More About Canon’s AI-Powered Camera, The PowerShot Pick (price below $400)

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More details about the Canon PowerShot Pick, a camera with artificial intelligence on board, emerged on the crowdfunding page.

It seems the Canon PowerShot Pick is having a huge success on the Makuake crowdfunding site. They already surpassed the goal by 5,900%. This is how the PowerShot Pick is introduced (machine translated):

Bringing together Canon’s advanced technologies! With optical technology and video processing technology, the camera itself makes smart decisions and automatically takes pictures and videos.

The small and cute design blends into the family circle and automatically records “memories of the whole family” with “natural and rich facial expressions”

The app automatically selects recommended photos and videos. It’s also fun to find the “best shot taken by chance”!

Canon touts the ability of the camera to determine when it is best to snap a picture:

With Canon’s image processing technology, PowerShot PICK itself automatically finds a person’s face and notices changes in the image reflected on the lens, so it automatically determines “now is the photo opportunity” and shoots.

The camera is meant to just stay there, without being noticed, and to take “memories” at the best time:

Small and light, this camera is designed to blend in with your family so that you can forget about it, so you can stay close to your family at home or out.

The Canon PowerShot Pick…

[…] recognizes the faces of people around you and automatically tracks them. The angle of view is automatically adjusted while making full use of pan, tilt, and zoom based on face information such as the number / position / orientation / size of the face using a unique algorithm while observing the state of the subject.

In addition, the characters shown in PowerShot PICK will be registered automatically. If you want to shoot more specific people, you can add a favorite mark to that person to automatically shoot photos and videos with priority.

The Canon PowerShot Pick understands voice commands:

The price in Japan for the Canon PowerShot Pick is 42,900 yen, which amounts to approximate $390. At this price it might become a huge success for Canon.

And here is an overview:

[via PetaPixel]

Canon EOS R6 Review (and comparison with EOS R5)

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Here is a new Canon EOS R6 review. The little sibling of the much more discussed Canon EOS R5.

Coming from Photography Life, the 22 minutes video-review below discusses the most important features of the Canon EOS R6, including ergonomics, image quality, AF performance, along with comparisons with the EOS R5.

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I have the impression the EOS R6 flies a bit under the radar and doesn’t get the attention it deserves. There are many features that the R6 shares 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 Bit Of Everything (Canon financial, Canon 50mm f/0.75, R5 vs Sony a1, RF 100-500mm teardown, more)

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Above: Extensive Modification Of A Canon EOS 80D DSLR Includes High Quality Audio – HackADay

Canon’s 2020 financial results show drop in net sales, increase in profits for Imaging Systems business – DPReview

Sony A1 vs Canon R5 – Head-to-head Comparison – Photography Blog

5 Reasons I Chose The Canon R6 Mirrorless Over The R5 (and why I upgraded in the first place) – Scott Kelby

The Secret of the Broken Element: A Canon RF 100-500mm f4.7-7.1 Teardown – LensRentals Blog

Yet Another Major Japanese Retailer Shows Canon R5 Topping Sales Charts – PetaPixel

Canon enters The Matrix, with a 100-camera 4K Bullet Time setup! – Digital Camera World

Review: Does the Canon Rebel T8i DSLR make sense in an increasingly mirrorless world? – DPReview

Canon 50mm f0.75 XI Lens Review – AllMyFriendsAreJpegs

Below: Sharpest 85mm lens for Canon R5 RF 85mm f2 Macro v RF 1.2 L USM v EF Sigma Art 1.4 EOS Review Part 1 – John Gress

Sony Alpha a1 vs Canon EOS R5 Size Comparison

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Sony announced the “one never seen” camera, the Sony Alpha a1. Here is a Sony Alpha a1 vs Canon EOS R5 size comparison.

Courtesy of apotelyt.com, here is how the Sony Alpha a1 and the Canon EOS R5 compare size-wise.

