I’ve never talked this much in my life.
I sat down briefly with James Beltz at PhotoTips.biz and talked a bit about the EOS-1D X. I learned some stuff from him about the camera and tried to sound all technical and stuff. I’l like to discuss the camera again once I’ve actually used one.
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Winner!
Jessie has won the Canon Lens Mug with his suggestions about the next features needed for the EOS line.
Congratulations and enjoy the mug.
If you didn’t win, you can still buy one from Photojojo, they’re reasonably priced and have a lot of other cool gizmos.
The winning list, it’s a long one!
Feature 1: Shutter correction. Let’s face the facts, when you take a picture, you’ve already missed the shot. Shutter correction adds a random timer to trigger the shutter 5-200 seconds later, ensuring your mistake can still turn into the perfect shot.
Feature 2: Auto pan. Henceforth, when shooting in “Program Auto” mode, DSLR’s will also make framing, panning and tilting decisions FOR you! No need for critical thinking. After all, technology will always be more intelligent than the artist.
Feature 3: HSL randomizer. Who said a good picture or video needs to reflect accurate hue, saturation and lightness? With HSL randomizer, your DSLR will pick random numbers for each control, so you’ll be left saying, “Wow, that’s definitely not what this looks like in real life! Oh, well!”
Feature 4: Melt-free. Ever really wanted a brilliant shot inside a volcano? With the soon-to-be-released “melt free” coating technology, the possibilities have become realities. Simply throw your new DSLR into the depths! Coupled with auto-retreival, your DSLR will self-levitate and return to you when it’s done snapping away!
Feature 5: Image replace. Sometimes the picture you take just doesn’t look quite right. Image replace scours the web to find a better image than the shot you just took, downloads it, and overwrites it on your camera’s 50TB thumbdrive for your convenience.
Feature 6: Happy sounds. Not happy with your shot? Encouraging voices and applause sound effects are now built in, so get ready to laugh and smile, you wonderful shooter, you!
Feature 7: Variable sensor size. Now, control depth of field without having to play with those annoying aperture wheels.
Feature 8: Auto delete. Did you forget to delete a shot you took earlier? Auto delete will delete shots FOR you. Plus, auto format wipes your data based on intelligent algorithms, so you can stay out of your menus and save valuable time.
Feature 9: Push-to-Facebook. Social networking has evolved, and now, camera technology has caught up. Every shot you take is now auto-posted directly to Facebook, thanks to our partnership with Verizon Wireless’ 8G Network.
Feature 10: Gum dispenser.
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Free Lens Mug!
The folks at Photojojo has sent Canon Rumors a 70-200 f/4L IS mug to give away.
How do I win?
It’s simple, Photojojo is fun bunch of people, so something fun in return is in order.
Post in the forum which fun, unique, crazy, wacky feature should become a reality in future Canon DSLRs. Post pictures, sketches, words, whatever.
I’ll select the winner on Friday.
Visit Photojojo for more fun photo products
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Winner!
“Guru” has won the Holga giveaway.
Holga is also giving a discount to every other Canon Rumors reader if you order from their store by August 12, 2011. Check the forum post for the coupon code and information.
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“Creative lab” Party has released a music video for the band androp that required the use of 250 Canon 60Ds wired together. The effect is a wild and creative strobe show.
I wish they had clicked my “buy a 60D here” link.
Inspired by the song’s lyrics, “not to make it a memory,” Party created the video using 250 Canon still cameras; their flashes were controlled via a potent DIY cocktail of arduino, openFrameworks, and Flash. The effect is a “light animation” produced with no CGI at all.
Source: Fastcompany
Thanks Raed
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I hear Canon won.
A couple of gents at LensRentals.com got bored during their move to new digs and decided to play some chess!
Canon won the game with a Fischer like performance.
I know what you’re thinking. Can you rent this chess set? The answer is yes!
For $7654.75 you can rent this chess for a 4 days, this will include the damage insurance for when you knock your king over after a terrible loss.
What about buying it? Sure can! $151,202.17 you can buy the pieces necessary to do this at home. As LensRentals.com mentions, buy now before the new Canon supertelephotos hit the market. The price will skyrocket. To entice you even more, they’ll throw in a free t-shirt!
Read More: Blog Post | Rental Post
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New Sunday Feature
Every Sunday I am going to post the craziest “rumor” I’m sent from the previous week for your enjoyment.
I will say about crazy rumors, there was one rumor I was told about that I dismissed. I thought it was loony, and that was the 8-15 f/4L. I was never told fisheye and didn’t think fisheye.
Spec List!
The person writing in stressed this wasn’t the 5D Mark III and to expect an announcement in the next few weeks.
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Help me decide
So I bought 2 Canon 70-200 f/4L IS lens mugs off my favorite buy & sell forum.
I gave one to a great friend and my partner at Lens Rentals Canada, so there’s one up for grabs.
When I told my fiancee (28 days until the day) that I had another to give away on Canon Rumors, she lashed out in a tirade about how she deserved the mug more than all of you. She then muttered something about Nikon.
So, we’ll let the poll decide. I will say, whenever I see some for sale, I will buy them to give away.
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A Canon Concept
This is a concept camera from Canon. The idea behind it is one camera, one lens, do everything. It could go from Macro all the way to 500mm and still be fast.
Canon displayed this concept at EXPO 2010.
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I liked it
This is a review of the world famous lens mug from Canon Canada!
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-70-200mm-f-4.0-L-USM-Lens-Mug-Review.aspx
thanks Jeremy
