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Richard-CN · Feb 9, 2022

This review by ImmerVR takes a look at Canon’s innovative Canon RF 5.2mm F2.8L Dual Fisheye lens.
The general features of the Canon RF 5.2mm F2.8L Dual VR lens are;

RF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/16
Captures Stereoscopic 3D 180° VR imagery
Two Ultra-Low Dispersion Elements
Super-Spectra & Sub-Wavelength Coatings
Fluorine Coating
Weather-Sealed Construction
7-Blade Diaphragm

From the review, the overall consensus is positive as they give it a 5-star rating. They are hoping that Canon creates a consumer version of this lens so more people can experience and record VR content.
Pros;

High Resolution
You can use the camera for other purposes
Easy setup, no synchronization required.

Cons;

Price
Manual Focus
Not full 180 degrees
Subscription cost to export videos more than 2 minutes

[email protected] · Feb 9, 2022

Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki confirmed that the firm has been working on new mount options for its well-regarded third party lens options, and indicated that he’d like to launch at least one of them in this calendar year. The remarks came in an online question-answer video (Japanese).
“From the standpoint of a lens manufacturer, I always want to support as many mounts as possible,” answered Yamaki. “I can’t say which mount, but I think I could add at least one [mount] this year.”

While it might seem obvious that the Canon RF mount would be the best logical choice, Sigma has been promising Fuji X-mount users lenses for more than a year. That smaller market may prove a more intensely-rich vein of demand given that there aren’t many X-mount options aside from Fuji’s own expensive OEM lineup. This may make most sense in an environment where Sigma previously indicated it can’t...

dlee13 · Feb 9, 2022

I’ve owned this lens for just over a year now and thought I’d write a short review which you can find here.

TLDR: This is a great lens that offers something unique that most other 85mm primes don’t in the form of a very short minimum focusing distance. It offers great image quality with average autofocus in a decent sized package.

When looking at native RF options it’s great value but once 3rd party lenses like the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DN Art comes to RF mount then it may lose a lot do it’s appeal.

Here are a few images taken with the lens.

JPAZ · Feb 8, 2022

To cut to the chase, I really did in my back this time. So, I am looking long and hard at carrying options yet again. I’ve done pretty well with BR straps with or without a backpack that uses a good waist belt (puts the weight on my hips) so I can bring other glass. Now, I think I will need to consider a Spider or other holster to get the weight of the body and lens (for example an R5 + RF 100-200) off my shoulder, too yet still have flexibility to use my kit. I know everybody has a system they like. I do also. But carrying on my shoulders has become more of an issue. I‘ve considered moving back to the M series but do love what I can do with the R5 sensor too much to do that. I've even considered an m2/3 to lighten the load. But, I don’t want to give up my R5 unless there is no choice. So, without flame or critique, anybody have any ideas for me? I hope that hanging my MILC and lens from my waist will sufficiently relieve by lumbar spine. Anyone have any experience?

Ah, the "golden years." They are a lot different than the golden hours of light, aren't they. Thanks, everyone.

JPAZ

Richard-CN · Feb 8, 2022

With the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, CP+ 2022 has decided to cancel the in-person venue, and move entirely online. This really is no surprise – I personally canceled my hotel reservations in early January because I didn’t think it was going to be possible to go to Japan for CP+ this year. See you all next year I hope.

The press release (machine translated)
CP+2022 Pacifico Yokohama venue event cancellation
The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA: Chairman Shigeki Ishizuka), a CP that was scheduled to be held for four days from February 24th.+2022 Pacifico Yokohama Venue Event has been canceled and it has been decided to hold it online alone.
CP+2022 is an event to be held in the Corona disaster, with “safety and security of visitors and exhibitors” as the most important matter, and on the premise of taking thorough safety measures, we aimed to hold a hybrid between the Pacifico Yokohama venue and online. We have been preparing.
However, due to the rapid...

