ahsanford said:

Medium Format mirrorless sales must be orders of magnitude lower than FF. It's a huge jump in price for a marginal jump in performance, IMHO. (Would love to see data on this, actually. How is the Fuji mirrorless / H'Bad mirrorless doing commercially?)

I'm not saying Sony's not crazy enough to try a medium format product, but the body would be north of $5k and the lenses would be massive and expensive.

- A

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bokehmon22 said:

I wish Canon at least give us some official statement like Nikon.

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jprusa said:

2018 Canon, Nikon and Sony market share (latest Nikkei, BCN and CIPA reports)

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vangelismm said:

The big question, 2.8 range from 17mm to?

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takesome1 said:

Yes, and you obviously miss read my original comment. Which was:

I am not buying this rumor, at least the version III part.
Those lenses just haven't been out long enough.

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neuroanatomist said:

Since Nikon has announced a coming-soon FF MILC and Canon has not, it's pretty clear that BillB was referring to compatibility issues with Nikon.

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Roger over at Lensrentals.com has completed some MTF testing of the new Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II. A lens Canon has said will outperform it’s predecessor in every single way. Did they succeed?
Buy the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II at Adorama
At 70mm, it’s clear that the new EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II outperforms the previous version. As you can see from the MTF below, from the center of the frame to about 2/3 of the way out, the difference will be very noticeable.


At 135mm, the previous version was better than it was at 70mm, but the new version is still showing how much better it is...

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JWest said:

I'm sure the info is out there why the 11-24 is so large. I carried it around on a mtn hike Monday to use with a 5dsr

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Zeidora said:

That's why LF cameras are still around. But it becomes a pain with recessed lens boards and bag bellows, no yaw free movements anymore, light fall-off, etc. There is a Schneider 47 mm ~ 15 mm in FF SLR terms.

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Nokishita has posted an official Canon PDF showing the full specifications for the upcoming Canon PowerShot SX740 HS.
It would seem pretty obvious an announcement is just around the corner, but it looks like it will be announced on its own as the rest of the Photokina announcements will happen in late August or early September.
Full Specifications after the break.




IMAGE SENSOR



Type
1/2.3 type back-illuminated CMOS


Effective Pixels
Approx. 20.3M [14]


Total Pixels
Approx. 21.1M


Aspect Ratio/Colour



Colour Filter Type
Primary Colour


IMAGE PROCESSOR



Type
DIGIC 8


LENS



Focal Length
4.3 – 172.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 24 – 960 mm)


Zoom
Optical 40x ZoomPlus 80x
Digital approx. 4.0x (with Digital Tele-Converter Approx. 1.6x or 2.0x [1])
Combined approx. 160x


Maximum f/number
f/3.3 – f/6.9


Construction
13...

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Two of Sigma’s Art lenses join this year’s buyers’ guide showcasing the year’s best and most innovative technology products for professional photographers
Ronkonkoma, New York — August 1, 2018 – Sigma Corporation of America, a leading camera, DSLR lens, flash and accessories manufacturer, today announced that two of its newest Art lenses, the 70mm F2.8 DG Macro ($569; available in Canon, Sigma and Sony E mounts) and 105mm F1.4 DG HSM, the “Bokeh Master” ($1599; available in Canon, Nikon, Sigma and Sony E mounts), have been honored with Professional Photographer 2018 Hot One Awards. The annual Hot One Awards are given to innovative, exciting and inspiring technology products for...

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We were to have already seen an official announcement for the DJI Mavic 2 Pro drop, as it was originally scheduled to be announced on July 18, 2018. For whatever reason (rumored to be production issues), DJI delayed the announcement. It’s now rumoured that the announcement will come in September ahead of Photokina.
There are going to be two versions of the drone, one being the DJI Mavic 2 Pro and the other being teh DJI Mavic 2 Zoom. The zoom drone will have a 2x optical zoom of 24mm-48mm, which will used a built-in dolly zoom effect.
We knew earlier in July that there would be two version of the Mavic 2, thanks to these leaked photos.  But thanks to Argos we have even more details about what to expect from the new DJI drones.
Key Specifications:

1080p video transmission
8km (4.9 miles) transmission range
Max spped 20 m/s (44 mph)
31 minute battery life
APAS
ActiveTrack 2.0
Omnidirectional obstacle avoidance.

The other big update for the Mavic Pro line will be the use of a...

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Michael Clark said:

It is far more likely that Canon is updating much of their current lens line to be (thus far, silently) compatible with some as yet unrevealed new feature or capability included in future camera bodies. These lens updates likely include compatibility with features or capabilities of planned camera bodies that the lenses recently replaced do not have the ability to fully exploit.

I think the likelihood that Canon plans to stay with the EF mount for a long time is increased with every "marginal" upgrade of an EF lens, particularly with upper tier lenses such as the EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS III and the two expected new IS III versions of the Super Telephoto series. What we don't know, at present, about these minimal improvements is how much other stuff has been silently upgraded in these lenses in preparation for the new camera models on the horizon.

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ken said:

Graham,

Congratulations on surviving your first wedding! Kudos on getting some key moments, and getting them in focus. The first wedding I shot (years ago, similar situation, for free, but in my case not as primary photog fortunately) I had just switched to back-button focus... and hilarity ensued. I forgot to refocus on about 25% of the shots. It was a similar situation... relatives that couldn't afford a pro photographer so they enlisted two family members.

On photographing people, I go with just "reminding" the subject that they have their glasses on. "Hey... you have your glasses on. Not sure if that's what you want or not. It doesn't matter to me either way." About 80% of the time they take them off.

I've gotten much more confident shooting people, but only by continuing to shoot people. When someone is wanting to be photographed with someone they haven't seen in a long time (like at a reunion), I now try to be mindful of the fact there's no mirror for them to check themselves. For example, at events where people have name tags on, I always ask if they want to remove the name tags for the photo, and they almost always take them off. So basically, by shooting people more and more, you become more confident. You aren't thinking of the mechanics of the camera much at all. You're focusing more on the people and thinking "is this how I'd want to look in a photo?" Then just ask them, or point things out. - "You have some cake icing on your tie... let's get that off." "Do you want to keep your sunglasses on for this shot?" "Let's move over here where the light is a little better."

But all in all, you should feel good about giving your time, and the resulting photos are WAY better than cellphone photos would have been. That is a nice wedding gift!

- Ken

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