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Del Paso · Mar 11, 2026

Interesting article which would have deserved a much more respectful final sentence!

XL+ · Mar 11, 2026

Two of my four Canon LP-E6P are not working properly anymore. I ordered them back in autumn 2024, so I cannot say that I am satisfied by those newer batteryversion. I do not know, why this happened. They are just nor recharching and the recharger´s light indicator are blinking all time.
As I need 4-6 additional for an long journey later this year, I´ll give the third party batteries a try. I like that I can charge them with an USB-C adapter. That saves me the weight of another charger.
Pricing here is €119 at an local dealer for the original version

AlanF · Mar 11, 2026

exquisitefacade said:
I'll never understand photographers who'll invest $2k to $7k in a camera body, thousands on lenses and sometimes thousands on accessories (filters, tripods, straps, etc.) who will buy essentially mini-bombs often of unknown origin (i.e., li-ion batteries) based solely on cost (and a small percentage of their overall investment) and risk the aforementioned investments as well as their personal safety.

“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Hamlet, William Shakespeare.

The Smallrig is £30 in the UK, and the LP-E6P £120 (= $160). Anyway, I buy my LP-E6s in the USA from B&H when I visit as the UK price is nothing short of robbery.

Richard-CN · Mar 11, 2026

CP+ 2026 concluded with me feeling a bit different about the sense of what is happening in the photography world. Part of me felt we have perhaps reached a turning point at which the market has reached maturity, and the manufacturers are looking to generate excitement in different and perhaps interesting ways. CP+ 2026 was […]

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Malm · Mar 11, 2026

It depends what you need: Quality (battery with the highest capacity is CANON!) or quantity (2 good Smallrig batteries for the same price as 1 very good Canon battery).
There are several comparisons of LP E6(N/P/NH) batteries and the Smallrig batteries have a slightly lower capacity than the original from Canon. I need the batteries with the highest capacity for hiking where weight is an issue. And I understand that other photographers have different priorities. So I see the Smallrig batteries as an additional option which is unfortunately not optimal for my purpose.

ThomasTH · Mar 11, 2026

Wow, great

bluezurich · Mar 11, 2026

exquisitefacade said:
I'll never understand photographers who'll invest $2k to $7k in a camera body, thousands on lenses and sometimes thousands on accessories (filters, tripods, straps, etc.) who will buy essentially mini-bombs often of unknown origin (i.e., li-ion batteries) based solely on cost (and a small percentage of their overall investment) and risk the aforementioned investments as well as their personal safety.

Quite a jump from $2-7k. I would think a majority of the $2k camp is going to be a bit more frugal. I hear this same sentiment year after year yet Watson, SmallRig and Wasabi keep working fine albeit with shorter charge spans. I get where you are coming from but if you said $5k and up then yeah....

exquisitefacade · Mar 11, 2026

I'll never understand photographers who'll invest $2k to $7k in a camera body, thousands on lenses and sometimes thousands on accessories (filters, tripods, straps, etc.) who will buy essentially mini-bombs often of unknown origin (i.e., li-ion batteries) based solely on cost (and a small percentage of their overall investment) and risk the aforementioned investments as well as their personal safety.

Click · Mar 11, 2026

Awesome! Great shots, Glenn.

candyman · Mar 11, 2026

I see the advantage of 'Charge Directly with a USB-C Cable'. While on the road in the car from photography location to another, charging in the car is easy with the USB-C cable. I have that USB connection in my car.

Glenn Bartley · Mar 11, 2026

I had a busy start to the year leading tours in Colombia and the South of Ecuador. Here are a few of the gorgeous birds we saw and photographed. Pretty amazing birds eh ?

As always....lots more on my website - www.glennbartley.com

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Rainbow-bearded Thornbill

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Rainbow Starfrontlet

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Purple-throated Sunangel

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Jocotoco Antpitta

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Gray Tinamou

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Green and Gold Tanager

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Gray-breasted Mountain Toucan

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Grass Green Tanager

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Golden-crowned Tanager

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Chestnut-crowned Antpitta

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Black-collared Jay

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Black-billed Mountain Toucan

snapshot · Mar 11, 2026

i would argue for 28-90 to make it more useful for portraits. I liked the 35mm film compact camera with this focal range in the late 90's

m4ndr4ke · Mar 11, 2026

Follow-up:

So, I the took the lens for an assignment, on Sunday afternoon, but saw nothing really useful in it (to me, that is), so I packed it up nicely on Monday morning, and sent it away in the afternoon.

