press day at CES 2011. Many new products will be announced in the next few hours. On the camera site so far there are no big surprises from what was already reported: Fuji announced eleven new point and shoot models. You can read more about the different Fuji cameras and their new EXR-CMOS BSI sensor […]

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Update: What to expect for CES 2011 (and what’s announced already)

By PR admin | Published: January 4, 2011

CES 2011 show is starting in two days in Las Vegas. Here is a list of what was announced already (scroll down for the list of upcoming announcements): The three new cameras from Kodak that leaked on Amazon are already announced: Lexar released a 128GB SDXC memory card: Samsung announced a new Wi-Fi enabled SH100, NX11 and WB700 cameras: […]

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What to expect for CES 2011

By PR admin | Published: January 2, 2011

CES 2011 show is starting next week in Las Vegas. This is what is known so far in terms of announcements from the major camera manufacturers: Olympus E-PL2: Olympus XZ-1 compact camera with a fast f/1.8 Zuiko zoom lens: New Olympus accessories for the E-PL2 and ZX-1 cameras: Samsung NX11 and WB700 cameras: Samsung lenses: 85mm f/1.4, 60mm […]

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Canon rumors: US price increase plus new compact cameras for CES 2011

By PR admin | Published: January 1, 2011

The rumor is that Canon will have a price increase in the US on February 1st, 2011 due to the weak US dollar. Canon will also be discontinuing all current A series point and shoot cameras on January 5th, 2011 (expect new p&s camera announcements during CES 2011). The SD1300, SD1400, SD3500, sd4000 models will be discontinued […]

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4K firmware hack for Canon EOS cameras?

By PR admin | Published: December 31, 2010

Update: nothing was released at 11:11, this rumor is busted. There is a rumor about a 4K firmware hack for Canon EOS cameras that should be released on 01/01/2011 at 11:11pm EST. Here are all the details from video-dslr.com:

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Ongoing holidays rebates on photo equipment

By PR admin | Published: December 12, 2010

I received an email from B&H with their latest rebate programs: Camcorders Nikon updated rebates Olympus rebates Sony rebates and NEX rebates Pentax rebates Canon has DSLR and lens combo rebates, double instant rebates and Pixma printers rebates

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Canon EF-S 15-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens patent

By PR admin | Published: December 10, 2010

Canon filed a patent for a new EF-S 15-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens in Japan: This lens will probably be the replacement of the current Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM UD which has identical design:

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