Cannes Film Festival Winner Shot Using A Canon C300

The Cannes Film Festival has a winner. The top prize, the Palm d’Or, was given to Blue is the Warmest Color (aka La Vie d’Adèle: Chapitre 1 & 2). The movie, a love story, is the first shot on a Canon digital camera (Canon C300) to win the prize.

The Canon EOS C300 and C300/PL are currently discounted to $13,999 ($2000 off) at B&H (click here) and Adorama (click here).

[via nofilmschool]

Interview with actors and director

Canon EOS-1D C Firmware Update Delivers 25fps At 4K (But Is Not Available For Download)

EOS-1D C Firmware Update

 

The EOS-1D C is sold for $11,999 at the following shops: B&H and Adorama, and you can rent it here.

Canon Europe announced a new firmware (ver. 1.2.0) for the Canon EOS-1D C. The firmware will not be made available via download but will be installed by authorized service centers (click here to learn more).

Firmware version 1.2.0 incorporates the following improvements and fixes:

  1. Provides support for 25.00p (fps) video recording frame rate (PAL settings) at the camera’s maximum 4K resolution.
  2. A function to disable the image size selection button has been added.
  3. Fixes a phenomenon in which a difference in exposure appears on every other shot when shooting continuously and the auto-lighting optimizer is turned on (on weak, standard or strong).
  4. Fixes a phenomenon in which video recorded onto an external recorder sometimes becomes two-layered if it has been recorded through HDMI output.
  5. The video frame rate now displays two additional decimal places, e.g. 24p -> 23.98p (fps).
  6. Fixes a phenomenon in which the on-screen guidance cannot be fully displayed when setting the maximum limit value for the “Auto ISO Range” option.
  7. Corrects errors in the Portuguese language menu.
[via CR]

Canon EOS 6D Deals: Body Only ($1625) And Kit w/ EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS And Accessories ($2400)

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eBay seller 6ave (>10000 ratings, 99.4% positive) has the Canon EOS 6D with the EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM and the accessories you see in the picture above for [shoplink 12984 ebay]$2,399.99[/shoplink]. Free shipping.

Top rated plus eBay seller getitdigital (>41000 ratings, 99.6% positive) has the Canon EOS 6D body only for [shoplink 12990 ebay]$1,624.99[/shoplink]. USA warranty and free shipping.

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Canon Patent: Two Superzooms For APS-C And Full-Frame Cameras (next kit lenses?)

Canon Patent

Egami (translated) spotted another Canon patent. Two superzoom lenses, one for APS-C cameras (18-200mm f/3.5-5.6), the other for full-frame (28-200mm f/3.5-5.6). Given all the patents I published in the last months, it appears that Canon is intensively working n new technology. Both lenses are image stabilized and both are most probably future kit lenses.

  • Patent Publication No. 2013-97184
    • Publication date 2013.5.20
    • Filing date 2011.11.1
  • Example 1
    • Zoom ratio 10.39
    • Focal length f = 18.60-60.40-193.27mm
    • Fno. 3.48-4.98-5.88
    • Half angle ω = 36.27-12.74-4.04 °
    • Image height 13.65mm
    • 144.58-176.50-208.42mm overall length of the lens
    • BF 38.09-63.96-77.06mm
    • 16 pieces of 13-group lens configuration
    • Four four-sided aspherical
    • The effective diameter of the front lens 55.82mm
    • MOD 0.5m
  • Example 3
    • Zoom ratio 6.69
    • Focal length f = 28.90-76.87-193.28mm
    • Fno. 3.60-5.27-5.88
    • Half angle ω = 36.82-15.72-6.39 °
    • Image height 21.64mm
    • 144.56-176.58-208.59mm overall length of the lens
    • BF 38.00-66.95-76.98mm
    • 15 pieces of 11-group lens configuration
    • Four four-sided aspherical
    • The effective diameter of the front lens 62.81mm
    • MOD 0.5m
  • Canon patent
    • 5-group zoom positive and negative negative positive positive
    • Inner Focus (third group)
      • Because it is possible to reduce the beam effective diameter of the first group, can be miniaturized optical system
    • Image stabilization

Canon Patent

[via Egami]

 

Canon Celebrates Production Of 90 Million EF Lenses

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Canon announced they passed the 90-million-landmark in the production of EF lenses.

Press release:

TOKYO, Japan, May 29, 2013—Canon Inc. today announced the achievement of a new lens-manufacturing milestone as production of the company’s EF-series interchangeable lenses for EOS cameras passed the 90-million-unit mark. Canon turned out its 90-millionth lens, an EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM (released in September 2012), on May 23, 2013.

Production of interchangeable EF lenses for Canon EOS-series AF (autofocus) single-lens reflex film cameras began in 1987 at the company’s Utsunomiya Plant and since that time, supported by a wide range of users, demand has steadily increased and production has expanded. Today, Canon produces EF lenses at four of the company’s manufacturing bases, including Canon Inc., Taiwan; Canon Opto (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; and Oita Canon Inc. in southern Japan.

EF lens production surpassed the 10-million-unit mark in 1995, doubled to 20-million lenses in 2001, and went on to reach 30 million units in 2006 and 40 million units in 2008. Afterward, owing to the rapid spread of EOS digital SLR cameras, production of EF lenses gained further momentum, crossing the 50-million-unit threshold in 2009, reaching 60 million units in January 2011, and hitting the 70-million-unit mark in October of the same year. In August 2012, lens production reached 80 million units and now, a little over nine months later, the company commemorates its latest manufacturing milestone of 90 million lenses.

Canon’s proprietary EF lenses, launched in March 1987 along with the EOS SLR camera system, have continued to evolve since their introduction, leading the industry through the incorporation of a wide range of innovative technologies, including such world’s firsts1 as the Ultrasonic Motor (USM), Image Stabilizer (IS) technology, a multi-layered diffractive optical (DO) element, and Subwavelength Structure Coating (SWC) anti-reflection technology.

With the introduction in May this year of the EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x, the world’s first2 super-telephoto zoom lens with a built-in 1.4x extender that makes possible a 200-560 mm focal length range, along with EF Cinema Lenses for digital cinematography, Canon’s extensive EF lens-series lineup now comprises a total of 84 models.3

Canon will continue refining its diverse imaging technologies based on its core optical technologies, striving to produce exceptional and reliable lenses and cameras that cater to the varying needs of photographers—from first-time users to advanced amateurs and professionals—while contributing to expanding the photographic and video imaging culture.

1 Among interchangeable lenses for SLR cameras, based on a Canon survey.
2 Among interchangeable lenses for interchangeable lens cameras (SLR cameras, compact-system cameras). As of May 1, 2013, based on a Canon survey.
3 Including two EF lens extenders and three models available outside of Japan. As of May 29, 2013.
[via dc.watch]