It's a really nice lens, the form factor and working mechanics are awesome, but it doesn't really add much to my work, is just excessively wide.

Thanks for brainstorming @neuroanatomist

BlueBomberTurbo · Mar 11, 2026

GaryMak said:
New PowerShots Coming in 2026?
GX-1 IV or bust!

If there isn't a well-updated GX-1 IV, then who cares? All the rest are toy cameras for TikTokers.

The GX-1 series was a an advanced semi-pro camera in a small package with a larger APS-C sensor that delivered competitive IQ images, and had DSLR-competitive technical specs and flexibility as a back up camera but was small and light enough to be packed with your main gear without weighing you down. Canon abandoned that segment and filled it with point-and-shoots and TikTok video cameras. After waiting and waiting for years, I just bought the only reasonable replacement currently available: an R8.

I'm with this guy. LOVED the idea of the G1X III. APS-C, decent zoom lens, extraordinarily compact. AF and IQ let me down, though, so I didn't keep it. Just put a modern sensor with the EXACT same body and lens and I'm in!

Kjsheldo said:
I really like the V1 but I would use it A LOT more if it had a faster aperture. I’d love a powershot with a 20-70mm range and constant f1.8 aperture with the same V1 sensor.

For reference, just a 20-50/1.7 for m4/3 (roughly same sensor size as V1) looks like what's attached at the bottom of this post!

acpoynts1 said:
Canon please just update the G1X mark iii! With a faster lens throughout the zoom range, improved sensor and and improved menu and settings.

I'll take this, as well! Something that stays close to as compact as the original, with updated hardware, would be perfection.

acpoynts1 · Mar 11, 2026

Canon please just update the G1X mark iii! With a faster lens throughout the zoom range, improved sensor and and improved menu and settings.

Kjsheldo · Mar 11, 2026

I really like the V1 but I would use it A LOT more if it had a faster aperture. I’d love a powershot with a 20-70mm range and constant f1.8 aperture with the same V1 sensor.

I’m also hoping for a higher end fixed lens Powershot. Something like a 1.4” sensor with a 30-35mm equivalent f1.4 lens. That would be awesome. Beat Ricoh at their own game.

1ll · Mar 11, 2026

Change the battery for LP-E19. If Canon doesn't wish to change the body, make it available in a battery grip. Increase the buffer size by adding larger RAM. Allow a dual function, half-press AF-On back button. Add additional physical, articulating positions to the LCD display mount. Better low light performance.

dolina · Mar 11, 2026

For either double grip pro bodies, do you think this update will introduce a global shutter or/and computational imaging

dolina · Mar 11, 2026

Ian K said:
I would love to have it in hand before end of second week in May, I've a long Alaska trip then.

Having experienced the AF mislaignment issue of the 1st batch of the EOS 7D Mark II.... I would not do that.

I pre-ordered the 1st shipment then flew to Bukidnon to photograph a uncaptive Pithecophaga jefferyi.

It didn't focus properly. Found out later that there was an issue in the 1st batch.

Mistake on our case was not to bring a 1D Mark IV as backup to save 1.4kg of weight.

dolina · Mar 11, 2026

Do you think this update will introduce a global shutter or/and computational imaging

dolina · Mar 11, 2026

Do you think this update will introduce a global shutter or/and computational imaging

dolina · Mar 11, 2026

Do you think this update will introduce a global shutter or/and computational imaging

josephandrews222 · Mar 10, 2026

gbc said:
Can canon just make a direct competitor to the Sony RX100 VII already? A compact with the same 24-200 range would be an automatic buy for me.

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EDIT:

While I was composing, gbc posted above--

Can canon just make a direct competitor to the Sony RX100 VII already? A compact with the same 24-200 range would be an automatic buy for me.

THAT SONY WAS RELEASED NEARLY 7 YEARS AGO!

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