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Comparing Canon’s MKII and MKIII Extenders

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In the Fall of 2010 Canon announced the introduction of new MKIII extenders to replace the previous MKII versions. Super Spectra coatings were introduced to help reduce ghosting and flare as well as fluorine coating to make water spots and finer prints easier to remove. I’ve always fond the MKII extenders to be extremely useful when used in the right circumstances so I was eager to try out the MKIII versions to see if there was an improvement. Physical differences Since the introduction of the 800mm f5.6, Canon changed their off-white color of their telephoto lenses. All the new MKII …

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RED To Begin Shipping Canon Epic Mounts On Sept. 9th

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Red announced today that the long awaited Canon mount for their EPIC cameras will begin shipping on September 9th to the first people who pre-ordered them. Further orders are being taken now for a price of $2000. The mount itself is machined out of solid titanium and features a safe locking ring to further solidify the connection between camera and lens. Right out of the gate it looks as though they have firmware programmed to work with a majority of Canon lenses, with more to be added very shortly (and some third party ones like Sigma). When a supported lens …

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Canon’s new 300mm and 400mm F2.8 L IS II lenses now shipping to dealers.

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Canon have announced today that the brand new Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II  and Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II are now shipping to dealers !  I expect these to be very popular, the 400mm in particular so if you’ve been waiting for one I’d urge yo to place an order pretty quickly!  Initial reports of the 400mm performance have been glowing, particularly with regards to the performance with the new MKIII extenders (incidentally I will be posting my review of these this coming Monday).  As I noted a few weeks back, the new cases for the 400mm lens …

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Canon’s Summer Instant Rebate Program !

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Canon has just launched it’s summer instant rebate program and you can pick up some awesome savings instantly on B&H Photo. No mailing in rebate slips, these discounts are applied immediately so you can take the saving right away.Included in the rebate program are some of my very favorite lenses ! Canon 100mm f2.8 L IS Macro Canon 70-300 f4-5.6 l IS

Canon 8-15 F4 L USM Fisheye Review

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The Canon EF 8-15 F4 L fisheye lens is one highly anticipated piece of glass ! First announced back in Autumn 2010 this is not a replacement of any existing lens, but an all new design with unique potential. Canon originally started with the 15mm f2.8 fisheye which was designed before the digital days. This lens provided a full 180 degree field of view on a full frame camera but users of 1.6 or 1.3 crop cameras were left with slightly less fishy look to their images. On the Nikon side of things, Nikkor released a beautiful 10.5mm fisheye for …

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Canon 5dMKII used for action sequences in Captain America movie.

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I just received this press release from Canon and I thought it was pretty interesting. It seems that we can now add Captain America : The First Avenger, to the list of Hollywood feature films to use the Canon 5dMKII in their production. The small size of the camera makes it ideal for POV shots and sequences like car chases. The 5dMKII is a few years old now but it seems that nobody has eclipsed it’s video performance yet. Full info after the break. Full release: LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 1, 2011 – Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging, …

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Will we see a Canon 1dMKV in the near future ? Getty photographer drops a clue….?

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Getty images sport’s photographers are amongst the best in the world and it’s a known fact that Canon and Nikon seek their opinions on various aspects of new products and often lend them new equipment for testing prior to the official launch. I follow a number of Getty’s top shooters on Twitter and an interesting conversation popped up today between a few of them. Richard Heathcote has been lent one of Canon’s new 400mm f2.8 MKII lenses to try out. Check out his photo of it below which reveals a new style hard case and new style of lens cap …

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Canon’s New 8-15mm F4 L Fisheye Hitting Stores Now

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The long awaited Fisheye zoom lens from Canon is finally finding it’s way onto store shelves this week in several places. I have written about this lens before and provided some of the first samples of it last month. I hope to have one in my hands within the next few days myself and I will be doing a thorough review at that time. This is a lens that will be fantastic for my line of work so it’s exciting to know it’s finally coming. Some stores do have long waiting lists for this one so if you fancy picking …

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Canon Increases Prices On Lenses That Aren’t Even Available Yet

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Somewhat disappointing to report today that Canon has indicated the recommended list prices of all these lenses are to be increased to the following new prices. All the lenses apart from the 800mm are not even out yet. The price of these new Canon super tele lenses is HUGELY increased over the price of the old MKI versions so they’d better be incredible pieces of glass! Whilst this probably indicates we are getting closer to a release date, I was told today that as of yesterday at least, Canon Canada still has absolutely no timeline for the Canon 8-15mm lens. …

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Canon EF 500mm f4 L IS Review

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You might be wandering why I’m going to talk about this lens when Canon has already announced it’s replacement, due to hit store shelves in December 2011. Whilst it’s true that the new EF 500mm f4 L IS II is 17% lighter than this version, the optical improvements will be fairly minor. It’s tough to improve on the quality of any of Canon’s super telephotos. The list price of the upcoming MKII 500mm is $10,000 but the current version is selling for “only” $6900. When version 2 hits the second hand market there is sure to be an explosion of …

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Canon Updates Release Date Info For New Lenses

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Canon has released information today on when they now expect the previously announced EF lenses to be released. Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM lens is scheduled to be available in late July 2011Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens is scheduled to be available in late August 2011Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens is scheduled to be available in late August 2011Canon EF 500mm F4L IS II USM lens is scheduled to be available in December 2011Canon EF 600mm F4L IS II USM lens is also scheduled to be available in December 2011 Full Press Release …

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Canon 8-15 f4 L Fisheye Image Samples

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If you aren’t familiar with this upcoming lens from Canon then check out my previous post with all the details. We still don’t know when this lens is going to become available and Canon is currently tight lipped about how badly production schedules are being affected by the situation in Japan. Last week though, the Canadian camera store Henry’s hosted a show in Toronto and the 8-15 f4 L was on show for all to see. What made it a little different this time is that people were allowed to use them and shoot photos of them to their own …

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