Print your own lens hood for free, using downloadable PDFs

Lens hood

Lens hoods get lost, and replacing them costs money. If you are looking for a quick solution to your lost lens hood, or just want to have another one, you should know that you can print lens hoods from PDF files, for free.

lenshoods.co.uk offers free PDFs you can download, with rounded and petal hood designs for a lot of lenses manufactured by Canon and other brands. They have a sister site with lens hood PDFs especially for APS-C DSLRs with 1.6 and 1.5 crop factors.
Given the often horrendous prices asked for what basically is a piece of plastic, this solution may come handy. A lens hood made out of paper may not be a durable solution but for sure it might save your day if you need one and do not want to spend the money for an original lens hood.

Printable lens hoods offer a number of advantages over their costly counterparts:

  • Ultra compact – can be carried unfolded.
  • No waiting to order one – simply download, print, cut-out and attach.
  • Redundancy – don’t worry if you lose one; just print another!
  • 100% recyclable.
  • Can be modified to cater for different digital SLR sensor crop factors.
  • Available in both ’rounded’ and ‘petal’ versions.

Our Canon EOS 6D Mark II price rumor gets another mention (yeah, it’s $1,999, June 29 announcement)

EOS 6D Mark ii
The Canon EOS 6D is getting replaced soon

The price for the Canon EOS 6D Mark II, which we got a tip about in November 2016, suggested to be $1,999, surfaces as rumor over the web.

Below you see the list if rumored Canon EOS 6D Mark II specifications and features. The list that’s been posted everywhere on the web started here, after a series of good tips.

Latest rumored announcement date for the Canon EOS 6D Mark II is June 29, 2017. Stay tuned.

Photoflex StarFire Digital Flash deal – $40 (reg. $136, today only)

Photoflex
At a glance:

  • Guide Number: 114′ at ISO 100 and 35mm
  • Coverage: 35mm & 18mm (Full Frame)
  • Tilts from -7 to 90°
  • Rotates 270°
  • Wireless Slave Functionality
  • Recycle Time: 4 Seconds
  • Runs on 4 AA Batteries

B&H Photo DealZone deal of today. Photoflex StarFire Digital Flash on sale at $39.95. Compare at $135.95. Today only.

Today’s Gold Box and one day only deals at Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, B&H Photo, eBay, Adorama, and refurbished lenses and DSLRs at Canon Store.

Are these the Canon Rebel SL2 specifications? [CW3]

Rebel SL2
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We have been tipped with a list of specifications for the upcoming Canon Rebel SL2.

The specification list seems pretty much to be the same as for the [shoplink 43813]EOS 800D/Rebel T7i[/shoplink], announced a few months ago. It’s not unlikely that the Rebel SL2 and the Rebel T7i have same or similar specifications.

The Canon Rebel SL2 might have:

  • 24MP sensor
  • 3″ vari-angle and touchscreen display
  • 1080p/60 fps
  • Dual Pixel AF
  • WiFi/NFC
  • 45 points AF
  • Digic 7
  • ISO 51200
  • HDR movie, time-lapse movie
  • Will still be the world’s smallest DSLR

My take: the list above is plausible, the Rebel SL2 may indeed have specifications and features that are very similar if not the same as other entry-level Canon Rebel DSLRs.

We expect the Rebel SL2 to be announced on June 29, 2017, together with the Canon EOS 6D Mark II and a new entry-level mirrorless camera.

Stay tuned!

Firmware 1.1.1 for Canon EOS 5Ds and EOS 5Ds R released

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Canon released firmware 1.1.1 for the Canon EOS 5Ds and EOS 5Ds R to the general public.

What changed:

Firmware Version 1.1.1 incorporates the following fixes:

1. Corrects a phenomenon in which shooting may not be completed while using HDR (High Dynamic Range) Mode, when certain combinations of settings are selected.
2. Corrects the phenomenon of Err70 which occurs with certain combinations of settings.

3. Corrects the level display when the camera is held in the vertical orientation with the hand grip pointing downward.

4. Corrects a phenomenon in which, when using certain CF cards, it may take approximately five seconds for the camera to power on depending on when the camera’s power switch was turned <ON>.

Please review the instructions thoroughly before updating the firmware on your camera.
The firmware update takes approximately 6 minutes.

Please note that the firmware for EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R is different.