<p>The Canon EOS system was introduced in March of 1987, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTECduYfWnI">Digital Camera Warehouse</a> and compiled a visual history of all EOS SLR/DSLRs since the first EOS 650 35mm SLR all the way to the latest EOS 77D from Canon.</p>
<p>Over 70 EOS cameras have been released, how many have you owned?</p>
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<p>You can now preorder the <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/off-brand-sony-announces-the-a9/">brand new Sony a9</a> mirrorless camera. Shipping is expected to happen closer to the end of May.</p>
<p>Lots of Canon shooters tend to use Sony’s full frame mirrorless cameras as part of their kit and that will probably continue with the a9.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://bhpho.to/2pLdIJe">Preorder the Sony a9 Mirrorless Camera at B&H Photo</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong>MELVILLE, N.Y., April 20, 2017 </strong>– Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is excited to announce today that its parent company, Canon Inc., has opened the worldwide submission entry period for its 2017 New Cosmos of Photography (40th edition) photo competition. This year’s contest seeks entries depicting new creative photographic expressions that provide a glimpse of the next frontier. Starting in 2015, the contest began to accept digital submissions (both stills and video), to encourage more original forms of photographic expression.</p>
<p>Entries for the 2017 New Cosmos of Photography will be accepted between today and June 8<sup>th</sup>, 2017 and the Excellence Award Selection Committee will meet in July to choose seven Excellence Award winners and fourteen Honorable Mention Award winners. Later, in November, the Grand Prize selection committee is scheduled to meet to select one Grand Prize winner from among the seven Excellence Award-winning entries.</p>
<p>The grand prize winner will receive 1 million JPY (Approximately $9176.00 US Dollars), a Canon EOS DSLR camera and the opportunity to hold a solo exhibit at the exhibition of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum from October 21<sup>st</sup>– November 12<sup>th</sup>, 2017. Additionally, to encourage the continued pursuit of their creative endeavors, 2017 Excellence Award and Honorable Mention Award winners will also receive prize money and the opportunity to display their work at this year’s exhibition of winning entries.</p>
<p>For additional information about the New Cosmos of Photography competition, visit the New Cosmos of Photography homepage at: <a href="http://global.canon/en/newcosmos/" target="blank"><b>global.canon./en/newcosmos</b></a></p>
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<b>April 21st, 2017, Seoul, South Korea</b> – Global optics brand, Samyang Optics announce a new 16mm T2.6 cine lens, designed specifically for video shooting with uncoupled gear rings with T numbers. This launch adds one more lens to the existing 18 cine lenses for DSLR and mirrorless cameras.</p>
<p>Since 2012, Samyang Optics has released its cine lenses based on the needs of professional videographers. Satisfied with the image quality of Samyang lenses, videographers continuously requested for cine lenses and as an answer, Samyang launched cine lens line up.</p>
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This new launch expands the cine lens line up to a total of 19 lenses: 13 for DSLR cameras varying from 8mm fisheye to 135mm telephoto and 6 for mirrorless cameras varying from 8mm to 50mm.</p>
<p>Inheriting the renowned image quality of Samyang’s wide-angle lenses, the 16mm angle of view is commonly used by directors of photography around the globe for its versatile usage for wide-angled emotional scenes in film and videos. Along with the existing 14mm, 20mm and 24mm, this new lens will realise the delicate changes in the scenes.</p>
<p>As a ‘Total Imaging Solution’ optics brand, Samyang Optics now offers 51 lenses: 2 premium XP photo lenses, 2 autofocus lenses, 19 manual focus photo lenses, 19 cine lenses and 9 professional cinema lenses specifically under XEEN brand.</p>
<p>Launched to complete the Samyang cine lens line up, this new 16mm T2.6 will be available globally from June and will carry a suggested retail price of EUR 599.00. For more information, visit the Samyang social media channels.</p>
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<em>Sigma introduces brand new Sigma Cine FF High Speed 14mm T2 and 135mm T2 Prime Lenses</em></p>
<p><strong>April 20, 2017</strong> – Sigma Corporation of America, a leading DSLR lens, camera, flash and accessory manufacturer, today announced its brand new Cine FF High Speed 14mm T2 and 135mm T2 prime lenses and new Cine Prime and Zoom product options.</p>
<p>Sigma is expanding its Cine Prime line to include two brand new lenses: the Sigma Cine FF High Speed 14mm T2 and the Sigma Cine FF High Speed 135mm T2. The high-performance Sigma Cine Prime product line, which now includes the following focal lengths and apertures – 14mm T2, 20mm T1.5, 24mm T1.5, 35mm T1.5, 50mm T1.5, 85mm T1.5 and 135mm T2 – is compatible with the latest full-frame camera sensor technology. Compact in design, the Cine Prime line offers outstanding optical performance and is ready for higher resolution shooting (up to 6K-8K). Both the 14mm T2 and 135mm T2, along with the previously announced Sigma Cine Prime and Zoom lenses, will be available for test-shooting at the Sigma NAB booth C11525.</p>
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<p>In addition to this expansion of its Cine Lens Prime line, Sigma is now offering customers the option to order Cine lenses in <strong>metric or imperial measurements</strong> as well as <strong>standard or full luminous paint on markings</strong>. Existing customers who wish to swap from one measurement system to the other can do so for a paid fee.</p>
<p>Also, Sigma is now offering its sought-after <strong>Mount Conversion Services</strong> for the Cine lens customers. The highly successful program ensures continued return on investment for customers, allowing them to convert their lenses to and from EF and E mounts.</p>
<p>You can read the full Sigma announcement including tech specs <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hvmp8m3qxo9wrh8/PR_EN_SIGMA_cine_lens_0417.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> as well as download the new Sigma Cine 14mm T2 and 135mm T2 product images <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3bvei77exa4vmxv/AAB173cvG0Luon8eXuhgO-qja?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
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I started this site 9 years ago, more as a joke than anything. I stole the idea from the likes of <a href="http://macrumors.com">macrumors.com</a> and <a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/rumours.html">northlight-images</a>. It was never meant to be more than a fun place for me to write about current and coming camera gear, I never imagined it would explode to the level of popularity that it has.</p>
<p>However, it seems every year or two I have to remind a small (but loud) percentage of folks about what a “rumor” is.</p>
<blockquote>
<h3>ru·mor

