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Nocturne on YouTube

Canon Rumors — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:53:52 +0000

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/

Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 VC Official

Canon Rumors — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:23:12 +0000

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

Canon Canada Repair Replaces XS with XSi

Canon Rumors — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:24:52 +0000

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!

USA Rebates

Canon Rumors — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:02:14 +0000

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

500D Unboxing

Canon Rumors — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:16:31 +0000

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

Cool Factor – Epson R-D1x Digital Rangefinder

Canon Rumors — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:00:44 +0000

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.

New PowerShots List – DPR

Canon Rumors — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:58:09 +0000

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]

New Sigma Lenses [CR3]

Canon Rumors — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:39:55 +0000

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]

Canon Patents a New Live View Autofocus System

admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:57:36 +0000

Looks good, not that I understand it.

From Engadget via Photography Bay: http://www.photographybay.com/…..

Where in the World is CR Guy? UPDATE

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:00:57 +0000

Now Stuck in London

Got out of Dublin after 6 hours of delay, which of course caused us to miss the connection flight to Toronto. So now I’m stuck here. There’s lots of snow coming down at the moment as well.

The charm of all this is wearing quite thin.

Best part, Air Canada has my luggage with our clothes and toothpaste. Awesome! I think we’re almost out of diapers too.

Ah well, it’s great to be alive and own Canon stuff. :)

Having a great time

Sorry there has been no updates, I’m on day 2 of being trapped in Dublin airport. Some terrible weather cancelled all the flights yesterday and there are tons of delays today.

I hope to be back in Canada tonight.

Thanks for reading.