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Canon Rebel SL1 Hands-On

May 16, 2013 By Eric Reagan 3 Comments

The compact Canon Rebel SL1 next the iPhone 5

I’ve been running around with the new Canon Rebel SL1 for the past couple days. I’ll have some sample images and a full review later; however, I wanted to take a moment and pass along some first impressions from my brief time with the new camera. [Read more…]

Canon Rebel T4i and EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake Lens Inbound

June 7, 2012 By Eric Reagan 2 Comments

Canon Rebel T4i

It looks like images of the Canon Rebel T4i and new 40mm f/2.8 lens have leaked a day ahead of schedule.

Again, the Canon Rebel T4i is expected to feature an 18MP CMOS sensor, along with 9 cross-type AF points, full-time AF during video capture and a touchscreen LCD.

Canon EF 40mm f/2.8

The new 40mm f/2.8 pancake is believed to be an EF-mount lens (i.e., will work on full-frame cameras), which seems to be confirmed via the above image that shows the red lens mount alignment dot. The 52mm filter thread shows us just how compact this lens will be. [Read more…]