Meet the C-Cup, An Improved Viewfinder For The Canon EOS C100

Found this project by Andrew Alden Miller at Kickstarter. An alternative viewfinder for the Canon EOS C100 (Adorama | B&H) .

A custom eyecup that fits perfectly to the Canon C100, transforming the EVF from “unusable” into ideal.

The C-Cup

The C-Cup is a traditionally shaped eyecup designed to fit perfectly to the Canon C100, improving the camera’s electronic viewfinder and overall ergonomics. Anyone who has picked up the camera knows that the C100’s EVF is not what it could be. In the C-Cup, we’ve designed a simple and inexpensive solution that makes the C100’s viewfinder what it should have been in the first place.

Viewfinder For The Canon EOS C100
Functionality and Compatibility
The C-Cup is designed to look and feel like an extension of the camera. It can be used with either eye, providing a comfortable, flexible cushion to push against and a solid third point of contact. It wraps around the eye to block out light, and it doesn’t disrupt the camera’s shape or balance. Simply put, the C-Cup allows you to comfortably use your C100’s EVF so you can fully take advantage of the camera’s excellent form-factor.We’ve designed the C-Cup as simply as possible so that we can make it as cheaply as possible. The C-Cup doesn’t add a diopter or lens – or anything for that matter. It simply changes the shape of the EVF’s cushion. However simple, the C-Cup dramatically changes your shooting experience for a reasonable price.To make the C-Cup inexpensively, we had to design it as a single piece. Because it’s a single piece that form-fits to the C100’s existing EVF, the C-Cup is not compatible with any other camera.The C-Cup is compatible with standard-sized chamois.

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Canon London Fashion Weekend Competition Winner Revealed

 

Photographic student Maggie Burford has been announced as the winner of Canon UK’s ‘Shoot the Show’ assignment from the recent 2014 Vodafone London Fashion Weekend. Her brief was to create, edit and caption a series of five images and the judges were unanimous in their decision to pick Maggie as the winner.

B&H Live Stream: The Wedding Event of the Season (live now until 9pm EST)

Wedding Event

B&H is livestreaming a series of talks by wedding photography specialists. The event started at 9am EST and end at 9pm EST. Live now

Live from New York!

Monday, March 24, from 9:00am — 9:00pm EST

MORNING SESSION

9:00am – 9:30am – Introduction, State of the Industry and Trends with WPPI’s Jason Groupp

9:30am – 11:30am – Back to the Basics: Wedding Photography from the Heart with Joe Buissink

11:45am – 12:30pm – Capturing the Emotion with Mel DiGiacomo

 

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:15pm – 3:00pm – Wedding Video Integration with Canon Digital Cinema and the C100 with Adam Forgione

3:15pm – 4:45pm – Perfect Portrait, Venue Lighting and Posing with Moshe Zusman

5:00pm – 6:15pm – Balancing a Sustainable Business with Creative Drive with Ryan Brenizer

7:00pm – 9:00pm – Simplified Workflow for the Wedding Photographer in Adobe Lightroom 5 with Tim Grey

[via CR]

Canon Announces The M15P-CL – An Industrial Camera With Nikon F Mount

M15P-CL

Canon Japan announced the M15P-CL, a monochrome industrial camera with 15MP, and a Nikon F mount!

After the break you can read the machine translated press release, and you won’t find any mention of Nikon F mount. According to Dicahub (translated), who did a fair share of research work, Canon adopted the Nikon F mount because it is the mount type with the largest share in the industrial camera market. This is backed up by the folks at Gigglehd.com.

The M15P-CL has a low noise CMOS sensor and should ship by the end of March. It is compatible with the Camera Link Interface. The Japanese product brochure can be downloaded here (hint: you can translate it via Google translator).

Below you see a pic of Nikon’s F mount (via Wikipedia), and indeed it seems the Canon M15P-CL has an F mount.

The Nikon F of 1959 embodies the original F-mount (via Wikipedia)
[via DicaHub]

Machine translated press release after the break.

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