Sony announce world’s fastest SD card

Sony Japan announced their new SF-G SD card series. The SDHC UHS-II cards has a reading speed of 300 MB/s and a writing speed of 299 MB/s. It will start shipping  on April 24. The 128GB card will cost 49,000 YEN (around $400), the 64GB card 25,000 YEN ($220) and the 32GB card 15,000 YEN ($130) [via Sony Alpha Rumors].

Sony press release after the break.

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Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP) tutorials

Canon Digital Photo Professional

Canon USA posted five Canon Digital Photo Professional tutorial videos on YouTube.

These tutorials are helpful if you want to start with Canon’s own, powerful RAW and photo editing software (which, btw, comes for free with every Canon DSLR). Canon Digital Photo Professional isn’t as intuitive to use as other similar software, it’s very powerful, though.

Latest release of Canon Digital Photo Professional, click here.

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Canon EOS 6D Mark II talk but nothing new

canon EOS 6D mark iicanon rumors

A list of  Canon EOS 6D Mark II specifications is making its rounds on the net.

It’s basically another rehash of our Canon EOS 6D Mark II rumors with some common sense-driven additions. So sorry to annoy you with stuff you already know, unfortunatley I have to post this too. Be aware that there is a possibility we will never see an EOS 6D Mark II but a fullframe mirrorless camera instead.

What to expect from the Canon EOS 6D Mark II?

The most traded specification list is below, and was leaked to us over more than a year.

  • 28MP sensor
  • 45 AF points (all cross-type)
  • Dual Pixel AF
  • DIGIC 7
  • Wi-Fi and NFC
  • GPS
  • Articulated touchscreen
  • 6 fps
  • HDR Movie & Time Lapse Movie
  • 4K video
  • Electronic IBIS
  • Dual SD card slots
  • 100% coverage optical viewfinder with some new features

Would you be happy if the EOS 6D Mark II brings this features?

Another big question obviously concerns the announcement date. So far, end of Spring or Summer 2017 are the candidates. However, I still am not 100% sure there will be a Canon EOS 6D Mark II in the shape of a DSLR (more here). 

Stay tuned.

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV review (top notch professional DSLR)

EOS 5D Mark IV

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV at a glance:

  • 30.4MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 6+ Image Processor
  • 3.2″ 1.62m-Dot Touchscreen LCD Monitor
  • DCI 4K Video at 30 fps; 8.8MP Still Grab
  • 61-Point High Density Reticular AF
  • Native ISO 32000, Expanded to ISO 102400
  • Dual Pixel RAW; AF Area Select Button
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF and Movie Servo AF
  • 7 fps Shooting; CF & SD Card Slots
  • Built-In GPS and Wi-Fi with NFC

Imaging Resource posted their review of the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.

In the conclusion they write:

In our testing, the Canon 5D Mark IV performed as expected in the image quality department, with an overall superb showing, especially with RAW files. The 30MP images displayed lots of fine detail, but straight-from-camera JPEGs tended to be a little on the soft side, whereas RAW files could easily be developed to show greater detail. As we’ve seen with other Canon cameras, the 5D IV’s hue and overall color accuracy are top-notch, and its high ISO performance is also excellent, as we’d expect from a pro-class, full-frame DSLR. Compared to the earlier 5D Mark III, the Mark IV displays much better dynamic range, which is great to see — a welcome improvement for the landscape photographers out there.

There is much more information in the review.

Save big on select Zeiss lenses

Zeiss Distagon T* 18mm F/3.5 ZF.2

B&H Photo has President’s Week Sale, and you can save big on select Zeiss lenses.

  • Zeiss Distagon T* 18mm F/3.5 ZF.2 Lens – $400 instant rebate – on sale at $995
  • Zeiss Distagon T* 15mm f/2.8 ZE Lens – $951 instant rebate (!)- on sale at $1,999
  • Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar T* ZF.2 Lens – $623 instant rebate – on sale at $1,499
  • Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Canon EF Mount – $318 Instant Rebate – on sale at $799