Notice to our readers – working on site [Update]

Update: it’s done. Hope everything works fine for you.

Hi all, just a short post to tell you that I am working on a new layout for Canon Watch, along with some fine-tuning and bug fixing.

I apologise for any inconvenience you may encounter. I am trying to keep things as smooth as possible but some downtime and maybe a quirk or another (which I missed) may show up.

Thanks for your understanding!

Steve

Canon EOS 750/760D (Rebel T6i/T6s) vs Nikon D5500 Head-to-Head comparison (video)

You may like his style or you may not, but the video reviews made by DigitalRev’s Kai are pretty informational. Watch Kai review the new Canon EOS 750D/Rebel T6i and EOS 760D/Rebel T6s and compare them to Nikon’s D5500. Enjoy.

Canon Rebel T6i (kits starting from $899) – Amazon | B&H Photo | Adorama
Canon Rebel T6s (kits starting from $1,099) – Amazon | B&H Photo | Adorama

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A ‘Walking Dead’ LEGO Stop-Motion Animated Short Made Using a Canon Rebel T3

Wonderful little video made with a simple Canon Rebel T3/EOS 1100D by artist MonsieurCaron.

What happen when Daryl Dixon see some smoke in the forest ? Will he investigate it ? Is there any walkers over there ? This short LEGO brickfilm use the very rare Zombie Hunter Enthusiast minifigure made with genuine LEGO bricks by Citizen Brick as well as custom zombies head and a collection of more than 250 000 LEGO bricks. It’s not really a Walking Dead story, more of an homage to Norman Reedus character and the zombie genre.

MonsieurCaron shot over 3000 pictures, and spent a month to build, film, and edit the whole stuff. The result is awesome. There are 15 images per second! Congrats!

Canon Rebel T3/EOS 1100D price check: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

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Canon EOS 5DS R hands-on review and comparison with Nikon D810, EOS 5D3, Olympus E-M5 II

Short video by Tony Northrup reviewing the 50MP Canon EOS 5DS R (pre-production model), and doing some comparison with the Nikon D810, EOS 5D Mark III, and Olympus E-M5 II. Canon rules! :-)

The Canon EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R manuals are available in all languages (click here). Good to have a closer look to the EOS 5DS and 5DS R’s features.

Canon’s new EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R are available for pre-order:

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Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6L tele-monster review

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B&H Photo posted a long review about Canon’s legendary EF 1200mm f/5.6 lens. The review comes with some historic facts too. It’s speculated that Canon made less than 2 dozens of this lens (it appears even Canon can not tell how many they made).

The Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 L USM lens was born with the Canon FD mount and reportedly first appeared in 1984, at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. Five lenses were used by the media to cover the Games and then the lenses were shipped back to Japan and later converted to the EF mount. According to Canon, this is the longest lens in the world with full autofocus capability.

Canon made this lens available by special order only. A $10,000 deposit was required with the order and manufacturing would only start when several lenses were put on order. Sports Illustrated magazine purchased two 1200mm lenses in the 1990’s. Canon lent a lens to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1999, so they could document Major League Baseball slugger Mark McGuire’s single-season home-run record attempt from center field; photographing every pitch McGuire faced that season. The extreme focal length of the lens gives a unique perspective of the distant view from the outfield fence that other lenses cannot capture.

Definitely a interesting read. For more about the EF 1200mm lens head over to B&H Photo’s review. The Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6L lens is on sale at B&H Photo for $180,000. A single, used unit in good condition. Act fast as this “super deal” won’t last long ;-) Canon has a dedicated page for the EF 1200mm, or check Wikipedia.