A Retro Review Of Canon’s First PowerShot Camera, Released In 1996

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Few will remember the Canon PowerShot 600. I do. Was a cool camera.

At a glance:

  • Built-in CCD with a 570,000-pixel matrix
  • High-resolution lens (160 lines per mm)
  • B/W Text mode for shooting text clearly
  • CCD RAW mode permits images to be recorded without being compressed
  • Also compatible with PCMCIA Type II and III hard-disk cards
  • Can take wide-angle shots using a wide converter (optional) equivalent to 28mm

Coming from Dino Bytes by Gordon Laing here is a true retro review of the Canon PowerShot 600.

Here is DPReview’s review of the Canon PowerShot 600.

Canon EOS R5 User Guide And Setup Tutorial (video)

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Here is a Canon EOS R5 user guide and a setup tutorial for new EOS R5 owners. It’s a video and it covers everything you want to know.

Jared Polin explains all Canon EOS R5 buttons, functions, settings, and whatnot. A comprehensive Canon EOS R5 user guide in video. Enjoy.

More Canon EOS R5 review stuff is listed here (many reviews), for EOS R6 review stuff see here. The EOS R5 is highly regarded as a stills camera. In particular, the EOS R5 autofocus system seems to be huge leap forwards. The official Canon EOS R5 user guide and manual are available for download: EOS R5, and for the EOS R6 too.

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Canon RF 35mm f/1.2L For The EOS R System Might Be Released In 2021, Report

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This is a lens rumored since long. And a lens we never doubted would come to the RF mount: the Canon Rf 35mm f/1.2L.

This is a lens that will not be missed in Canon’s RF lineup. A pertinent Canon patent application has also already been spotted. Once more the global pandemic is made responsible for the fact the RF 35mm f/1.2L wasn’t already released. Expect this lens to get announced towards the end of 2021, maybe along with the Canon EOS R3.

Some speculations about upcoming RF lenses can be found here. All Canon rumors are listed here.

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Canon EOS R5 vs Canon EOS C70 Video Shootout

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Here is a somewhat different Canon EOS R5 and EOS C70 review. How do they compare?

Different price, different sensor size, not really in the same market segment. Different in many ways but both cameras deliver great video performance. Parker Walbeck looks at the Canon EOS R5 and Canon EOS C70 to see how video performance compares and differs.

Canon EOS C70 at a glance:

  • Super35 Dual Gain Output (DGO) Sensor
  • DCI 4K 60p, Hi-Speed UHD 4K 120p/2K 180p
  • Canon Log 2, 3, PQ & HLG HDR Recording
  • RF Lens Mount / EF Mount with Adapter
  • DIG!C DV7 Image Processor
  • 16+ Stops of Total Dynamic Range
  • Built-In ND Filters / Auto ISO & Gain
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF & EOS iTR AF X
  • 1 BNC Timecode / 2 Mini-XLR Audio Inputs
  • Dual SD Card Slots, LUT/Long GOP Support
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Canon EOS R5 at a glance:

  • 45MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC X Image Processor
  • 8K30 Raw and 4K120 10-Bit Internal Video
  • Sensor-Shift 5-Axis Image Stabilization
  • 12 fps Mech. Shutter, 20 fps E. Shutter
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF II with 1053 Points
  • 0.5″ 5.76m-Dot OLED EVF
  • 3.2″ Vari-Angle Touchscreen LCD
  • Subject Tracking with Deep Learning
  • CFexpress & SD UHS-II Memory Card Slots

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Canon EOS R6 Review – 10 Reasons To Love This Camera

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After a long time, we feature a new Canon EOS R6 review, with ten reasons to love the R6.

Zach Mendez appears to be rather fond of the Canon EOS R6. For a good reason we think. In his Canon EOS R6 review below he lists ten reasons to love the R6.

Here is the table of contents for the video:

  • 0:00 INTRO
  • 0:37 FORM FACTOR/BUILD
  • 1:29 SENSOR
  • 2:29 VIEWFINDER
  • 2:44 ARTICULATING LCD
  • 3:35 DUAL SD CARD SLOTS
  • 3:58 IBIS
  • 4:38 LENS SELECTION
  • 5:13 VIDEO RECORDING
  • 5:48 AUTOFOCUS
  • 6:36 RELIABILITY
  • 7:30 FINAL THOUGHTS

The EOS R6 sports many features shared with the EOS R5, a class leading autofocus system for instance, and the R6 has an imaging sensor derived not less than from the flagship EOS-1D X Mark III. For more Canon EOS R6 review stuff see here. User manuals are available for download for the EOS R5 and the EOS R6.

EOS R6 at a glance:

  • 20mp Full-frame CMOS sensor
  • Sensor-based image stabilisation (IBIS) – works with any lens
  • 3.69m dot electronic viewfinder (EVF), 0.76x magnification
  • 3.0inch vari-angle touch-screen, 1.62m dots
  • 12 / 20fps continuous shooting (mechanical / electronic)
  • ISO100 to ISO102400, Low ISO50, High ISO204800
  • 6072 autofocus points/positions
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF
  • Face and Eye-AF tracking
  • Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
  • Dual SD card slots
  • 4K UHD 60/30/25/24fps
  • FullHD High-speed 120/100fps
  • HDR FullHD Video

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Canon EOS R5 Review – How To Get The Best Possible Colors

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Another Canon EOS R5 review for you, Ladies and Gentlemen. Ever worried you might not getting the best colors possible from Canon’s industry leading color science? We got you covered.

The people at Sonder Creative made the 14 minute Canon EOS R5 review video below. They talk colors and how to set your Canon EOS R5 to capture colors in the best way possible.

In this video we discuss how you can make full use of the raw files from the Canon EOS R5. When you import files into Lightroom, the colors will look pretty ugly. However, the Canon EOS R5 can comfortably produce some of the best colors from almost any camera we’ve shot with so far. This video may help you produce even better image quality with your EOS R5.

More Canon EOS R5 review stuff is listed here, for EOS R6 review stuff see here. The EOS R5 is highly regarded as a stills camera. In particular, the EOS R5 autofocus system seems to be huge leap forwards. User manual are available for download for the EOS R5 and the EOS R6.

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