Firmware update for EOS-1D X available Firmware Version 1.2.1 incorporates the following improvements and fixes EOS-1D C firmware update coming in April Canon develops feature upgrade for the world’s first 4K DSLR, the EOS-1D C Canon has announced the development of a new feature upgrade for the ground-breaking EOS-1D C. The upgrade has been developed …
Canon Inc 2012 Financial Results With a background of global economic slowdown due to Europe’s debt crisis and the continued appreciation of the Japanese Yen, Canon’s 2012 results include decreases in net sales and profits for 2012. Net sales for the full year fell from 3,557.4 billion Yen in 2011 to 3,479.8 billion Yen in …
The edge of the light A soft box is a really great light modifier for all kinds of portrait photography. However the soft box is like other modifiers in that the best and most interesting quality of the light, is frequently found at the edge of the light. Some time ago I saw Bjorn Thomassen …
The master flash still flashes even when set not to… When using the pop-up flash or another Speedlite flash as a master to control slave flashes off-camera it is necessary for the master to send control signals as pulses of light. The pulses come from the master flash’s main flash tube. The quote above was …
Cracking the Canon lens code Canon lenses have a series of letters and numbers as part of their model names that actually tells you plenty about their capabilities and characteristics. If you are just enjoying your first Canon EOS camera than it’s good to know how the lens names work, and importantly which lenses are …
Canon Image Square Canon Canada unveiled it’s new Image Square Experience Centre in Alberta Canada. Canon says the Image Square provides an innovative and dynamic environment that allows visitors to interact with consumer and office equipment products. Cameras and copiers then… 🙂 I think this is a positive step in getting customers to touch ‘n …
Innovate or die? For a company these days it’s essential to keep on creating new stuff, the pace of old stuff becoming obsolete is ever faster. This means that the creation of new technology and ideas is key to the survival of all big companies. You might be able to buy in an idea or …
I’ve gone wild with Photoshop… For a number of years I’ve found that my photos tended to be opened in Photoshop for only simple edits, a bit of sharpening, contrast, levels all applied globally. However I have also been building my skills with photoshop to enable me to turn photos from the camera in to …