ˈro͞omər/</h3>
<h3>noun

1. a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts:</h3>
</blockquote>
<p>With success comes responsibility, even if you haven’t asked for it.</p>
<p>We try to be correct with information 100% of the time, this is a lofty and completely unattainable goal. We are not CanonFacts.com or the New York Times or the BBC, we are Canon <em><strong>Rumors</strong></em>. No one is going to be correct 100% of the time, and you cannot treat anything you read as 100% correct, whether the writer had that intention or not.</p>
<p>We hear the latest in cliche words, “clickbait”, “fake news” & “altfacts” all come to mind. There is nothing at Canon Rumors that is intentionally any of those 3 things.</p>
<p>We are fine with criticism, and actually welcome it. However, if you’re going to be critical, please do so based on what we have written and not what others have written.</p>
<p><strong>What we do not control:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Things people send us. 95% of the stuff that appears in my inbox never appears on the site because I can generally confirm the information internally.</li>
<li>What others sites decide to publish. If another site wants to link one of our stories, that’s great but we do not seek it. They are running the risk of the rumor being untrue or partially untrue.</li>
<li>I have no control on how people read between the lines and then hit forums or social media and spread these things as “fact”. Things I never wrote appear places and then are taken as fact and then people are mad at us if it turns out to not be true.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What we do control:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Every post on the site is my responsibility and when it’s wrong, I’m wrong, and that bugs me.</li>
<li>The ratings we put on posts. This <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/crop-factor-change-for-4k-canon-eos-5d-mark-iv-included-in-coming-update-more/">latest firmware update post</a> we didn’t put [CR1] on it, as we should have. The post says “new source”, but it was our oversight that we didn’t rate it for whatever reason.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How to make it better going forward?</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Making sure we rate every post and we’ve put the rating system in the side bar of the site. I don’t like posting [CR1] stuff, but sometimes they can turn out to be true. I will make sure to better articulate that a rumor is unconfirmed and to take it for what it is.</li>
<li>All video related rumors are going to be vetted differently. I have lots of photography knowledge, but my videography knowledge is lacking. This latest firmware rumor would have probably ended up in the trashcan if I had passed it onto a couple of people prior to posting for evaluation.</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks for reading my rant and visiting Canon Rumors. In the end we do this for fun and we hope you read it for fun.</p>
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<p><em>Workaround for Malfunction During Use of VPG130 CFast Card</em></p>
<p>For EOS C300 Mark II/EOS C300 Mark II PL Digital Cinema Cameras equipped with firmware Version 1.0.6.1.00, we have confirmed a phenomenon in which, depending upon the usage conditions, the camera freezes when a VPG 130 CFast card is used simultaneously with a non VPG130 CFast card.</p>
<p>We are currently making preparations to correct this phenomenon with the release of a firmware update in mid-May. In the meantime, please use the method described in the workaround below.</p>
<p>We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to customers, and we ask for your ongoing patience.</p>
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<strong>Phenomenon </strong>

When a VPG130 CFast card is used simultaneously with a non VPG130 CFast card the camera may freeze. If the camera freezes, even if the live view image is displayed, all buttons and switches, including the POWER switch, will no longer respond, and the footage will not be recorded on the cards. (The time code and the recording indicator may continue to work.)</p>
<p>The camera can be released from the freeze condition by detaching it from the power supply (or removing the battery)</p>
<p><strong>Workaround </strong>

If you experience this phenomenon please follow the steps below:</p>
<p>Detach the camera from the power supply or remove the battery.

Remove both CFast cards from the card slots.

Use two of the same type of CFast cards: Either VPG130 or non VPG130.

Note: If there is only one CFast card inserted, you may continue use with no issues.</p>
<p><strong>Affected Products </strong>

EOS C300 Mark II/EOS C300 Mark II PL Digital Cinema Cameras (with Firmware V1.0.6.1.00).</p>
<p><strong>Support </strong>

We are planning to release updated firmware in mid-May 2017.</p>
<p>If you have not already done so, please register the EOS C300 Mark II and EOS C300 Mark II PL. By registering, we will be able to notify you via email about future announcements.</p>
<p>This information is for residents of the United States and its five territories only. If you do not reside in the USA or its five territories, please contact the Canon Customer Support Center in your region.</p>
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