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…]
Canon Expo 2015 is This Week in NYC
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.
Canon 120MP DSLR Under Development
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 is Developing an 8K Cinema EOS Camera & 8K Display
Ahead of the Canon Expo that’s kicking off later this week in NYC, Canon announced that it is developing a Cinema EOS 8K camera and a professional 8K reference display. [Read more…]