Canon Merges EOS Webcam Utility with Pro

Some, but not all, recent Canon bodies are powered by the computer and have a UVC mode builtin. So no software needed to use it as a webcam!
Of course it depends a lot on the camera(s) you have, but IMHO that software sits in the small region between people having "simpler" needs, suually addressed by a webcam, and those who have more complex setups but also the HW/SW to manage that (and may not use only Canon cameras). While Canon in the past didn't make cheap AC power for its cameras - with USB power that may change now.
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Two cameras combo, which?

I would suggest to make an R7 or R7 II part of your combo as it allows a bit more flexibility with adapter ( Speedbooster/Filter inlay/Gold Rim)
The R7 together with the dedicated smallrig cage is still smaller than most full frames and allows you to prepare with the rig for situations that differ from whats conviniend with a naked EOS.
Ok, i will wait and see if there will be that R7 II or not, i prefer to get R7 II later than R7 now/soon and i will upgrade it later.
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Godox Announces the Godox AD400Pro II

Godox has announced the Godox AD400Pro II, and it's now available for sale. I'm a firm believer in Godox because I think that Canon has dropped the ball on all things flash-related. I'm personally not sure why Canon doesn't just get a contract with Godox and rebrand their stuff under the Canon brand name.

Insta360 Go Ultra gets Big Upgrades in a Small Camera

Insta360 has announced the Go Ultra, the latest in its line of action cameras. This actually looks decent, as do most of Insta360 products. This camera fits in with the Go lineup's modular design and allows use with or without the action pod. The camera itself has a fair amount of decent upgrades, so I guess it deserves the "Ultra" but can we come up with another naming convention soon?

Full Disclosure: AI Content on Canon Rumors

  1. Google Gemini is used at times to generate the backgrounds of header images. (I have meant to ask how that should be sourced)
  2. Google Gemini is sometimes used to get headline suggestions when mine are too long.
  3. Google Gemini is sometimes used when a sentence or paragraph structure doesn't flow properly. Once I/we get some suggestions that are better, we'll use that as a template by using our own language. I am not a "journalist", "author" or "writer".
  4. Grammar and spellcheck are done by Microsoft Word in my case.
  5. There is nothing content wise that is AI generated that I know of.
  6. We use a custom built meta-analysis tool to detect AI, as there are always outliers. There isn't a lone tool online that is accurate above about 70% that we have ever found.

I'm also mostly concerned about 5, and it's good to hear you don't want AI generated content.
But now you mention the background header images (1), I have to say the give they site a very cliché or bad-taste look in my opinion (it was much worse a week or two ago than it is today, though).
But, still... The actual content is of course the most important :-)
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Hasselblad X2D II Press Release Spills out Early Across the Internet

One of the more intriguing rumors was the Hasselblad X2D II, and the press announcement does give us some more details that make the system a little clearer. It does indeed appear as if the Hasselblad X2D II will have some form of LiDAR built into the camera, but only to assist with focus, not as the primary focus method. This is somewhat what I suspected, that LiDAR couldn't do everything normal phase detection could do.

https://www.canonrumors.com/hasselblad-x2d-ii-press-release-spills-out-early-across-the-internet/↗

Nikon Officially Announces the Z5II

Absolutely but also note that this is total full-frame mirrorless body sales and not, like we see in store sales reports from Japan, how one particular model is doing. The one month data from one country in this case likely means the Z5II is doing well enough to pull the entire full frame mirrorless line up to the top position.

Agreed. This is the first time ever that Nikon has been in first position for this metric. They didn't do this near the realease of the Z9 or Z8. This is clearly due to high sales of the Z5II.
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Cleaning lens recommendations

I saw an ad for this - including a carbon lens pen - and overall looks good and cheap:

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Is There a Pair of New f/1.2L Lenses on the Horizon?

I do not expect a Version II of the RF 50/85 1.2-Lenses because of this or that "weekness". There have been EF-Lenses with some weekness, which were not replaced or updated by Canon for Decades:
* EF 50/1.4 (soft wide open)
* EF 85/1.8 (excessive purple fringing wide open)
* EF 50/2.5 Macro (slow AF)
* EF 200/2.8L (no weakness for the price ...)
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Canon EOS R8 V to be the Full-Frame V Series Camera?

Wrong wrong wrong. Stacked devices also called SOCs were introduced in the 1990s. The same technology. Been around for yes, decades. The first dedicated "Stacked Sensor" work by Sony engineers began in 2008. Its 2025 by the way. Yes, the tech is over a decade old. Sony was not the only team by the way. Do some more research besides wikipedia.
Canon's 2007 patent on sensor substrate separation (stacked sensors) is there for anyone to read. Decades ago. We're on tripple stacked sensors and 20 stops of Dynamic range image sensors, Canon and Apple.
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Best of Canon 2023: #2 EOS R8 and RF 10-20mm F4L IS STM

Appreciate the offer! I'll see your offer, and raise it by a SmallRig L-plate for the RP that I bought new (a little shop in CA had one in stock, it was also discontinued) before the RRS version came up used on KEH. I'll even pay shipping within in the US to anyone who'll use it. Message me if interested.
Do you still have this bracket? I can't seem to PM you.
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The Best Super Zooms for Canon in 2025

I'm glad discussions are back! I guess I'm not a super-zoom person either. I used to pair ef-m 11-22 with ef-m 55-200! I know it doesn't count as a superzoom. My first 55-200 started giving errors after a Miami trip and lots of sandy days before that. Nowadays, I'm commited to a super-tele instead (180-600) while having my old 11-22 on my m6ii. I avoid swapping lenses at the beach!
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