Category Archives: Canon

Canon also has a patent for a full frame mirrorless lens

By PR admin | Published: December 5, 2015

Canon recently filed a patent in Japan for a 50mm f/3.5 Macro IS lens designed for a full frame mirrorless camera:

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The latest patents from Canon and Ricoh

By PR admin | Published: November 29, 2015

→ Canon filed a new patent for EF 20-45mm f/2.8-4 lens. → Canon has another patent for a 25-125mm f/2.8 lens (Super 35 mm).

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Pre-Black Friday deals from Canon, Sony, Samsung, Fuji, Panasonic and Rokinon

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

Canon M3: $250 off Canon M10: up to $170 off Canon G7 X: $150 off Canon G9 X: $80 off Canon Rebel SL1 bundle: $400 off Sony a7: $700 off Sony a600 body only: $150 off Sony a6000 two lens kit: $453.99 off Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS lens: $100 off Sony Carl Zeiss 24mm […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

→ New Rollei film available for sale in Japan: Superpan 200, Retro 80s and Retro 400s. → The new Aurora HDR software developed by Macphun and Trey Ratcliff is now available for download. → Canon commemorates production of 80 millionth EOS-series interchangeable-lens camera. → New Metz Mecablitz 44 AF-2 flash announced (replacement for the current AF-1 model).

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Canon is suing gray market camera sellers

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

Ebay sellers like Get It Digital are known to have some of the lowest prices for Nikon and Canon gray market cameras and lenses. It seems that Canon USA is not happy with that and have filed lawsuits against several retailers to stop selling gray market gear in the US. Photographybay has a detailed report on those […]

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The latest deals on camera gear

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2015

Other savings/rebates/deals: Canon EOS M (up to $250 off) Panasonic LUMIX cameras (up to $500 off) Olympus lenses (up to #100 off) Fuji cameras (up to $900) Sony lenses and Sony cameras Sandisk memory cards (up to 65% off) Adobe Creative Cloud is 20% off for Black Friday $20 off the new Topaz Texture Effects

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The latest patents from Ricoh, Canon and Fuji

By PR admin | Published: November 13, 2015

Ricoh has a patent for a camera with a built-in dock for a smart phone. Another Ricoh patent is for infrared AF assist lamp (Nikon recently filed a similar patent). Canon has a patent for a new 24-300mm f/4-5.6 lens.

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Rumors: Canon “pro level” mirrorless camera coming next year

By PR admin | Published: November 12, 2015

Some more details on the rumored Canon “pro level” mirrorless camera:

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Canon PowerShot G9 X and G5 X cameras hands-on report

By PR admin | Published: November 6, 2015

A reader sent me a quick hands-on report on the new Canon PowerShot G9 X and Canon PowerShot G5 X cameras (both currently in stock and shipping): I had a chance to try out the said Powershots at the local Canon showroom a day ago (they were press-launched locally just a few days ago along with the […]

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The latest DxOMark tests

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2015

Zeiss Loxia 2/50 Sony E-mount lens review can be found here: “Anyone looking for a small, high-grade 50mm lens for the Sony A7-series cameras will find a lot to like about the Zeiss Loxia. Not only is it relatively small and lightweight compared with other lens options such as the 55mm Otus (which could be […]

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