Canon Ranks Among Interbrand’s Top 50 Global Green Brands of 2013

Canon USA press release:

MELVILLE, N.Y., July 22, 2013 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today that Canon ranks number 30 on the list of Top 50 Global Green Brands in 2013 by Interbrand, the world’s leading brand consultancy. Canon’s commitment to Kyosei, defined as living and working together for the common good, was highlighted by Interbrand as a strength that helps put sustainability and corporate citizenship at the heart of the brand.

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When Will The Canon EOS 70D Be Released?

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Thanks to Thierry for having investigated this. It appears as if the release date for the Canon EOS 70D isn’t clearly defined so far. Online seller report different dates for the release.

In France, online resellers FNAC and Boulanger still reports the 28th of August as release date, while Pixmania has the 8th of November as a candidate release date. Amazon France now has the 25th of October as release date.

In Germany, Amazon DE also has the 25th of October set as release date, Pixmania DE has the 8th of November.

Amazon UK also reports the 25th of October, Amazon US lists the 15th of September. No release date reported by B&H, nor does Adorama. No release date at DigitalRev.

To see my EOS 70D coverage click here.

A Guide for Shooting RAW on the Canon EOS 50D Using Magic Lantern Hack (Book)

Magic Lantern Hack
Image courtesy: EOSHD

The Magic Lantern hack that brought RAW video on the Canon EOS 50D (here on eBay). Not only the EOS 50D now can shoot video (was never thought to do so) but it can shoot RAW footage. To make it short: the EOS 50D delivers lot of videography power for the money you have to spend. The EOS 50D is five year old, can be found on eBay for around $500 (but believe me, the price will raise) , and is a solidly build camera. All this magic attracted people interested in using the 50D as video tool, so EOSHD made a guide to recording cinematic raw video on the Canon 50D. More after the break.

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Canon Direct Store Now Gives You a Year Long Warranty on Refurbished Gear (and 20% discount too)

Canon Direct Store

These are good news! The Canon Direct Store now gives a whole year warranty on refurbished Canon DSLRs and refurbished Canon lenses and SpeedLites. Before it was just 90 days. The duration of the warranty is clearly stated usually in the last line of the product description. Moreover, the refurbished DSLRs have a 20% discount on accessory gear.

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Latest Magic Lantern Hack Uses Dual ISO to Obtain 14 Stops of Dynamic Range

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Video frame from 5D Mark III – Bottom-left: ISO 100. Top-right: ISO 100/1600.

The Magic Lantern team delivers the next big gift to all [shoplink 2431]Canon EOS 5D Mark III[/shoplink] and [shoplink 337]Canon EOS 7D[/shoplink] owners. The latest hack uses a trick to obtain 14 stops of Dynamic Range. The hack samples half of the sensor lines at ISO 100, and the other half at ISO 1600. The signals are then mixed and the result is an image that can reproduce 14 stops of DR, 3 stops more than you would get without the hack. According to ML hacker a1ex there are no motion artifacts and no difference in motion blur. More after the break.

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A Bit Of Everything

 

  • Shooting with the Canon EOS C100 (Adorama | B&H), more here
  • How to Create Realistic Looking HDR Photographs – digital-photography-school
  • How to Use [shoplink 13714]Lightroom 5[/shoplink] on 2 Computers and Keep the Catalogue Synchronised – digital-photography-school
  • Lightroom Tip – Moving Presets – lightroomkillertips
  • Aspect Ratio: What it is and Why it Matters – digital-photography-school
  • These Korean Photoshoppers Are the Undisputed Kings of Photo(shop)bombing – The Phoblographer
  • Care and Maintenance of Your First DSLR: The Essential Quick Tip List – The Phoblographer
  • Review: Yongnuo 560 III Radio Flash – The Phoblographer
  • Research Shows that Online Camera Gear Reviews May Be Distorted by Fanboys – PetaPixel
  • Cool and easy: how to add GPS data to Lightroom even without a GPS-enabled camera
  • Best lenses for your [shoplink 7139]Canon EOS 6D[/shoplink]: Part I – Introduction – DxOMark
  • Best lenses for you [shoplink 7139]Canon EOS 6D[/shoplink]: Part II – Moderate telephoto and standard models – DxOMark
  • Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II Canon and Nikon mount lens reviews: popular high-speed zoom revised – DxOMark
  • Canon [shoplink 6095]EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM[/shoplink] Lens: Review – pixelogist
  • Canon [shoplink 8251]EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM[/shoplink] review – popphoto
  • Rokinon 35mm Cine T1.5 v.s. Canon [shoplink 177]EF 50mm f/1.2L[/shoplink] vs Canon [shoplink 175]EF 50mm f/1.4 USM[/shoplink]- planet5d
  • Process – Canon EOS C100 (Adorama | B&H) first test video

Canon press releases:

  • Canon U.S.A. Announces New Sponsorship With Friends Of Acadia – Canon USA
  • Select Canon imageCLASS, imageRUNNER and imageRUNNER ADVANCE LBPs and MFPs Now Support On-the-Go Printing for Certain File Formats for Android Devices – Canon USA
  • Canon’s Customers Are Protected From Patent Infringement Claims Related To Systems Using Network Addressable Document Scanning Equipment And Software – Canon USA