I know what I am going to be reading on my way home tonight: Canon released the 1DMrkIV white paper. You can download it here. Word of caution: White Papers are marketing materials and should be expected to bend, twist and fold the truth in every angle to promote the product.…
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List of 5D Mark II issues
Since I got my random flipping shutter issue, I have done a lot of Googling to see if other people have had the same issue. During this process, I discovered a few other issues 5D Mark II owners might have and thought it would be a good idea to list them.…
Read More »Issue with my 5D Mark II
I know this is totally not related to my previous installation of the Z-Finder(it is just a bad coincidence), but since Sunday morning my 5D has been behaving strangely. In still mode, everything works fine but when I switch to liveview the shutter starts to flip randomly between 2-10 seconds.…
Read More »Canon 5dMarkII vs 7D reactions
It has not been 24 hours since the announcement of the Canon 7D and we are already seeing some very strong reactions in the blogosphere. Those who did not purchase a 5D are happy like kids at Christmas while 5D Mark II owners feel betrayed and frustrated to various degrees.…
Read More »70-200f4 vs 70-200f4IS vs 70-200f2.8 vs 70-200f2.8IS
Tired of always answering the same question in every forum I go to, I have decided to make a blog post about it…
So you want to get a 70-200 lens but dont know which one to buy? Should it be the 70-200Lf4, the 70-200Lf4 IS, the 70-200f2.8L or the 70-200f2.8L IS ?…
Looking for batteries and popularity of the Canon 5D MarkII
I don’t know how things are going for you guys but I have been hunting for 5D Mark II batteries for a while. A little bit frustrated, I went to one of the big camera store in Montreal and decided to have a talk with one of the rep to understand what was going on.…
Read More »Full manual control for Canon 5D Mark II next week!
WoW! My source for the previous rumor hinted about this but I never expected it to happen so soon! Congrats to CanonRumors for posting this first (at least before all the other blogs I subscribe to!) visit them for the details.…
Read More »A firmware update will come, or not…
Lots of speculations about the elusive firmware update these days. My conviction is that Canon already has the firmware or is working on it as we speak. Why? Just imagine how stupid Canon would look if a lower end Nikon camera can do something that their camera can’t.…
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