Deal: Canon EOS M50 with EF-M 15-45mm IS STM Lens – $609.95 (reg. $699, import model)

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Canon EOS M50 at a glance:

  • 24.1MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 8 Image Processor
  • 2.36m-Dot OLED Electronic Viewfinder
  • 3.0″ Vari-Angle Touchscreen LCD
  • UHD 4K and HD 720p120 Video Recording
  • Built-In Wi-Fi with NFC, Bluetooth
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF
  • ISO 100-25600, Extended ISO 51200
  • Combination 5-Axis Image Stabilization

Top Rated Plus seller RedTagCamera on eBay (100% positive ratings) has the Canon EOS M50 with EF-M 15-45mm IS STM lens on sale at $609.95. Compare at $699. Please note: this is an import model, 1 year US seller warranty applies. Import models are legally imported from another country through channels other than the maker’s official distribution system.

The Canon EOS M50 is best selling mirrorless camera in Japan.

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Canon Digital Photo Professional 4.9.0 with Canon EOS R Support Now Available

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Canon released Digital Photo Professional 4.9.0 with added support for the new Canon EOS R.

Digital Photo Professional 4.9.0 is part of the EOS Digital Solution Disk Software 33.3A, which contains:

  • Digital Photo Professional 4.9.0
  • EOS Utility 3.9.0
  • EOS Utility 2.14.20
  • EOS Lens Registration Tool 1.9.0
  • EOS Web Service Registration Tool 1.8.0
  • EOS Sample Music
  • Picture Style Editor 1.21.0
  • Image Transfer Utility 2.1.0

You can download the EOS Digital Solution Disk Software for Windows and Mac OS X. Please note that I linked to the most recent versions of the operating systems. If this doesn’t apply to you, you can choose the operating system version here.

The Canon EOS R user manual is also available for download.

Pre-orders for the Canon EOS R are live. Shipping is expected to start in October 2018.

Pre-order in the USA, Canon EOS R: B&H Photo | Adorama | Canon USA | Amazon

Pre-order in the USA, Canon RF mount lenses: B&H Photo | Adorama | Canon USA | Amazon

Canon EOS R world-wide pre-order links:

America: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA
Europe & UK: Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon IT, Canon IT, WEX Photographic, Canon FR, Canon UK, Canon DE

Canon RF mount lenses world-wide pre-order links:

America: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA
Europe & UK: Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon IT, Canon IT, WEX Photographic, Canon FR, Canon UK, Canon DE

Sigma Going To Release Five New Lenses (Canon EF mount & mirrorless)

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According to Nokishita, Sigma will soon release five new lenses. Of these, four will come with Canon EF mount, one is for mirrorless cameras (not sure if it will come with EF-M mount).

  • Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art
  • Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art
  • Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports
  • Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 OS HSM Sports
  • Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN (for mirrorless)

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COSYSPEED introduces world’s first smartphone photography bags, the PHONESLINGER series

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COSYSPEED, maker of some of the coolest camera bags for mirrorless shooters, started a crowd-funding campaign for their latest camera bags, the PHONESLINGER series. I own various COSYSPEED bags, the Streetomatic being my favorite. This is well made and sturdy gear.

Thomas from COSYSPEED says:

Smartphone Photography has come a long way and reached a pretty decent level of image quality. And everyone is doing it! So we thought it would be adequate to make some cool bags for smartphone photographers and videographers. And it seems that we are the only company in the world with dedicated bags for smartphone photographers. Our crowd-funding campaign for the PHONESLINGER series was launched to day on INDIEGOGO.

The new bags are:

PHONESLINGER Power
comes with an integrated QI-Wireless Powerbank. It charges your phone (your phone must be able for QI-Wireless charging) all the time it’s in the bag and you’ll never run out of power + have your Phone accessible within a second and with one hand

PHONESLINGER Prime
holds your Smartphone and up to 4 smartphone lenses like the popular Moment Lenses. Have your Phone and Mobile Lenses accessible within a second and with one hand

PHONESLINGER Outdoor
Is rugged and light weight and the safe place for your phone out in nature. Have your phone safe but always in reach within a second and with one hand

FLOWBELT Modular Belt System
can hold your PHONESLINGER and several accessory bags. Makes your Smartphone Photography even more flexible

A complete set of prototypes will be on display on COSYSPEED’s stand at Photokina in Hall 5.1/Imaging Lab.

The Tokina Opera 50mm f/1.4 for FF DSLR will sell at $1100 (approximately)

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Nokishita reported the price in Japan for the upcoming Tokina Opera 50mm f/1.4 lens for full frame camera. The Opera 50mm f/1.4 price in Japan will be 126,900 Yen, which is around $1,100.

The Tokina Opera 50mm f/1.4 was announced at CP+. Shipping of the Tokina Opera 50mm f/1.4 is expected for late October 2018.

Tokina’s description of the Opera 50mm f/1.4:

With the debut of Opera 50mm F/1.4 FF we are launching a new series of next generation premium full-frame lenses for high-end DSLR cameras called “opera” series.

Opera series is designed to perfectly match recent high-spec full-frame DSLR cameras, which keep requiring high quality optics to be used with. In addition to originally high-valued Tokina AT-X series, this new opera series is positioned as top premium series of full-frame size lenses and will be further expanded with other lenses of related specifications and performance.

In modern society the word “opera” is commonly used to express general genres of stage art. In Italian it means work or work of art. As an omitted art genre definition opera comes from “opera musicale” that means a piece of music work. In Latin opera comes from “opus” and in contemporary language “magnum opus”, “opera magna” still has a meaning of “great literary, artistic or intellectual work”. We chose the name “opera” for a new premium full-frame DSLR lens series thinking of a lens that will help photographer in creating real “work of art”.