How soon after Canon does it's big announcement for the R1 will pre-orders be available?

As I understand the math, a 14-bit image has four times the data of a 12-bit image. My understanding has been that this extra data provides additional resolution which allows for more aggressive pushing and pulling of shadows and highlights. However, I recently saw a thread about the R5 where the OP was suggesting that a 14-bit image has a wider dynamic range than a 12-bit image. This doesn't sound correct to me. A sensor captures what it captures. Well capacity is well capacity. But then again, I'm not an EE and I don't want to Dunning-Kruger my way through the thread. How should I understand the benefits of those extra 2 bits?

The accidental leaks were inevitable and we came about a couple of images of the both the EOS R1 and the EOS R5 Mark II with the active cooling grip. I am only posting the EOS R1 rear, as we haven't seen that yet, and the EOS R5 Mark II with the active cooling grip.

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Tomorrow (July 17, 2024) is the day we finally see the Canon EOS R1 and Canon EOS R5 Mark II in all their glory. There will also be a lot more things announced. Kudos to Canon for keeping the lid tight, as we simply haven't been able to publish anything official about the new gear.

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Canon’s announcement reads ‘Something big is coming’. A big red circle around the words. Could it be a really big lens?
What would be most useful for sport photographers? Maybe a 200-600/4?

Colleagues: Will the R1 (or R5/II?) have built-in GPS locating, as the 5D4 did? TY

Managed to buy myself the lens at Tokiwa-camera in Osaka.

Never have been treated better as a customer. Lens was sold for 54.000 Yen as duty free with int. Warranty.

I Had No Time for intensive Test, but the lens feels welll ballanced.
Only complain from my Side:
1. Zoom and Focus are switched compared to Canon.
2. Lens ist giving some resistance when it gets mounted

Will Post some Samples when I have time

TESDO sat down with the development team of the Canon RF 24-105 F2.8L IS USM Z, and they aren't done with the landmark lenses that have never been done before. There was a time when Canon's lens development was pretty conservative and couldn't do a good wide angle if they tried (and they did try,

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My son is in film school and currently has a C70, along with an RF 28-70/2 and a 24-105/2.8 with zoom motor.

He's currently leaning towards putting his funds this year towards the rumored 70-200/2.8 Z, but when I mentioned that there's a rumored C70 Mark II that will be announced towards the end of the year, he wondered out loud how Canon would improve it.

Realistically, what improvements do you think the C70 II will have? My best guess is improved dynamic range, but I'm not a video shooter so I wouldn't really know.

Well known German Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker died at the age of 88.
Hoepker was the author of some of the most famous photographs of the past decades, incl. portraits of Muhammad Ali.

Thank you for your artistic and journalistic work.

You can find the obituary and a gallery here.

His controversial 9/11 photo is now also shown.

MAP Camera one of the largest camera retailers in Japan, posted its top 10 sales rankings for June, and the new Fujifilm X-T50 took home first place. According to MAP Camera, it had more than double the number of sales more than the 2nd place camera, the LUMIX S9. The X-T50's popularity I tend to

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What would the C70ii look like? I rearranged some things for a slender body.

There has been a ton of talk about the EOS R1 in our inbox. Most media outlets are not NDA'd about the EOS R1, as its not in their hands. The EOS R5 Mark II has been shown in-person to retailers and a bunch of media outlets have the camera in hand. However, the EOS

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So, both of these lenses appeared in my inbox..... though "not soon".

80% success rate source.

The RF 24mm f/1.4L VCM and RF 50mm f/1.4L VCM are confirmed for 2024. Though, as always, things can change.

...... and no, none of these lenses need IS (The R8 should have had IBIS). Please........

Canon Europe has begun teasing next week's announcements of the Canon EOS R1 and Canon EOS R5 Mark II. They will be doing a YouTube event on July 17 at 12:00 CEST. We will also see some new accessories announced, including new grips for the EOS R5 Mark II, a wireless mic system and more.

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Delkin Black vs Delkin Power 4.0​

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Unscientific Buffer Test (Images Taken)​

Setup: EOS R3 / H+ / RAW + LJPG

• Delkin Black 106
• Delkin Power 4 272

I will note that Black never hit the buffer in H RAW (1000+ images).

With an Angelbird AV PRO v60 SDXC sequential writing, the buffer hit at 120 (H+ RAW). This will probably matter more with the EOS R1 and the dual CFe slots for those that do crazy bursts.

I don't yet have a USB4 card reader to test an image dump (ordered). I do have the ASUS USB4 PCie card.

Disclosure: Delkin Devices sent the cards to me for no cost.

We're a week away from ending the torture of waiting for the Canon EOS R5 Mark II announcement. As you all know, Canon has locked this camera down pretty well, though not entirely. We do know most retailers have had their Canon NDA meetings with the camera present. However, no official specification sheet has been

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If you've been in the market for a Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 EX APO DG and you're in Europe, today is your lucky day! MPB.com has a Canon EF version in like new condition for only €10,999 (Reg €19,999), which is almost half price! Canon doesn't seem interested in making this type of innovative lens, they

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I remember this camera, I picked it up from somewhere back when it was great to be wheeling and dealing on eBay and whatnot. I took it out to the park in Scarborough Bluffs and at least 2 of the shots from that day ended up as 20×30 prints on my wall. It's amazing what

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As the title says, FHD at 240 fps using R3 and 100-400mm IS II + 2x II + 1.4x III, colors straight from camera

Last month, we reported that the Canon EOS R1 and Canon EOS R5 Mark II would be announced during the third week of July. We were asked not to post the exact date at that time, but it appears the exact date of July 17, 2024 is making its way around the web and has

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This is an interesting patent application (2024-090359) that is meant to patent some designs that are superficially meant for power zoom-capable lenses. The embodiments display both crop (assuming RF-S) and full-frame lenses. Canon writes in the patent application that the problem domain that this patent application is looking at resolving with this patent is; In a

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This is an interesting patent application with some curious lens designs. What struck me mostly was that there seemed to be odd consistencies that you don't usually see in Canon patent application embodiments such as most of the lenses all the exact same size (95.51mm in this case). That struck me as odd, as I

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Earlier this month, Canon announced that they would be releasing new firmware for the EOS R5 C, Cinema EOS C70, Cinema EOS C300 Mark III, Cinema EOS C500 Mark II as well as some of the professional camcorders. Canon USA has officially released the firmware updates for the above cameras. Firmware: Canon EOS R5 C

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