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Canon announces EF500mm / EF600mm lenses
Canon announces 2 new models of its Image Stabilizer (IS) super-telephoto lenses. The EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM offers professional photographers a lighter weight option for situations that require a long focal length with improved image quality and enhanced durability, and is ideal for professional, sports, nature and wildlife photography. The EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM is the successor to the current EF 600mm with reduced overall weight by 27% to 138.3 oz. The EF 500mm will be available in May for $9,499, the EF 600mm in June for $11,999…
Canon launches new PowerShot compact cameras
Canon unveils 4 new PowerShot models, the SX230 HS, Elph 500 (IXUS 310) HS, Elph 300 (IXUS 220) HS and Elph 100 (IXUS 115) HS. The SX230 HS features a 12.1 Mp sensor, a 14x optical zoom lens (with Optical Image Stabilization) and a 3.0″ LCD. The camera will be available at the end of March for $349.99. The 500 HS features 4x optical zoom and a 3.2″ LCD. The 300 HS features 5x optical zoom and a 2.7″ LCD. The 100 HS features 4x optical zoom and a 3.0 LCD. The prices are $299.99, $249.99 and $199.99 respectively…
Carl Zeiss AG joins the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group
Announced jointly by Olympus Imaging Corp. (President : Masaharu Okubo) and Panasonic Corporation in 2008, the Micro Four Thirds System standard has rapidly grown in popularity. Now, support for the standard is expanding with the decision of Carl Zeiss AG to join the Micro Four Thirds System standard, and the company is releasing lenses compliant with the standard. For more than 160 years, the lenses of Carl Zeiss AG have been defining the state-of-the-art…
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Canon unveils Rebel T3i / T3 (EOS 600D/1100D)
Canon unveils the 18 Mp EOS Rebel T3i (600D) and the 12 Mp T3 (1100D) digital SLR cameras. Both cameras are aimed at the beginning photographer. Canon’s new Feature Guide instruction will walk the T3i/600D user through functions and provide recommendations for various settings, a great hands-on learning tool. The T3i is scheduled for March for $799.99 (body only) or $899.99 (with Canon’s new EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens). The more modest Rebel T3 will be offered for $599.99 in a kit with the same lens…
Samsung PL20, ES80: A duo of entry-level compacts
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has today announced its latest offerings for beginners seeking an affordable entry-level digital camera. The Samsung PL20 and Samsung ES80 are slated to arrive on the US market in March and April 2011, respectively. Priced at $120, the Samsung PL20 is the pricier of the pair, and includes 720p high definition movie recording capability. Sensor resolution is 14 megapixels, and the PL20 also includes a 5x optical zoom lens. Other features of the Samsung PL20 include a Smart Filter function, Smart Auto…
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Samsung Announces $120 PL20 and $100 ES80
Samsung has announced two new cheap point & shoot cameras: the $120 PL20 and the $100 ES80. Both cameras boast a 5x optical zoom lens and are available in four colors.
Canon T3i: Rebel series DSLR with Vari-angle screen previewed
Canon USA has today announced its new Canon EOS Rebel T3i digital SLR, known in some markets as the EOS 600D, and we’ve just published our hands-on Canon T3i preview. The Canon Rebel T3i takes the feature-set of the previous T2i model, and puts it in a new body with a number of important changes. Key among these is the switch to a new Vari-angle screen, which necessitates a rearrangement of the Rebel T3i’s rear panel. Since there’s no room for the infrared sensor found in earlier models, which was used to disable the LCD display when the camera was brought to…
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Canon T3: New entry-level Rebel DSLR previewed
Canon USA has today announced its new Canon EOS Rebel T3 digital SLR, known in some markets as the EOS 1100D, and we’ve just published our hands-on Canon T3 preview. The Canon Rebel T3 is a replacement for the 2.5 year old Rebel XS model, and incorporates quite a range of updates to bring the camera up to date in the company’s line. Perhaps most significantly, the Rebel T3 increases the sensor resolution to twelve megapixels, while switching to a current-generation DIGIC 4 processor. Also new in the Canon EOS T3 is a nine-point AF system with a wider working…
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Canon: Five new PowerShot cameras
Canon has today announced five new PowerShot digital camera models — the compact ELPH 100 HS, ELPH 300 HS,and ELPH 500 HS, and the long-zoom SX230 HS andSX220 HS. To a generation that’s grown up knowing nothing of the film days, it can sound quaint to refer to the digital nature of your products, and so Canon USA has dropped that word from its latest round of compact camera names, much as it previously did with the Rebel-series SLR lineup. At the same time, the naming schema has been updated to place a greater emphasis on the ELPH branding for pocket-friendly…
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Canon U.S.A. Announces Two New Telephoto Lenses: EF 500mm F/4L IS II USM And EF 600mm F/4L IS II USM
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 7, 2011 Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced two new versions of its popular Image Stabilizer (IS) super-telephoto lenses. The EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM and EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM super-telephoto lenses deliver incredible image quality at all apertures for professional photographers and filmmakers. It has been 11 years since Canon initially introduced its Image Stabilized 500mm and 600mm…
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