Canon EOS 5D Mark II Displays Multiple Battery Capacities

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera is being hailed as the first DSLR able to manage multiple batteries. The camera includes technology to read up to six separate LP-E6 batteries. The LCD will will display data about each battery whenever you like.

Canon Mark III Improvements

Canon’s firmware fix for the Mark III’s focusing problems improved it a lot, but according to Rob Galbraith, there is more to be done.

Memory Card Still Good After 2 Years In Water

Two years ago, Mr. Collins lost his Canon Powershot camera when his boat capsized in Kejimkujik National Park. Mrs. Collins nearly drowned and naturally, no one gave the lost camera second thought - until now.
A park maintenance worker found the Canon, which was beaten up, but to everyone’s amazement, the memory card was [...]

Canon Recall on PowerShot A650 IS

Canon has issued a recall for the PowerShot A650 IS (in China) because the Vari-Angle LCD display can leak light onto the image when used in bright sun.
So if your pix have been overexposed, it may not be you! US recall may follow.

Canon’s EOS 1D Mark III

If you have more (lots more) than $1200 in your piggy bank, then consider Canon’s new 21.1 megapixel gem. Or you can patch up that car one more time and spend the bucks on this photog’s dream.
Amazon’s got it for $8000 (body only of course). Specs include:

21.1-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor
Large 3.0-inch LCD display with Live [...]

Canon’s 40D To Arrive 9/20

Canon’s 40D has arrived. Amazon Hot damn kiddies. Amazon lists a delivery date of September 20th. All you photogs are waiting for the specs, right? Ask and you shall receive:
- 10.1-megapixel CMOS sensor captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints- Large 3.0-inch LCD display with enhanced Live View and broadened color gamut - 6.5 frame-per-second [...]

Canon gets gigs

Canon has a new High Definition video camera with a 40 gig hard drive, to take the annoyance of having to constantly switch out discs when shooting with a HD video camera. The Canon HG10 AVCHD camera can shoot up 15 hours of High Def, clean cut, crisp footage. It features a 10x zoom [...]

Canon 40D Closer to Reality

Because this model number was uncovered on a CIPA (Camera Imaging Products Association) PictBridge certification list, we might assume that the actual product is not too far behind. The rumor mill says:

10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor measuring 22.5 x 15-mm, 5fps burst mode, integrated anti-dust cleaning system, 2.5-inch LCD, and DIGIC II image processing.

Sony vs Canon: CMOS Wars

Sony is following Canon with an announcement that it will allocate Â¥60 billion ($490.4 million) for its CMOS manufacturing operations. Although this information has been on its website for some time, it is only after Canon’s announcement that it is building a new CMOS plant in Japan that this news comes to the forefront.

Canon Building CMOS Factory

Canon is investing $451 million to build a factory to to double its production of CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductors) components for its cameras.
The CMOS chips will be used in both SLR and in some compact models. Canon is aiming to produce 24 million digital cameras this year.