Archive for the 'Canon' Category

Canon HF M40 Camcorder Review–High Powered Wonder

Today we carry on with our look at camcorders featuring the Canon HF M40, a camcorder that's got loads of bells and whistles and a price tag to match. Will it be worth it for you? Sure, if you find yourself needing a whole lot of capability. The Canon HF M40 camcorder offers sixteen gigs of ...

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How Canon DLSRs work

Canon has released an awesome video explaining just how a Canon camera works, from the lens, to the sensor, and to the digital image processor, which takes the raw data from the image sensor and turns them into images we know. While the video has an old school, infomercial feel to it, it still offers ...

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Canon puts up special editions of the T3 up for auction for Japan

Some of you might remember when we reported on Canon's T3 before, and the colors that you see in the photo here are not available to the average consumer. Unless the average consumer wants to put up a bid for an auction. These particular T3 cameras are going to be up for auction, ...

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Canon Releases EOS 60D Firmware 1.09

Canon has just come forth today to announce that a new firmware update is available for their EOS 60D DSLR which will bring the camera's software up to version 1.09. Included in this new firmware update are a few new features and bug fixes that is sure to make using the EOS 60D a more ...

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How an 8mm film turned digital took two years

The Projector - 8mm Direct to 5Dmk2 from James Miller on Vimeo. What you are seeing here is how James Miller turned an old 8mm film into digital. Miller essentially used a maks to a Canon 5DMK2 and ran the film one frame at a time past the sensor, then he synced the frames with ...

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Canon patents a 42X zoom lens

Ultra zoom lenses are somewhat of a caveat: great zoom function, but image quality usually suffers, unless they're expensive Nikkor or Canon glass. Canon has just applied for a new patent which covers a zoom lens with an impressive zoom ratio of 42X. The focal length goes from 4.36mm all the way to 180mm, with ...

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Nikon and Canon shut down plants in Japan

Due to the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which has left thousands dead, even more missing, and doing hundreds of billions in property damage, camera makers Nikon and Canon have shut down their DSLR camera and lens plants, Canon shutting down the plan in Utsunomiya, where over a dozen workers were injured, and Nikon ...

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Canon Vixia HF S20 Camcorder Review–Worth The Massive Price Tag

Brace yourselves, folks, because I've got another exciting camcorder for you today, even if the price tag will make your eyes pop when you get a look at it. Today we're talking about the Canon Vixia HF S20 camcorder, and it's about as impressive as its price tag implies. The Canon Vixia HF S20 offers 10x ...

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Associated Press: Canon 5D Mark II is “game changing”

Associated Press VP Kevin Roach talks here about the Canon 5D mark II, and what happened when they equipped their journalists with some of the cameras. Roach calls it "game changing" and specifically points out the great video quality of the 5D, which we have no doubt of. Canon is rumored to be working on ...

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USB Follow Focus: For Canon EOS, from Okii Systems

For those that own a Canon EOS DSLR, you might be interested in this USB -based follow focus dial from Okii Systems. This particular device does not have to be strapped to the camera into a large mechanical rig, and the aluminum dial also has a set of buttons which allow the user ...

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