TOKYO, May 23, 2014—Canon today announced the filing of two patent infringement complaints in Germany with the District Court of Düsseldorf against “wta Carsten Weser GmbH” and “KMP PrintTechnik AG” for infringement of the German portion of Canon’s European patent 2 087 407 relating to a drum unit and a process cartridge by, inter alia, the manufacturing, offer and sale of certain toner cartridges for use in various models of Canon and Hewlett-Packard German laser beam printers. Canon is seeking injunctive relief and damages.
Throughout the development, sales and marketing process, Canon respects the intellectual property rights of other companies and individuals and expects others to do the same. Canon remains committed to taking legal action against anyone who does not respect Canon’s intellectual property rights.
Canon Australia will cut its staff by 10% in 2014 as result of having reduced the profit from $38.6 million in 2013 to just $4.1 in 2013. That’s a huge loss!
Canon will outsource some of the roles covered by approximately 100 staff in ‘administration and back-office support jobs’ to business process management firms Genpact and Convergys, and is reported as saying the restructure will ‘streamline its office operations to increase efficiencies and better serve its customers’.
Available soon from Canon will be an accredited Canon service center installed feature upgrade for the EOS C300 Digital Video Camera that will offer an autofocus mode to help ensure sharp focus and smooth focus transitions. The upgrade provides a new Continuous AF (Autofocus) Function for all Canon EF autofocus Lenses, using Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology. A new AF Lock setting also lets you change the image framing while holding the desired focus. These critical focusing capabilities are designed to help reduce out of focus video while providing for smooth focus transitions and assist users when operating with small crews.
The accredited Canon service center installed feature upgrade for the EOS C300 camera is targeted at users who regularly shoot with smaller crews, who shoot moving subjects, or who want smoother, more natural-looking autofocus. Specific markets include documentary filmmakers, electronic news gathering, sports productions, weddings and similar special events, nature and wildlife, and many others.
To use and enjoy this milestone technology by Canon you don’t have to break your bank and get a $14,000 C300, it’s already available on the prosumer-oriented Canon EOS 70D. I am using the EOS 70D everyday while on the road in India (together with the awesome Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM). I am working on a review while abroad, first samples shot with the EOS 70D and the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 can be seen here.
The Canon Professional Network posted a story (with videos and more) you really shouldn’t miss: an interview with film-legend Jean-Luc Godard about his last movie, Adieu au langage.
CanonUSA on Youtube posted a video explaining Canon’s service and support process:
Watch Ken from Canon Service & Support as he explains the Canon service process to help you better understand what to expect when you send your camera or video equipment in for repair.
update #3: be sure to read Tony Northrup’s comments and answers in the comment section of this post.
update #2: I think Tony Northrup is wrong, Have a look here to grasp the whole story.
update: have a look at mirrorlessrumors.com to get an alternative view of the issue. Says Ale from MR:
There are a couple of logical errors made by Tony Northrup.
First: No one cheats. All company aperture lens info are correct! The Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 has a f/2.8 aperture and not a f/5.6 aperture. You don’t have to make the equivalence he says has to be done! Use the Sony A7r and Sony A6000 for the same shoot. To get same result the camera automatically sets on both the same ISO and same lens aperture despite the different sensor size. Just to say that the aperture remains CONSTANT and is not relative! There is no equivalence to make on that!
Second: He says Olympus, Panasonic and Sony do cheat. Nope. All companies use the same kind of measuring aperture for all lens formats (medium format, MFT format, APS-C and so on).
This 37 minutes video by Tony Northrup is rather technical and complex, but it is a must see if you want to understand the tricks some camera manufacturer are using to mislead their customers. According to Tony Northrup only Canon, Nikon and Fuji are stating the truth with their crop sensor specifications.
Says Tony Northrup:
Please spread the word to end the cheating: Why you need to apply crop factor to both your ISO and aperture, and how Sony, Olympus, & Panasonic use crop factor to mislead buyers
The folks at iso1200 made a table of contents of the video:
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