TechRadar reports that the momentous mark has taken 23 years to achieve, with the first lens an Ultrasonic Motor – EF 300mm f/2.8L USM arriving in 1987. It was a lens considered an essential piece of kit for wildlife and sports photographers.
The article goes into other lens firsts that have occurred in the 23 year period, before speculating on what the next 23 years might bring – holo-lenses, 3-D ready kit and, of course, the ability to see through walls…
Photography enthusiasts are being invited to design their own camera bags in order to win a Canon EOS 5D mk II.
Sadeh Halbrecht's entry - Infinity
Product makers and organizers of the competition, Kata, have been looking to find the ‘Dream Bag’ since November and are offering some amazing prizes for finalists. Kata say,
We believe that in opening this channel to the general public greater advantage is actually for you the photographers out there who never get heard and whose ideas can help us make products that meet your actual real needs.”
It isn’t just the winning designer who will get to walk away with some great Canon products (and of course their unique bag design made) the second and third place designers will also win a 7D complete with lenses and accessories.
Kata will be putting all applicants through an extensive judging process using online voters, Kata representatives and a panel of independent judges to help find the perfect camera bag.
Entrants have until March 1st to submit their designs.
Rather than delivering a long spec list, he gives a quick appraisal of the pro-body and then begins to share his experiences,
I wanted to test the video mode first. The movie mode gives you complete creative control over ISO, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, etc., right out of the box. No kludge necessary. You put the camera into live view, focus, set your exposure/WB/ISO and you’re ready to shoot video.”
And he’s also aware however good the video is, seeing is believing, and has therefore posted a sample of the quality. It was shot in the dark using ISO 1600.
Referring to the video quality as ‘flat out, stand out superb’, the noiseless image at this setting has blown him away. His intention is to further test the ISO settings, but as things currently stand he feels that the lowlight performance will,
[…] satisfy anyone with expectations that were crafted in this universe.”
Scott’s reaction was much the same to the still tests he’s carried out, taking time to note the effectiveness of the new 45-point autofocus system. This in an important feature in a camera aimed at photographers who are going to put it through its paces capturing images of sport and wildlife. He feels the system is more than capable when it comes to coping with these demands.
Although only an initial mini-review, Scott’s overall opinion of the camera is high,
The images from this camera are fantastic. The video quality out of this world. The build quality super.”
To read the entire post and to catch his further endeavours with the Canon 1D MK IV head over to photofocus.
At a respectable 13 minutes long the video covers everything from setting up the date and time, to more complex photo adjustment settings, without leaving you tearing your hair out in despair.
Have a look and let us know if it helps you.
Do you use online videos for help with your cameras? If you’ve seen any good tutorials, or maybe even made one yourself, share them with us by leaving a comment and link below.
A quick post featuring a few photographs taken during the snowy weather that has been pounding the UK over the last few weeks. Taken on Canon cameras the superb images are the result of a quick trawl through Flickr. They’re from Benjamin Ellis, sickmouthy and Andy Bold – click on the pictures to go through to their Flickr profiles.
Good work, I’m sure you’d agree. If you’ve braved the winter wonderland armed with your Canon and taken a great shot why not leave a link to it in the comments below? We’d love to see it.
I must admit that when I received the Canon Powershot S90 for my trial, I was initially a little bit disappointed that it wasn’t, say the 1Ds MkIII, and kind of cursed myself for saying that I’d be happy to trial compacts as well. But funnily enough, within 5 minutes of playing with the S90 on Christmas Eve when I (quite fittingly!) received it, I did a complete 180 and was absolutely blown over.”
As an owner of a G11 Marianne was able to do quite a bit of ‘compare and contrast’, which was favourable to the S90. She was a big fan of the ‘two click-stopped direct control rings,
one of which is at the base of the lens and is SO very satisfying to use – from setting the aperture to any other functions you might want to assign to it.”
When it comes to her conclusion it is all about the joy of a compact with full manual control and RAW ability.
