Deal: Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art – $949 (reg. $1399, plus SanDisk 1TB, more specials)

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Today only (03/08/21) B&H Photo DealZone has some rather solid discounts on the Sigma 40mm f/1.4, memory cards, and more stuff.

Sigma 40mm f/1.4 ART at a glance:

  • EF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
  • Aperture Range: f/1.4 to f/16
  • Three FLD Elements, Three SLD Elements
  • One Aspherical Element
  • Super Multi-Layer Coating
  • Hyper Sonic AF Motor, Manual Override
  • Weather-Sealed, Protective Front Coating
  • Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm
  • Compatible with Sigma USB Dock

Get the Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art on sale at $949. That’s 32% off from $1,399.

Get the SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC Memory Card on sale at $249.99. Compare at $399.99. The $150 discount is applied in cart.

There is much more. Check out B&H Photo Depth of Field specials here.

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Canon EOS R6 Review For Wedding Photography

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A new Canon EOS R6 review with focus on wedding photography. Can the EOS R5’s little sibling deliver?

Alex Barrera posted a 13 minutes Canon EOS R6 review where he looks at hoe well the EOS R6 works for wedding photographers. Short yet informative video review. Enjoy.

The EOS R6 sports many features shared with the EOS R5, a class leading autofocus system for instance, and the R6 has an imaging sensor derived not less than from the flagship EOS-1D X Mark III. For more Canon EOS R6 review stuff see here. User manuals are available for download for the EOS R5 and the EOS R6.

EOS R6 at a glance:

  • 20mp Full-frame CMOS sensor
  • Sensor-based image stabilisation (IBIS) – works with any lens
  • 3.69m dot electronic viewfinder (EVF), 0.76x magnification
  • 3.0inch vari-angle touch-screen, 1.62m dots
  • 12 / 20fps continuous shooting (mechanical / electronic)
  • ISO100 to ISO102400, Low ISO50, High ISO204800
  • 6072 autofocus points/positions
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF
  • Face and Eye-AF tracking
  • Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
  • Dual SD card slots
  • 4K UHD 60/30/25/24fps
  • FullHD High-speed 120/100fps
  • HDR FullHD Video

Canon EOS R6: [shoplist 62745]

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A New Menu System Might Come To Future Canon Cameras, Report

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Do Canon’s already excellent ergonomics need to be improved? A new rumor suggests Canon is putting efforts in developing a new user interface.

Canon’s camera menu system, and the entire design philosophy behind, are excellent and universally recognized to be among the best in the industry. Never the less, increasing complexity of the also increasing number of features on modern digital cameras might call for a newly developed menu system.

According to the source of the rumor, on future cameras you will be able to select between a “Canon Classic” and a new menu system. That’s for sure a good thing, and will help long time Canon users to transition to the new menu.

It’s unlikely the new menu system will make it’s appearance any time soon via a firmware update. It might be featured on the upcoming EOS R flagship, the EOS R1. So, do not expect it to land on your EOS R5 or EOS R6 with the next firmware update.

Do you think Canon cameras need a new menu system? I am inclined to say they don’t.

Stay tuned, stay safe.

Source: Canon Rumors

Deal: Canon IVY REC Digital Camera – $49.99 (reg. $129.99)

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Very solid discount on the Canon IVY REC Digital concept Camera at B&H Photo.

At a glance:

  • 13MP CMOS Sensor
  • Built-In Clip/Carabiner-Style Design
  • Full HD Video at 60 fps
  • Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for Mini Cam App
  • Water and Shock Resistant
  • Multi-Mode Dial, Photo/Video Switching
  • Optional Faceplates to Customize Look

Get the Canon IVY REC Digital Camera (gray) on sale at $49.99. Compare at $129.99.

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Possible Canon EOS R1 Flagship Specifications (85MP, global shutter, Quad-Pixel AF)

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Update (3/6/21): I have reasons to believe the list below was already posted on Weibo. Please take it in account when evaluating the rumor.

A anonymous source contacted us (thanks) and sent a list of what could be the specifications of Canon’s upcoming EOS R1 flagship camera.

We know such a camera is in the coming, most rumors foresee an announcement within 2021. Without further ado, here is the specification list we got:

  • Approx. 85MP global shutter CMOS imaging sensor
  • Approx. 85MP at 20fps, 21MP at 40fps unlimited continued shooting
  • Full Sensor Large Quad Pixel Auto-focus technology
  • 15.5 EV+ wide dynamic range
  • ISO 160-1638400
  • 5-axis IBIS up to 9 stop
  • 3.5” 9.33MP 1280nit 10-bit WCG RGB-OLED touch screen with 120Hz AE-AF
  • 9.44MP 120Hz SuperSpeed AE-AF electronic viewfinder
  • Price $8,500 in USA

The list is a bit on the “to good to be true” side of things. On the other hand, no one expected the R5 to be so feature rich and innovative, hence the EOS R1 might have all those killer features above. In any case, for the time being we recommend to take it with a grain of salt.

And there is another thing. The specs, especially the 85MP resolution seem to be more likely for the also rumored high resolution EOS R camera, dubbed EOS R5s, which is indeed rumored to have a resolution around 90MP. We got the rumor as referring to the EOS R1 but it wouldn’t be the first time that similar information gets lost in translation. As far as I am concerned, the specifications above might well refer to the EOS R1.

The Canon EOS R1 is rumored to get announced along with two new big telephoto lenses for the RF mount system. All Canon EOS R1 rumors are listed here.

Stay tuned, stay safe.

Hacking Post: You Can Run A Minecraft Server On A Canon Rebel SL2

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From the series of “totally pointless but absolutely cool” hacks today we feature a new one, and for sure one of the most weird: a Minecraft server running on a camera.

A hacker going by the handle Turtius installed and successfully run a Minecraft server on a Canon Rebel SL2 (EOS 200D in Europe). If you know how Minecraft works, then you likely know that the server (i.e. the SL2 in our example) is only running the “world” that is then displayed on the user’s computer. The game itself runs on the user’s computer. However, at least theoretically, other users could connect to the world managed on the server (the SL2).

The shot video below shows three points of view: i) via a smartphone recording the back of the camera and the monitor, ii) what the Rebel SL2 is seeing, and iii) a screen recording from the computer that is connected to the Canon Rebel SL2. Clearly the SL2 reaches its limits.

Turtius explains here how he did the hack, using avrcraft, a Minecraft server that’s optimized for 8-bit devices. Says Turtius:

[avrcraft] is fully running on the camera. I reverse-engineered the network module used by Canon which just so happens to expose Unix-like sockets and integrated avrcraft with Magic Lantern. It’s running a custom implementation provided by Canon’s operating system and using custom code to interact with the stuff provided by Canon on a lower level.”

Cool hack, eh?

Turtius used a modified version of the free Magic Lantern firmware add-on, and wrote code specifically for the Rebel SL2. You can find the full source code on GitHub but be warned: do it only if you know what you are doing otherwise you risk to brick your camera.

[via PetaPixel]