Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Check out the above Sony A7R II hands-on video that covers some of the key highs and lows. It’s a long video but some good info in there. Midway through the video, you get some direct comparisons to the Canon 5Ds R as well.
The unicorn of standard zooms is rumored to be in the pipeline for Canon shooters. [Read more…]
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 has released a firmware update for the EOS 7D Mark II. Firmware version 1.5 provides the following fixes: [Read more…]
Canon has announced a firmware update for the EOS 1D C cinema camera. Firmware version 1.4.0 provides for the following fix: [Read more…]
It’s been over two years since the Canon 70D was introduced. I can’t believe it’s been that long, but the 70D was introduced in July 2013. It was the first of the new range of higher MP cameras (up from the long line of 18MP cameras in Canon’s APS-C range – including Rebels). [Read more…]
Canon has issued a firmware update for the EOS 1D X. Firmware version 2.0.8 provides the following fix:
You can download the firmware update here on Canon’s website.
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 showed off its next-gen MREAL concepts at the Canon Expo in New York last week. There were several demo options to check out – from car interiors and exteriors to technical repair walkthroughs. [Read more…]
1/150 scale model of the Thirty-Meter Telescope
Outside of the traditional photographer and video realms at the Canon Expo 2015 in New York, Canon revealed its part in projects for the Subaru Telescope and the Thirty-Meter Telescope. [Read more…]