A few patents showing optical formula for lenses with 1″ sensors have come to light. We expect to see some PowerShot cameras announced ahead of CES 2017 in January.

We haven’t received word on which PowerShot cameras will see a replacement announced, but we think at least one “G” camera will see an update.

The patents are after the break.

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There has been a bit of chatter since the EOS 5D Mark IV announcement about the upcoming Canon EOS 6D Mark II. We’re told to expect the camera in the first half of 2017, with CP+ in February being a strong possibility for an announcement. We’re told the new camera is going to be 25mp (prototypes exist), have an articulating screen, dual SD card slots and shoot some form of 4K. I’d assume DPAF is also going to be included in the camera. Also expect some weight savings and a slightly smaller size.

This is [CR1], so treat it accordingly.

More to come…

We’re told that we may see a firmware update for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV as early as mid to late next week.

While we weren’t told what would be included in the firmware, we think it’ll likely be for bug fixes, and won’t be adding any new significant features.

More to come…

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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• UK £3599: Park Cameras

Reikan FoCal 2.3 Released

Reikan has released FoCal 2.3, an update to its automated focus tuning software for Canon and Nikon dSLR cameras.

FoCal 2.3 brings support for Canon 5D Mark IV cameras as well as a host of general improvements to make calibration more reliable and faster.

Improvements include liveview startup takes much less time, shutter count information now available for older Canon cameras and general speed of calibration faster now with Canon cameras.

Read more on the Reikan Blog

From Sigma

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Please find the following notes on the usage of SIGMA interchangeable lenses for EOS, when attached to Canon EOS 5D Mark IV that is released on September 8th.

• MO (Manual Override) function is unavailable with this camera (Full-time Manual function can be offered).
• When using a SIGMA interchangeable lens for EOS, setting the corrections to [Disable] is recommended, as “Lens Correction” functions of the camera, such as Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction, Diffraction correction and Distortion correction are not supported.*

* If those functions are activated, the performance of lenses may not be accurate.
* This is not only for EOS 5D Mark IV, but also for other camera bodies with the same function.

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