EOS 5D3 and EF200mm f/2L IS USM & EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM Service Note

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Canon released a product advisory for the [shoplink 118]EF200mm f/2L IS USM[/shoplink] & [shoplink 104]EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM[/shoplink] lenses when used with an [shoplink 2431]EOS 5D Mark III[/shoplink]: It has been confirmed that when the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR Camera is used with the EF200mm f/2L IS USM and some units of the EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM lenses […], the Lenses may emit an abnormal noise. This is not an issue of the 5D Mark III, it concerns the mentioned lenses. The units that are affected can be identified by the serial number. See the service note below to check if you have such an unit.

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Canon patent to keep your EXIF data private (on the web)

Japanese site Egami spotted a Canon patent to obscure EXIF-information and protect your privacy. This is a particularly sensible issue if considered with regard to social networks like Facebook. EXIF data contains lots of information you may not want to deliver to the world, as geographic location, dates and time. These information allow everyone to know where you have been and when you were there (and which camera you used :-) ). Two kinds of EXIF outputs are discussed: high accuracy and low accuracy. High accuracy EXIF data is the usual data. The “low precision” EXIF data is obtained by obscuring some of the information. For instance “if the information is numeric, the digit of the lower [digits is] cut off“, and in case of alphanumeric data some of the characters will be hidden. Another way is used to obscure dates and times. As the image below shows, an exact date-time information is made fuzzy. Look at the time: from 9:45:13 it becomes a range (between 9:00 and 10:00)

A similar operation is done with GPS data. The geographic information is made more vague. In the picture below, the exact position is transformed in somewhere inside the dotted lines.

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DEAL: EOS 5D Mark II body only new for $1,998.50 and two refurbished for $1,893.96

Top rated eBay seller getitdigital has more than ten EOS 5D Mark II bodies available for $1,998.50. Shipping is free for the USA. The EOS 5DMark II is still an excellent camera, and at this price it’s becoming a bargain. [shoplink 4970 ebay]Click here to check the deal before it is to late[/shoplink]. Next, top rated seller axxii has two refurbished EOS 5D Mark II [shoplink 4978 ebay]for $1,893.96 (click here)[/shoplink].Key features:

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How tough is an EOS 7D? (very tough!)

Ok, DO NOT replicate these “tests” using your camera. You could regret it. :-) Over at Digitalrev they decided to see how durable an [shoplink 337]EOS 7D[/shoplink] is, and to check this they decided to throw the camera downstairs, to let a truck hit it, to freeze it, not to speak of the microwave oven and the flames and the fire that were used. Want to know how strong and durable your 7D is? Then this is the video for you. It’s unbreakable. Have fun! And don’t take it too serious. :-)

Check the latest EOS 7D pics uploaded to Flick clicking here. EOS 7D price check: [shopcountry 337].

More Low-Light comparisons: Hacked EOS 5D3 vs FS100 vs hacked GH2

Another one of those “non-scientific” tests I like so much! :-) (no kidding). This time over at EOSHD they compared the [shoplink 2431]EOS 5D Mark III[/shoplink] ($3,500) with removed OLPF vs [shoplink 4953]Sony’s FS100[/shoplink] ($5,000) vs [shoplink 4952]Panasonic’s GH2[/shoplink] ($700-800, also hacked). The test is made in an extreme (low) lights setting:

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Rumor: Canon entry-level full-frame camera for Photokina?

It’s rumor time in the Canon galaxy! After the information about an upcoming mirror-less system by Canon, now another one of my sources notified me that Canon will announce an entry level full-frame camera at Photokina in September. Here the specifications I got:

  • Price tag below $2,000
  • 21MP sensor
  • Weather sealed body, but not at the same level as the [shoplink 2431]EOS 5D Mark III[/shoplink]
  • Simpler auto-focus system than the EOS 5D Mark III (could be the AF of the [shoplink 337]EOS 7D[/shoplink], which, btw, is a very powerful AF system)

I think the rumor is plausible. Nikon is said to introduce an entry-level FF (probably named D600) in the next months, and it is perfectly normal that Canon will try to counter it with an own entry-level FF camera. Let’s see. Looks like we will have a lot to discuss and speculate about in the next months. ;-)