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For the first time, Canon USA has refurbished stock of the Canon EOS R5 Mark II body. They are available for $3869 (Reg $4299). As always, all refurbished gear from the Canon USA store comes with a full 1-year Canon USA warranty. Refurbished gear from Canon USA is usually brand new gear that was returned by authorized retailers for various reasons including, credit returns and damaged boxes. REFURBISHED CANON EOS R5 MARK II Canon EOS…
A recent article from Business Standard reported on Canon’s strategic expansion plans in the Indian market. The report touched on several subjects, as Canon sees India as an emerging large market for Its equipment, from medical systems to semiconductor fabrication equipment. Business Standard sat down with India President and CEO Toshiaki Nomura, and we included some of the quotations from the article here. One of Canon’s key industry focuses is the semiconductor industry, where Canon…
Bill Claff of PhotonsToPhotos has analyzed the RAW files for the EOS R1 and produced data on how the R1 stacks up with the other Canon cameras and the competition. When compared against Canon’s competition for this camera, namely the Sony A1, Nikon Z9, and the Sony A9III, they all measure in around the same for low ISO dynamic range with Nikon at 10.61, Sony A1 at 11.34, and Canon’s R1 wedged in between at…
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Canon ID login will be required for Canon digital camera software and apps starting in the first half 2025. Customers must create a Canon ID to use these products and services. This will, in theory, make it easier for customers to manage their Canon products and services. Once users have created a Canon ID, they will be able to access several benefits, including: Users can create a Canon ID by clicking the “Create Canon ID”…
Sigma Corp has announced that they have updated firmware for the Sigma 10-18mm f/2.8 DC DN and the 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN lenses. It is expected to improve operation stability and AF operation during zooming for video. Sigma’s information sheet can be found here. Thank you for your continued patronage of Sigma products.We are pleased to announce that a firmware update for the following Sigma interchangeable lenses for Canon RF mount has been released. Thechanges…
Words and Images: Joshua Holko www.jholko.com Backstory: I have been a full-time professional Nature and wildlife photographer for almost thirty years (www.jholko.com). I have specialised in Polar and sub-polar photography and have made over 100 expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic. I have owned and shot nearly every single 1-series Canon Camera since the original EOS 1n and EOS 1n RS. I resisted the shift to digital for many years (I was in love…
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Laowa has announced two new tilt-shift macro lenses. The 55mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift 1X and 100mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift 1X. Both are 1:1 macro lenses. Both are capable of a 10 degree tilft and a 12mm shift. Both lenses have a very large image circle, so you can use them on your full-frame RF mount camera or a medium format camera such as the Fujifilm GFX series. Both lenses are priced at $1249 USD and are available…
The day was inevitably coming, as we’ve had access to Photoshop and Lightroom for a pretty affordable $10 USD a month for as long as I can remember. This is the plan that includes 20GB of storage and not the 1TB version of the subscription. On January 15, 2025, Adobe will be raising the Photography Plan (20GB) to $14.99 a month, up from $9.99 a month for all new subscribers. Existing monthly subscribers will see…
The Canon EOS R6 Mark III is widely believe to be coming in the first quarter of 2025, either ahead of CP+ or shortly after. Yes, there have been times that Canon has made major announcements shortly after trade shows. Perhaps the billion questions about an upcoming product at the booth can eat into available human resources to answer the other questions about the lineup. We know the basic rumored specifications, there have been a…
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Well, it looks like Canon is going with a “pay to play” model for specialised firmware update, they have previously done this for the stop motion update for the 6 series of cameras. The cropping guide feature that is now available for the Canon EOS R50, Canon EOS R10 and Canon EOS R7. See, just another reason NOT to buy an EOS R100. No, you will not be able to “pirate” this firmware, as it…
Canon has placed the LI5070SA sensor on its website for third-party sales. This is a super-35-sized sensor (slightly larger than APS-C) at 27.4 x 15.3mm dimensions. On its website, Canon also has a full-frame global shutter sensor, the LI5030SA, which is a 19MP full-frame Global shutter sensor. With the LI5070SA’s crop factor of 1.34x, there is a good chance that it is just a scaled version of the full-frame sensor as 19M scales down on…
SIGMA UK sat down with the always engaging SIGMA CEO Kazuto Yamaki to talk about their new Tokyo headquarters, the company’s history and their goals moving forward. While the whole interview is great and worth your time, Kazuto Yamaki does tease a never-before-seen lens design. One of the products that excites me a lot, is a telephoto lens that has never existed before. Sports photographers and wildlife photographers might be very excited about the lens.…
Back in August, Canon announced the imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 17″ printer, which came 8 years after it’s predecessor, the imagePROGRAF PRO-1000. Keith Cooper has completed his exhaustive review of the PRO-1100 and has come away impressed. As suspected, if you’re already an PRO-1000 owner, the PRO-1100 probably isn’t worth worrying about as far as an upgrade goes, unless you need a couple of the features such as a new longer paper format, which allows you to…
Canon and Amazon have been working through the legal process since May 2023, with a joint suit against the sales of counterfeit Canon batteries and chargers. This has been a growing issue with not only Canon but in other camera accessory segments such as memory cards. There is a differene between third-party batteries and chargers, and what was going on with the conterfeiting. With third-party, you know what you’re buying, and there is normally a…
