Canon 600mm f/4 DO on the Way

December 3, 2016October 5, 2016 by Dan Carr

Image: pophoto I don’t often post about rumours on my blog, but I’m too excited about this to let it pass, and it’s also not that much of a rumour since since Canon have already shown a working prototype of this lens… the EF 600mm f/4 DO IS. Canon have been working on diffractive optic technology for about 20 years, and it initially received a lukewarm reception when the first lenses were launched. The technology allows a lens to be physically much smaller and lighter than a regular lens, but it used to come at the slight cost of some …

New Canon 500m and 600mm lenses officially announced.

December 1, 2016February 6, 2011 by Dan Carr

These lenses were previewed back at Photokina but they are finally ready for prime time.

Gear of the Year 2017

March 6, 2023January 3, 2018 by Dan Carr

For the last few years I’ve written an end of year post summing up my favourite and most used photo gear of the past 12 months. I don’t sit down to write this with a specific number of items in mind so we’ll just have to see what springs to mind as I keep typing. Canon 11-24mm f/4 L I’ve had an interesting journey with the Canon 11-24mm f/4 L, and previously written about why it was the lens I wasn’t sure I could love. This year I made more effort to carry around its significant bulk, and I was