Canon responds to “light leak” issue Canon’s website says: Canon’s web announcement For me personally it means my two week old camera needs to go in to service for repair Firmware update v1.1.2 for EOS 5D Mark III To add to the woes of the EOS 5D Mark III there were a few bugs in …
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Speedlites arrived – first thoughts My new Speedlite 600EX-RTs and ST-E3-RT arrived just over twenty four hours ago, rather fortuitous as I need to be demonstrating them at some upcoming events soon. First impressions, the radio is easy to set-up, I didn’t need to read the manual and was able to get the two 600EX’s …
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Canon scores six TIPA 2012 awards In the annual awards from the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) Canon has picked up awards for the EOS-1D X, EOS 5D Mark III, PowerShot G1 X, EF 8-15mm f/4L USM Fisheye, EOS C300 and the PIXMA MG8250. TIPA is comprised of 29 member magazines from nine European countries …
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Very pleased to say my EOS 5D Mark III is now in my hands Even more fun is coming real soon because there are also some Speedlite 600EX-RTs and an ST-E3 on the way too… Fortunately I don’t own a cat so I won’t be testing it by taking cat pictures, but instead it will …
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EOS-1D C – the EOS camera that captures 4K movies Canon announced the introduction of the new EOS-1D C, a digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera targeting the motion picture, television and high-resolution production industries. Delivering outstanding video quality, advanced low light performance and film-like dynamic range, the compact and lightweight EOS-1D C supports in-camera 4K …
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EOS Utility 2.11.0.1 I’ve just been looking over the new version of EOS Solution Disk for the EOS 5D Mark III and found a couple of small changes in EOS Utility. From a quick look I’ve seen some of the preferences have received a little update. Date / Time options for filenames and folders This …
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Fill-in flash depends on the camera exposure mode Fill-in flash is often used to reduce the contrast that occurs in photos that have a bright backlight, these typically leave your subject with a dark face as it’s in shadow. Adding a pop of flash will lower the contrast range and light the face. Canon E-TTL …
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Canon launches specialist EOS 60Da for astrophotography The EOS 60Da is the company’s second specialist astrophotography model, many years ago Canon they produced the EOS 20Da with a specially modified low-pass filter and an early implementation of live view mode. According to Canon… EOS 60Da supplied with essential accessories for astrophotography The EOS 60Da includes …
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I was pleasantly surprised to see USA based photographer Syl Arena with samples of the new Speedlites before the launch, especially when the flashes were sent by Canon Europe. However Canon Professional Network (CPN) have done a really good thing to make sure that Syl was one of the first to get hands on with the …
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I’ve just got the go ahead from a Canon spokesperson called April to to mention that there’s a new version of firmware coming for the EOS 5D Mark III that will enable a new 40MP resolution mode. Firmware v1.04 enables 40MP mode Once the new firmware is installed there’s a very special procedure to follow …
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