Canon EOS 7D & Magic Lantern RAW – Sample Footage

Vimeo user Florian posted the first sample footage shot with an Canon EOS 7D and the Magic Lantern RAW hack. He writes:

As you know, the Canon 7D is now capable of shooting raw video thanks to Magic Lantern.
I’ve downloaded Pelican’s nightly build and install it on my Canon 7D. I did some quick tests in my garden with silent pics burst. For now, I didn’t get any pink frames. I can get 40-41 pictures (a little less than 2 seconds).
DNG are 1736 x 1156 pixels. Stunning quality compared to H.264…
But a little of moire (as usual with the 7D).
Congratulations to Magic Lantern !!! It’s totally amazing what they can do.

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More Canon EOS 70D Test Footage (AF test, video quality test, sample pics)

BBC’s Johnnie Behiri (source: lensvid) had a chance to play around with a pre-production model of the Canon EOS 70D. While he was pretty impressed with the innovative Dual Pixel CMOS Auto-Focus of the 70D, he was less impressed with its image quality. According to Behiri the image seems to be on the soft side, noisy with moire and aliasing artifacts. However, he also stresses that used a pre-production model of the 70d, things can (and hopefully) will change when the 70D goes into production and will (presumably) have another firmware on board. The video below is the image quality test.

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Next, we have two videos (source: imaging-resource) that definitely show how well Canon’s new Dual Pixel CMOS AF performs in real life (spoiler: very impressing). The videos come from the Japanese site Nikkei Trendy, and show the performance of the EOS 70D’s AF combined with face recognition: the child in the video is tracked while he is running.

More AF test, this time for stills, come from Japanese site Kakaku Magazine.

Finally, for another round of test sample pics, check optyczne.pl.

Canon EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Review – First Impression

EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Review

Canon EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
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Please note: I am not a professional lens reviewer/tester. In this post I write about my first impressions with the lens, in the next days (I am very busy these days) I will post test series shot at all apertures, so anyone can check image quality and other issues. Stay tuned.

When Canon announced the EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM last month I was surprised: rumors were suggesting primes and zooms for the EOS M, a ultra wide angle lens wasn’t expected. And I was happy since I love wide angle lenses. Luckily I was able to get a production copy of the third lens Canon made for the EOS M system. It is since then the lens I use more often on my EOS M, it is the funniest, but not the cheapest. The EF-M 11-22mm has a price tag of around €400 in Europe. If you follow Canon Watch you probably know that the EF-M 11-22mm will not be sold in the US (for the time being). If you live in the US your best bet to get this lens is DigitalRev. More after the break.

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New Canon EOS 70D Sample Pics (with EF-S 60mm) and Test Series (whole ISO range, EF-S 18-55mm IS STM)

EOS 70D Sample Pics
Canon EOS 70D,EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USM,0.01 sec (1/100),f/2.8,ISO3200,+2/3 EV (image credit: Digital Life Innovator)

Japanese site Digital Life Innovator (translated) posted a new set of sample pics shot with the Canon EOS 70D and an EF 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens (more sample pics by the same site can be seen here). Original files can be downloaded. Image quality is pretty amazing, especially for the high ISO shots (see pic above and below, both shot at ISO 3200). Korean site DicaHub (translated) posted test series covering the whole ISO range (100-12800), with additional crops taken from each test picture. More after the break.

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Canon Rebel SL1 (EOS 100D) Review (dpreview)

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Dpreview published their review of Canon super tiny DSLR, the Rebel SL1 (EOS 100D). The SL1 got a pretty good review, among the best features are excellent overall image quality, good high ISO image quality (even over 6400), the usability of the touchscreen, improved live view with STM lenses, and more. In the conclusion they write:

Canon took the standard Rebel and whittled it into a smaller body, removing only a few features, while adding one very important one: improved live view autofocus. The result is a mature camera for the family photographer that’s not a burden to bring along, but which can also serve as a reliable, lightweight backup for a more knowledgeable photographer. Those familiar with Canon SLRs will feel right at home, but those with smaller hands won’t feel left out or intimidated. For amateurs, Canon still includes full auto modes as well as Creative Auto mode for simple, jargon-less access to changes like color mode and background blur. Experienced photographers will be able to pick up the Canon SL1 and still feel at home, with a full set of manual and semi-auto modes.

This is the review to read if you want to learn about the Rebel SL1/EOS 100D. Sample pics are here (scroll down to the bottom).

Canon Interviews Engineers on Dual Pixel CMOS AF Technology (EOS 70D)

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The Canon Digital Learning Center published an 8 pages interview with the engineers that are behind the Canon EOS 70’s new and groundbreaking Dual Pixel CMOS Auto-Focus system. The PDF file can be downloaded here (scroll down the page, the link to the PDF is at the bottom).

The text starts citing three widespread assumptions:

The correct way to take photos is by looking through an optical viewfinder and shooting

Live View is a subsidiary function, inferior to the optical viewfinder

The DSLR’s movie mode is so difficult, as to be usable only by a professional

And then goes on:

Dual Pixel CMOS AF is a new technology that will cast aside these assumptions. The entire surface of the sensor is lined with pixels composed of two photodiodes each, and the image plane phase-difference detection AF focuses using the phase-difference of the two parallax images.

Even when shooting with Live View, because it is phase-difference detection the AF is fast. Rather than pixels dedicated to AF, the pixels have both AF and imaging functions, all effective pixels can also be used for imaging. Now Live View Shooting will be a shooting method choice that is equal to optical viewfinder shooting.

Definitely worth a read!

[via NC]

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