Ron Mart hands on with EOS 1D X

Ron Mart has an excellent must read hands on with the EOS 1D-X telling about it's new features and how well it fares with it's predecessors.Damn I would love to get my hands on one of these, but many of my lenses wouldn't work since I have an APS-C.

Canon has updated EOS Utility for Lion

Canon has updated it’s EOS Utility to 2.10.4 with Lion Support. You must have the original version from your CD installed to update (can’t Canon just leave the software for full install online, you have to have the cameras to use it anyway).

Jon Yi’s Canon C300 test video

Canon Rumors has posted Jon Yi’s Test video from a pre-release Canon EOS C300. It really shows how well this camera performs, and is pretty funny as well. ll worth checking out.I still think that the Camera is overpriced though, and should have been more around the price of a 5D body, or maybe even twice that, but $20,000 is just too much for a camera that takes EOS lenses.

Stu at Prolost on EOS C300

Stu at prolost has a good article on the Canon EOS C300. It goes into their features as per their FAQ.As Stu says this will be interesting to see which turns out to be the better camera, the EOS or the less expensive Scarlet.

Mike Curtis from HD for Indies on EOS C300

Mike Curtis from HD For Indies, has a good take on the C300 with good and bad. It looks like the Camera is aimed at the Sony F3, and not the red one.It has some better features, but some not as good.As I said elsewhere, why can the less expensive scarlet autofocus with Canon EF lenses, but the Canon cannot. It also cannot do 444 out, like the Sony can (with an expensive upgrade) which would bypass the Long GOP MPEG 2 compression, making the Sony seem the better choice, especially with it’s higher frame rate (1080p60 vs 24) and 444 capabilities (even if both are after a firmware upgrade to the F3.Personally I think Canon screwed the pooch a bit, as they missed the price point. At under $10,000 this would be huge, but at $16-20,000 it is too expensive, without enough high end features. And for film it seems that the Scarlet would be better, though of course it does have a much harder workflow.

Just Installed Magic Lantern to my Canon EOS 60D

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I just installed the amazing Magic Lantern Firmware add-on to my Canon 60D. It modifies your original firmware to boot software from the card, and adds a huge amount of amazing functionality for shooting stills and video.It adds on screen histogram or waveform and zebras while shooting video or stills, cropmarks, spotmeter, magic zoom for focusing, bit rate control, movie logging, up to step HDR bracketing. This is just awesome!I am blown away! Canon should buy this or hire these guys. It is amazing how much more my camera can do for free!

Canon EOS C300 Announced

Canonrumors has the info, and they were right the EOS C300 has been announced.8.3mp 2160×3840 Super-35 CMOS sensor (4K resolution)DIGIC DVIII ProcessorCanon XF Codec Dual Compact Flash SlotsExposure and focus are both manual onlyUses existing BP-955 and BP-975 batteriesSold as a system, including LCD monitor / XLR audio unit, side grip, and top handle.Availability: Jan. 2012; Price: appx. $16,000 USDAnd there is a PL mount version and an EF version, and a slew of new EF cinema quality lenses.They are also opening a Canon center in Hollywood to deal with the cameras and really push into Cinema.A bit more expensive than I had hoped, and I want to know more about compression and codec.