Richard-CN · Feb 8, 2022

In this patent, discovered by CanonNews, Canon is applying for a hybrid optical and electronic rangefinder viewfinder. It would also have the ability to switch to fully electronic, full optical, and hybrid as machine translated and described below.
In the image pickup device, the function of the sight and the function of the electronic viewfinder are realized by using different display devices, so that the image pickup device becomes large. Therefore, the present invention presents a small display device capable of switching between a sighting device and an electronic viewfinder.
An image in which an image from the objective window and an image displayed on the image display element are superimposed can be visually recognized.
In the above image figure (a) shows the mirror semi-transparent and figure b) shows the mirror fully reflective – allowing Canon to switch between optical and hybrid...

AlanF · Feb 7, 2022

Canonwatch has come across an exciting new patent https://www.canonwatch.com/canon-pa...extender-1-4x-and-600mm-f-4-is-extender-1-4x/
The prospect of a 400mm f/4 with the TC is exciting for me anyway! The focal length is given as 392.58mm and the f = 4.12. It can be squeezed into just over a 95mm front element, which is close to what I measured for the EF 400mm f/4 DO II. The 600mm is not a DO lens.

InchMetric · Feb 7, 2022

The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent 11,212,451 for a lens adapter that is effectively a dedicated adapter. The patent is not limited to Canon lenses, but was inspired by the Canon transition to RF from EF lenses, and particularly the potential desire for an unadapted look and feel on super-telephotos that avoids the risk of inadvertently decoupling the lens from the adapter.

The patent covers the particular feature of the latch that engages the adapter to the lens being "inoperable" when the lens and adapter are mounted on a camera body. The latch may be internal to the adapter, or if external, recessed, smooth or otherwise intentionally difficult to inadvertently actuate. There may be an interlock to prevent a normal latch from actuation which connected to a body.

The inventor is a patent attorney specializing in optics, who has a number of other camera patents to his name. "Like with most patents, my inventions are simply novel solutions to problems that I have encountered. In this case, I was resistant to buy a new $12,000 lens of an old format and have it forever mounted with an adapter that didn't feel like a proper solution. Since then, Canon has decided to release the RF 400 f2.8 alongside the EF 400 f2.8iii, so this invention may never be needed. But I imagined them producing the RF version with a dedicated detachable adapter that EF owners could easily remove, and this invention was intended to help solve that problem."

The invention is available for licensing.

xps · Feb 5, 2022

DPReview TV: Flagship mirrorless comparison - Canon EOS R3, Sony a1 and Nikon Z9

Canon, Sony and Nikon all introduced new flagship mirrorless cameras in 2021: the Canon EOS R3, Sony a1, and Nikon Z9. We compare them across several critical areas of performance to see how they stack up.

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Video Comparison, all three do an great job

Canon Rumors · Feb 4, 2022

I knew I’d be making this post one day, and I figured it would make me sad, I was wrong about the latter. The last 24 hours have been some of the most horrible hours of my life.
This has sort of been in the works for about the last year or so. I haven’t had much fun with this site over the last 2 or 3 years, a new demographic of people have exhausted me. I think a lot of this change started with the proliferation of YouTube personalities over the last 5 years.
Nothing is about information anymore, it’s only about whose saying it. This is true for all forms of media and I really don’t want to be a part of it.
So, those last 24 hours?
I don’t care if anyone comes at me, I’m a big boy and very few of you would ever say it to my face, so I generally don’t care about the cowards and fanboys.
However, yesterday they came at my children and my wife. They came at my family….. little fanboys of certain YouTubers that have obviously been raised horribly. What was in my inbox I won’t even...

maboleth · Feb 3, 2022

I'm just about to buy this lens. I know it's stellar optically. But how does it perform with Canon 90D PDAF? Are all focus points usable and is it spot on?

Canon Rumors · Feb 3, 2022

It was inevitable that Canon would be bringing at least one big super telephoto zoom lens like the EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM 1.4x to the RF mount lineup, and this patent unearthed by Keith at Northlight Images shows Canon is working away at such lenses.
USPTO Patent US20220035144 shows the following optical formulas.

