Today Only: MeFOTO RoadTrip Aluminum Travel Tripod Kit – $89 (reg. $199)

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Only for today (10/21/2021) B&H Photo has a 55% discount on the MeFOTO RoadTrip Aluminum Travel Tripod Kit (Gold).

At a glance:

  • Load Capacity: 17.6 lb
  • Max Height: 61.6″
  • Min Height: 15.4″
  • Folded Length: 15.4″
  • Leg Sections: 5
  • Weight: 3.6 lb
  • Reverse-Folding Legs
  • Converts to Monopod
  • Arca-Type Compatible Quick Release
  • Spiked Feet

Get the MeFOTO RoadTrip Aluminum Travel Tripod Kit (Gold) on sale at $89. Compare at $199.

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Canon Patent: Focal Reducer For Mirrorless Camera With APS-C Sensor

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Well that’s a heck of a Canon patent application. A focal reducer that gives some exciting focal length and apertures on APS-C cameras

Spotted by Hi Lows Note, Canon patent application 2021-167921 (Japan) discusses optical formulas for a focal reducer that could transform a 50mm f/1.4 lens for full-frame cameras into a 33mm f/0.94 lens for APS-C sensor cameras. Not bad, eh? Hopefully Canon will release this thing for the EOS M system.


Master lens

  • Focal length (mm): 51.46
  • F number: 1.45
  • Half angle of view (degree): 22.80
  • Image height (mm): 21.64
  • Lens length (mm): 94.41
  • Back focus (mm): 39.81

With embodiment 4

  • Focal length (mm): 33.45
  • F number: 0.94
  • Half angle of view (degree): 22.42
  • Image height (mm): 13.80
  • Lens length (mm): 91.91
  • Back focus (mm): 9.73

Canon Patent: TS-E Macro Lens (might be the TS-E 90mm F2.8L Macro)

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A new Canon patent was spotted by asobinet.com. It’s for a tilt-shift lens and it might apply to an already released Canon lens.

Canon patent application 2021-167982 (Japan) discusses optical formulas for a tilt shift macro lens. The patent literature hints at an already released lens, the Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8L Macro. From the patent literature:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an imaging optical system which has less aberration fluctuation during focusing from infinity to a short distance, has high optical performance over the entire focus range, and can easily secure a sufficient amount of peripheral light.

In recent years, an imaging optical system used in an imaging device such as an interchangeable lens still camera has a large aperture ratio, little aberration fluctuation during focusing from infinity to a short distance, and has high optical performance over the entire focus range. Is required.

The double-Gauss type imaging optical system is characterized in that it is easy to make a large-diameter ratio and the aberration fluctuation with respect to the fluctuation of the object distance is relatively small. However, in a double Gauss type imaging optical system, if the entire system is moved during focusing from infinity to a short distance, the amount of movement of the pupil increases. As a result, when trying to secure the peripheral illumination over the entire focus range, the effective diameter of the lens increases and the entire system becomes large.

In order to have a large aperture ratio, high optical performance when focusing from infinity to a short distance, and to obtain a sufficient amount of peripheral light, it is important to appropriately set the lens configuration, the material used for each lens, and the like. Will become.

Thepresent invention is an imaging optical system having little aberration fluctuation due to focusing from infinity to a short distance, having high optical performance over the entire focus range, and easily securing a sufficient amount of peripheral light, and an imaging apparatus having the same. The purpose is to provide.

  • Focal length: 90.00
  • F value: 2.91
  • Image height: 34.00
  • Overall length: 132.06
  • Shooting magnification: 0.5

More Canon patent applications are listed here. Some particularly interesting patent applications we think might get into production are these:

Canon Sued Because Printer Won’t Scan When Out Of Ink

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Canon has been sued by a user who discovered that his Canon PIXMA MG6320 All-In-One printer can not be used a scanner when ink runs out.

A Canon customer filed a class action lawsuit alleging deceptive marketing and unjust enrichment by Canon, as Bleeping Computer reports:

While using his Pixma MG6320 printer from Canon, the plaintiff was surprised to discover that the “all-in-one” machine would refuse to scan or fax documents if the printer ran out of ink.

As ink is not necessary to perform scans or faxes, the argument is that the printer features should continue to work even if there is no ink in the device.

It seems not to be the first case that users complain with Canon about this weird fact. The answer by Canon’s consumer support has always been the same:

This is indeed rather disappointing. To use your PIXMA printer as a scanner you are forced to buy ink cartridges, even if they are not needed by the scanning process itself. Not nice, Canon.

The lawsuit was filed in New York and looks at least $5,000,000 in awards, exclusive of interest, fees, and litigation costs.

Canon EOS R3 vs EOS R5 – Which One Better For Wedding Photography?

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Canon EOS R3 vs EOS R5, which Canon powerhouse is better suited for wedding photography? Let’s find out.

Coming from Canon Explorer of Light Vanessa Joy, the video below compares the Canon EOS R3 vs EOS R5. She says:

Ever since the Canon EOS R3 came out the question has been which is better for wedding photography – the Canon R3 or the Canon R5? In this seriously detailed, hands-on review of Canon R3 vs Canon R5 I give you my answer, along with a crazy amount of side by side photos of the Canon R5 vs R3. I hope you enjoy this Canon R3 Review compared to the Canon EOS R5!

A technical brochure about the EOS R3 is available. You can watch the Canon EOS R3 live-stream again here. All EOS R3 coverage is listed here. We put together some interesting videos about the Canon EOS R3, listed here. Be sure to check Gordon Laing’s in-depth review of the Canon EOS R3, part 1 and part 2. Oh, and don’t forget to listen how the R3’s 30fps sound. Canon EOS R3 product description after the break.

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Canon EOS R5: [shoplist 62744]

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