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Video: A review of Canon's first PowerShot camera, 25 years after its release

Gordon Laing, Editor of CameraLabs*, has *published his latest ‘Retro Review,’ featuring the Canon PowerShot 600, an early digital camera that he considers ‘Canon’s first consumer digital camera.’ The 10-minute video showcases the pros and cons of the 25-year-old camera, contextualizing the features with its contemporaries at the time of its release in 1996. Specifically, Gordon…
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Patent Shows How Canon Will Integrate Eye-Control AF into an EVF

In a patent, Canon explains how it intends to translate its Eye-Control Autofocus (AF) technology into a camera with an electronic viewfinder (EVF). The technology was originally developed for the EOS 5 SLR, and as such needed updating. In early April, Canon announced that it was developing the EOS R3 camera which would use the company’s old Eye-Control AF for the first time in years. However…
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Opinion: 8K video can be worth the hassle. But not for everyone, and perhaps not for the reasons you might think…

2020 was the year 8K video finally arrived on the enthusiast camera scene, courtesy of the Canon EOS R5. A few months later, Sony followed suit with its flagship a1, Nikon pre-announced support for 8K on its future Z9, and more announcements are surely in the pipeline. The emergence of 8K as a mainstream technology gives manufacturers a new opportunity to differentiate their products and marketers…
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TIPA 2021 World Awards: Sony and Nikon Cameras Lead the Pack

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has announced the winners of the TIPA World Awards 2021, which brings attention to what it considers to be the best cameras and lenses for photographers across a range of skill levels. While it is early in 2020, TIPA classifies products for its 2021 awards as those released from late last year through April of 2021. Nominations were originally gathered…
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