Canon RF 150mm-600mm f/5-6.3L
Canon RF 200mm-400mm f/4L
Canon RF 200mm-500mm f/4L
Canon RF 300mm-800mm f/8L

The designs contain a lot of elements, so these are definitely “big whites” and not more affordable lenses.
I could definitely see Canon releasing more than one of these types of lenses in the future, perhaps alongside the Canon EOS R1.

gadgetmeister · Feb 3, 2022

I have several lenses that have sat snug in the camera gear backpack I have for several years, that I have not used for some time. I have noticed recently that the lens grip to some degree, but mostly ridged the focusing ring, has become sticky to the touch and leaves a black residue on my hands.
I'm assuming that this is age deterioration of the rubber??
Is there anything that can be done to stabilise this, e.g. dabbing with isopropyl alcohol, or has this reached a point where the rubber will need to be replaced by an authorised repair centre / Canon directly?
Any thoughts or ideas gratefully received.

Canon Rumors · Feb 3, 2022

Yesterday I posted about a rumored Canon Cinema EOS C5, and mentioned it was the first time that I had heard about such a camera. I may have been wrong about that once I dug back on past Cinema EOS C50 reports from back in 2020.
Original Cinema EOS C50 Patent Images

The original rumored specifications were impressive at the time, but less so in 2022. There is a chance that the EOS C50 may have morphed into a different product, namely the EOS C5.
Canon Cinema EOS C50 (Rumored in 2020)

Super 35mm 4K sensor (same as the Cinema EOS C200)
No IBIS
RF Mount
Internal ND (10 Stops)
CLog 2 &...

drmikeinpdx · Feb 2, 2022

I have an R6 and my friend has an R5. I told him that I sometimes had trouble getting the autofocus to lock on in low light. He showed me the AF assist light on the front of his R5 body which throws out a red beam in front of the camera. I had been under the impression that AF assist lights had to be provided by an attached speedlight.

My R6 has what looks like a similar light in the same place, but it has never put out any light. The diagram in the manual that shows the front of the camera labels it as both the self timer light and the AF assist light. There is an option in the AF menu to enable the AF assist beam. The manual says "You can enable or disable the assist beam when using a flash that has one"

So what is the truth here? Can the R6 body put out a focus assist beam or do you have to mount a speedlight equipped with an AF assist beam.

If you are a regular user of this possible feature, do you find it helpful in low light? How do you activate it?

Thanks!

Canon Rumors · Feb 2, 2022

Rumors of the next Canon Cinema EOS camera have started to hit the inboxes of like sites. This one I haven’t heard anything about previously, so please treat it accordingly.
The name for the camera is suggested to be the EOS C5, which would be a new line of Cinema EOS cameras from Canon.
Below are the rumored specifications from Canon Watch

The camera is a combination of the EOS R5 C and EOS C300 III, similar in appearance to the EOS R5 C, but more square, with the electric ND filter of the EOS C300 III, the professional interface of the EOS C70, and an extended battery compartment.
Its XF-AVC recording format is the same as the

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HarryFilm · Feb 1, 2022

Open Source 16K Camera with Multi-Sensor Rotating Assembly And Ultra-Fast Acrylic Lenses Readied for World-Wide Disclosure Under GPL-3 Licence Terms!

January 22, 2022

North Canadian Aerospace, a pseudonym for a privately-controlled, under-the-radar Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based aerospace company, is pleased to announce the disclosure of an Open Source 16K video camera that contains a rotating 8-image-sensor block containing the following sensors that all record 16-bits per channel RGBA (Red, Green, Blue, Alpha Channel-based Distance to Subject value) and other EM-bands at the below native resolutions which can be further cropped or re-sampled to any desired resolution via software-based bitmap image cropping and/or resampling:

a) 16,384 by 16,384 pixels RGBA at 1:1 Square Aspect Ratio 120 FPS maximum capture rate

b) 16,384 by 8640 pixels RGBA at 1:89:1 Aspect Ratio at 240 FPS maximum capture rate

c) 8192 by 4320 pixels RGBA at 1:89:1 Aspect Ratio at 480 FPS maximum capture rate

d) 4096 by 2160 pixels RGBA at 1:89:1 Aspect Ratio at 1920 FPS maximum capture rate

e) 2048 by 1080 pixels RGBA at 1:89:1 Aspect Ratio at 7680 FPS maximum capture rate

f) 960 by 540 pixels RGBA at 1:89:1 Aspect Ratio at 30,720 FPS maximum capture rate
(122,880 fps at cropped 540 by 270 pixels)

g) 960 by 540 pixels three-band Infrared temperature sampling (S-IR, M-IR, L-IR) plus Distance-to-Subject Alpha Channel
at 1:89:1 Aspect Ratio at 120 FPS maximum capture rate

h) 4096 by 2160 pixels Short Infrared Band + Full-Band UV + Full-Band X-RAY sampling at 1:89:1 Aspect Ratio at 120 fps

