It's so frustrating that Canon doesn't make this information easily accessible. I'm selling an R5 on eBay and numerous people have asked me what the shutter count is. Does anyone know of a tested way to find out the shutter count without sending the camera to a Canon service facility?

On Monday, Venus Optics will be officially announcing the AF FF 180mm F4.5 CA-Dreamer Macro 1.5X for both EF and RF. If you want the autofocus version for your RF mount camera, you must buy the EF mount version. The RF mount version will be manual focus. AF FF 180mm F4.5 CA-Dreamer Macro 1.5X Lens […]

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This week Canon announced the highly anticipated RF 85mm f/1.4L VCM, which is the 5th lens in the VCM series of hybrid lenses, following (in chronological order) the RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM, 24mm f/1.4L VCM, 50mm f/1.4L VCM and RF 20mm f/1.4L VCM. For the most part, this line of lenses has been very well […]

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Every now and then I get an email about what someone would like to see in a firmware update. This gives some great insight on how different shooters use cameras and all the different scenarios that I would never run into.

What features would you like to see in future firmware updates for the EOS R5 Mark II and EOS R1?

I want to keep it to those cameras, as they're the latest and greatest and would likely have less technical limitations compared to the rest of the lineup.

We plan to do an article on the topic, which can lead to discussion that gets noticed by the powers that be.

Nikon has announced the Nikon Zr, it’s first cinema camera after Nikon acquired RED in 2024. This camera is a rangefinder, cinema camera styled brick camera body that has a surprisingly good feature set for the low price of $2200. The camera features Nikon’s newer “partially stacked” sensor that gives the sensor some of the […]

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I want to buy "any brand" (unfortunately, Canon seems to be the only one that makes a CPL for this lens). I am thinking of getting this for wildlife photos during our upcoming Antarctica cruise as I expect a lot of reflections from the snow, water and ice.

Unfortunately, no one seems to have it. Have been searching for couple of months now. And many don't understand that a 52mm CPL cannot be simply screwed into the filter holder that comes with the lens. And Canon has made the matter really bad by having the drop-in filter on the EF-RF converter a different dimension!!! Why??? And for that converter, Canon and other brands like the Breakthrough make CPL filters, but that wouldn't work in my lens

I am hoping that some reader knows where to get one. At the least, others who have this lens or are looking to buy one, know about this issue.

I was going to include this in the announcement article, but then I realized that there are a few 85mm lenses we should compare in all of this, making it a bit too big for the announcement article. The new Canon RF 85mm f/1.4L VCM sits between the consumer STM and the professional Canon RF […]

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Canon today also announced the PowerShot Elph 360 HS A, which is just a re-release of the existing camera that was discontinued. The original release of the Powershot Elph 360 HS was January 5, 2016. The camera still sports DiGiC 4+ and shoots HD video. However, you aren’t limited to the cutthroat used market, where […]

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Today, Canon has announced the RF 85mm F1.4 VCM, the latest addition to its line of VCM (voice coil motor) autofocus lenses. Canon explained their VCM motors as a simple type of electric motor that utilises magnets surrounding a coil of wire. These types of motors are more efficient at moving heavier objects, and the […]

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SIGMA continues their aggressive rollout of new lenses for Sony’s E-Mount and their own L-Mount by announcing three new photography focused lenses and a new autofocus Cinema lens. The SIGMA 20-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DG Contemporary is the first 10X full-frame zoom lens that starts at 20mm wide. They have also released another “World’s First” with the […]

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On March 7th, 2024, Nikon acquired the cinema camera manufacturing company, RED, in a pretty shocking move at the time. It was one in which I was a little jealous that Canon, with its massive war chest for such acquisitions, didn’t pull off, but maybe they’ll buy Arri instead. Nikon Corporation (Nikon) hereby announces its […]

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This influencer jumped the gun before the embargo, but here's his video on the C50.

