Luminar NEO Is One Year Old, Offers Promotions For Its Birthday

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Skylum’s Luminar NEO is one year old and to celebrate the company offers some promotional packets.

To celebrate the one year anniversary of Luminar NEO, Skylum offers these promotional packets:

  • Annual Explore subscription – 99 $/€ (119)/year + 1 year free + Creative Anniversary Collection
  • Monthly Explore subscription – 9.95 $/€ /month + 1 month free + Creative Anniversary Collection
  • Annual Pro subscription – 119 $/€ (149)/year + 1 year free + Creative Anniversary Collection
  • Monthly Pro subscription – 14.95 $/€ /month + 1 month free + Creative Anniversary Collection
  • Luminar Neo Lifetime purchase – 149 $/€ (199) + Magic Light extension for free + Creative Anniversary Collection

You can access all Luminar NEO promotions here.

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Canon EOS R50 Hands-on Review (is it replacing the EOS M50?)

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A Canon EOS R50 hands-on review. The Canon EOS R50 made quite the splash when it was announced.

At a glance:

  • 24.2MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC X Image Processor
  • UHD 4K 30p Video Recording
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF II with 651 Zones
  • 2.36m-Dot Electronic Viewfinder
  • 3.0″ 1.62m-Dot Vari-Angle Touchscreen
  • 15 fps Electronic Shutter
  • Movie for Close-Up Demos Mode
  • Vertical Movie Mode
  • Multi-Function Shoe, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth

DPReview posted their Canon EOS R50 hands-on review. They also tackle the question many are wondering about: can or does the EOS R50 replace the hugely popular Canon EOS M50 Mark II? DPReview says:

The similarities between the two cameras [EOS R50 and EOS M50 II, editor’s note] are plentiful. […] In short, they seem to be targeting the same user base of casual users, beginners and those seeking a small, simple camera.

So what does the R50 mean for the M-mount?

Canon hasn’t said anything official on what the future holds for the M-mount, but it’s been four and a half years since the last EF-M lens launch and two and a half years since the last new EOS M body. The M50 was one of Canon’s best-selling EF-M mount models and yet we haven’t seen any movement or new support to expand on the EF-M mount in years. Now, in addition to having no new news, we’ve gotten what looks like a direct upgrade/replacement of the M50 II, new and improved in every way.

Read the Canon EOS R50 hands-on review at DPReview…

DPReview provided also a Canon EOS R50 sample gallery to check out.

The Canon EOS R50 was announced last week, along with the Canon EOS R8 and new RF mount lenses.

All new Canon gear is available for preorder at B&H Photo and Adorama, or by using the links below.

Canon EOS R50 preorder: [shoplist 70747]

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Canon Already Notifies About Supply Shortage For EOS R8 (and more stuff)

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In what seems to be a regular appointment after every recent gear announcement, Canon let’s know that there are supply shortages for the Canon EOS R8. Check all Canon EOS R8 coverage here.

From Canon Japan:

Apology and information regarding product supply status

Updated: February 10, 2023

Thank you for your continued patronage of Canon products.

Currently, we have received more orders than expected for the following products, and due to the global supply of parts, delivery delays are occurring. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers and business partners.
We apologize again for making our customers wait so long. We will continue to take measures for stable product supply so that we can deliver products as soon as possible. Thank you kindly look forward for your understanding.

Record

product nameAbout supply
EOS R6 Mark II
Canon EOS R7
Canon EOS R8
RF135mm F1.8L IS USM
RF400mm F2.8L IS USM
RF800mm F5.6L IS USM
Speedlite EL-5		We are planning to ship in order, but it may take longer than usual to deliver.

All new Canon gear is already available for preorder at B&H Photo and Adorama.

Canon EOS R8 world-wide preorder: [shoplist 70746]

Canon Ends “Kiss” Camera Lineup In Japan (and “Rebel” lineup too?)

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After almost 30 years, Canon is killing the popular “Kiss” camera lineup in Japan (and Asia).

The news comes from ITMedia News, and is nicely summed up by Digicame-Info:

  • On February 8, Canon announced the APS-C mirrorless “EOS R50” that inherited the concept of the company’s entry-level single-lens camera “EOS Kiss” series.
  • The R50 is a model that aims to improve image quality with the EOS R system while inheriting the concept of the company’s “EOS Kiss” series, “simple, clean, compact”. However, it does not bear the name of Kiss, and is not a direct successor to the current model “EOS Kiss M2” of the same brand. Nonetheless, while covering the entry level targeted by Kiss, it will be developed as a model that conveys the appeal of mirrorless cameras more widely.
  • The Kiss series is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, but as mentioned above, the R50 is an entry model but not the “Kiss” series. According to Canon Marketing Japan, camera needs have diversified with the changing times, and in order to convey the appeal of mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras to a wider range of people than Kiss users so far, it has been integrated into a model name that is used globally instead of the Kiss brand. It is said that
  • Kiss is a brand name that was originally used in Japan, for example, the overseas name of the EOS Kiss M2 was “EOS M50 Mark II”. However, in addition to the EOS Kiss M2, the EOS Kiss series including single-lens reflex cameras such as the “EOS Kiss X10/X10i” are still on sale, so the Kiss brand will not disappear soon.

This makes me wonder if Canon will kill the Rebel camera lineup too. I guess they will. The new Canon EOS R50 seems to introduce a new entry-level camera lineup that might well replace the Kiss and Rebel lineups.

Any idea?

Canon Patent: 18-100mm F4 And 14-60mm F4 Lenses

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Another Canon patent application today, for a 18-100mm f/4 lens and a 14-60mm f/4 lens.

Canon patent application 2023018409 (Japan, published 2/8/2023) discusses optical formulas for two lenses we think are for the RF mount, 18-100mm f/4 and a 14-60mm f/4.

From the patent literature:

To provide a zoom lens that is compatible with a short back and suppresses variations in optical performance due to focusing in a wide-angle range with a wide angle of view.

Description of the Related Art

There is a demand for a compact and lightweight zoom lens compatible with a so-called mirrorless camera without a quick return mirror. For example, it consists of a first lens group with positive refractive power, a second lens group with negative refractive power, and a subsequent group including a plurality of lens groups, arranged in order from the object side to the image side, and the second lens group is the main lens group. A zoom lens with a variable power group is known (.

Further, in recent years, in order to reduce the size of the zoom lens, an imaging apparatus has been proposed that electrically corrects distortion mainly in a wide-angle range among various aberrations of a zoom lens. However, in such an image pickup apparatus, field curvature fluctuations, in particular, become large as aberration fluctuations during focusing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to provide a zoom lens that is compatible with shortback and suppresses fluctuations in optical performance due to focusing in a wide-angle range with a wide angle of view, and an imaging apparatus and an imaging system having the zoom lens.

Example 1

  • Focal length: 15.45-68.00
  • F-value: 4.12
  • Half angle of view: 36.92-11.36
  • Total length: 106.58-125.20
  • Back focus: 10.68-12.16

Example 2

  • Focal length: 13.40-63.10
  • F-value: 4.12
  • Half angle of view: 40.91-12.22
  • Overall length: 105.91-129.46
  • Back focus: 11.16

Example 3

  • Focal length: 18.00-88.20
  • F-value: 4.12
  • Half angle of view: 32.82-8.80
  • Total length: 108.02-127.32
  • Back focus: 11.42

More Canon patent applications are listed here.

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