Category Archives: Canon

Canon EOS M3 mirrorless camera now available in the US

As previously reported, the Canon EOS M3 mirrorless camera now available in the US. Shipping will start in early October. For pricing on the different EOS M3 kits combination, check the listings at Adorama, B&H and Amazon. Canon EOS M3 highlights: 24.2 Megapixel APS-C Canon CMOS Sensor, with a sensitivity range from ISO 100 to 12,800 (expandable […]

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Canon explains their new Blue Spectrum Refractive (BR) camera lens optical element

With the new EF 35mm F/1.4L II USM Canon introduced a newly developed camera lens optical element called Blue Spectrum Refractive (BR) that enables extremely high levels of chromatic aberration correction:   Additional information from the press release:

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Canon EF 35mm F/1.4L II USM lens announced

Canon officially announced their EF 35mm F/1.4L II USM lens. The price of the lens in the US is $1,799 and pre-orders are currently opened at Adorama, B&H and Amazon. Shipping will start on October 4th. Here are few sample images and the full press release:

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Additional information on the upcoming Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II lens

Additional information on the upcoming Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II lens:

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This is the new Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II lens

The first picture of the previously rumored Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II lens leaked online. Here are the rumored lens specifications:

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Canon announced the world’s first 4K UHD wide-angle CJ12ex4.3B portable broadcast lens

Canon announced the world’s first 4K UHD wide-angle CJ12ex4.3B portable lens – this is the first in a new line of 4K 2/3″ broadcast lenses:

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Canon dominates the BCN camera rankings in Japan for July, 2015 (followed by Nikon)

BCN Ranking published their top 10 lists of best selling compact and interchangeable lens cameras in Japan for the month of July, 2015. Canon dominates both charts with a total of 11 models, followed by Nikon with 3 and Olympus, Casio, Sony each with 2 cameras in the charts. The DSLR vs. mirrorless ratio was […]

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New patents: Canon tilt-shift adapter, Sony “Theta-like” camera

→ Canon has a new patent for an electronic tilt-shift adapter that works with every EF lens. → Sony has a patent for a camera similar to the Ricoh Theta.

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The latest patents from Olympus and Canon

→ Olympus has field patents for a dual image stabilization for both the lens and camera body. Olympus also has a new patent for a digital ND filter. Here are the latest Canon patents:

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Canon EOS M3 mirrorless camera could be coming to the United States

Since the Canon EOS M3 mirrorless camera was announced, it was not available for sale in the US (you could still purchase one from DigitalRev since they ship internationally or on eBay). This may soon change and the M3 could become available for sale in the US.

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