<b>MELVILLE, N.Y., March 2, 2015</b> – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce that its parent company, Canon Inc., has been named to the 2015 <i>FORTUNE</i>magazine World’s Most Admired Companies list in the computers category. Considered by<i>FORTUNE</i> magazine as the “definitive report card on corporate reputations,” Canon received its highest ranks in innovation, social responsibility and long-term investment value.</p>
<p>“We are honored to be recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by <i>FORTUNE</i>magazine and well-respected industry leaders,” said Kotaro Fukushima, senior director and general manager, Corporate Communications, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “The results of this year’s rankings are a testament to Canon’s commitment to investing in our customers and technology, and our core belief of being a good corporate citizen in the communities we serve.”</p>
<p>The 2015 list was separated into 55 industries from a variety of business areas. Over 600 companies from 29 countries around the world were analyzed and ranked by executives, directors and analysts in their respective industries based on nine reputation drivers, including financial soundness, long-term investment value, people management, social responsibility, use of corporate assets, quality of management, quality of products/services, innovation and global competitiveness.<sup>1</sup></p>
<p>The <i>FORTUNE</i> magazine World’s Most Admired Companies list can be found at <a class="bold_text underlink" href="http://www.fortune.com/wmac" target="_blank">www.fortune.com/wmac</a>.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

I’m still waiting for my Canon EF 11-24 f/4L to arrive here in snowy Canada, but Keith at Northlight received his and has posted a few real world sample images and some examples of sharpness and how wide 11mm really is. The difference between 14mm and 11mm is pretty substantial as you’ll see. The example showing the corner sharpness is also impressive.</p>
<p>Be sure to post your examples in the forum if you have received your lens already.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/cameras/lenses/ef_11-24_f4l.html#compare_11_and_14mm" target="_blank">See the samples at Northlight</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

A new PowerShot G17 will be coming some time before July we’re told. The exact announcement date isn’t currently known. It definitely looks like the G17 is going to going upmarket. <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2014/03/canon-powershot-g17-coming-in-may-cr1/">We received similar specs back in March of 2014</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Canon PowerShot G17 Specs:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Ultra bright lens</li>
<li>f/1.2-2.0</li>
<li>24 – 168mm 7x Zoom</li>
<li>Super UD Lens</li>
<li>DIGIC 6+</li>
<li>Large 1″ Sensor</li>
<li>All Magnesium Body</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

LensVid.com has posted their yearly infographic showing the state of the photographic industry last year. They use the data from the CIPA statistics that were recently released.</p>
<div id="attachment_18956" style="width: 585px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Infographics-2014-01-2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-18956" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Infographics-2014-01-2-575x359.jpg" alt="Click for Larger" width="575" height="359" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Click for Larger</p></div>
<p><strong>Here are a few key points (from LensVid):</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Camera manufacturing/sales (all types) went down in 2014 by 31% (in 2013 we looked at close to a 40% drop).</li>
<li>Lenses manufacturing/sales (for DSLR/mirrorless cameras) went down in 2014  by 12% (in 2013 it went down by %20).</li>
<li>Japan is still a huge photography market (13% of all cameras and 14% of all lenses sell in Japan which has less than 2% of the world’s population), however the rest of Asia is the only place which seems to gain any momentum in 2014.</li>
<li>Mirrorless cameras (despite all the hype) are still just 7% of the entire camera market (up from a mere 5% in 2013).</li>
<li>Compact cameras are a dying breed – going down from a 108 million units in 2010 to only 29 million in 2014 (and this number is likely to go down even further in 2015).</li>
<li>Predicting the future of the camera market proved challenging in the past – IDC (the American market research, analysis and advisory firm) failed to predict what will happen to the mirrorless camera market. In 2012 they concluded that in 2014 we will see no less than 13 million mirrorless cameras sold worldwide. Only 3 million mirrorless cameras were actually sold…</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><a href="http://lensvid.com/gear/lensvid-exclusive-happened-photography-industry-2014/" target="_blank">Read more at LensVid.com</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>