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Canon 5Ds R vs. Sony A7R II Hands-On Review

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Check out this video from Kai at Digital Rev as he does a hands-on comparison between the 50MP Canon 5Ds R and the 42MP Sony A7R II. This review is even a little more superficial than others he has done, but you get a clear sense of his first impression.

Personally, I think the 5Ds R and A7R II are mostly going to be finding their way into different kinds of photographers’ camera bags. With the A7R II being a more popular pick for a wider variety of images, while the 5Ds R is a little more niche for landscape and studio work where low sensitivity and high resolution are the primary concerns.

Have you considered these two cameras as competing options? Did you buy one over the other?

 

Canon EOS 1D X Firmware ver. 2.0.8 Released

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Canon 1D X

Canon has issued a firmware update for the EOS 1D X. Firmware version 2.0.8 provides the following fix:

  • Fixes a phenomenon which occurs when the “Shutter button half-press” menu item, configured in “C.Fn5: Operation” > “Custom Controls Menu”, is set to metering start only; depending on when the shutter button is half-pressed, it may initiate AutoFocus.

You can download the firmware update here on Canon’s website.

Canon’s Machine Vision Tech Wants to Take Over Factory Inspection

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Canon Machine Vision

The photography market goes so far beyond what we all talk about everyday. The image sensor business is booming thanks to smartphones, but also because of automotive cameras for backup and blindspot cameras, among a variety of other uses in different industries.

Cameras are also aiming to take over the jobs of factory workers too. Just a small taste of that was featured last week at the Canon Expo in New York as Canon highlighted its Super Machine Vision, which can view a component and measure it so accurately to create a live, moving CAD model, complete with wireframe. [Read more…]

Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM and EF 11-24mm f/4L USM Lens Cutaways

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Canon EF 11-24mm fl4L USM Lens Cutaway

Canon EF 11-24mm fl4L USM Lens Cutaway

I loving seeing these displays of lenses and other photo product cutaways at trade shows and expos. At the Canon Expo in New York last week, Canon had its EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM and EF 11-24mm f/4L USM lenses on display with them cut perfectly in half.

Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM Lens Cutaway

Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM Lens Cutaway

This gave us a view of the incredible engineering that goes into these modern professional lenses.