Tag: Canon

Canon adds two RF lenses and PIXMA PRO printer

November 3, 2020November 6, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, lenses, Pixma

Canon U.S.A. Inc. introduced the compact and lightweight RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM and the RF50mm F1.8 STM, two completely re-designed RF mount lenses, and the PIXMA PRO-200 printer. The Canon RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM lens is Canon’s shortest and lightest 70-200mm F4 zoom lens to date. the company says. This RF lens is approximately 32 percent shorter and... Read More

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Canon announces EOS M50 Mark II DSLR

October 14, 2020October 20, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, DSLR

Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the EOS M50 Mark II Interchangeable Lens Camera, the successor to the EOS M50. The Canon EOS M50 Mark II camera, featuring 24.1MP APS-C CMOS sensor, is scheduled to be available in Late November 2020 at an estimated retail price of $599.99 – body only, $699.99 for the camera body plus EF-M 15-45mm lens kit, and $929.99^... Read More

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Canon debuts compact telephoto monocular, The PowerShot ZOOM

October 14, 2020October 18, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, monocular

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

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Canon new Speedlite EL-1

October 14, 2020October 18, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon

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

People on the Move

Canon adds five photographers to Explorers of Light Program

October 1, 2020October 4, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, Explorers of Light7 Comments

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

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

September 24, 2020September 27, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, cinema

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

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Canon debuts IVY CLIQ+2 and IVY CLIQ2

September 16, 2020September 21, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, printers

Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced new IVY products: The IVY CLIQ+2 Instant Camera Printer + App and IVY CLIQ2 Instant Camera Printer. The new instant camera printer and app is equipped with an 8-megapixel camera and a selfie mirror surrounded by a glowing light ring of LEDs. The CLIQ+2 also connects to a compatible smartphone and the Canon Mini Print app. Packed... Read More

Updates

Canon releases production version of EOS webcam app for Windows

September 16, 2020September 17, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, EOS, webcam

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

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Canon debuts three PIXMA home printers

September 2, 2020September 4, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon

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

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Canon debuts Arizona 2300 series, imagePRESS presses

September 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon

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

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Canon loses consumer images on image.canon

August 8, 2020August 13, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, image.canon

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

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Camera hardware is still in crisis

July 27, 2020August 10, 2020 Gary Pageau action cameras, Canon, digital cameras, Nikon, Pentax, Sony1 Comment

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

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Canon announces the full-frame Canon EOS R5 and R6 mirrorless cameras, lenses, printer

July 9, 2020July 10, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, mirrorless

Canon U.S.A. Inc. announced a bevy of new full-frame mirrorless products, including the next-generation bodies, the EOS R5 and EOS R6. The EOS R5 is a camera designed for professional applications featuring a 45-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor and uncropped 8K video recording up to 29.97 fps. The EOS R6 is geared towards advanced amateurs featuring a 20.1-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor and 4K... Read More

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Headshot Booker, SpotMyPhotos launch 10,000 Headshots project

July 2, 2020July 3, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon, Headshot Booker, Lauren Lieberman, Ryan Jacobs, SpotMyPhotos, Tony Taafe

On July 22, more than 200 photographers will create 10,000 professional headshots for unemployed Americans as part of a multi-company campaign billed as “the largest, single-day initiative of its kind to help put America back to work.” Headshot Booker has teamed-up with retail real estate giant Brookfield Properties to create pop-up photo studios at 165 locations in all 50 states.... Read More

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Canon announces software to count crowd sizes in real time

June 1, 2020June 5, 2020 Gary Pageau Canon

Canon U.S.A. Inc. announced the Crowd People Counter, a video content analysis software that can quickly provide event management teams and law enforcement agencies the ability to gather crowd size data in real-time. The gathering and analysis of this data can help detect overcrowding and potentially prevent accidents at a variety of locations, including stadiums, airports, train stations, houses of... Read More