Happy Holidays!
A short post to wish all my readers all the best for Christmas and the holidays! Have nice and good days.
Giveaway: Win a COSYSPEED Camslinger Outdoor Bag, and learn about the new crowd funding campaign
GIVEAWAY NOTES
The bag will be shipped worldwide. We will choose one winner for each rumor site + Cosyspeed (Totally 5 bags)
Together with COSYSPEED and our friends, we start a new giveaway for a fantastic COSYSPEED CAMSLINGER bag. Take part to the giveaway using the box above, learn all you need to know below. Good luck!
Thomas from COSYSPEED writes:
Hi all,
in March this year you and your readers helped us with ideas and suggestions about our CAMSLINGER Outdoor camera bag project. We got about 60 ideas from your readers, which was simply fantastic. Not all, but some of them flew into the CAMSLINGER Outdoor, which is currently on Indiegogo: https://igg.me/at/camslinger-outdoor
To say thanks we’d like to give away a CAMSLINGER Outdoor to your readers :-) MANY THANKS and have a wonderful Christmas and amazing 2017.
Cheers,
Thomas, Cosyspeed CEO
See the press release for COSYSPEED’s new Crowd-Funding on Indiegogo. The CAMSLINGER Outdoor is designed for outdoor-active photographers who like to go hiking, biking, climbing, horse riding and travelling: https://igg.me/at/camslinger-outdoor
Press Release after the break
Canon Tilt-Shift lenses video tutorials
CanonUSA on YouTube posted a 3 part tutorial series on tilt-shift lenses. Want to know what this special gear is about, why to use it, and how to create a somewhat different picture? Here you are.
Introduction
Tilting the lens
Shifting the lens
Have a look at the refurbished listings at Canon Store, 15% and up discounts
Do not miss to check the refurbished listings at the Canon Direct Store. All items come with 1 year Canon US warranty and likely are the best deals you can get from Canon. New discounts have been added, starting from 15% off on the regular price.
Dive in and look for your favourite gear. For instance, you can get the Canon EOS M3 for just $299.99, or the Rebel SL1 bundled with EF-S 18-55mm IS STM and EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III lenses for $329.99, or the Rebel T6 with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II for $299.99.
If you’re living in the USA and looking for good deals to start your journey with serious Canon gear, then this is the place to have a close look. All refurbished listings:
Stay tuned for more…
Canon enters health field with acquisition of Toshiba Medical, report suggests
New horizons for Canon. Asian Nikkei Review reports:
TOKYO –Canon will make medical equipment a central part of its operations through its purchase of Toshiba Medical Systems — hoping to foster growth in the field as its core digital camera and office equipment businesses slow.
The 665.5 billion yen ($54.7 billion) purchase was finalized Monday. Canon, a Japanese electronics manufacturer, hopes to wring enough synergy from its new subsidiary to justify the price tag, with its own optics and imaging technology and production technology as the key.
Behind the purchase
“The fact that sales of digital cameras and office equipment aren’t growing, despite our high market share, is a sign of the market’s maturity,” Canon CEO Fujio Mitarai said at a press conference, revealing a sense of urgency behind the purchase. “We’d been considering where to base our next pivot for some time,” Mitarai said.
Interview with Canon’s Tim Smith about the Canon C700 (video)
ProductionHUBTV posted an interview with Tim Smith of Canon USA.
Description:
An interview from the 2016 Band Pro ‘One World’ Open House in Burbank, California with Tim Smith of Canon USA. Canon manufactures their Cinema EOS Line of compact, modular cameras designed specifically for cinematography applications, featuring Canon’s unique Super 35mm CMOS sensor, revolutionary Canon DIGIC Image Processor, and 50Mbps 4:2:2 recording, in PL and EF-mount options. In this interview Tim recaps the year with us and talks with Mark about Canon’s new EOS C700 Super35 format Cinema Camera, equipped with a 4.5K CMOS image sensor and capable of recording 4K RAW through Canon’s Codex Digital Recorder.
Canon’s new EOS C700 Super35 format camera is designed to be a flexible “A” camera for various types of shooting scenarios. The EOS C700 features both internal 4K ProRes and XF-AVC recording. The inclusion of Apple’s ProRes codec inside the C700 enables shooters who require a quick turn-around to go direct-to-edit on many NLEs without any transcoding necessary. In 4K the 422 HQ flavor is implemented, and is supported up to 30 fps. In 2K mode, 10-bit 422, 10-bit 422HQ, and 12-bit 4444 can be used. High frame-rate recording is supported up to 180 fps using the 10-bit 422 flavor combined with the 2K center crop. All formats are conveniently recorded directly to the CFast 2.0 cards.
By removing the battery mount on the rear of the camera, and using the included bracket, a Codex Digital raw recorder made specifically for the EOS C700 can be installed using the included bracket. 12-bit DCI 4K RAW files will be recorded onto separately available Codex Digital Capture Drives and will be instantly compatible with the robust Codex Digital workflow. With the optional Codex CDX-36150 recorder attached, the EOS C700 is capable of recording uncompressed 10-bit or 12-bit 4K RAW up to 120 fps, 2K RAW up to 240 fps, or ProRes 4K up to 60 fps.
As Canon’s flagship cinema camera, the EOS C700 features the choice of one of two new Super 35mm CMOS sensors. With three models to choose from, users can choose the best tool for their shooting requirements. The EOS C700 is available in both EF and PL versions and features a pixel resolution up to 4.5K, a dynamic range of 15 stops, however the EF mount version of the camera features Dual Pixel CMOS AF Technology.
The PL mount only EOS C700 GS PL features 14 stops of dynamic range, up to 4K resolution and a Global Shutter. The image on a global shutter sensor is captured simultaneously by every pixel on the sensor. Standard CMOS sensors capture the image by scanning the scene from top to bottom. Depending on the speed of the scan, the time delay between the scan of the first line and the last sometimes results in a “jello” effect where straight lines appear curved or wobble as the camera or subject moves. By capturing the entire image at once these artifacts are removed.