A Bit Of Everything

Magic Lantern’s Raw Hack Allows Time-Lapser to Capture Moon and Saturn – Creative Planet Network

First Impressions: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Version II Art – The Phoblographer

First Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens test – Photo Rumors

Why You Can’t Optically Test Your Lens with Autofocus – Roger Cicala/Lensrentals

Canon vs Nikon: which DSLR should you buy? – Techradar

Nikon D4S video quality not suitable for pro use – EOSHD

Canon EOS 7D not workable with Tamron 150-600mm? – Photonet forum

Canon PowerShot ELPH 340 HS Pocket-Zoom Camera Review – Steve’s Digicams
EOS-1D X Firmware

Brutus Östling on photographing birds with the EOS-1D X (price & specs) – Canon Professional Network

Review: Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus, Beauty and a Beast – PetaPixel

6 of Lightroom’s Hidden Treasures – Digital Photography School

Why I Chose the Canon EOS 6D (price & specs) Over the Sony A7R: A Personal Decision – SLRLounge

Canon EOS C100 menu simulator – Canon Digital Learning Center

Canon Is The Biggest DSLR Manufacturer World-Wide (11th straight year)

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Yesterday we learned that Canon surpassed the 250 million manufactured units milestone. The latest press release tells us that Canon is the No. 1 when it comes to global interchangeable-lens digital cameras.

Canon press release:

Canon celebrates 11th straight year of No. 1 share of global interchangeable-lens digital camera market

TOKYO, Japan, March 27, 2014—Canon Inc. today announced that the Company’s interchangeable-lens digital cameras (digital SLR and compact-system cameras) have maintained the No. 1 share worldwide in terms of volume within the interchangeable-lens digital camera market for the 11-year period from 2003 to 2013.1

In addition to the interchangeable lenses, Canon also develops the key components—the CMOS image sensors and image processors—employed in its interchangeable-lens cameras. The most advanced of these technologies are incorporated in the Company’s flagship EOS-1D series. By applying these technologies to other models as well, Canon has successfully created a powerful product lineup that effectively responds to the needs of a wide range of users, from professionals to entry-level users, which has enabled Canon to maintain the top global share.

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Discover The Canon Autofocus Systems For Shooting EOS Movies.

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The Canon Professional Network published a short technical article about Canon’s auto-focus systems when shooting movies, including Hybrid CMOS AF and Dual Pixel CMOS AF.

For a large part of the time, autofocus is not as useful for movie shooting as it first appears. When shooting movies, manual focus can appear more natural and is therefore easier to watch for a viewer.

All EOS cameras that feature an EOS Movie mode have had a form of autofocus that works in Movie mode, however their method of focusing meant that the autofocus is neither smooth nor natural during recording.

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Canon’s Professional Network Twitter Quiz

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Canon started a Twitter quiz (#CanonQuiz) about their Canon Professional Network.

[…] we are launching a Twitter quiz and would like to invite you all to take part. So, how well do you think you know CPN? From Canon Ambassadors to zoom lenses our Twitter quiz will really test your knowledge! Simply follow CPN on Twitter at: @CanonProNetwork and look out for the first of our five quiz questions, starting today, Thursday 27 March 2014.

A new question will be posted each day and once you think you know the answer simply @reply to the tweet! The answers can all be found within the CPN website and all five answers will be revealed on the CPN Twitter channel on Tuesday 1 April 2014. Can you answer all five questions correctly? Why not have a go? Good luck!

Be sure to follow @CanonProNetwork on Twitter to take part to the quiz

New Tokina Cinema AT-X Lenses Available For Pre-Order (16-28mm and 11-16mm)

 

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Tokina Cinema AT-X 16-28mm T3.0 (left) and Tokina Cinema AT-X 11-16mm T3.0 (right)

Adorama has Tokina’s new Cinema AT-X lenses available for pre-order. Both lenses are expected to ship April 2014.

Product description and specifications after the break.

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