Below you see a first glance specification comparison. For the full list of compared specifications see here. From left to right: Sony Alpha a1 and Canon EOS R5:

Sony Alpha a1 vs Canon EOS R5 vs Fujifilm GFX 100S Specification Comparison

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Two new cameras have been announced in the last days, the full frame Sony Alpha a1 and the medium format Fuifilm GFX 100S. Time to compare them with Canon’s EOS R5.

Over at B&H Photo you can use a rather useful camera comparison tool. We tried to compare the Sony Alpha a1 with the Fujifilm GFX 100S with the Canon EOS R5.

From left to right: Sony Alpha a1 with the Fujifilm GFX 100S with the Canon EOS R5:

The full list of compared specifications is here.

Industry News: Fujifilm X-E4 Mirrorless Camera Announced

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Here is Fujifilm with another one of their winning mirrorless cameras: the Fujifilm X-E4. Looks cool as all of its siblings.

At a glance:

  • 26.1MP APS-C X-Trans BSI CMOS 4 Sensor
  • X-Processor 4 Image Processor
  • DCI/UHD 4K at 30 fps, Full HD at 240 fps
  • 2.36m-Dot 0.62x OLED EVF
  • 3.0″ 1.62m-Dot 180° Tilting Touchscreen
  • 425-Point Hybrid AF System
  • ISO 160-12800, up to 30-fps Shooting
  • Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity
  • Film Simulation Modes

Preorder for the Fujifilm X-E4 are live (starting $849): B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon

Fuji press release:

– The compact and lightweight mirrorless digital camera for X Series with the fourth-generation sensor and image processing engine
– A classically-designed beautiful camera body featuring the fast and accurate AF as fast as 0.02 seconds
– Superb operability to make it comfortable to take high-quality image with proprietary color reproduction

TOKYO, January 27, 2021 — FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) is pleased to announce the launch of the mirrorless digital camera “FUJIFILM X-E4” (X-E4) in late February 2021, the latest model to join the X Series of compact and lightweight digital cameras, known for superior image quality delivered with the company’s proprietary color reproduction technology.

The X-E4 is the most compact and most lightweight of all mirrorless digital cameras equipped with the Series’ fourth-generation image sensor and image processing engine. The beautiful camera body in a classical design carries a fast and accurate autofocus (AF) as fast as 0.02 seconds. It boasts exceptional operability, producing high-quality images with the company’s proprietary color reproduction technology.

The X-E4 is a mirrorless digital camera that caters to a wide range of lifestyles and situations, making it a perfect choice for those who want to carry a camera around anywhere and anytime to enjoy photo shootings of an advanced quality.

The compact X-E4 offers exceptional portability, weighing approximately 364g*, or approximately 448g even when it is mounted with the standard prime lens “FUJINON Lens XF27mm R WR,” also announced today.

The X-E4’s beautifully classical body features the 26.1MP “X-Trans™ CMOS 4”** sensor and the high-speed “X-Processor 4” image processing engine, which are also featured in models including the X Series’ flagship model “FUJIFILM X-T4.” Its fast and accurate AF can attain focus in as fast as 0.02 seconds, ensuring that users capture decisive photo opportunities. The camera can deliver diverse photographic expressions with Fujifilm’s Film Simulation modes, replicating the colors and tones characteristic of the company’s films such as the photographic film “Velvia” and motion picture film “ETERNA.” Users can take advantage of excellent color reproducibility, nurtured for more than 80 years, to enjoy high-quality photography with ease thanks to exceptional operability attributable to features such as the LCD monitor that can be flipped upward to 180 degrees and the Shutter Speed Dial.

Fujifilm will continue to deliver photographic pleasure through the X Series of mirrorless digital cameras such as the X-E4 and an extensive lineup of interchangeable lenses for the Series including the standard prime lens “FUJINON Lens XF27mm R WR” and the ultra telephoto zoom lens “FUJINON Lens XF70-300mmF4-5.6 R LM OIS WR,” also announced today.

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