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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Flying Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Canon 5D Mark II Aerial Drone - Autonomous GPS Position Hold from perspectiveAerials on Vimeo. Imagine if you could take a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera and have the ability to let it fly in the air. Then imagine that you could program it to hover and shoot pictures over any GPS coordinates that ...

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Canon 7D burns, but the SanDisk memory card survives

I'm sure all of you camera hounds are looking at this burned Canon EOS 7D and are feeling a sense of sadness. There is still more bad news. The MG convertible that this camera was in was also burned as well. The good news is that the SanDisk Extreme III card survived, ...

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II gets firmware update this month

For those who love the EOS 5D Mark II dSLR should love that it will be receiving a firmware update, hopefully this month. The 2.0.3 release is going to fix some problems, like fixing the frame rate to capture at 29.97 frames per second. Semimanual exposure modes will be available in movie mode, and ...

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Canon EOS Rebel T2i

Right now, the Canon EOS Rebel T2i could be "the new king of the cheap DSLRs", and with its terrfic features and $799 price tag (body-only price, $899 with an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 image stabilized kit lens), it isn't hard to see why. This 18-megapixel powerhouse has a 9-point autofocus, 63-zone dual-laying metering system, SDHC memory ...

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Canon EOS 7D to be Available in September for $1,899

Depending on your budget you will see this as good or bad news. Canon has officially unveiled its new DSLR camera, the EOS 7D and now we know it’s going to be available by the end of September. Unfortunately the price is not quite as affordable as some might have hoped for. The EOS 7D ...

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Canon EOS 7D Video Capabilities Revealed

While you’re waiting for the EOS 7D to be finally unveiled by Canon we’ll try to bring you all the hot details about it. Today we have some interesting facts about its video capabilities so if you love a DSLR camera that can record home videos then the EOS 7D might be just the thing ...

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Canon Released Firmware Update for EOS 50D

In case you weren't expecting this yet, then go get your Canon EOS 50D. Canon has released a firmware update for the DSLR camera. Version 1.0.3 of the software will fix some of the stuff you were complaining about. The firmware will correct a phenomenon in which an image becomes overexposed when C.Fn.II-3 Highlight tone priority ...

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