For whatever reason, Vimeo user Aniebres decided to combine the bulkiness of an SLR camera with the lowly sensor of a phone camera. Taking an old Canon film SLR, he gutted it and created a space for his iPhone to snap into place. What’s sad is that the SLR acts as a completely useless...
Read more »
Canon is showing off all sorts of crazy hardware at Canon Expo 2010 over in NYC. One of them is an omnidirectional camera (shown above) that shoots a 360° photograph in a single exposure. It creates the seamless panoramas using a 50 megapixel CMOS sensor and an aspheric mirror. Note that this is a...
Read more »
Tweet The public sessions for the Canon EXPO 2010 start today. Yesterday was for VIPs (hmmm… how do i get into that group?) and today the show opens for everyone. I’m excited to be able to be there! It is a one block walk from my hotel and i’ll be updating this post thru...
Read more »
Let me ask you, as one photographer to another… are there many things better in life than unboxing a brand new camera? Not many, I think! A serendipitous sequence of events lead to the ability to buy my Canon EOS 7D with 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM kit lens – which I have greatly coveted...
Read more »
Canon Expo 2010 is going on over in New York City right now, and one of the interesting things being displayed is a funky multipurpose 4K camera. The 8-megapixel CMOS camera is capable of super high definition video and photography at 60 frames per second, and has a do-it-all 24-480mm zoom lens. Canon seems...
Read more »
So this is how high-rollin’ Canon photographers roll. This coffee table is much easier to do now with those Canon lens coffee mugs, but the 1D bodies would still cost a pretty penny.Image credit: Photograph by Philip Kwong
Read more »
Tweet This is our first part of the planet5D coverage of the Canon Expo 2010 – we’ll be in NYC tomorrow and Friday providing additional coverage. Today, Canon sent out a press release giving an overview of what is being presented. The theme of this show which Canon puts on only once every 5...
Read more »
A week ago Canon announced the development of a APS-H CMOS sensor that delivers a staggering 120 megapixels. Not content with ruling the megapixel race, they’ve just announced a physically gigantic sensor — the largest CMOS sensor in the world. In the photo above, the sensor is shown next to a standard 35mm full...
Read more »
DigitalRev has posted a followup to the destruction tests video they published last week. After abusing two entry-level DSLR cameras in all sorts of random ways (e.g. dropping down an escalator, using them as stilts and hammers, pouring hot liquids on them, etc…), many of us were left wondering to what degree the cameras...
Read more »
Canon announces the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM lens to extend its well-known L-series professional lens line up. It is described as a high-performance telephoto zoom lens for both pro and amateur photographers.
The quality performance is ensured by the inclusion of two UD elements (ultra-low dispersion) and a floating lens ...
Read more »
Twitter on Photography and Cameras