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Below is an updated spec list we’ve received for the apparently upcoming PowerShot G17. By the looks of the spec list, this camera would come above the recently announced PowerShot G1 X II which seem highly unlikely, but here’s what we were sent anyway.</p>
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<li>24-200mm f/1.4-2.0 Lens</li>
<li>DIGIC 6</li>
<li>New 3,0 LCD with 1,2 mpix with high contrast glass</li>
<li>1/8000 shutter speed</li>
<li>All magnesium body with comfortable grip</li>
<li>490 pictures on 1 battery charge</li>
<li>New large sensor</li>
<li>Over 80 Ultra Advanced Scene Modes with on-camera retouching</li>
<li>Wi-fi , GPS with uploaded google maps</li>
<li>HD movies , full hd 1920 * 1080 – 60 f/s</li>
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<p>Take this one with a massive grain of salt as it could be an April 1 holdover. We were also sent pricing and it’s above the PowerShot G1 X II. Stranger things have happened and I’m sure the “Gxx” nameplate still has good marketing muscle behind it. However, we haven’t even seen the G1 X II on the market yet, I can’t imagine it being trumped in the compact camera segment.</p>
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If you have a noisy focus ring on your Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II, below is the reason why. The report is dated February 2014, so all lenses manufactured prior to August 2013 are are potentially affected. I’ve had first hand experience with this issue from our rental inventory. I have no idea if Canon will charge you for this repair if the lens is out of warranty. We haven’t bothered to fix our inventory, as a few lenses have exhibited the issue, but functionality doesn’t seem to be affected.</p>
<p><strong>Repair Information</strong>

It has been confirmed at the factory that when turning the focus ring, in rare cases, an abnormal noise can be heard. If units are brought in due to complaints of this nature, please replace the part with the new part.</p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Compatibility

</strong>Old and new types are compatible.</p>
<div id="attachment_16305" style="width: 517px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2470spring.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-16305" alt="Reason & remedy for a noisy focus ring on a Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2470spring.jpg" width="507" height="202" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Reason & remedy for a noisy focus ring on a Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II</p></div>
<p><strong>Time of Change

</strong>The new type has been incorporated into products from the August 2013 production.</p>
<p>When mounting the new SPRING, COIL (CB3-3809-010), there is no need to mount PLATE, SPRING HOLD. (There will not be problems even if the PLATE, SPRING HOLD is mounted.)</p>
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Yesterday we posted an <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2014/04/eos-1d-x-eos-1d-c-cold-weather-autofocus-issues/" target="_blank">internal service advisory for the Canon EOS-1D X and EOS-1D C</a>. These are advisories that are only known to a select few within Canon and not told to the consumers.</p>
<p>We have a lot of more of these documents that cover various Canon lenses and camera bodies, there’s even more on the EOS-1D X mirrorbox.</p>
<p>The person that sent them to us didn’t have an issue with Canon keeping this stuff internal. However, they were upset that a lot of the issues are known to Canon and they’re still charging customers for the repairs out of warranty. There are a couple of lenses with design flaws and Canon is charging $250-$450 for these repairs out of warranty and not fully disclosing the design flaw to the customer.</p>
<p>We’re not sure whether or not we’ll post the rest of the internal documents we have in our possession. If you think there’s value in us doing so, <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=20341.0">please sound off in our forum</a>.</p>
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<p>Canon Europe has expanded its Ambassadors Programme with the addition of a new, third tier – the ‘Masters’. Launching with four world-renowned experts, including photographer and conservationist Yann Arthus-Bertrand and the Imperial War Museum’s Curator of Photography, Hilary Roberts, the Masters come from not just the world of photography, but a far wider visual perspective, bringing vision and experience to the already well-proven Ambassadors Programme.</p>
<p>Joining the new Masters are photographers Gary Knight and Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols who move up from their previous roles as Canon Ambassadors. With their new appointments come the arrival of one new ‘Ambassador’ and eight new ‘Explorers’ from the worlds of photography and filmmaking. These new additional members now bring Canon Europe’s tally of experts to an impressive 61 imaging professionals.</p>
<p>Joining as a new Canon Ambassador is award-winning photojournalist Pascal Maitre (France). He joins the programme along with new Canon Explorers, comprising cameraman, director and filmmaker Phil Coates (UK), film director and producer Sébastien Devaud (France), freelance sports photographer Kuba Atys (Poland), award-winning photojournalist Niklas Meltio (Finland), top sports photographer Giancarlo Colombo (Italy), renowned wildlife photographer Andy Rouse (UK), top sports photographer Alessandro Trovati (Italy) and award-winning photojournalist Zalmaï (Switzerland).</p>
<p><b>Discover the Canon Ambassadors Programme

</b>To learn more about the Ambassadors programme and to find out more on the addition of the new Canon Masters please click <a href="http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/canon_expands_ambassadors_programme_march_2014.do" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. To catch up on all the latest Ambassadors blogs, featuring all the latest projects from Canon Ambassadors and Explorers around the world, please click <a href="http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/ambassadors/blogs.do" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
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We have been notified about a known issue within Canon on the Canon EOS-1D X and Canon EOS-1D C camera bodies and sometimes not autofocusing in cold weather situations. I have <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=14335.0" target="_blank">read about the issues on our own forum</a> as well as on others.</p>
<p>Below is an explanation of the issue we’ve received from an anonymous source, though no official service advisory has been issued by Canon.</p>
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<p><strong>Symptom:

</strong>Camera “does not autofocus”, “does not search in AF”, or “does not focus in AF search” depending on the reporter or the camera settings; specifically, the focus cannot be achieved in low temperatures (under 0 degree Celsius).</p>
<p><em>* Although there has been no reported occurrence on the EOS-1D C, the mechanical structure of the Mirror Box Ass’y is the same as the EOS-1DX, so the EOS-1D C is included in the affected product.</em></p>
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<p><strong>Cause:

</strong>This phenomenon is due to the Locking Claw of the Sub Mirror (mirror for AF) going over the Locking Pin. The Sub Mirror’s angle becomes deviated and the light rays for AF does not fall on the AF sensors, causing the “does not autofocus” phenomenon.</p>
<div id="attachment_16291" style="width: 585px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1dxcold.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-16291" alt="EOS-1D X Mirrorbox Phenomenon in Cold Weather | Pre January 2013" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1dxcold-575x356.jpg" width="575" height="356" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">EOS-1D X Mirrorbox Phenomenon in Cold Weather | Pre January 2013</p></div>
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<p><strong>Service of Affected Product:

</strong>To control the torque, the process to check the Locking Claw’s going over torque of Locking Pin has been newly incorporated. (From production on January 24)</p>
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<p><strong>Repair Procedure:

</strong>Handling of units in question: If the user complains about this specific phenomenon (does not autofocus in low temperature), replace the Mirror Box Ass’y with the ones to be shipped in the future (CY3-1661-010 or CY3-1687-010).</p>
<p><em><strong>Handling of general repairs: If the user does not mention this phenomenon, please handle as normal repair.</strong></em></p>
<p>The line directly above is of great concern to me. If you bought one of the earlier EOS-1D X cameras and live in a warm climate, you may never know the issues existed until you went to shoot in a cold climate.</p>
<p>The notice is dated January 2013, so I assume all cameras manufactured after that date would be unaffected. There is no serial number range that I can see, nor do we know how widespread the issue is. However, if you have experienced this phenomenon, you now know what it is.</p>
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