Michael Zhang (PetaPixel) dug up this promotional video that shows in great detail how digital cameras work and how they are made. If you are a photographer (and I know you are) or have an engineering background then you will find this video fascinating.
50 Excellent Captures from Canon 5D. Photography is a creative art that has undergone various transitions since it started with the discovery of its first camera. While much earlier, photography was undertaken as a part of hobby or pastime, it has emerged as a full-time professional career and an on demand creative art. The wide range of Canon cameras brought a new horizon of photography. The high quality lenses and amazing features and effects enhance the art of photography and serves as a boon to photographers. In that case the outcome of Canon 5D has been a tremendous arrival for photographers and camera and photo lovers. Canon 5D is an 12.8 megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera which was announced by Canon on 8 February 2010 and in the last two years the camera has served greatly well among users. It has 1080p HD video recording at 24p, 25p and 30p with drop framing, DIGIC image processor, and live view mode, built in flash, internal monaural microphone, highlight tone priority and so on. All these striking features of Canon 5D makes it all the more usable and durable amidst users. Canon 5D enables photographers to create some of the best shots of lifetime. With picture clarity and shooting effects, photographers can experiment best with photography using 5D. Here is a presentation of some of beautiful shots captured using a 5D. Explore this gallery of 50 Excellent Captures from Canon 5D
The Canon EOS-1D C is the 4K DSLR that many filmmakers have been clamoring for. It costs $15,000, which means you can’t afford it. Bummer? Hardly. Canon’s paving the road to a beautiful super-high-resolution future. Get excited.
When we first got a look at Canon’s 4K DSLR concept in the fall, we were cautiously excited. It’s undeniably neat technology, but we knew it would be outrageously expensive, and it’s not tech that’s meant for your average consumer. Make no mistake: the 1D C is targeted squarely at pro filmmakers. While most DSLRs only shoot Full HD 1920 x 1080-pixel footage, the 1D C can shoot at up to a whopping 4096 x 2160 resolution. That’s currently really only useful for high-end productions that are going to be screened using expensive 4K projectors. Films like The Social Network were shot in 4K. Your friend’s indie flick? Probably not.
In a departure from its last introduction as dramatic as the C300’s Hollywood launch itself, Canon has quietly announced two additional cameras to sit alongside the company’s former lone flagship. You may have caught a glimpse of the EOS-1D C at the C300 launch, but what six months ago was a mere mock-up has actually become a reality, likely to ship sometime this year. More out of left field, however, is the C500 — a higher-end version of the C300 that adds several shooting modes, dual 3G-SDI ports and a larger, permanent grip. Both cameras can capture 4K video, but in substantially different ways.
Canon has announced the new EOS 5D Mark III digital SLR camera, which succeeds the EOS 5D Mark II. The Mark III includes image, performance, and video improvements, some of which are drawn from the top-of-the-line EOS 1D-X. For a couple of hands-on previews, check out Digital Photography Review and The Verge. The Mark III will retail for $3,499.
Hey Guys! Hopefully you’ve been saving up because the Canon EOS 5D Mark III is now available for pre-order at BH Photo, Adorama and Amazon! If you’re still on the fence, read all about the specs in our previous post here.
Recently Canon announced the introduction of three new lenses to their EF lineup. The long awaited 24-70 f2.8 L II finally broke cover as well as two wide prime lenses with IS, the first of their kind. Much has been made about the projected $2300 price point for the new 24-70 though which is about $1200 more than you can currently get the previous version for. In the last couple of years Canon have updated some old lenses and introduced some new ones, all of which I have found to be exemplary so my gut feeling is that for pros, the price point will be justified. I was never that enamored with the wide open quality of the MKI version of this lens, it’s one of the few L series lenses that I have never owned so the prospect of a higher quality version is something I have looked forward to for some time.
Japanese electronics giant Canon has launched a new high-end digital video camera aimed at professional movie makers. The C300 was unveiled at a special event in LA on Thursday attended by Hollywood luminaries such as Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard.
The iPhone 4 already offered standout image quality for a mobile phone, helping to further the general trend of using a phone camera rather than a dedicated camera. And with ever-better video, phone cameras will increasingly will be able to supplant videocameras, too.
The following Canon PowerShot S95 camera review is a guest post written by Blake Sanders.
The Canon PowerShot S95 is a powerful compact camera that delivers photographs with incredible realism at high resolutions. Though the camera will fit in your pocket, it features a variety of professional attributes that consumers would not expect from a camera of this size.
The 3.0 inch LCD display aids in getting the perfect shot and is ideal for viewing images instantly. The camera has a full range of manual shooting modes as well. Consumers simply cannot deny the capabilities of this camera with its 10 megapixel CMOS sensor, extensive zoom lens, fast maximum aperture, and reasonable price.