This new large-frame camera (i.e. sensors are larger than medium format) is designed for Video/Film Production Pipelines plus Astronomical and Scientific Imaging at High Frame Rates with full colour fidelity of 48-bits per RGB and 16-bits Alpha Channel/Distance-to-Subject Channel. All Cameras are IP-69-rated for dust ingress and direct water immersion, in addition to Mil-Spec 810-G drop, sudden shock and high vibration-rated for extreme environments needing fully-sealed ruggedized gear. No external casing is required for full salt-water and fresh water immersion of BOTH camera and lenses for up to one year!

This is the FIRST CAMERA in a full line of cameras which will include Stereoscopic, Quadra-Scopic and Multi-Band Single Sensor and Multi-Sensor Systems.

A full set of Laboratory-tested and Cinematographer-measured FAST (i.e. T1.0, T1.2, T1.4, T1.7, T2, T2.4) optical-grade Acrylic-elements Cinema Primes and Cinema Zoom Lens will be introduced shortly. Lens sets can be ordered coated for Cinema Use and uncoated for UV/IR/X-RAY pass-through scientific/astronomical imaging. Lenses are IP-69-rated for dust ingress and direct water immersion, in addition to Mil-Spec 810-G drop, sudden shock and high vibration-rated for extreme environments needing fully-sealed ruggedized gear. No external casing on lenses is required for full salt-water and fresh water immersion for up to one year!

Extreme long-focal length IMAGE-STABILIZED telephoto lenses up to 9600 mm will also be introduced.

Storage is facilitated by Dense-Wave Multiplexing optical image data transfer to in-house designed and manufactured PetaByte-sized SSD hard drives encased within rugged casings that are fully IP-69-rated for dust ingress and direct water immersion, in addition to Mil-Spec 810-G drop, sudden shock and high vibration-rated for extreme environments.

Further Announcements and Product Documentation will be forthcoming by March 1, 2022

This product and all its designs, software, hardware and other disclosures are fully free and open source under the GPL-3 licence terms for both individual hardware and individual software and all combined hardware and software systems.

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All Camera and Lens Products will be offered for public sale upon multi-country certification and will be offered as complete all-in-one camera plus lenses packages at very reasonable prices set at a cost-plus-X-percent basis which will pretty much be completely disruptive to the cinema/video production industry! No more ten thousand dollar cameras and ten thousand dollar+ lenses! We are talking 16K video at Canon R5 prices and lenses that are at $1500 USD ranges for full T1.4 and better Zeiss Master Prime or Leica Summilux-C cinema sharpness and quality! We will COMPLETELY DISRUPT THE ENTIRE CINEMA IMAGING INDUSTRY !!!

More disclosures will be coming this winter and spring 2022. We also have advanced 128-bits wide combined-CPU/GPU/DSP/Vector Array processor GaAs superchips (60 Ghz clock speed at 575 TeraFLOPS Linpack-measured at 128-bits wide), PetaByte-sized SSD hard drives and advanced graphene sheet, boron nitride sheet and other polymer super-materials and advanced power production and non-Lithium-Ion-based battery storage systems ready for disclosure.

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Canon Rumors · Feb 1, 2022

A source with a pretty solid record has chimed in about coming Canon EOS R cameras based on my report last week about 3 new RF mount cameras (Not including Cinema EOS) that the Canon EOS R7 is likely the next camera to be announced.
The announcement I have been told could come as early as March of this year.
No specifications or other details are currently known, but I’m hoping more will come in the next little while.
Please remember announcement dates for products can be affected by the current manufacturing challenges.
More to come…

Canon Rumors · Feb 1, 2022

Due to the ongoing pandemic and manufacturing challenges, Canon USA has increased pricing on select RF and EF mount lenses. Some dealers may still be selling these items at the previous prices until they deplete their stock purchased in the past.

RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM now $1299.00 — a $200 increase
RF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM now $1799.00 — a $200 increase
RF 100-500mm F4-7.1L IS USM now $2899.00 — a $100 increase
RF 600mm F11 IS STM now $799.00 — a $100 increase
RF 800mm F11 DO IS STM now $999.00 — a $100 increase
EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM now $1299.00 — a $200 increase
EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM now $1299.00 — a $200 increase
EF 35mm f/1.4L II now $1999.00 — a $200 increase
EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USM now $1499.00 — a $200 increase
EF 85mm f/1.8 USM now $499.00 — a $80 increase
EF...

bergstrom · Jan 30, 2022

This news is 7 years old and I thought I was in the loop. Is this real or fake? Looking at the site, it looks like its defunct since 2018.

Canon Buy Knock Off Brand Yongnuo - F Stop Lounge

In an unprecedented move to stop the counterfeit products hurting their reputation Canon Japan Inc. has made a bold move to purchase the well known

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Jack Douglas · Jan 29, 2022

I find the R5 because of my long thumb to be very uncomfortable with my little finger grasping at nothing below the grip. This is a bigger problem with long lenses. I've just noticed this and wonder if anyone has bought it or knows of better or similar alternatives. I don't want the battery grip and simply carry a couple extra batteries.

Grip Extension for Canon R5/R6 With Tripod Mount 3D Printed - Etsy Canada

This Camera Accessories item by introvertmakes has 13 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Canada. Listed on 10 Apr, 2024

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reef58 · Jan 28, 2022

I would not seeing a winner coming from Canon Rumors.

johnnes_d · Jan 28, 2022

Hi,

I’m on my path to accept that IBIS is bad for video recording anyway and that Digital Movie IS is what I actually want – so that I can buy the R5C.

My question: I’ve always thought that digital IS decreases image quality (resolution), because the image is zoomed in. But is this really the case? When I record a 4K video, is it recording a smaller window (let’s say 80%) and then upscaling back to 4K, or is the camera recording 4K on a smaller part of the sensor, with a higher pixel density? The sensor has 45Megapixels, so that should be possible.
Thanks for your help!

wockawocka · Jan 28, 2022

Sup guys,

I have a problem that maybe you can help with. I shoot weddings and when I do the dancefloor I run a combo of the 35 1.4 mkii and the EF 16-35 F4 IS.

This question is about the 16-35 and it's bigger brother the RF 15-35 2.8

When I shoot a dancefloor I use strobes on camera and behind the subject and the lens is set to manual focus, infinity and the camera is set to F8. Essentially the old pj rule of 'F8 and be there'

I'd like to move to the RF 2.8 version as it's not that much heavier than the combined weight of the F4 + adapter and I'll benefit from better EVF performance when it's super dark.

Yet, because it's in manual focus I worry I'll knock the ring somehow and throw the focus without realising it. I get around this with the EF version by putting a rubber band around the focus ring but I'm wondering if there's a more elegant way to fix the focal point via the body. I've never really liked using the rubber band because I get comments of 'Did you break your lennnnns'? and it seems a clunky (albeit effective) solution.

Canon Rumors · Jan 27, 2022

Canon will continue to be aggressive with product launches throughout 2022. They don’t appear to be slowing down due to the global semiconductor shortage. I think after all of this time, Canon may have found some solutions to the problem internally and will continue to plan on the shortages to continue through most of 2022.
There are now 3 EOS R system cameras currently on the roadmap for the second half of 2022, and a very good source has finally chimed in on what we can expect.
There will definitely be an APS-C RF mount camera announced during 2022. While specifications and all of that are obviously not known, the source did mention it is a true hybrid camera. “Maybe a little M50 mixed with some 7D” is how it was described.
A new entry-level full-frame RF mount camera will be announced. It will use the image sensor for the EOS R6, but nothing beyond that is known.
Between the new entry-level...