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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Canon Announces New VIXIA Mini Compact Personal Camcorder

Note: this is what Canon Germany was teasing.

Canon USA press release:

The New VIXIA mini Compact Personal Camcorder Features an Ultra Wide-Angle Lens, Full HD Video, Vari-Angle LCD Monitor and Slim Ultra-Compact Body with Built-in Stand, and Allows for Convenient Hands-Free Shooting with built-in Wi-Fi
Melville, N.Y., July 31, 2013 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the new VIXIA mini compact personal camcorder. The creatively designed VIXIA mini personal camcorder allows shooters to easily record their hobbies, special interests and memorable moments hands-free, and then share those videos and images on their favorite social networking sites or their own blogs via built-in Wi-Fi or via the free Canon Movie Uploader app*.

The VIXIA mini compact personal camcorder features an ultra wide-angle Canon f/2.8 fisheye lens (160 degree movies / 170 degree photos) allowing a user to shoot from unique and creative perspectives while including their surroundings to make their videos and images more interesting. By utilizing the Wide Mode users can give the viewer a full view of their surroundings and then switch to Close-Up Mode to provide emphasis on a particular subject. While in Close-up Mode, users can record a centered 1920 x 1440 resolution image with little distortion. They can also quickly toggle from one shooting mode to the other, or switch back and forth between video and image mode, by touching the camcorder’s innovatively designed 2.7-inch capacitive-tilt touch panel LCD display. Attached to the camera by two parallel hinges, the Vari-Angle LCD monitor allows for various shooting styles, including low-angle shooting, normal and high-angle-shooting and self-shooting.

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More on Sigma’s Lens Mount Conversion Service

Yesterday I reported that Sigma announced something revolutionary, they touted it as “change your mind? – change your [?]“. It turned out that Sigma will start a service to change the mount type of your Sigma lens so you can easily switch system (brand) of your camera without having to sell your old Sigma lenses and buy new ones. Good move by Sigma. They are making outstanding lenses since some time and it makes sense offering such a service to customers. The service is said to be free. The video above shows that it isn’t a too difficult operation to change the mount type of the lens.

Today there are new information about the lens conversion service. The information comes from a slrclub user. All Sigma lenses with 10 contacts can be easily modified to get another mount type, except for Nikon/Pentax version of Sigma lenses. For Nikon/Pentax versions, the aperture will be controlled mechanically after the conversion. There shouldn’t be such issues with Canon/Sony/Other versions of Sigma lenses. Tomorrow we will know more, since Sigma will officially announce the service on August 1st. The service will start from 9/2.

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Lens Mount Conversion

A Bit Of Everything

 

  • Amazing Timelapse Showing The Amount Of Work Invested In Restorating A Damaged Photo – diyphotography
  • Need to Bounce Some Light? Here’s an Inexpensive DIY Reflector Solution – nofilmschool
  • Canon EF to MFT Speed Booster coming in August. – 43rumors
  • Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 (price & specs) zoom will ship in September only (in Europe) – sonyalpharumors
  • EF 200-400mm f/4L IS 1.4x Learning About the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens (Amazon | Adorama | B&H) with Internal 1.4x Extender on Tower Island/Prince Philips Steps – birdsasart-blog
  • Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 vs Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II (price & specs) – ronmartblog
  • Canon Global Camera Sales Drop 19% Over Last Year, While Total Sales Revenue Rises – The Phoblographer
  • Panasonic Rumored to Work On Canon 70D-Like Sensor With Integrated Phase-Detection AF – 43rumors
  • Control Your SLR From Your Smartphone with the Weye Feye WiFi Add-On – The Phoblographer
  • Canon Can’t, Unfortunately – seekingalpha
  • Shooting Extreme Documentary Series ‘Vice’ with the Canon C300 – creativeplanetnetwork

Firmware Updates For Canon EOS-1D III, EOS-1D IV, and EOS-1Ds III

New firmware releases for three of Canon top pro DSLRs.

Firmware Version 1.3.2 for the Canon EOS-1D Mark III camera incorporates the following fixes:

1. Resolves the following phenomenon: when the camera is not attached to a lens, power consumption may be higher than usual,
causing premature battery drain.
2. Resolves a phenomenon in which “Err 70” may be displayed when the shutter is released without a lens attached.

Firmware Version 1.1.4 for the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV camera incorporates the following fixes:

1. Resolves the following phenomenon: when the camera is not attached to a lens, power consumption may be higher than usual,
causing premature battery drain.
2. Resolves a phenomenon in which “Err 02” may be displayed when the shutter is released without a lens attached.

Firmware Version 1.2.3 for the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III camera incorporates the following fixes:

1. Resolves the following phenomenon: when the camera is not attached to a lens, power consumption may be higher than usual,
causing premature battery drain.
2. Resolves a phenomenon in which “Err 70” may be displayed when the shutter is released without a lens attached.