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Canon 500mm MKII and 600mm MKII Availability.

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Via The Digital Picture these lenses are now expected to be available in April.  Originally they were scheduled for “before the end of 2011” but things slipped.  I have my eye on picking up the 500mm myself so I’m really waiting for this one.  Hopefully I get to have a hands-on look at one during CES next week in Las Vegas.

Canon Cinema EOS Cine Lenses In Development

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Shortly after the launch of the Canon C300 I interviewed one of Canon’s technical staff about the camera.  At the time he mentioned to me that on top of the announced 3 EOS Cine prime lenses there were also two more in development.  One wider and one longer.  I now have a photo of these two prototype lenses, see below.  It’s rare that unannounced lenses are shown so I thought it well worth a mention.  No focal length is known at the moment, if I had to guess I would say 100mm or 135mm and 18mm? On top of these

Canon Launches Winter Rebate Program

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It’s just that time of year when everyone is trying to get you to buy something !  Canon have just launched their huge winter rebate program and you can make savings on this from now until January 7th! B&H have a dedicated page to help you get to grips will all the discounts.

Canon Delays Introduction Of New Telephoto Lenses

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Canon USA sent out a short press release a few days which confirms a delay in the introduction of the new 500mm F4 L IS II, the 600mm F5 L IS II and the 200-400 F4 L IS. For me this is personally disappointing as I have one of the 500s on order and was really looking forward to playing with it soon! No indication is given for the reason of the delay and no new time frame is given for these lenses which we have known about for a year or so now. Press Release LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. –

10 Things You May Not Know About The Canon EOS C300 & Future Of Cinema EOS

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I did a post similar to this on the recently announced EOS 1DX which people seemed to enjoy so here we are again with another one.  This time I was able to have a short conversation with Erik Allin from Canon today , who works out of their Hollywood branch and was a technical specialist in the research of the C300.  The chat turned up a couple of new interesting pieces of information that I’ve added here. 1 – EF Cine Primes – 3 announced, 2 more in the pipeline Whilst the two zoom lenses are identical to the PL

Canon Announces Development of 4k Video DSLR

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HOLLYWOOD, California, November 3, 2011/TOKYO, November 4, 2011 – Canon Inc. today announced that the company is developing a new-concept EOS-series digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. Incorporating an enhanced version of the video-capture capability offered in the current EOS-series lineup, the new camera will be ideally suited for cinematographic and other digital high-resolution production applications. The model will be equipped with a 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor and, enabling the recording of 4K video (at a frame rate of 24P, with Motion-JPEG compression), will make possible the type of exceptional image quality and sublime imaging expression to be expected from the next generation of “EOS Movies.”

The announcement coincides with the launch of the Cinema EOS System, marking Canon’s full-fledged entry into the digital high-resolution production industry. The new professional digital cinematography system spans the lens, digital cinema camera and digital SLR camera product categories.

Further details regarding the new EOS digital SLR camera currently under development, including the product name, specifications and scheduled launch date, have yet to be decided.

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Canon Launches New Range Of EOS Cine Lenses With EF Mount

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Alongside the launch of the new EOS C 300 video camera, Canon have also addressed peoples concerns with using regular EF lenses on these cameras for shooting video professionally.  EF lenses were not designed with manual focus in mind and they can prove tricky to use when critical focus is necessary.

Those problems have now been addressed though with this new lineup which features a true cine style of long focus throw and detailed lens markings with distances as well as a manual aperture. All resolve to 4K:

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Canon Launches The EOS C300 – Super35 Digital Video Camera

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Ever since the somewhat accidental success of the Canon 5dMKII in the film making industry we’ve been waiting for Canon to incorporate their large sensor video capabilities into a camera that was designed from the ground up with this purpose in mind.  Many video capable DSLRs have come and gone since the 5dMKII launch but almost without exception they still had the same drawbacks of it’s predecessor when it came to more professional production.  Highly compressed footage, no XLR inputs for pro audio gear and no HD-SDI for pro monitoring gear.  In the mean time Canon’s competitors have released cameras

Canon’s New Autumn Rebate Program

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Canon have launched their new October/November rebate program.  Head on over to B&H Photo or Amazon to grab something shiny and new for the winter !    

Canon EOS-1D X Tech Note: No AF with f8 Lenses

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I wanted make a brief post to mention this information that was pointed out to me by my friend Colby Brown.  It used to be the case that only Canon 1-series cameras could focus with lenses with a minimum aperture of f8.  It was a feature that set them apart and above the rest of the lineup, albeit only the center AF point worked.  Now Canon doesn’t manufacture any lenses that have such a small minimum aperture natively but there are plenty of ways to get there by using extenders. The newly announced Canon EOS-1D X (their new flagship!) DOES

10 Awesome Things About The Canon EOS-1D X You Might Not Know

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Ok the dust is settling now on the launch of Canon’s amazing new 1D X camera.  But in the melee of information flying around out there I have picked out 10 interesting and amazing features you might have missed.  If you didn’t catch the full launch preview make sure to check that out right HERE 1. Silent Control function The quick control dial on the back of the camera has a capacitive touch system built into it called Silent Control function.  That means you do not actually need to rotate the dial on the back if you don’t want to,

Canon Launches Stunning New EOS-1D X

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The long awaited successor to the EOS-1D Mark IV.  As predicted by many, the new EOS-1DX brings with it a full frame sensor, something which many pros have been asking for and something which Nikon have had for some time in the D3 and D3s.  It had been rumored that the camera would be an amalgamation of the 1D and 1Ds lines.  We can now confirm that the EOS-1Ds Mark III is discontinued.  I guess we might be seeing the EOS 5D MarkIII taking over the reigns more officially as the large megapixel camera in the lineup (when it gets