Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Canon has its next-gen Connect Station on display this week at the Canon Expo 2015 in New York. The upcoming model features built-in wireless and NFC connectivity for automatically importing photos and videos from compatible Canon cameras, which is just like the current Connect Station CS100. [Read more…]
Another prototype product that I was anxious to see at the Canon Expo in New York was the new 250MP CMOS sensor and camera. [Read more…]
Canon Cinema EOS 8K Camera with EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
Canon has several different configurations of its new Cinema EOS 8K camera on display at the Canon Expo in New York this week. The 8K cinema camera was announced as an in-development product earlier this week.
See several more views of the new camera in the photos below. [Read more…]
I got a closer look at the 120MP prototype DSLR today at the Canon Expo.
First off, Canon has an actual working prototype that they were shooting live images at the full 120MP resolution on the Expo floor. [Read more…]
Canon showed off the EF 600mm f/4L DO BR lens today at the Canon Expo in New York. It is substantially shorter than the current EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens thanks to the diffractive optics inside. [Read more…]
The Canon Expo comes to New York this week. Canon does this every five years to showcase its innovations designed for a broad range of industries, from healthcare to business and manufacturing to the arts.
The Canon Expo kicks off Thursday, September 10 at the Javits Center and will run through Friday, September 11. Canon highlights is current product lines but also shows off new tech that is in development.
We’ve already seen announcements this week for a new Canon Cinema EOS 8K camera and a 120MP DSLR. Stay tuned for what else we might see on the show floor the rest of the week.
You can learn more about the expo here on the Canon Expo website.
As if the Canon EOS 5Ds wasn’t enough already at 50MP, Canon has announced that it is developing a 120MP DSLR.
Canon says that “[t]he camera under development is being designed to facilitate a level of resolution more than sufficient for large-format printing and extensive cropping capability while maintaining fantastic image quality.”
Canon notes that the camera is built for the current EF system lenses; however, it will apparently not be compatible with all of the lenses in the Canon EF line. According to a footnote in Canon’s press release, “Out of the 96 lenses that make up the EF lens lineup, 60 models will be compatible with the [new 120MP DSLR].” [Read more…]
Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS II USM Lens Patent Diagram
In a recently published patent application, Canon details a new 35mm f/2 lens. You can see the optical formula in the above diagram.
The lens construction is 104.5mm long, so it is quite a bit longer than the current model at 62.6mm. The patent also covers a revised image stabilizing system to the current EF 35mm f/2 IS USM.
It was filed on March 31, 2015. You can read it for yourself below. As always, let me know if anything else jumps out. [Read more…]
Canon EF-S 15-55mm f/2.8-4 STM Lens Patent Diagram
A recently published Canon patent application reveals a couple new lenses for the APS-C format cameras. [Read more…]
Canon has announced the development of a 250MP APS-H format CMOS sensor and has a working prototype camera using the super high resolution sensor.
The APS-H format was used in prior Canon 1D models and measures 29.2 x 20.2mm. The sensor resolution is 19,580 x 12,600 pixels. That is 125x greater resolution that 1080p HD video and 30x more resolution than 4K video.
The new CMOS sensor has mind-blowing readout speed of 1.25 billion pixels per second!
While we may scoff today at 250MP, it was only a eight years ago that Canon’s announcement of an in-development 50MP sensor seemed unrealistic. And today, of course, we have the Canon 5Ds.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]