I just wanted to do a quick sign off post for 2009, saying thanks to everyone who’s been part of what we’ve done this year. Thanks!
We’ve been involved with quite a few events in recent weeks, and things aren’t slowing down! We can’t wait to hit the ground running in 2010 and hopefully get you guys on board with everything we’ve got planned. It’s going to be superb!
Tuesday evening saw CanonCameraBuzz host a round table discussion with Canon on their range of DSLRs.
We’d invited along a seven professional photographers all of who you can catch up with online, @meteorit, @BenjaminEllis, @chrisbrockphoto, @regularjen, @carlonicora, @mnoo and Kishor Krishnamoorthi. Present from Canon were new media consultant Lisa Freeman and product specialist Mark Burnhill who got the evening started by briefly chatting about Canon as a brand, before going into the specs of the DSLRs they’d brought along.
To finish the night off everyone headed out for food and to chat into the night, something that went down well, excuse the pun.
We’d like to say a big thanks to the guys who attended, including Lisa and Mike from Canon, it was great to meet you all and we hope that everyone found it valuable – we can’t wait until the next one!
If you’d like to be involved with what we do at CanonCameraBuzz get in touch. We’d love to hear from you, so just leave a comment below.
Photo credits to Kishor Krishnamoorthi and Marianne Taylor.
At the FredMiranda forums is a thread we were directed to via Twitter. It features the tale of a Canon DSLR Rebel XT that found its way into the hands of a skydive instructor who mounted it to his helmet (along with a video camera) and used it to shoot fellow skydivers in free fall. However, the ‘mounted to his helmet’ status of the Rebel changed dramatically…
The story is told by contributor Calin Leucuta,
“The mounting plate detached when he opened his chute and both cameras (photo and video) took a fall from approximately 3000 ft. Amazingly, the Rebel survived the fall and my friend is still using it to this very day. It has a crack in the plastic body and the kit lens is a little jerky when zooming, but functional. I’d like to know if there is a similar story or something close to this but I doubt. It might me a world record indeed (for the height of a camera drop which survived). Kudos to Canon!”
It is an amazing story. Although the camera did hit relatively mushy ground, the impact on landing is estimated to have been at about 100-110 mph. As you can see from the pictures it was clear it had suffered a trauma, but a fall from 3000 feet and to not be in tiny pieces, let alone still working?!
Fellow contributors have been amazed by the Rebel’s survival with AGeoJO suggesting,
“[…] report it to Canon, they may put that into the record book and if they induct that particular body to the “hall of fame” for what it went through.”
And of course there is also some humour to be found, such as this play on the old Timex slogan from docnlaw24,
The Can-Do Film Festival is the world’s first international web film festival and is running from January 1st 2010 to March 20th 2010. The competition is open to Canon shooters worldwide and sponsored by Vimeo, where all the submissions will hosted.
If you’re creative juices are already flowing then you’ll need to know the rules, all of which are on the site. Importantly the movie must be less than four minutes long and shot on the Canon HD DSLR EOS 1D Mk IV, EOS 5D Mk II or EOS 7D.
There are plenty of prizes up for grabs, with each winner of the 10 categories getting a Canon EF Lens of choice worth up to $1000. Those successful in Creative Inspiration and Technical Innovation will each receive a Canon EOS 5D Mk II HD DSLR with the competitions overall champion receiving a Canon EOS 1D Mk IV HD DSLR.
Goodies well worth winning, which means competition is going to be stiff, but if you think you’ve got what it takes all the details are here. Submissions for the Can-Do Film Festival must placed into one of 10 categories and these vary from music video to nature documentary, movie trailer to narrative. Whether an aspiring Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze or David Attenborough, you should be able to find a suitable category.
The event will be judged by a panel including producer at ILM Rick McCullen and Vimeo director of community Blake Whitman, with the results being announced mid April 2010. If you’re from the UK and thinking of getting involved we’d love to hear about you and your project, just drop us a comment below and we’ll be in touch.
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