Category Archives: Canon

The Canon Rebel 1500D/T1 coming soon

The Canon Rebel 1500D/T1 will be announced very soon – intended for sale during the Christmas season. The key specs: Same 12MP sensor as 450D/XSi DIGIC IV Movie mode added: up to HD 1080, only 1 frame rate option at that size, 30fps Fixed LCD 460K dots No significant changes in size, weight or price. […]

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“Canon will make one of its largest and most important launches in the company’s history”

What is Canon planing to announce on 09.29.09? I guess 09.09.09 is over, but 09.29.09 is also a good date to announce a new product. Canon also thinks so with this new teaser: Translation: “During this fall, Canon will make one of its largest and most important launches in the company’s history and we hope you […]

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Canon EOS 7D, three new Canon lenses, a Tamron lens, Samsung WB5000 announced

Usually my job is done once a product is officially announced. I will let other sites do the product review and commentary. Today, we remove from the rumor list the Canon EOS 7D, three new Canon lenses, the Samsung WB5000 and the Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 zoom lens (they all just got announced today). Pre-order options: […]

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September 1st: Canon EOS 7D, Panasonic GF-1 and more

September 1st will be an exciting day. First, Panasonic will unveil the new GF1: Then Canon will bring the big guns with the EOS 7D, 3 New Lenses and an underwater video camera: And don’t forget: Leica M9 on 09.09.09!

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Canon EOS 7D

Canon EOS 7D coming soon (in two weeks)? The previous Best Buy leak seems to be coming true after the PowerShots release today.

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The new Canons are here!

Today we got 5 new Canon p&s cameras (ready for pre-order), we will see the rest (EOS) on Spetember 1st. Canon PowerShot G11 (same as the previously leaked Canon G11 pictures & specs) Canon PowerShot S90 Canon Digital IXUS 200 Canon PowerShot SX20 Canon PowerShot SX120 … and a “speaking photo printer“…. Press release after […]

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It’s a Canon night (Canon G11)

Tomorrow is the scheduled Canon announcement for the G11: Rumored specs: Effective: 10.4MP, Recorded: 10.0MP 1/1.7″ CCD RAW, JPEG, QuickTime Image Stabilization 6.1-30.5mm f/2.8-4.5 (35mm film equivalent: 28-140mm) Optical: 5x, Digital: 5x Normal: 1.6′ (50cm) – infinity<br> Macro: 0.4″ (1cm) – 1.6′ (50cm) Integrated Mount for the LA-DC58K Lens Adapter ISO 80-3200 Evaluative, Center Weighted, Spot Auto, […]

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Canon EOS 7D model number spotted in Best Buy

It seems that the expected Canon EOS 7D and some new PowerShots (Canon Powershot SX-A and SX-B) made a guest appearance in Best Buy – check CanonRunors for the whole story.

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Two Canon press conferences scheduled

Got more info on the upcoming Canon press-conferences. Similar to Nikon, Canon will hold 2 press conferences in a short period of time. The first one will be an IXUS (point and shoot cameras) event on August 19/20 (depending on you location). The other one will be on September 1st and it will be for EOS […]

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Sony and Canon press conference dates confirmed

I received a confirmation on the Canon and Sony press events scheduled for this month: Canon: August 19th, 2009 (same date was previously reported) Sony: August 28th, 2009 (previously reported as August 27th – it could be because of the time difference).

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