Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The Canon 5DS is now shipping in large quantity and remains in stock for the time being. If you pre-ordered the camera, it should be on its way to you. And, if you still want to pick one up, it looks like there is enough stock to go around. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
The Canon 5DS R should be shipping soon but is, as yet, not listed in stock. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Kai from DigitalRev has published a new hands-on review of the YongNuo 35mm f/2 lens, which is a copy of the old Canon 35mm f/2. As you may know, the Canon EF 35mm f/2 was replaced with the Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM lens. Check out the video review below. [Read more…]
Fotodiox’s new ND Throttle allows you to adapt medium format lenses to Canon and Nikon DSLRs. It also includes a built-in variable ND filter, which allows you to use a variable ND filter on even wide-angle lenses.
The variable ND filter inside the ND Throttle adapter gives you a range from ND 2 to ND 1000. It is available for Pentax 645, Mamiya 645 and Hasselblad V lens systems. DSLR mounts include Canon EOS and Nikon F mount systems. [Read more…]
It looks like the Canon EOS 5DS and 5DS R will begin shipping in just over a week on June 14, 2015. B&H has listed the new shipping date subject to availability.
As with other high-demand cameras, it may take a few weeks to fill all of the pre-orders. So if you want a 5DS or 5DS R sooner rather than later, you’d better go ahead and get in the pre-order line now. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Rumors continue to trickle about the upcoming Canon 6D Mark II, which was previously rumored for a 2016 debut. Keeping with the theme from prior rumors, the Canon 6D Mark II is said that it will be smaller and lighter than the current Canon 6D. [Read more…]
The Canon EOS C300 Mark II is due out in September. The above short film, Trick Shot, is the first film shot on the new C300 Mark II and it is made available on YouTube in full 4K resolution. You may have to click over to YouTube if you have a 4K display and watch to want it at full resolution.
The short was directed by Evan Kaufmann and shot by cinematographer Gale Tattersall, who you might recall also made headlines after he shot an episode of House M.D. entirely with the Canon 5D Mark II.
[via YouTube]
On August 22 this year, the original Canon EOS 5D will turn 10 years old. Leading up to the official 10-year anniversary date, Canon has kicked off a bit of an anniversary celebration of the Canon 5D line.
At the time it was announced, Canon slotted the original 5D 12.8MP full frame camera in between its prosumer EOS 20D model (at 8.2MP) and the high-end professional EOS 1Ds Mark II (16.7MP). [Read more…]
I received my new Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens today and wanted to share my initial impressions.
This lens is situated as the next Nifty Fifty in Canon’s line-up, offering the popular 50mm focal length at an affordable $125 price point. Of course, on APS-C cameras like the Canon EOS Rebel series will provide a field of view equivalent to an 80mm lens on a full frame camera. This makes it a nice option as a beginner’s portrait lens for the Canon Rebel shooter. [Read more…]
Fotodiox has a new eyecup kit called the EyeVenger available for Canon DSLRs. The EyeVenger is designed with left and right eye cups (both are included) and ships with 18mm and 22mm mounting brackets to cover the gamut of Canon DSLR viewfinders. [Read more…]
The past two releases of Canon professional DSLRs show that Canon has finally come around to the notion that its customers who pay thousands of dollars for a camera think an intervalometer should be built-in. The Canon 7D Mark II along with the 5DS and 5DS R cameras are the first Canon DSLRs to offer a built-in intervalometer. With these new models, it is now possible to shoot interval images for time lapse sequences without the need for the overpriced Canon TC-80N3.
Note, however, that shooting still images with the built-in intervalometer is different than shooting in Time-lapse movie mode on the 5DS and 5DS R. [Read more…]