Category: Canon
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Canon prepares the 5D MkIII
We were patiently waiting the next camera in the Canon EOS 5D series, with an expected EOS 5D MkIII. But we were not certain of its reality. All is shaken down and certainty is restored with the revelation of a few images which -without revealing anything really- confirm the existence of the product. Seeing the…
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Canon 1D-X, delayed
Canon expected to start selling the new beautiful Canon 1D-X from March 2012. This will not happen. A UK representative of Canon told Associated Press that the pro camera based on an 18-mega-pixel Full Frame sensor will not be ready before the end of April 2012. But, in the mean time, we learned a few…
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Canon EOS 1D X : Test in Spain
It’s already been a long time that Canon announced its new Digital SLR photo camera targeted to the pros, the Canon EOS 1D X. But, the announcements were not followed by much, so this is with great pleasure that we found that the Spanish QueSabesDe web site presented us a (very short) test of the…
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50 years of Canon SLR cameras
Since 1959, Canon has been manufacturing Signle Lens Reflex (SLR) photo cameras. The sotyr began with the Canon F. YouTube link
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Canon 1D X
Quite a bit far outside of the possibilities of most photographers, here is the new pro D-SLR camera from Canon, le Canon EOS 1D X. As a matter of fact, this is a camera which conciliates the Canon EOS 1D and EOS 1Ds families. We’re back to the Full Frame sensors, with 18 mega-pixels. the…
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Canon 5D MkIII, the fake ad
Dominik Wörner is a photographer who loves to have fun with Photoshop and other tools. You want some evidence? Just have a look at the sequence of pictures of the future Canon EOS 5D MkIII (if it ever happens to be born) that he assembled into a lovely video clip which could be the official…
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Canon keeps working to replace its 100-400mm
I should never exaggerate the importance of patent publishing (some of them are only a way to make sure nobody can re-use the same idea when invented independently), but it is interesting to notice that Canon published a patent for an architecture targeting a 100-400mm f/4-5.6 tele-zoom which could well become the next replacement for…
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Canon surprise on 3rd November
Canon just sent an invitation for a revolutionary event to their best press contacts in the US. The only problem: Nobody really knows what it’s about. And since the Canon-lovers actually have nothing to talk about at the time (Canon and Nikon had made it clear that it was not even worth inviting them to…
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Manufacturing of a Canon 500mm f/4 lens
Let’s go and see how is manufactured a big tele-lens from Canon. A lot of hot glass and quite a chunk of shiny metal. YouTube link