SIGMA UK sat down with the always engaging SIGMA CEO Kazuto Yamaki to talk about their new Tokyo headquarters and SIGMA's upcoming product plans. While the whole interview is great and worth your time, Kazuto Yamaki does tease a never-before-seen lens design. One of the products that excites me a lot, is a telephoto lens

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Back in August, Canon announced the imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 17″ printer, which came 8 years after it's predecessor, the imagePROGRAF PRO-1000. Keith Cooper has completed his exhaustive review of the PRO-1100 and has come away impressed. As suspected, if you're already an PRO-1000 owner, the PRO-1100 probably isn't worth worrying about as far as an upgrade

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Canon and Amazon have been working through the legal process since May 2023, with a joint suit against the sales of counterfeit Canon batteries and chargers. This has been a growing issue with not only Canon but in other camera accessory segments such as memory cards. There is a differene between third-party batteries and chargers,

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Profoto proudly presents the Pro-B3, a groundbreaking 750ws battery flash designed to meet the demands of the world’s best action and extreme sports photographers. With its heavy-duty casing and industrial grade components, it is engineered for photographers who are dedicated to capture professional images in the most remote and challenging locations. Power and flexibility The

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Yodobashi Camera's top ranking for the last half of November includes a surprising #1 entry for the Canon EOS R1, which would have only been available for sale a few days before the ranking. Yodobashi Camera is a major Japanese retailer, so this looks at the Japanese market more than anything. Yodobashi Camera is atypically

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B&H Photo has the white variant of the Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z in-stock and ready to ship in limited quantities. You can grab one for the low low price of $2999 (Reg $2999). Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z at B&H Photo $2999 About

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Even though Craig laid down the gauntlet for predictions on 2025, I think he cheated. Now I know why this last month, when chatting with him and asking him what would happen in 2025, he just shrugged and said, "I dunno."


It was all part of his evil plan.

There is now a third kid on the block following SIGMA and Tamron as an official third-party manufacturer for the Canon RF mount. Samyang has officially launched the AF 12mm f/2 for APS-C cameras, which is a 19mm 35mm equivalent for APS-C cameras. This is an wide-angle lens for people on a budget and is

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Duade P (a trusted reviewer) offers a balanced perspective here.

Canon has released firmware v1.0.1 for the EOS R1. This update ads minor features as well as a bunch of bug fixes. We don't expect any significant features to be added until mid Q1 of 2025. Though there could be additional bug fixes before then. Canon EOS R1 Firmware v1.0.1 Download Canon EOS R1 firmware

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Canon has released their second firmware update for the EOS R5 Mark II. They have added the promised Incorporates support for frame rates of 23.98fps/24.00fps when using the LP-E6NH and LP-E6N battery. There are also a host of bug fixes which will be welcomed by a lot of owners. Canon EOS R5 Mark II Firmware

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I don't think that I've ever done a predicitons post for the upcoming year on this site, so I decided to steal the idea and do one that is Canon focused. If I let this sit for days or weeks, the predictions would likely change every hour, so this is what I will go with

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On the 1st of December, Canon released their current list of equipment that is no longer supported by a Canon Service Center. So if you scroll down to the DSLR EOS or Mirrorless camera sections and you see your camera model in this list, that means that Canon no longer provides repair support for your camera. I have included the link below, and you may have to translate to the language of your choice.


MS Edge and Google are options to use for translations.

On the 1st of December, Canon released their current list of equipment that now has an End-of-Repair Date. This document includes all products that Canon makes, so you will need to look for you specific class of cameras, lenses, or flash models. For example, under DSLR EOS series, the EOS 80D will no longer be supported by a Canon Service Center after October 2027. I have enclosed the link below, and you may have to translate into the language of your choice.


MS Edge and Google are options to use for translations.

I can't believe another year is almost over. It hardly seems like it was just a year ago that Craig and I were trashing the R100.


My list was almost the same as Craig's, but I can't just say, "Yeah, me too, bro," and leave this at around 20 words, so I have to go off what Craig has already said a bit.

Over the years, there has been a lot of talk about global shutters in cinema and ILC cameras. Canon did announce a global shutter camera back in 2016, but that was the $40,000 Cinema EOS C700GS. Not really an everyman's camera. Sony decided it was time to shake up the mirrorless camera market again, with

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2024 has definitely been an interesting year for Canon. There have been some great professional cameras released that we're only starting to learn and create with, along with some innovative lenses designs. Canon even took care of the golfers out there, which is true innovation for an imaging company. You may or may not care,

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The rumors look to be true, Fuji will introduced a fixed lens rangefinder style GFX camera with a 100MP “medium format” sensor in the first quarter of 2025. The camera will reportedly sport a 35mm f/4 lens (28mm f/3.2 DOF equivalent). There will be no IBIS in the camera, but that probably won't matter much

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The Canon RF 200-800 mm lens is in stock at B&H in NYC.

Without killing the bank and wanting to do both birding and wildlife with sports for my son, how good is this lens for a possible option with a R6 MK II?
There don't seem to be a lot of choices seeing how my son plays soccer and football getting into lower light options as he is getting older. I unfortunately do not have sideline access for football so I need the reach, so I am quite limited on options. Really concerned about the slower F stop and noise mostly on the football side.

Finally got the MkII and it's showing lots of SSID's from the neighbors (I'm in an apartment building) but it's not showing mine. The old R5 shows all four of my SSIDs, and so do four smartphones and four laptops. None of the SSID's are "hidden."

The MkII IS showing several of the neighbors' SSIDs (typical cramped Japanese apartment building), as do my other devices. I can match them up one for one with what the MkII is showing, but it's not showing mine.

I've tried several different locations, such as my desk, right next to the router, right next to the repeater, and even in the exact spot the R5 original can see the SSIDs. I've tried swapping the locations of the two cameras and the old camera sees them and the new one doesn't even after swapping the positions.

MkII is on latest 1.0.1 firmware.
Router is a common brand here in Japan, Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2, with latest firmware Ver.1.04
Repeater is TP-LINK RE305 hardware version 4.0 with latest firmware 1.0.23 Build 230418 Rel.60395n (7480)

Both have separate SSID's for 2.4GHz and 5GHz, so there's a total of four SSID's, any of which would suffice to get this working.

The annual Canon USA refurbished gear sale is now live! These prices are always the lowest that we'll see in 2024. Inventory does not last long, so if you're on the fence or in the market, you should act as quickly as possible. About Canon USA Refurbished Gear Canon EOS R Camera Body Only Canon

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B&H is having a Black Friday sale on a ton of backpacks for all of your gear carrying needs. Being a bag snob, and more than just camera bags, I have gone through the deals and will give my recommendations at various budgets. There is no perfect bag, and no best bag. There are only

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In this patent application (2024-166408), Canon looks to be investigating making some small power zoom kit lenses. Sony popularized this, and it would be interesting to see if Canon follows suit. The patent application intriguingly has both APS-C and full-frame lenses. If you notice that none of the embodiments have the image height. So if

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Tamron officially announced its first Canon RF zoom, the Tamron 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD (Model B060). That's a mouthful.