Canon recently opened its new technology and support center in Burbank, California. Select media outlets were invited to take a peak and DPReview was one of them.

From DPReview:

According to Elliot Peck, Canon Imaging and Technologies’ Executive Vice President, the project to build this new center started about a year ago when Canon realized that it was effectively out of space at its old Hollywood location. Canon designed a completely new facility from the ground up and took the opportunity to move to Burbank, at the heart of the filmmaking industry.

Part of the service facility is the lens room, where technicians can test and verify lens performance after repair. The room might be better described as a very wide hallway, stretching about 65 ft. (20m) in length. The extra distance allows technicians to mount lenses up to 600mm on a master body to check for optical alignment and resolution, meaning that all but a couple very specialized Canon lenses can be tested here. Take the full tour at DPReview

I’ve visited Canon’s Hollywood support center and came away impressed, but this new facility looks even better.

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Canon has released updated version of DPP as well as EOS Movie Utility. The update seems to add support for the EOS 6D Mark II, EOS Rebel SL2 as well as the EOS 5D Mark IV w/C-Log. There will be the usual bug fixes as well.

Digital Photo Professional 4.6.30:  

• Supports EOS 6D Mark II, EOS Kiss X9 / EOS REBEL SL2 / EOS 200D, EOS-1D, EOS-1Ds.
• Adds a function for reducing color moiré.
• Supports the EOS 5D Mark IV Canon Log specification.

EOS Movie Utility 1.7: 

• Supports EOS 6D Mark II.
• Supports the EOS 5D Mark IV Canon Log specification.

EOS Utility 3.6.30, Picture Style Editor 1.18.30: 

• Supports EOS 6D Mark II, EOS Kiss X9 / EOS REBEL SL2 / EOS 200D.

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Full production Canon EOS 6D Mark II camera bodies have started hitting the desks of reviewers. With that, we are also seeing a lot of sample images and sensor talk.

DPReview has completed a dynamic range test and have found that the EOS 6D Mark II isn’t a step forward in this regard. Base ISO dynamic range is not as good as the EOS 6D in early tests, though the EOS 6D Mark II does squeak out slightly better dynamic range performance at higher ISO’s than it’s predecessor.

From DPReview:

….it seems the benefits that appeared in the sensors used in the EOS 80D and EOS 5D IV have not been applied to the latest EOS 6D II, and the new camera has less dynamic range than we’ve become used to. Graphs plotted by regular DPR collaborator Bill Claff illustrate this pretty clearly. In this article, we’re taking a look at what this might mean for your images. Read the full test

Obviously dynamic range isn’t everything and the sensor is more capable than that in the EOS 6D, but it is a bit disappointing there hasn’t been a bigger advancement from Canon in this regard.

You can also check out samples from DPReview: Image Samples | Video Samples

B&H Photo has the brand new Canon EOS Rebel SL2 body in stock.

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• 24.2MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
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• Native ISO 25600, Extended to ISO 51200
• Up to 5 fps Continuous Shooting
• Feature Assistant; Microphone Input
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