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Canon commemorates production of 150 million interchangeable RF and EF lenses News 

Canon commemorates production of 150 million interchangeable RF and EF lenses

GaryPageau
Canon Inc. reached a new lens-manufacturing milestone with the production in January 2021, of the company’s 150-millionth RF and EF series interchangeable lens for EOS cameras: an RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM telephoto zoom lens. Production of interchangeable EF lenses for Canon EOS-series AF single-lens reflex film cameras began in 1987 at the company’s Utsunomiya Plant. Over the years, EF... Read More
Lensrentals shares gear rental trends Marketing 

Lensrentals shares gear rental trends

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LensRentals published its annual review of camera body and lens rentals for the year. Despite the global pandemic that brought much of the industry to a halt, the company was still able to rent thousands of pieces of gear. As customary, Canon dominated the new release chart in 2020, with RF mounts being rented 8 times that of rentals of Nikon... Read More
Canon Production Printing launches online large-format graphics community News 

Canon Production Printing launches online large-format graphics community

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Canon Solutions America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., announced Canon Production Printing, a Canon affiliate located in Venlo, Netherlands, has launched a new online community, graphiPLAZA. Free to access for customers, partners and employees, graphiPLAZA offers a network of expertise designed to help Canon’s channel partners improve their business practices, the company says. graphiPLAZA helps users stay... Read More
Canon debuts compact telephoto monocular, The PowerShot ZOOM New Products 

Canon debuts compact telephoto monocular, The PowerShot ZOOM

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. launched the PowerShot ZOOM, the company’s first telephoto monocular. The lightweight telephoto monocular sports 100mm, 400mm, and 800mm telephoto viewing capability with a one-touch switch, and is equipped with an instant zoom capability to help users view distant subjects. Additionally, the monocular can capture images and videos to a micro SD card. Available in white, the Canon... Read More
Canon new Speedlite EL-1 New Products 

Canon new Speedlite EL-1

GaryPageau
Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the Speedlite EL-1 with a new rechargeable Li-ion battery and redesigned user-friendly interface. The Canon Speedlite EL-1, including two-color filters and a bounce adapter, is scheduled to be available for in-store purchase in February 2021 at an estimated retail price of $1,099.00. The Canon Speedlite EL-1’s newest features include: A rechargeable Li-ion Battery Pack providing high speed recycle... Read More
Canon adds five photographers to Explorers of Light Program People on the Move 

Canon adds five photographers to Explorers of Light Program

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. added five photographers to its Explorers of Light (EOL) program. Lara Jade, Lynsey Weatherspoon, Kahran & Regis Bethencourt (CreativeSoul), and Atiba Jefferson will join 33 other photographers in the program. Each photographer brings their own refreshing blend of art and creativity by capturing life and culture from perspectives that are uniquely their own. “We are pleased and proud to welcome these... Read More
Canon debuts Canon EOS C70 4K cinema camera with DSLR ergonomics News 

Canon debuts Canon EOS C70 4K cinema camera with DSLR ergonomics

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the company’s first-ever RF mount Cinema EOS camera, the EOS C70 4K Digital Cinema Camera. The EOS C70 camera weighs only 2.6lbs., allows the camera to be easily handheld and dramatically enhances a videographer’s mobility, providing a seamless bridge between the EOS and Cinema EOS families for cinematic applications, the company said.  The camera features a... Read More
Canon releases production version of EOS webcam app for Windows Updates 

Canon releases production version of EOS webcam app for Windows

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Canon USA Inc. released the production of its EOS Webcam Utility software. Now Canon users can officially make a $2,000 camera rig behave like a $79 webcam. The beta version was downloaded more than 700,000 times since April, the company said. The company also revealed a macOS version is in development. A total of 42 Canon EOS and PowerShot cameras,... Read More
Canon debuts three PIXMA home printers New Products 

Canon debuts three PIXMA home printers

GaryPageau
Canon U.S.A. Inc. announced three new PIXMA printers: the PIXMA TR8620 Wireless Home Office All-in-One Printer, PIXMA TR7020 Wireless All-in-One Printer and the PIXMA TS6420 Wireless All-in-One Printer. “In 2020, we have seen the at-home and small business needs of our customers continue to evolve rapidly and Canon is proudly invested in striving to make sure the wants and needs of... Read More
Canon debuts Arizona 2300 series, imagePRESS presses New Products 

Canon debuts Arizona 2300 series, imagePRESS presses

GaryPageau
Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the new Arizona 2300 Series UV curable flatbed printers for the wide-format print market. This series is designed to help customers speed up production, improve operational efficiencies and fuel growth opportunities through its new applications. Featuring a stationary flatbed table structure, this series is built around the new Arizona FLOW technology, a unique vacuum technique supporting a zone-less,... Read More
Canon loses consumer images on image.canon News 

Canon loses consumer images on image.canon

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Some users of Canon’s image.canon.com permanently lost an unspecified number of images due to a technical issues (shown above). “Currently, the still image thumbnails of these lost image files can be viewed but not downloaded or transferred. If a user tries to download or transfer a still image thumbnail file, an error may be received.” ZDNET reports the outage may have... Read More
Camera hardware is still in crisis News Opinion 

Camera hardware is still in crisis

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One of the most popular opinion articles on this site is from January 2018, where we discussed “Hardware in Crisis: Can Cameras Companies Compete.” We also followed up with “Six ways digital cameras should be competing with smartphones“, which mentioned ways digital cameras are superior to smartphones, including battery life, but added digital cameras still trail smartphones in key customer-loving... Read More