Canon announces the Full frame EOS 6D

CanonRumors, TechHive, and DSL News Shooter, all have articles.
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For about $2100 they are offering the body that is a full frame 20.2 Megapixel Full Frame Sensor and includes both a GPS and WIFI! This is almost a $1000 less than the next full frame sensor.

Doesn’t have the swing out LCD of my 60D though. Nor does it have a headphone jack for audio monitoring, so you really need a separate audio recorder! The WIFI will be amazing though, when you can control it from your iPhone or iPad! HOW COOL IS THAT? Think of remote focus pulling?!??! AWESOME!!!

New Samyang Cinema Lenses for DSLRs

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Cinesopophilia has info on 3 new Samyang Cine Lenses all with T Stops. T stops mean smooth aperature so it can be pulled. And these are made for Nikon and Canon DSLRs.

They have a 35mm t1.5, a 24mm t1.5 and a 14mm t3.1 lens coming out.

Samyang lenses sell as Vivitar, Rokinon, Wlimex, Bower and Pro-Optic lenses. The Rokinon 35mm T1.5 for Canon is at B&H for presale at $549.00. And the Rokinon 8mm t3.8 fisheye for Canon is at B&H for $349!

Problem with Canon EF 40mm f2.8

Canonrumors is reporting on a problem with the Canon EF 40mm f2.8
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If pressure is applied to the lens barrel while the lens is mounted to the camera (pressure can be applied even while attaching the lens cap or while carrying the camera with the lens attached in a bag), the autofocusing function of the lens may stop working.


It seems they will have a firmware update for the camera in August to fix the problem, but for now just remove the lens and put it back on.

I built a DIY PVC Tabletop/Skate Dolly with help from DIY Photography

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Here it is in all it’s Glory, a bit different than the one they show, but perfectly adequate and can’t wait to start using it. It seems to roll pretty smoothly.

Check out the article and instructions by Martin Taylor at DIY Photography.

Now I tried following his instructions directly but at Home Depot I could not find a few of the pats, mainly the 4x connectors and the 4 x 3″ risers threaded on both ends (though now I am thinking maybe they are in the sprinklers sections instead of the PVC section).

Anyway, I did it with a couple of pieces of 3/4″ PVC pipe and a hack saw. My cuts weren’t straight, but when I glued them in they were perfectly straight, so it worked fine. It is a little bigger than his example (I had to get connectors for the caps since my 3/4″ didn’t have threads on the ends). And I had to get T parts without threads on the bottom, as I didn’t have the threaded extensions. Luckily having a bigger wheel base might make it a bit more stable.

Also I would change the screws to 1/4″ and 2 inches long instead of 1.5″ long. You could make them smaller with washers, and you could put more washers to make the whole thing more stable. These screws worked, but didn’t leave much space, and I had to shave the whole in the top piece to allow the screw to stick out at all.

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And I had gotten my scooter wheels years back to build a dolly (actually got 8 of them) at the dollar store for $1 for 2. Wish I had bought more now! Overall including a hack saw, the parts, the wheels, the pvc, screws and the glue cost me around $32, but that was with only $2 for wheels, and it could be more like $20. Looks like you can get them at Amazon for $4.99 with $5.34 shipping, though hopefully that would cut down if you ordered more than one set, though not sure. And this obviosly still needs a head, but you can get this one at Amazon for $12.99, or this one with a quick release plate for only 22.95.

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Am already thinking of building a low mode one, that would only go straight (this one can turn either set of wheels) byt taking out the elbow pieces and just going to the middle T, and that way the camera would be lower.