New Zoom Lens from Canon
- At November 14, 2014
- By John
- In Canon, Lens
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Mark II of the Popular 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 L Lens Announced
Of particular interest to myself, the much rumoured replacement from the 16 year old, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L, push-pull, zoom lens has finally been announced from Canon.
Read More»Cashback On A Great Lens
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L Deal
As part of their 2014 Summer Cashback scheme Canon UK are offering various rebates on several cameras, printer and lenses. Normally I don’t pay that much attention to what’s on offer as it’s rarely something I want. However, this time around one I notice that of the lenses is the fabulous EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM lens.
Read More»Stepping Up to the Mark (5D Mark III)
- At December 06, 2012
- By John
- In Camera, Canon, EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 5D Mark III, Gear Review
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A Good Time to Upgrade to the 5D Mark III Perhaps?
Well I’ve finally given in. Despite the price and stating I’d be unlikely to upgrade so soon, the lure of the Canon EOS 5D Mark III finally got the better of me and I’ve traded in one of my 5D bodies against a new 5D Mark III. Why now you may ask? Well the price of the 5D Mark III has dropped over £600 since the March launch and the other major factor is the impending release of Canon’s surprise package at Photokina, the EOS 6D. Read More»Firmware Update for the Canon 5D Mark-III Annouced
Canon have announced a new firmware update from the Canon 5D mark-III. Nothing unusual in this you may think but this update won’t actually be available till April 2013. That’s around 6 months, so what’s going on?
Well, the firmware update is primarily in response from feedback from the movie fraternity to provide substantial improvements in the video facilities such as providing HDMI output. Most of this may be of little consequence if you’re primarily a stills photographers, however, as some recent online rumours have suggested, the autofocusing abilities will also be greatly enhanced to allow autofocusing with lenses apertures down to f/8. Currently autofocus can only be achieved with apertures down to f/5.6, so this means that 1.4 and 2x extenders can be used with many more lenses and should significantly improve the the 5D mIII ability in the sports and and wildlife genres. This will truly mark the 5D mIII as an all allrounder, and put it up there with capabilities of the previous 1D series cameras.
Why the long wait you may ask, six months is some way off? Well I suspect many of these changes are still under development or in the testing phase, although there are rumours to suggest the firmware release will coincide with another major camera release. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Details from the Canon website can be found here.