Canon President Resigns Following Slow Growth

It doesn't seem to be a good time for any company dealing exclusively with cameras due to the emergence of high powered cameras included within smartphones. We've already seen Kodak file for bankruptcy protection and it seems that Canon may be in trouble as well. Earnings reports were recently released for the company and it ...

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware Update Version 2.1.1 Posted

Owners of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II will be happy to hear that the company has released a brand new firmware update for the camera boosting its software to version 2.1.1. Nothing ground breaking is to be featured in this update which isn't much of a surprise but it will provide a bug fix ...

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Canon PIXMA Printers Getting AirPrint Capabilities

Despite the fact that they don't currently have any standalone camera on the market, Apple has become a household name for aspiring photographers everywhere. Not only do they feature software that helps photographers complete tasks more effectively but they also have several mobile devices that help showcase photographs better than ever before. But, what if you ...

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Canon IXUS 230 HS Compact Digital Camera

Canon has come forth today to announce their latest compact digital camera dubbed the IXUS 230 HS. This camera features a 2.1 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor coupled with a 3-inch LCD display. Other features include a lens capable of 8x zoom, wide-angle imagery and "Intelligent" image stabalization software. Of course, in this day and age ...

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Cross section of a Canon 1Ds and 400mm lens

We love when high end, expensive gadgets and gear, including cameras, are taken apart so we can see all the intricate bits and pieces inside and how they work, and the best way to show that is to have a perfect, clean cross section of the apparatus. Take a look at the above Canon 1Ds ...

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Canon PowerShot A520 and all its parts

Anyone can take apart a camera, or rather, anyone can try and take apart the camera -- putting it back together is a whole other ball park. In order to do so, you need to know where exactly all your parts are and how they go together. Photographer Kelly Hofer took apart his Canon PowerShot ...

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Canon FS400 Camcorder Review–Reasonably Priced Quality

We close out a week of looking at camcorders with a pretty big name in the camcorder--indeed, the camera industry--and check out the Canon FS400. Will this one hold up to Canon's long-time standard for high quality shooting? The Canon FS400 offers up a 37x optical zoom (with supplementary 2000x digital zoom), a 2.7 inch LCD ...

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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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