Canon’s 2012 Awards
Canon's press release: Canon U.S.A. Closes Out 2012 In Award-Winning FashionCompany Receives Numerous Awards in 2012 Including a Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., November 15, 2012 –…
91 Winning Photos Of Project Imaginat10n, Selected By Canon, R. Howard And The Public
The winning pictures can be seen here. Canon's press release: Canon U.S.A., Ron Howard And The Public Select 91 Winning Photos For "Project Imaginat10n" Which Will Inspire Short Films Directed…
[Humor] Is This Real: iOS, Android and Windows 8 Running On Canon DSLRs?
The images showed up on Sina Weibo, the Chinese sibling to Twitter. The pics show three mobile operating systems running on Canon (and Nikon) DSLRs: Google's Android, Apple's iOS and…
Canon’s Q3 Profits Tumbled Down By 42% (Revenues By 13%) – Some Thoughts
Bad news for Canon. According to the Q3 earning reports, the Japanese company profits lost 42% (down to $908 million), while the revenue tumbled down by 13% (down to $10.3…
Canon Full-Frame Image Sensor Development Analysis
Interesting and very technical if not scientific article by chipworks about the manufacturing, development and evolution of Canon's image sensors. Canon's full frame sensors are analyzed. Lot's of technical details…
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens Review
The Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens is one of the two lenses (the other is the , and then there are two STM lenses for the ) that…
Canon EF 50mm f/1L – A Rare Lens With An Amazing Bokeh
Before Canon made the , the Canon EF 50mm f/1L, now a discontinued lens, was the fastest in the company's line-up. It might be difficult to find one nowadays, and if…
Interview With Canon Europe (mirrorless, 6D, strategies, compact full frame, etc)
Spanish DSLR Magazine (machine translated) published a long interview with Richard Shepherd, Senior Product Specialist for the EOS system, Canon Europe. Many topics are discussed: Canon's approach to the mirrorless…
[Photokina] Canon’s New PowerShot Is The G15
The EOS 6D wasn't the only camera that Canon announced yesterday at Photokina. As expected there was also a new PowerShot, called G15 (where have the G13 and G14 gone?).…
Canon Introduces 2 Lightweight Cinema Zoom Lenses For 4K & 2K Cams (CN-E 15.5-47mm T2.8L & CN-E30-105mm T2.8L)
Big announcement day at Canon today. Two nrew Cinema Zoom Lenses: CN-E15.5-47mm T2.8 L S/SP and CN-E30-105mm T2.8 L. New Precision-Matched Wide-Angle and Telephoto Zoom Lenses in Both EF and…
Canon Announces Two New EF Cinema Prime Lenses (135mm T2.2 and 14mm T3.1)
Canon just announced two new Cinema Prime Lenses: 135mm T2.2 and 14mm T3.1)? LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 29, 2012 – Further contributing to the evolution of the motion picture industry, Canon…
Canon Files Patent For A 300mm f/4 Lens
Egami (translated) spotted a Canon patent for a 300mm f/4 lens, the possible successor of the (?). The patent suggests that performance fluctuations that are due to temperature changes, and…
How Many EF Lenses Are Out There? 80 Millions (and raising)
25 years after the launch of the EOS System, on August 3th, Canon has sold its 80-millionth EF Lens. It was 10 millions in 1995, 20 millions in 2001, 30…
Canon Announces PowerShot SX500 IS And SX 160 IS Cameras
PowerShot SX 500 IS price check: PowerShot SX 160 IS price check: Today Canon announced two new compact cameras with big zooms, the and the . Powershot SX 500 IS…
[Video] Canon WFT-E6A Wireless Transmitter Shown And Explored
I found a little video on Vimeo (user Texas Media Systems), showing and explaining the functionality of the recently announced WFT-E6A Wireless Transmitter. The following cameras were used: Canon C300,…
Project Imaginat10n: Movies Directed By R. Howard, E. Longoria, J. Foxx, B. Stone, G. Chapman And J. Murphy
Canon's Press Release: Canon U.S.A. And Ron Howard Announce Partnerships With Five Inspirational Directors: Eva Longoria, Jamie Foxx, Biz Stone, Georgina Chapman And James Murphy Inspired By Consumer Photos, the…
[Patent] Another Canon Patent For Improved Phase-Detection Autofocus (next mirrorless sensor?)
Conventional approach (left) and patented approach (right) Egami (machine translated) spotted another patent filed by Canon and related to methods that aim to improve the performance and accuracy of the…
Canon Japan Execs Interviewed By CPN Europe
Therefore we have two points that we always keep in mind for professional photographers – Canon contributes to photo culture and also Canon develops products. Those are the two roles…
[Review] Rebel T4i/650D With 18-135mm IS STM Reviewed And Compared
Cameralabs published a detailed review of the with the EF-S 18-135mm IS STM lens. One of the highlight of the T4i/650D is the Auto-Focus system (emphasis mine): The hybrid CMOS…
[Rumor] Canon’s Medium Format Camera Tidbits And Maybe No Pro Oriented Mirrorless At Photokina
I have got some new information about Canon's murmured upcoming medium format DSLR, said to be announced at Photokina in September. My source told me that the camera will have…