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I can’t believe I’m seeing so few cons for a Canon camera at DPReview. They loved it! They really loved it!
Read it: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0911/…….
G11 Review Delayed
I wanted to rewrite a bunch of it and do some large prints. It’ll be up before the weekend ends.
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Fixed!
Firmware Version 1.1.0 incorporates the following fixes.
Feel free to spray and pray on those birds now!
Download: http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos7d/firmware.html
I chuckled a little at the “barely noticeable”.
Thanks Rob
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Not much happening
I’m still here, just waiting for some news.
EF 100 f/2.8L IS Macro Review
Conclusion
“Canon’s really raised the bar with this lens: exceptionally sharp, even wide open at f/2.8, with strong results for resistance to chromatic aberration and distortion. Corner shading can be a tad high at f/2.8 when used on a full-frame body, but for macro work, I imagine most people will be using this lens in the stopped-down range to get as much depth-of-field as possible. The addition of image stabilization is overdue, but will nonetheless be welcomed by photographers who don’t want to be weighed down by tripods.”
From SLRGear: http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/1291/cat/10
thanks Nick C
G11 Review
I will have a G11 review up tomorrow night. Same sort of review as the 7D. I think people care most about the high ISO performance, so I’ll be focusing on that.
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Eureka!
I am told that there is a high end filter company working on a solution to the issue of filtering protruding front elements on select lenses. The 2 lenses in most need of filters are Nikon’s 14-24 and Canon’s 17mm TS-E. The solution should be available sometime in 2010.
It sounds easy enough to do, but the issue is flare, cost and most importantly; ease of use.
The source couldn’t say which company at the moment, but it’s coming soon.
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Direct quotes of lens info I’ve received
“Talked to the Canon EOS Rep today- was buying a 7D. He said, “By the way, our current stock of 70-200 F/2.8 IS USM are being sold at an extra special price of USD1450. I can’t tell you why, and you didn’t hear it from me, but I can get you a special price for it”. When subtly probed on a new lens, he gave the very cryptic “I can’t talk about any of that… all I can do is tell you that if you want the cheap 2.8, its now.”
24-70, 70-200 & 100-400 (eternal rumors I’m afraid)
“The Canon 70-200 2.8 II will see the light of day this side of the year for announcement. Improved optics at 2.8 and new 5 stop IS. It was suppose to be announced with the 1D Mark IV but was delayed slightly. I don’t deal with pricing at all but expect it to be 30% more expensive than the current model.
In 2010 look out for the Canon 24-70 II with IS, announcement due with 1Ds IV. The 100-400 is scheduled for renewal sometime in early 2010.”
14-24 Patent?
From an FM thread and Northlight.
Patent Here: http://www.google.com/patents?id=lbTIAAAAEBAJ
CR’s Take
I really hope this lens isn’t true. Yes, Canon needs a kick butt ultra wide angle. The 17-40 is worth what it costs, the 16-35 is a relative disappointment beside the Nikkor 14-24. What I don’t like, and a few of my photographer friends also don’t like is that you can’t filter a 14mm lens (yes, there may be some do it yourself solution). What I’d like to see is a 16-24 f/2.8 lens with the performance of the Nikkor 14-24. I want to use polarizers, grad filters, ND filters and all that.
I’m not sure if I’m in the minority in regards to filters.
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Coming?
Received a few emails over the last day or two that Canon would be announcing a new lens or two at the end of November. One lens will surely be the 70-200 f/2.8L IS II.
I called Canon Canada who is out of stock on them and they have no ETA.
I’m looking into info from Canon USA.
This is a CR1 rumor for the moment. We’ve never been super successful in getting lenses right, but we’re getting better after the 7D launch.
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From Planet5D
“Shane Hurlbut has a new video posted on his website with a little contest going on behind it, you’ve got to discover which parts of the video were done with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and which were done with a Sony 950 and an Arri 235 (yes, a film camera!).
I’ve seen plenty of comments/blogs/forums where someone is saying it is difficult to combine the different formats or the Canon EOS 5D Mark II isn’t made to do big screen movies etc. Well folks, Shane is just doing it. You should see the excitement he showed at the Collision Conference 2 months ago during his keynote presentation (actually, I think we might be able to share some of that – keep watching this space).
He is just so excited about the new options he and his team have to produce beautiful moving images. Read more about Shane and what his team are doing over on Shane’s blog!”
See Planet5D: http://blog.planet5d.com/2009/10/…….
I did very poorly at this.
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…. about $45mil less than Canon Rumors
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — Canon Inc. may report an operating profit of approximately 60 billion yen ($657 million) in the quarter ended in September, a 30 percent increase from the previous quarter, Nikkei English News reported, without saying where it obtained the information.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.iGc4LSubn4
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