The camera and accessories will be shipping in October. B&H Canon EOS-M Digital Camera with EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Lens – Black EOS-M Digital Camera with EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Lens – White EF-M Lens Adapter Kit for Canon EF / EF-S Lenses EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Lens EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens Speedlite 90EX Flash for Canon EOS M Camera Amazon EOS-M with 22mm f2.0 EF-M 18-55
Canon’s ship is typically a leaky one so we’ve had full specs and photos of this camera for a few days now. Today though Canon officially launched their EOS-M mirrorless camera platform. Canon are last to the mirrorless market amongst the big players and on paper they have come out with an impressive package. Most noticeably, the camera is TINY. It is actually smaller than the Panasonic GF5 Mirco Fourthirds camera but critically it packs a full APS-C sized sensor and not a smaller M 4/3 one. An 18MP APS-C sensor no less. The camera will begin shipping with either …
Canon are finally making the jump into the mirrorless market and the first images of the first camera, expected to be officially launched on Sunday night, have leaked onto the internet via DigicameInfo and Canon Rumors. Details are relatively thin on the ground at the moment but what is clear is that this camera has a pretty big sensor (probably APS-C) and the camera itself is TINY. We’re talking the size of a G1 X here. It will also ship with a 22mm f2.0 lens which would be close to a 35mm equivalent if the sensor is indeed APS-C. What …
The Rokinon 14mm f2.8 is the same lens as the Samyang, Bower and Pro Optic 14mm f2.8 and is currently the cheapest way to get into the ultra-wide lens game for Canon and Nikon cameras. The kind folks at B&H Photo lent me this lens for a couple of weeks to make some evaluations and I’ll be discussing the Canon EF mount version here, though I expect all conclusions to hold true for the various other mounts that are also available. First Impressions I’ve made a quick video hereto show the lens in my hands. I think it’s a useful …
Here’s a little interesting piece of Canon news regarding the EOS-1D X. Canon has launched a series of videos guides which are designed to be played back on the camera. You can download the videos right HERE and then load them onto a memory card to keep out in the field with you or on a trip. The EOS-1D X shares a lot of the functionality of the EOS 5D Mark III and having used that camera for a few months now I can tell you that it is probably the first camera I’ve ever owned where I absolutely NEEDED …
Another M4/3 camera has joined the fray today from Panasonic. Those hoping to see some modicum of weather sealing to match the new Lumix X lenses will be disappointed though. So it remains then that if you shoot Panasonic you can only weather seal the lens and not the camera which is very odd. I guess they are saving that for a GH-3 which we might see at Photokina, in the mean time though everyone is going out and buying an Olympus O-MD E-M5 instead. The standout feature in this announcement for me though is the fact that it can …
My friends at Think Tank Photo have just announced that they are launching one of their popular Test Drive programs. This one is for their revolutionary Sling-O-Matic sling bags. With Think Tank Photo’s Sling-O-Matic™ line-up of bags you have the photo industry’s first sling bag that can be easily switched back and forth to either shoulder. The Sling-O-Matic’s adjustable, fully padded shoulder strap “automatically” slides along a set of rails to change which shoulder the bag can be worn on. You can try a Sling-O-Matic for free for 30 days! If you don’t want to keep it, ship it …
I’ll admit to being a bit of a Canon lens snob, it’s fairly obvious if you look down my gear list anyway. In my career I’ve only owned one non-Canon lens and that was a Sigma 15mm Fisheye. The Tamron lens caught my eye, and the eyes of many others because it is the first (and still only) 24-70 f2.8 lens to feature image stabilization or Vibration Compensation as Tamron call it. Canon’s original 24-70 did not include it, in fact that lens may even have pre-dated the invention of it, but many people assumed that it would feature in …
Olympus has posted the first firmware update for the highly acclaimed E-M5. Firmware changes – Improved sleep recovery operation. – AF target is indicated when using C-AF+TR while shooting sequential images using Sequential L setting. – Added function to automatically move focus to the following zoom positions when underwater macro mode or underwater wide mode is selected. (Only when M. ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-50 mm F3.5-6.3 EZ is attached) – Underwater wide mode: Wide setting – Underwater macro mode: Telephoto setting
B&H is reporting that all versions of the new and impressive looking Sigma 180mm f2.8 Macro lens will be in stock and shipping on July 27th. You can place a pre-order with them HERE.
Oh dear….. Nikon has started to do what Canon has been doing with these semi-announcements, or ‘development announcements’. In other words we are told that this lens is coming but other than the fact that it has an 800mm focal length, an f5.6 aperture and VR we have no further info. No idea on price or when it might be shipping and we’ll likely see a ‘proper’ announcement later in the year, most likely at Photokina where the lens will be on display. Canon have had an 800mm f5.6 for some time now and given that Canon has played catch …
Lexar has today announced plans to join Sony in producing XQD cards. Back at CES Lexar indicated to me that they didn’t have any interest in the new format but it seems that opinions have since changed. Probably because Sony’s new XQD cards surpass the theoretical maximum achievable by Compact Flash cards. At the moment the Nikon D4 is still the only camera to support the format but with Lexar jumping on board I’m sure we will see Sandisk follow by the end of the year and then every professional camera next year include support for the new format. Press …