Canon Patent Application: IBIS Improvements

In this patent application (2024-071858) Canon looks to improve the operation of IBIS on your cameras near and dear to your heart. While we’ll never know if this patent will end up in the R1 or the R5 Mark II, all these types of patents silently make the little...

Canon Patent Application: Low-Cost Ultra Wide RF Zooms

Canon has always delivered great bang for the buck lenses on top of the fabulous L lenses that we enjoy, so it’s no surprise that we see a new patent application dealing with the lower end of the spectrum. When I first read the patent application (2024-072459),...

Opinion: The R5 Mark II sounds cool – but where’s my Canon R5s?

Since this announcement 8.5 years ago, Canon has quietly forgotten about the camera they were at one time developing for us. This was the 120MP DSLR with a stunning resolution of around 13,400 x 8,900. That’s a lot of MegaPickles™. Canon was confident at the...

Canon Patent Application: Canon RF 14-20mm F2.0

In this patent application (2024-071267) Canon shows off a pretty awesome embodiment of a fabled Canon RF 14-20mm F2.0. We were rumored to see such a lens, but with Canon’s supply issues, your guess is as good as mine if it’s coming soon. That all being...

Kodak is #1 in Japan

No, that’s not a typo. Kodak has just dethroned Canon as the #1 manufacturer of digital cameras because of their wildly successful compact digital cameras, capturing 22.5% of the entire market in Japan. This data was supplied by BCN which means it is sales...