Humor: The 5 Worst Types of Photographers (video)
Just for fun, by Tony Northrup.
4K Time-Lapse: Container Ship Traveling From Vietnam to China (plus loading process, EOS 5D Mark III)
It’s time for a new time-lapse video. The impressing video above was made by Toby Smith, and shows the trip of container ship Gunhilde Maersk from Ho-Chi Minh, Vietnam to Ningbo, China. The time-lapse video was produced shooting 78,500 pictures with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with an EF 17mm tilt-shift lens mounted. The EOS 5D Mark III was mounted in a solar powered, special housing that can withstand harsh marine weather conditions.
[via Laughing Squid via Twisted Sifter]Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85, world’s fastest lens for EOS M now selling at $1,199 ($700 off)
The Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 is the world’s fastest lens for your EOS M3 (and other mirrorless cameras), and it got another price drop, selling at $1,199 (B&H Photo | Amazon) after a $700 price drop from the regular price. Still not a budget lens but consider it goes f/0.85. On the EOS M3’s APS-C sensor the IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 becomes a 64mm. And it weighs as much as the Zeiss Otus 85mm.
LensRentals felt the pulse of the Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 and found that it outperforms the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L in the center. Below is a short video-review of the IBELUX by Matt Granger (not on an EOS M). Canon Watch’s EOS M3 review is here.
- Canon EF-M Mount/APS-C Format
- 64mm (35mm Equivalent)
- Aperture Range: f/0.85 to f/22
- Concave Front Lens Element
- 250° Manual Focus Throw
- Ten-Blade Circular Diaphragm
- Metal Lens Barrel & Integrated Lens Hood
- Minimum Focus Distance: 2.5′
- Filter Thread: 67mm
Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 overview after the break.
The Fujin Mark II lens sucks, and that’s what it’s expected to do (sensor cleaning gadget)
We had this cool gadget on our radar last year. Now a Mark II release is about to hit the shelves.
What is the Fujin Mark II? It’s a pocketable vacuum cleaner you can mount on your Canon DSLR as if it was a lens. The Fujin Mark II features an electric fan and a stator to suck up any dust particle from your sensor. Cool, isn’t it? I never tried one so I can’t say how effective it is, but it looks good to me. Have a look at the video above. The Fujin Mark II will be released at the end of September, and sells at $150, a 5 filters pack sells for $18. It’s also available on eBay
Product description after the break.
Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP) 4.3.1 released (bug fix & EOS 5Ds/5Ds R support)
Back in August Canon released a new version of Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP), version 4.3.1. The latest version adds support for the Canon EOS 5Ds and EOS 5Ds R, and fixes a bug:
Changes for Digital Photo Professional 4.3.1 for Mac OS X : - Fixes a malfunction where images are not displayed correctly in certain environments when the picture style "Fine Detail" is selected.
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 II in stock and ready to ship at major resellers
Canon’s brand new EF 35mm f/1.4 II lens is in stock at all major resellers at $1,799: B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon.
The EF 35mm f/1.4 II features Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics, an optical technology that allows for very high levels of chromatic aberration correction.
- EF Mount L-Series Lens/Full-Frame Format
- Aperture Range: f/1.4-22
- Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics
- Two Aspherical Elements, One UD Element
- Subwavelength and Fluorine Coatings
- Ultrasonic Autofocus Motor
- Full-Time Manual Focus Override
- Weather-Sealed Design
- Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm
Canon EF 35mm f/1,4 II overview after the break.