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Canon introduced today in the USA the EOS C500 4K Digital Cinema Camera and the EOS C100 Digital Video Camera. The C500 will take its place as the flagship camera model in Canon’s Cinema EOS System while the C100 provides another option for beginning filmmakers working on a budget. The C500 is Canon’s high-end professional 4K (4096 x 2160-pixel) cinema camera capable of originating uncompressed RAW output for external recording to meet the demands of premium cinematic productions …

Just before Halloween in 2009, Canon announced its most powerful DSLR to date. The $5,000 full-frame EOS-1D Mark IV was the company’s answer to Nikon’s market-leading D3S, which rang in just shy of $5,200. On the basis of price alone, Canon won that round. Then, after two years of silence, the company launched its new flagship, the 1D X. The date was October 18th, 2011 — roughly 10 (or “X”) years after the very first model in the series was announced, way back in 2001. A decade ago, Canon priced that introductory 1D at $5,500 — a princely sum considering the 4.15-megapixel CCD on board. Now, the 1D X, which is arguably the most powerful sub-five-figure camera available, commands 6,799 of your hard-earned dollars, or $800 more than the D4, Nikon’s $6,000 equivalent. All this talk of price may seem to skirt the camera’s long list of lust-worthy features, but when the cost of any piece of hardware approaches a year’s tuition at a public university, a purchase decision deserves thorough consideration.

A camera in this league is absolutely to be used as a professional tool. And while deep-pocketed amateurs may pick one up — in the way folks with cash to burn may build a collection of overpowered two-seaters — the vast majority will live in $30,000-plus kits, where they’ll reach six-figure shutter counts, and will likely change hands several times before their eventual retirement. Right now, you’re probably researching the 1D X as exhaustively as you would a new car — in fact, you may have even lined up a test drive, through the company’s Canon Professional Services group. Many months after it was first announced, we’ve had an opportunity to take the new eXtreme model for a spin ourselves, and it’s every bit as impressive as its price tag suggests. Canon’s top model isn’t any smaller or lighter than its predecessors, the 1D Mark IV or 1Ds Mark III — but is all that bulk justified, despite strong contenders like the workhorse 5D? Buckle up and join us in the field (ahem, after the break) to find out.

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So there is the Canon PowerShort SX500 IS that you read about just before, how about another digital camera that is even more basic for the uninitiated? I am referring to the PowerShot SX160 IS, where it comes in a compact package, not to mention a powerful 16x optical zoom that makes it one versatile shooter, thanks to its dynamic optical zoom range from 28mm wide up to 448mm. It has been deemed by Canon to be “perfect for everyday use”, although I would easily concede that this is somewhat stretching the truth a little bit thin considering “everyday use” in my books would be for it to be waterproof and shockproof, too. (more…)

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Canon PowerShot SX500 IS announced, Canon IXY 32S digital camera gets touch shutter,

Welcome to Tuesday evening, everyone. Let’s jump right into the news, shall we? Today Apple delivered its closing arguments in the suit against Samsung, and it didn’t pull any punches. Additionally, we found out that jurors deciding the case have been given various devices to help them decide who’s in the right, but can’t do much of anything with them. Apple’s stock took a bit of a dip after it was crowned the most valuable public company ever, and some good news coming out of Foxconn, as its progress report with Fair Labor Association came back positive.

Apple seems to be preparing its resellers for something, and some are thinking that it’s the rumored iPad Mini. One of Facebook’s earliest investors has sold off 20 million shares of his stock, it appears that a spec list for the next Galaxy Nexus has surfaced, and we think that Samsung might be onto something with it. Google Play gift cards have arrived at a number of retailers across the country, and Canon has announced a pair of new PowerShot cameras.

Nintendo is gearing up to show off the Wii U at a press event on September 13, while Sony says that there won’t be a PS3 price cut anytime soon. Verizon is saying no to late September vacations in anticipation of a new iPhone launch, and Everything Everywhere has been given early 4G access in the UK. Amazon has apparently submitted a new version of the Kindle to the FCC while astronauts aboard the International Space Station performed a spacewalk high above the Earth.

Sadly, the day didn’t only bring exciting news, as we were also told of the shutdown of the classic gaming magazine Nintendo Power. Bejeweled developer PopCap Games announced that it will be letting 50 of its North American employees go, and Dell revealed that profits slipped quite a bit in Q2 of its fiscal year. On a lighter note, Ford has a new vehicle that can reportedly go 570 miles on a single tank of gas, and on a weirder note, eBay has decided to stop allowing the sale of metaphysical items.

That does it for the news, but we’ve also got a couple SlashGear originals for you to check out, like this hands-on with Jawbone JAMBOX The Remix bluetooth speaker, and this review of the HP Z1 Workstation. Enjoy the rest of your evening, folks!

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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 21, 2012 is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Just how many EF lenses do you think a company like Canon has produced to date? Well, we are looking at a milestone figure of 80 million having rolled off their production lines as of August 3, 2012. Just to pull some other figures out from our history books, the production of EF lenses passed the 10 million mark in 1995, where it took half a dozen years to double the amount to 20 million units. After that, another five years later in 2006, Canon arrived at the 30 million unit milestone before the 40 million mark knocked on Canon’s door in 2008. (more…)

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Canon PowerShot SX160 IS unveiled, Canon PowerShot SX500 IS announced,