I have been away from this for a few months, and here we are now in the June 2025 CIPA reporting cycle. For those unaware, CIPA reports on all production and shipments of Cameras from Japanese vendors.

There are reports that iconic cinema camera manufacturer ARRI may be for sale. Changes in the industry post-pandemic have hit the company hard. Hollywood for theatre productions have slowed down over the last few years. Streaming services are working hard to reduce production costs, which have lead to a significant drop in sales and cashflow […]

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Words and Images: Joshua Holko www.jholko.com For the past eight months, I’ve been working extensively with two of Canon’s EOS R1’s—Canon’s long-awaited flagship mirrorless body—in some of the harshest and most remote environments on the planet. From the snow-blasted cliffs of Hornstrandir to the sea ice of Svalbard, the windswept Arctic Circle island of Grimsey, […]

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There are some new specifications and rumors about the upcoming Hasselblad X2DII

and Richard naturally has an opinion

R5 mark II.
Latest fw 1.1.1

Did use Camera Connect app to provide Location information when photographing.
This works rather good.
Imported all images with a cardreader to PC, all EXIF/GPS-information is included in the imported files.

Then tried few of same images with the function "Sending Images to a Smartphone from the Camera" - from the playback menu of the R5II.
This works great, but now the GPS-info in the files are not included in the files received on my phone (S23), and all other EXIF/IPTC are OK.
When looking at the files on the camera the GPS-info is there for all the files.

Why is this?
Bug in R5II firmware?

Last night at the Mount Rushmore Memorial evening show.

Canon EOS90D / 1/160 / SPOT / ISO2000
Canon EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM @ 33mm and f/2.8
Processed using DXO Photolab Elite 8

MAVEN CPL and Splash Guard 82mm

There was a board for premium members, which I do not see anymore.

The board was supposed to notify us if there's any exclusive gifts, sales, etc for premium members.

Does anyone know if there is one somewhere that I just can't find? If it's gone, will it be back?

Are the promised gifts still a thing or not; or are they just on the backburner? I just don't want to be left out, if there's anything we have to sign up for! Not that I'm holding my breath. I know there's been a lot going on with the site.

Back in June, Tamron announced the development of an RF version of the 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD superzoom lens for APS-C sensors. Tamron has officially launched the new lens and it is available for preorder. At $629, it looks like this will be a great value lens for the shooters that like one […]

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Canon has submitted a patent application in Japan for a series of fast, supertelephoto prime lenses that reduce the size of the current EF and RF versions of the 300mm f/2.8, 400mm f/2.8 and 500mm f/4. RF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM II The 400mm f/2.8L IS USM in this optical design is down about a […]

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technically not a macro, but a 600mm sigma on an R5.. but can give a macro effect.

One of the most highly anticipated cameras coming from Canon is the EOS R7 Mark II. There is still a big market for the prosumer 7 series APS-C cameras and Canon plans to bring the next iteration “up market”. One of the big claims is that the EOS R7 Mark II will be the first […]

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Lynx cubs filmed at an age of about 8 weeks with R3.

Can we get dark mode back please? Since the site went through some time of update, I know longer see the toggle for dark mode. I find myself spending much less time in the forums now.

The United States and Japan have reached a framework in regard to tariffs, which is set at 15% for imports from Japan. Canon USA officially increased prices across the board in late June, though there were avenues to get new gear at the former pricing at various retailers. According to a report at PetaPixel, adjustments […]

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Announcement season looks like it’s going to get rolling in the second week of August with Sigma set to announce 3 new lenses on August 9. For now, only of them will be available for the RF Mount. We have already seen the Sigma 12mm f/1.4 DC DN, and it is for APS-C cameras and […]

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Sony launched the RX1R III to the surprise of everyone, even the usual suspects that get cameras in hand before an announcement. Was this done to block leaks? Or was it something else…… High-Demand? Sony is now claiming that the RX1R III is in high demand that there is a supply shortage, which it sits […]

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Canon has released financial results for the 2nd quarter of 2025, and things seem to be humming along ok. There isn’t anything that has shown huge growth, but there has been some growth in their imaging division, including Network Cameras. Canon is expecting demand in the United States to drop due to price increases from […]

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There have been comments elsewhere that some folks are not using OEM batteries. I was under the impression that NON-OEM batteries wouldn't work w/ the R5M2. Is that now incorrect?

As to the issue of firmware #1.0.3, my camera would do weird things like, failing to focus, or locking up and not being able to change setting. Power cycling the camera took care of the problem, but who wants to do that? Also the metering seemed to be effected from time to time...the camera became untrustworthy. I sent my camera to Norfolk and had the firmware "wound back" to. 1.0.2, but I haven't shot since then (got it back a few days ago).

The most advanced Ninja ever: all new design with SDI, CFexpress, integrated cloud features, and blazingly fast performance. Atomos is proud to announce the all-new Ninja TX, a completely re-engineered and advanced addition to the acclaimed Ninja monitor-recorder family. While other Ninja models offer only HDMI connections, Ninja TX features both 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 […]

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Canon has released new firmware for the most recent, and pretty awesome Cinema EOS cameras. Both the C80 and C400 get some new features and bug fixes. Canon Cinema EOS C400 1.0.3.1 Download Firmware v1.0.3.1 for the Cinema EOS C400 Canon Cinema EOS C80 Download Firmware v1.0.3.1 for the Cinema EOS C80

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Last week, Canon released new firmware for pretty much the entire line-up. The EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II firmware was pulled a few hours after it launched to fix a couple of bugs. The bugs have since been fixed and Canon rolled out the new versions today. Canon EOS R6 Mark II v1.6.0 […]

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Kolari Vision, famous for their infrared conversion service has down a teardown of the Canon EOS R50 V, and found it to be just about the easiest camera that they’ve taken apart. This is nice to see and could help keep the EOS R50 V an affordable camera to maintain should something go wrong. Canon […]

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Canon has released new major firmware for the EOS R5 Mark II for the second time in a week. This update fixes an issue where video could not be recorded correctly when using a memory card larger than 2TB with the [Pre-recording] setting enabled. Canon EOS R5 Mark II Firmware v1.1.1 Download

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