Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Like Canon, Carl Zeiss has been teasing us for a couple of weeks with the presence of a mysterious ZE lens line on its website. Today, Carl Zeiss has unveiled the first two lenses of the ZE line, which are made for the Canon EF mount, with the promise of many more to come. [Read more…]
A little bit more of the mystery camera can now be seen. The “Canon” and “EOS” emblems can made out in the teaser if you squint hard enough.
The official announcement of the Canon 5D successor is imminent.
Rumors continue to flourish on the Canon 5D Mark II specs. EOS Numerique is reporting that they’ve got the downlow on the true Canon 5D Mark II specifiations, which are as follows:
Additionally, EN is confirming the announcement date of September 17th.
For the latest word on the Canon 5D Mark II, stay tuned to Photography Bay’s Canon 5D Mark II page.
Canon has revealed just a little bit more of the mystery camera (aka, Canon 5D Mark II). See this post for the original tease.
Nothing groundbreaking, but it appears that Canon is going to tease us all the way to the announcement of the new camera(s).
Finally, Neutral Day picked up a Canon announcement date of September 17 from Kamera & Bild.
And, yes Canon, we bit – hook, line and sinker. You have our attention.
Several rumors have been circulating over the past several weeks that Canon will release a video-capable DSLR near Photokina. RED recently let us in on its development plans for a DSLR replacement camera.
Yesterday, RED pushed the button a little harder stating:
While (insert code name) is not a replacement for Epic or Scarlet, it is strategically targeted at the DSLR space. As Nikon and Canon release their 720P and 1080P, respectively, DSLRs with video capture… RED has a more advanced view of the future. We look forward to rapidly pushing the “big guys” along in feature sets and capabilities.
[via REDUser forum]
We know the Nikon D90 shoots HD video at 720P. Either RED is speculating or they know something we don’t about Canon; however, that’s pretty specific points to “speculate” about. Sounds like somebody knows something to me.
Will the 5D Mark II be the Canon camera with 1080P video capture?
PhotographyBLOG has posted reviews for the Canon Powershot A1000 and A2000 digital cameras.
PhotographyBLOG on the A1000:
I reviewed both cameras at the same time and actually preferred the slightly cheaper A1000 model in many ways. Although offering a smaller 2.5 LCD screen and shorter 4x zoom lens, the A1000 is noticeably smaller and lighter, has a true optical viewfinder, and benefits from having a curved hand-grip area.
PhotographyBLOG on the A2000:
Beginners will love it – the A2000 is a camera that produces excellent images in good light, covers a large focal range for such a small camera thanks to the 6x zoom lens, and has a massive 3 inch LCD screen on the back that can be viewed from a wide angle.
Imaging Resource has posted a review of the Canon PowerShot SD790 IS.
The Canon SD790 IS has only one strike against it and that’s its 3x optical zoom. You might think the lack of a Manual mode would be another, but the Canon SD790 IS is designed for taking great snapshots. With its DIGIC III processor, it does just that.
As we saw from Canon last week, it’s clear something new in the EOS lineup is coming. What wasn’t immediately apparent, however, is that at least 2 new DSLRs are coming from Canon. While the “Destined Evolution” page shows the outline of one new Canon DSLR, other Canon pages offer teasers for what appears to be a different DSLR.
Canon Europe shows a flash teaser when the page first loads of what appears to be a 1-series Canon DSLR. Note there is no mode dial on the right side.
Canon Japan shows off the same sillouhette of what we think is the 5D successor. Note the mode dial on the right side. This appears to be the same camera from the previously reported “Destined Evolution” page.
Clearly, it’s two different cameras. This adds credence to the 2-camera rumor of a 5D successor plus a 3D or some other higher-end camera. Given the recent introductions of the 1-series cameras, I think the possibility of 3D camera is genuine.
Not too much longer to wait though. Photokina 2008 is closing in. Stay tuned for the latest.
Several ad spots for the Canon EOS 7D surfaced around the forums today. Unfortunately for those of you itching to see what’s next from Canon, they look to be faked mockup ads. Good Photoshop work though if they are fake.
As an aside, I’m not sure why Canon’s tag line would be “Delighting You Always.” (Keep the comments PG.)
A couple more (probably fake) ads after the break which show off the inconsistencies among the ads. [Read more…]
An industrious forum poster over at DVX User dreamed up a little DIY project that will make you go “hmm”.
Depending on the capabilities of the Canon 50D HDMI output, this may or may not be possible; however, here’s his thoughts on the above mockup:
I imagine a Zeiss Planar glass (cause I know it locks at infinite focus)
mounted on a railsystem
with followfocus attached to the lens
a little mount adapter screws it to the
50d
the short hdmi cable goes to the portable hdmi recorder (haven’t looked into those products yet) also attached to rails
This guy thinks we might be able to use the increased resolution of the Canon 50D along with the HDMI output to do some fancy HD video. (Sample video after the jump.) [Read more…]