New top of the line Canon 1D X coming March 2012
Posted Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 9:41 pm by Jason Cartwright
Canon has announced a new flagship camera, the EOS-1D X. From March 2012, professional photographers will be able to get their hands on the Canon’s finest creation yet. With specs that will ensure it takes the crown as the best Canon ever, on-board is a full-frame 18.1 Megapixel sensor, up from 16 on the 1D Mark IV. There’s also the world’s fastest shutter release, firing off shots at 12fps.
A 61-point Autofocus system and ISO range of between 100 and 51200 to ensure your photos are always crisp and clear even in near-dark conditions. Canon fans will be familiar with the DiG!C 4 image processors from models like the 5D Mk 2 or even the 600D. The Canon 1D will introduce a Dual DiG!C 5 image processor for high-speed processing and noise reduction of your precious photos.
Not to be outdone by the latest smart phones, the 1D features Auto-exposure, new wireless file transmitter and GPS receiver to geotag your photos. The new Wireless File Transmitter unit (WFT-E6) offers synchronised shooting with multiple camera units, remote control shooting, image review and download using a browser, and high-speed Wi-Fi or Bluetooth file transfer.
Naturally the best camera available needs to perform dual-duty as a video camera as well. Canon have you covered with Full HD video recording, although this was available in the current model, it was only possible to get around 12 minutes captured.
Canon are also listening to your complaints and have addressed some by restructuring buttons, controls and menu structures based on user feedback. A new Camera Guidance feature will provide a simple explanation of individual settings when the Info button is pressed, making the pro camera more approachable to newbies.
The Canon EOS-1D X may not have an official price tag in Australia, but Engadget are reporting a cost of US$6,800.
Image credit: Dacookieman
In other Canon-related news, announced today, the company has now sold more than 70 million EF lenses. Starting back in 1987, Canon has just shipped the last 10 million units in just 9 months. Not entirely surprising as DSLR’s are more affordable than ever.
Make smooth sliding professional looking video with DP Slider
Posted Friday, July 15, 2011 at 7:11 pm by Jason Cartwright
DP Slider is a camera track system for DSLR and video cameras. You may have seen videos that move smoothly from top to bottom or side to side and wonder why your clumsy hands can’t achieve the same thing. The DP Slider can take your video from a shaky amateurish production to an impressive professional quality video.
Apparently word is out how awesome DP Slider is, with a 2 week waiting list before you can get one. There’s a variety of models, featuring different lengths and configurations. Prices start around US$299 right up to US$799 depending on your needs.
Check out the video to see the amazing results possible. Keep in mind, it does help to have a great camera and cool friends who own bars and pool tables. Moving the camera along the track is a manual process, while automated rigs are available, these are much more expensive.
Canon 1100D available in red ?
Posted Monday, February 7, 2011 at 5:43 pm by Jason Cartwright
In what can only be described as a bizarre choice by Canon, the new low-end DSLR 1100D will be available in a red body. Initially I thought it was part of Bono’s product [Red] campaign again aids, but no, turns out not to be the case. The Canon website lists the red colour as ‘limited’ so who knows, maybe they just had a couple of tins of red paint lying around. Good news for traditionalists, the Canon 1100D is also available in black or metallic grey.
Colours aside, lets take a look at what’s new over the 1000D. There’s a bump in megapixels from 10.1 to 12.2 complete with DiG!C 4 Image Processor smarts, while the LCD screen has been increased from 2.5” to 2.7". A big addition for the entry-level Canon DSLR is 1280x720p video, something not available on the 1000D. Focusing gets a little smarter in this model with 9-point AF, up from the previous 7, will you notice this ? Probably not.
Unfortunately the cheap feeling plastic body is still the same, but hey if your price conscious, you’ve got to give up something. If you’ve never had a DSLR before, you’ll most likely be happy with the 1100D.
Like the 600D, pricing is still not announced, but the Canon 1100D will be available from March 2011.
Canon zooms past 60 Million EF lenses
Posted Monday, February 7, 2011 at 5:26 pm by Jason Cartwright
Canon today announced that since 1987, its Utsunomiya Plant in Japan has churned out more than 60 million EF lenses. The world of photography is certainly alive and well my friends. Canon reached its first 10 million lenses made, way back in 1995, 8 years after production started. By comparison, the most recent 10 million have been sold in just 13 months.
Canon’s success in lenses is likely, at least part, attributed to allocating 10% of net sales for research and development. That continued funding results in new innovation including the ‘Worlds first fisheye zoom lens’ scheduled for release in March 2011.
Congratulations Canon, keep making great products and we’ll keep buying them.
Canon 600D announced! Adds filters, in-camera video editing
Posted Monday, February 7, 2011 at 5:00 pm by Jason Cartwright
Canon has decided today is their day for announcements so get ready for a few posts. The biggest of those announcements is the unveiling of the Canon EOS 600D. The new top of this line entry-level DSLR from Canon now comes with a bunch of new features, including 5 creative filters that apply effects like Fish Eye and Toy Camera (tilt shift) to your images. Up to 2 of these can be applied at once.
There’s also new technologies introduced in the latest model like ‘Scene Intelligent Auto’ that dynamically determines the best settings based on the scene your shooting, rather than just a default setting on the 500 and 550D.
Hardware wise the body is much the same as previous models, with one important distinction. The high res 3 inch LCD now rotates up to 180 degrees to allow you to see the shot while holding the camera in strange positions. Great for when you have to shoot over or around objects, previously difficult shots like these required a lot trial and error.
There’s still the 18 megapixel sensor using the DiG!C 4 Processor with fast 3.7 fps bursts. You can’t do much better than full frame 1080p video, but that was there in the 550D. The latest addition when it comes to video, is a Video Snapshot feature that allows pre-set 2, 4 or 8 second clips to be shot and also edited together complete with background music, right from within the camera.
So overall there’s not a whole lot that’s new about the 600D, but doesn’t all you camera geeks out there won’t still sell a kidney for it. Canon Australia aren’t announcing pricing just yet, but do say the 600D will hit store shelves in March 2011.
Amazing motion time lapse of New York
Posted Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 11:33 am by Jason CartwrightNew York is an amazing city, don’t believe me ? Check out this amazingly gorgeous motion time lapse of NYC.
The magic is achieved by using a Canon 5D Mark 2 mounted on a Dolly Kit from Dynamic Perception. So poplar is the dolly kit, that it’s currently on back order and requires a 50% deposit, still this video makes you seriously crave one. With the camera strapped into the dolly and your configuration set, the dolly will pan automatically on specified time increments.
Along with the dolly, a variety of lenses were used on the 5D, for those photographers out there it was the 14mm 2.8L, 24mm 1.4L, 50mm 1.2L, 70-200 2.8L.
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