We have been told by our past PowerShot source, that Canon will be announcing a new model next week. The new PowerShot will not be a “G” or “V” series camera, but a refresh of a PowerShot ELPH model. The source suggested that the new camera would be a refresh of the PowerShot ELPH 360 […]

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On Septemb er 9, Canon will be announcing the replacement of the EOS R5 C with the launch of the Cinema EOS C50. Canon will also be announcing two new lenses that will pair well with the Cinema EOS camera. Canon RF 85mm f/1.4L VCM In July we reported that an 85mm lens would be […]

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We have been talking ad nauseam about an RF 300-600mm lens for a long time now, and information about what’s exactly coming has evolved. What we have been told is that such a lens will have a variable aperture, which isn’t a bad thing if size, weight and cost dazzle us. Canon RF 300-600mm f/4-5.6L […]

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I am a big fan of Fisheye lenses. The new StrHori 6mm f2.8 Circular Fisheye is extreme, even for me. They claim a 220 degree field of view.
This is my first photo with the lens, taken with an EOS R. Note how much of the floor you can see in the photo in all directions.
The lens is a native RF lens, manual focus, and manual aperture.

Canon has released the Canon RF 35mm F1.8 IS STM lens and the Canon RF 24mm F1.8 IS STM, so on the one hand, this patent application (2025-124117) seems a bit redundant if you look at it from a high-level point of view. However, in this patent application, Canon publishes a patent detailing several wider-angle […]

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Hot on the heels of the Sigma 200mm F2.0 comes quite a few new full-frame lenses for Sigma that look pretty impressive. They are expected to be released for the L-Mount Alliance L mount and the Sony E mount, and notably not for the RF mount. All three lenses are expected to be announced on […]

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There was the Nikkei Financial Yearbook released in Japan, and DCLife summarized camera shipments from the big Japanese manufacturers over the last 4 years. It’s a fascinating look at the industry, and how DLRs have fallen off – but at different degrees of slope than one may have anticipated, given that we were looking back […]

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There were rumors several years back that Canon would replace the vintage 2004 ETTL-II flash system with something more advanced. After 2015, I think there have only been a handful of flash releases: the 470EX-AI, the 600EX II-RT, the EL-100, the EL-10, the EL-1 and EL-1v2, and the Macro Twin Lite MT-26EX-RT are the only ones I can think of. No new system has been forthcoming. An ideal time to deploy a new system might have been in the last few years when the number of R-series bodies was small and they could be easily adjusted with only a few firmware updates, but multiple R lines are now moving to second generation products.

So what do folks think about this, especially those who use multi-flash setups or do studio work? Did Canon miss a golden opportunity to introduce an improved flash system? Do folks find the current system adequate? Have many moved to other brands for a better flash system? Are there particular capabilities elsewhere that you wish Canon had?

Viltrox had a busy evening, launching two lenses and announcing that they have officially joined the L-Mount Alliance.


Viltrox has been a company to watch as they navigated, first introducing a decent series of primes for the APS-C mount that I enjoyed using, to now offering multiple lines of lenses for both full frame and APS-C, not to mention lenses with some serious speed and MTF claims. Again, all with exceptional prices.

Some internet chatter has been circulating; it's a good idea to address it here. The rumors suggest that Canon will make a soft announcement sometime between now and September 15th. This would lead Canon to place the R6 Mark III in the announcement stream just before the IBC conference (International Broadcasting Convention), which usually covers cinema cameras more than stills.

This is a curious patent application from Canon. From the designs, it’s pretty evident that these aren’t your usual mirrorless zoom lenses.

A little background first on what we use to determine use cases for lenses. It’s all about the image height.

ANyone know what the Latest Firmware is available for the Canon RF 100mm Macro? I just had a repair and mine is show 1.1.1 cant seem to find any info on any updates if available.

The Canon EOS R7 Mark II is coming in the next 4-6 months, whether that’s an announcement date or a shipping date isn’t known at this time. We were recently sent an image of what does look to be the follow-up to the EOS R7, but we were not given permission to post the image […]

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