Category Archives: Canon

New Sony and Leica camera models registered online

New Sony and Leica (Leica Q2?) camera models were registered online in Asia – my guess is that those are the cameras that will be announced for the 2018 Photokina show in September. Here is the full list of all registered but not yet officially announced cameras (1 x Canon, 3 x Nikon, 1 x Sony, 1 x Fuji, 1 […]

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Report: Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II camera discontinued, a replacement could come in 2018

      The Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II camera (pictured above) is already listed as discontinued several stores and at least one new G series PowerShot model is expected to be announced later in 2018. The Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II camera was announced in February 2017 and is currently $20 off ($679). Via CanonRumors

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The latest patents from Sony, Olympus, Tamron, Panasonic and Canon

→ Sony patent for PDAF usable up to the array edges. → Olympus has a patent (201821951A) for a 12mm f/1.2 lens – this will be a nice addition to the other three Olympus f/1.2 Pro MFT lenses. → The next patent (2018-45184A) is for the Hasselblad XCD 30mm f/3.5 medium format lens and it was […]

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Canon, Fuji, Kodak, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Sigma, Sony, Tamron and Zeiss confirmed for the 2018 Photokina show

The rumors about Canon pulling out of the 2018 Photokina show were not true. Today Photokina issued a new press release describing “high exhibitor demand” and confirmed that Arri, Canon, Cewe, DJI, Epson, Fujifilm, Kodak Alaris, Leica, Manfrotto, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Profoto, Sigma, Sony, Tamron and Zeiss have already secured their stands at the coming […]

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Canon rumored to be working on two prosumer mirrorless full frame cameras

CanonRumors reports that two Canon prosumer mirrorless full frame cameras are currently in development. The new flagship mirrorless camera is rumored to be announced first and 6 to 8 months later the lower-end model will be introduced. It is still not clear what lens mount will be deployed with the new Canon mirrorless system:

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Elinchrom pulls out of Photokina, Canon and Profoto may follow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwPZQrR7CMw DIYPhotography reports that Elinchrom will not be part of the 2018 Photokina show and there is a possibility that Canon, Profoto and other companies may pull out as well. After Leica decided not to take part in the 2017 PhotoPlus Expo in New York and Photokina announced that from 2018 their shows will start taking place annually, I already […]

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Rumored specifications for the upcoming Canon full-frame mirrorless camera

This is the first set of rumored specifications for the upcoming Canon full-frame mirrorless camera:

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