Printed Pictures Are Pretty Cool (Canon says)

That’s what Canon, Common and The Walking Dead want us to remind.

In a campaign where Canon is promoting their new PIXMA Pro printer, they are touring the US with with celebrity guests/hobbyist photographers Common, Chef Tyler Florence, and Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead). The purpose of the campaign is to remind us that photography is more than the everyday instagram feed of food and cat pics. The  main theme was “the five senses”.

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Review: Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar T* ZE (The Phoblographer)

Zeiss 135mm f/2

Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar T* ZE
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The Phoblographer reviewed a piece of luxury lens, the [shoplink 15999]Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar T* ZE[/shoplink]. As other reviews, these one too underlines the outstanding optical properties of this high-end piece of glass. More after the break.

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Bring Printed Images To Life: Canon USA PIXMA PRO City Senses Interactive Galleries

Canon USA press release:

Canon U.S.A. PIXMA PRO City Senses Interactive Galleries Help Bring Printed Images To Life

Canon Partners with Celebrities Norman Reedus, COMMON and Tyler Florence for Hometown Galleries in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco

MELVILLE, N.Y., October 10, 2013 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, recently brought the five senses to life with the PIXMA PRO City Senses gallery experience, a three-city gallery series aimed at encapsulating an emotion and moment-in-time through the power of printed images. Inspired by their hometown pride and love of photography, actor Norman Reedus (AMC’s The Walking Dead), multi-Grammy award-winning hip-hop artist and actor COMMON, and notable chef Tyler Florence, each hosted gallery exhibits in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, respectively. These exhibits featured images created by the celebrity hosts and two local professional photographers, which were then printed on the PIXMA PRO family of professional printers for display.

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SanDisk and Canon Deals Live at Adorama (refurb S100, EOS 70D w/ 18-55mm and Pro100 Printer, SanDisk Extreme SSD)

Adorama has some interesting deals going on:

  • Refurbished Canon PowerShot S100 (12MP, 5x Zoom, 24mm wide angle lens) for just $194 (click here), regular price is $429
  • Canon EOS 70D Digital kit with EF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens and Canon Pro100 printer – it’s yours for $1185 (click here) after $400 mail-in rebate – all you have to do is to add the Canon Pro100 printer. Moreover, 4% rewards.
  • SanDisk Extreme II 240GB Solid State Drive (SSD), SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, Up to 550 MB/s Sequential Read, on sale for $199 (click here) instead of $229.95 – offer expires 10/13/2013
  • SanDisk Extreme II 480GB Solid State Drive (SSD), SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, Up to 545 MB/s Sequential Read, on sale for $359 (click here) instead of $459.95 – offer expires 10/13/2013

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Canon Germany Starts Premium Photo-Book Service (HD Book)

Canon Germany today starts their premium photo-book service, called Canon HD Book. The books are printed on the professional production system DreamLabo 5000 which delivers first class quality obtained using the newest print-technology. This is a 7-Inkjet technology having 2400 dpi resolution. More information at hdbook.fotobook.de.

Canon Germany press release (click here for translation):

KREFELD, 10. Oktober 2013. Bereits im vergangenen Jahr angekündigt, gibt Canon heute den Start seines neuen Premium Fotobuch-Service, gesteuert über die Fotofachhandelsverbände Ringfoto und Europafoto, bekannt. Das neue HD book wird auf dem professionellen Fotodruck-Produktionssystem DreamLabo 5000 gedruckt und bietet dem Kunden Fotobücher in erstklassiger Canon Qualität mit höchsten Standards und neuester Drucktechnologie. Dank einzigartiger 7-Inkjet-Drucktechnik und Mikrodruck mit 2.400 dpi Auflösung erstrahlen Bilder in faszinierend leuchtenden HD-Farben. Die Kombination von Mikrodruck-Technik, neuen Farben und speziell beschichtetem Druckpapier garantiert höchste Bildqualität und extreme Langlebigkeit.
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Another Hint That the Canon EOS 7D Mark II Could Have a New Sensor

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Fake EOS 7D Mark II (mock-up)

 

We were first to report this possibility back in August, saying that Canon was prototyping various sensors for the EOS 7D Mark II (including a 24MP sensor), now a new rumor surfaced that has word the Canon EOS 7D Mark II could indeed have a different sensor than the 20MP sensor of the Canon EOS 70D (most speculation were suggesting Canon could reuse the same sensor). Unfortunately there is not much more new to report yet. The announcement for 2014 got another confirmation, that the EOS 7D Mark II will be more “pro-video-oriented” has also been confirmed (though no one really knows how the 7D2 will beat the excellently featured EOS 70D). According to my sources, Canon’s plans are to push a 24MP sensor into the EOS 7D Mark II, but everything depends by the noise/high ISO performance, which is top priority for Canon

As you can see, everything is still very obscure. There will be an EOS 7D Mark II, it will come in 2014, and it has to be more feature rich than the EOS 70D (but how?).

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