Have you ever wondered what it looks like when a camera company releases a barrel full of new cameras on the evening following the Super Bowl? You’re about to find out. Because Canon, AKA Sunday night ruiners #1, have done this thing. Because this is when we all shop for cameras — right after returning semi-comatose to our homes and passing out after a day of wings and lite beer. Let us proceed, from most to least expensive, as usual when Canon sacks my Sunday evening. → Read More
Compact DSLR video has been made slightly more crowd-friendly with Canon’s latest cameras, the T3i and T3. The former is clearly a direct successor to the T2i, which we reviewed here, and the T3 is a somewhat downgraded version of the same. Details, sweet details, follow. The T3i and T3 also have aliases, as per the Canon usual: 600D and 1100D respectively. And as usual, you’d expect the big number to be the superior item, but as usual, no. Details! Inside! Also, the press release is one space away from “empowering them asses.” It’s the same thing when you think about it. → Read More
We heard a while back that Canon might be doing a serious refresh of its lineup soon, and that the most likely place would be the CP+ photo show in Japan coming up in about a week. I’d say 2011 will likely be a shake-up year for Canon, but don’t expect them to roll everything out at once. A new compact DSLR is certainly due, though; the T2i came out about a year back.
Which is why this listing at a Korean regulatory agency seems timely. → Read More
This is pretty cool, though let’s all just admit right off the bat that the limitations are pretty major as well. This custom 3rd-party firmware is set to put out a release on 1/1/11 that will enable 4K recording (that’s 4096×2304) on the T2i, which is normally limited to 1080p.
The trouble? At that resolution, you can only record for six seconds. → Read More
The big brand camera companies are committing seppuku in front of our eyes. It’s fascinating.
Last week, I bought a brand new Canon S95 camera. It’s a great point & shoot. Maybe the best out there right now. It captures beautiful 10-megapixel images. It’s great in low-light. It’s fast. And it shoots HD video. I anticipate I’ll take about 5 percent of my pictures with it in the coming year. The other 95 percent will be taken with my iPhone. How do I know? Because I had the S90 last year and that was my exact usage pattern.
Obviously, the 10-megapixel, $400 S95 is the superior camera when compared to the 5-megapixel, $200 (with subsidy) iPhone 4. But the fact that I always have my phone on me easily trumps the specs. But to me, there’s actually something other than just the portability factor that leads to my usage being so heavily skewed towards the iPhone: connectivity. → Read More
How unexpected. The 24-70 F/2.8L is one of Canon’s best and most popular lenses, but it’s been around since 2002, and although it’s still an excellent piece of kit, it seems that Canon feels it could use a bit of a reworking. They’ve applied for a patent, made public just yesterday, for what appears to be a new version of the versatile lens. → Read More
Is this magic? That’s my cute way of opening the discussion of the Canon Cross Media Station. It’s an inductive charging station. That means you put your camera right on top of the thing and it charges. Fun! → Read More
Canon’s Uniflow technology will read print jobs sent to it and flag documents containing words deemed unsafe or insecure by admins. Here’s how it works:
The server will email the administrator a PDF copy of the document in question if a user attempts to do so.
The system can optionally inform the user by email that their attempt has been blocked, but without identifying the keyword in question, maintaining the security of the system.
See the problem here? → Read More
Canon and Nikon, the photography world’s Hatfields and McCoys, have both recently released new DSLRs and compact manuals. While all of them are certainly excellent cameras, they’re clearly gunning for each other and a quick perusal of all their specs seems in order. → Read More
Canon cannot catch a break, at least someone in their company can’t keep their lips sealed, because now the price has been outed for Canon’s new replacement for the G11, the Canon G12. Remember the features for the G12 are 10 megapixels, 5x optical zoom with image stabilization, 2.8-inch swivel LCD, HD video and an HDR mode. The features for the T1i are 15 megapixels, 18-55 no IS, 3-inch LCD, HD video and of course HDR — and interchangeable lenses. → Read More
Canon’s invite-only, once-every-five-years Canon Expo is in full swing right now in New York, and although we’re not there, some excited camera lovers are, and there is some cool stuff on display. Here you can see a concept camera pulling a 4K image off of a 2/3″ sensor, via a crazy 20x zoom L lens.
7-140mm F/1.8-3.8! Geez, I don’t even want to think about what that thing would cost. → Read More
Exactly one week ago, Canon unveiled a pretty impressive 120 megapixel sensor, and today the company followed up with the announcement of “the world’s largest” CMOS sensor. Sized at 202 x 205 mm, the new sensor is 40 times bigger than the Canon CMOS sensors out there now. → Read More
You might as well take your Rebel T2i back to the store, friends, because Canon just dropped the EOS 60D, a mid-range DSLR with RAW shooting, a swing-mounted LCD, and great video recording. → Read More
This is a bit insane. Canon has produced a sensor smaller outputting a ridiculous 120 megapixels, packed into an area smaller than a 35mm film frame. This is almost certainly mainly an R&D thing, however. Don’t expect a 120-megapixel camera any time soon. → Read More
What is it about lens mugs that gets me? Ever since we first saw that 70-200L thermos, I’ve had lens muggery on the mind. And now that classic Canon lens styling is in a more convenient mug form.
It even comes with a lens cap lid! → Read More
Looks like CNET Asia got a different press release from the one I got late last night. Theirs apparently had information pertaining to the not-announced G12, the latest in Canon’s line of compact manual cameras. Well, there’s no putting the cat back in the bag, especially when you have rumor sites ready to pounce and immortalize your error in a screenshot. Here’s what was revealed. → Read More
God damn it, Canon. Seriously. Every time I try to relax with a cold glass of juice*, you have to release a gaggle of point and shoots. You know I’m not going to pay close attention! Why not release them during the day?! All right. Let’s do this. → Read More
Photokina, the gigantic camera tradeshow , is right around the corner and it’s nearly a tradition that Canon unveils the next G series Powershot at the event. CanonRumors just posted the image above, which might be the upcoming G12. Overall the body seems a bit smaller than the G11 primarily because of the deleted viewfinder and the flash now using a pop-up mechanism. Of course this could be a fake as some rangefinder enthusiasts are no doubt hoping, but cameras generally leak these days. (e.g. Nikon D3100, D90 replacement, & Canon 60D) The official word will likely drop before Photokina kicks off on September 21st. → Read More
Our usual source for unreleased (and possibly false) Canon info, Canon Rumors, has posted a few specs for the 60D that actually seem perfectly likely. The 60D is supposed to be a video-focused replacement for the 40D, and reports indicate it’s more than a rumor, and possibly hitting in early September.
The specs quoted at Canon Rumors are limited but telling. → Read More
