Canon Rumors

Nocturne on YouTube

Vincent Laforet’s forbidden short!
You can check out the latest short film piece by Vincent Laforet from a Canon camera. This is the 1D Mark IV in action.

Yes, if you have this camera this is what your films will look like. (update: this sentence was a bit of sarcasm folks)

Vincent Laforet: http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/

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Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 VC Official

A very good lens gets an update
Tamron has announced a revised version of its popular 17-50mm F2.8 fast standard zoom for APS-C/DX SLRs, which now incorporates optical image stabilization (or as the company calls it, Vibration Compensation). The SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] offers a useful wide angle to short telephoto range of 26-78mm (35mm equivalent) in a compact design scarcely larger than its unstabilized predecessor. The 19 element / 14 group optical design employs a host of special elements to minimize aberrations, and features a minimum focusing distance of 0.29m over the entire zoom range, with a maximum magnification of 0.21x. It will be available in Nikon mount (with a built-in focusing motor) from mid-September, with a Canon version to follow.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0909/09090107tamron17mm50mm.asp#press

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Canon Canada Repair Replaces XS with XSi

Free Upgrade!

"Good-bye cruel world"

Canon Canada repair depot has replaced a broken XS with an XSi at no charge. The XS had a broken Main PCB assy(CG2-2259-000) and it was backordered for a month or so. Canon Canada sent a new XSi as a replacement.

This is probably a very good sign production of the XS has ceased and there’s probably low stock everywhere.

2000D/T1 excitement builds!

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USA Rebates

A bit more info

Spend the savings on your significant other.

It appears the 70-200 f/2.8L will have a $200 rebate and there will be an $80 rebate on the 24-70. I’m sure other “L” glass will be included as well. I haven’t seen the 100-400 or 35L on a rebate program in a while (in Canada), it’ll be interesting to see if it shows up now.

I would expect to see a “buy more, save more” type of rebate program in Canada as well. The current rebate scheme is pretty lame.

I have no information about rebate programs in Europe. I rarely hear about those before they happen. Feel free to let me know if you work in retail.

thanks steven

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500D Unboxing

Camera found inside cardboard box

T1i Goodness

A very exciting moment for some, the first unboxing of a 500D in the wild!

View the slideshow: http://www.1854.eu/2009/04/canon_500d_the_unboxing.html

thanks wallbanger

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Cool Factor – Epson R-D1x Digital Rangefinder

I just think it’s cool
Epson has “upgraded” their hot selling Leica mount digital rangefinder.

It comes with an ancient 6mp APS-C CCD, they’ve added the handgrip and a 2.5″ LCD.

Very cool and something I wish Canon or Nikon would make.

Read More: http://translate.google.com/translate………..

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New PowerShots List – DPR

Looks Believable
The following is a list of the new PowerShots that will be shown at PMA 2009.

A480
A1100 IS
A2100 IS

SD780 IS
SD960 IS
SD1200 IS

SX1 IS
SX200 IS

The writer of the post says the SX1 is coming to North America.

This would be believable if the A1100 and A2100 brought manual control back to the line.

SX200? Perhaps HD Video added to the SX110. CMOS? I’d also like to see any upgrade with a flash you don’t have to manually pop.

From [DPR]

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New Sigma Lenses [CR3]

If there’s an F mount, expect an EF mount.
Apparently we can expect new lenses to be announced by Sigma.

• 10-20 f/2.8
• 70-300 OS
• 70-200 f/2.8 OS

All three lenses make a lot of sense for Sigma. Canon…. a new 10-22? :)

From [NR]

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