It seems that someone snagged a photo of a future Canon camera, with the identifier of Canon EOS RV. It’s a compact camera looking to have a similar frame to the PowerShot V1. The Canon EOS RV will be one of three new RF mount camera segments being added to the Canon lineup in 2025.
The Photography trends of yesterday, seem to be making a comeback today. We are seeing growth in 35 and 120 film, there is the obvious boom of instant cameras, the return of the fixed lens compact, such as the Canon PowerShot V1 and it looks like the next thing will be “retro” styled cameras.
In this patent application (2025-029311), Canon features some rather slow, but very small lenses. At first, I thought of these as pancakes and then doing something like maths, it became obvious that these are much smaller than pancake lenses.
In this patent application (2025-029311), Canon features some rather slow, but very small lenses. At first, I thought of these as pancakes and then doing something like maths, it became obvious that these are much smaller than pancake lenses.
Canon’s supertelephoto lenses are the stuff of legend. They have always been insanely reliable, built like tanks and optical quality that has always been superb. Somehow, with each iteration of their lenses, they get better.
After every announcement, there’s always the desire to know what’s coming next. The Canon PowerShot V1 was announced in Asia as you know, but when it will come to the rest of the world could be up in the air.
CP+, held in Yokohama, Japan, every February and early March, is the largest camera-related show that occurs now. Photokina used to be it for photography, so much so, that camera and lens releases were often released in August and early September just to get ready for the Photokina buzz.
We reported back in mid January that new firmware was going to be announced ahead of CP+, which is currently running for the both the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II That has not come to pass and we continue to wait for bug fixes and feature enhancements for both cameras, including the authentication [.
Canon announced the PowerShot V1 for markets in Asia last week, which is a unique way for Canon to launch a new camera. The global announcement for the Canon PowerShot V1 is currently schedule for March, with initial availability coming in April.
Preorders have barely opened after Canon’s Asia announcement of the PowerShot V1. But true to form, Canon has already said, “Sorry, we’ve received more orders than we can handle.
This started as the featured Friday article and then became an opinion. So here we are. With the release of the PowerShot V1, we are rejoicing in the demise of PowerShot scalpers worldwide. I have nothing against people making a dollar, but the prices are ridiculous.
This started as the featured Friday article and then became an opinion. So here we are. With the release of the Powershot V1, we are rejoicing in the demise of Powershot scalpers worldwide. I have nothing against people making a dollar, but the prices are ridiculous.
In this patent application (2025-023325), Canon is demonstrating some advanced primes with IS. We already know that Canon has come out with the Canon RF 135mm f/1. 8L IS USM, this isn’t the same element design, but a new one from Canon.
The Canon PowerShot V1 has been written about a lot recently and we figured we’d put all of the information we have in one place. There is some new information about the upcoming camera. The announcement for the Canon PowerShot V1 will be a bit different than normal.
As always, most imaging companies will make announcements ahead of the CP+ show in Japan, which begins later this month. We have already seen announcements from OM Systems and Nikon, with the latter having another round.
Back when the EOS R7 was announced in 2022, there were immediate rumors about a Canon EOS R7 C. We’re confident that such a camera was on the roadmap but was cancelled before it ever came to market.
We have received more information and some confirmation on the sensor size of the V1 powershot. This is a newly developed sensor from Canon, and it certainly appears to be different as its a size that no one has done before.
Canon is coming with a video focused APS-C camera, and we have sporatically reported about it and recently published a rumored specifications for a new APS-C camera. We have been told that Canon will announced an EOS R50 V, and it has been described as “boxy”.
There are two notables from CIPA 2024 statistics, and I think both are curious, but for far different reasons. First, let’s talk about compact cameras. Even though most compacts being bought and sold these days are used, even new compacts last year showed a 31% increase in shipment value and 9% units shipped from 2023.
We have been told that the new PowerShot V1 will be shown to retailers in the coming month or so, but it doesn’t look like we’ll see it announced before CP+ later this month. However, if that changes, all the better.
Earlier in the week we quickly evolved intitial assumptions of the Canon PowerShot V1 being vlogging camera to it becoming a whole new line of Canon PowerShot compact cameras. We are definitely happy about that quick evolution of the rumor.
Canon USA continues to have some great deals on refurbished EOS R gear, this time they have heavily discounted the EOS R8 body as well the EOS R8 w/RF24-50 kit. The EOS R8 sells extremely well when it’s discounted like this, so act quickly, because at this price, it’s the best affordable full-frame camera on [.
Canon released their financials for the fiscal year of 2024, and from an imaging and overall company outlook, Canon looks to be doing strong. All indicators are good. Canon is not doomed. Before we delve into imaging, which is always the hot topic here, there were other things to note that are near and dear [.
This should make the camera world happy. Canon will re-enter the compact camera segment in 2025 with the PowerShot V1. It will be a real compact camera and nothing like the PowerShot V10 that we initially assumed it would be.
Canon released the RF 50mm f1. 4L VCM, 24mm f/1. 4L VCM, and 35mm f/1. 4L VCM, and there have been hints that more is coming. This patent application (2025-015010) shows the RF 24mm f/1. 4L VCM. However, other embodiments may come out in the future.
We have been told that Canon is going to introduce another PowerShot V series camera. Back in May of 2023, Canon introduced the PowerShot V10, a new form factor vlogging & streaming camera. We have no idea how well the PowerShot V10 did sales wise, but Canon is bringing out a higher-end V series camera [.
In this patent application (2025-011796) we have several embodiments of ultra wide angle lenses that would be power zoom capable. They are all inner focus lenses as well. It could be that Canon is thinking about making, yet again, another ultra-wide angle, and this time with more of a video focus, or this is in [.
We are starting to get more details released on the Canon RF 16-28mm f/2. 8 IS STM, and while we’ve already given out our patent overview and MTF comparisons, more details are never bad. It should be noted that pre-production versions of the lenses have gone out to the usual reviewers, so I do believe that they are not [.
I missed this patent. In my defence, I looked at it and went. . meh, Canon doing ANOTHER Ultrawide? At the time, this was before the now likely trinity of f/2. 8’s IS STMs were forming, so I can be forgiven (maybe) for that judgment call.
For the second time in the last bunch of months, we have been pleasantly surprised by a Canon lens announcement with the arrival of the RF 16-28mm f/2. 8 IS STM. This lens adds to what is likely going to be a new, compact STM holy trinity of f/2.
As we do every release, we’ll take a look at the MTFs of the newest Canon RF 16-28mm f/2. 8 IS STM and see how it measures up to other lenses in Canon’s arsenal to give you a better idea of how the lens will perform in real life.
Canon just announced a new ultra wide angle lens for the RF mount. The Canon RF 16-28mm F2. 8 IS STM is very suited to be paired with the 28-70mm F2. 8 IS STM that Canon delivered last year. It certainly feels as if Canon is making an F2.
Canon has just announced that it has developed a 410MP full-frame sensor. This sensor, like its 250MP predecessor, is a sensor with two variants (color and monochrome) that would also be used in security applications.
We have reported in the past that the APS-C lineup would get addressed in 2025, and that we would see some new segments in the lineup. We feel that Canon’s current APS-C lineup was brought to market with their DSLR lineup in mind, and we didn’t see anything outside of that comfort zone.
We reported last week that Canon was going announce and/or release major new firmware for the Canon EOS R1 and Canon EOS R5 Mark II ahead of CP+, which begins at the end of February. Since that time, there seems to be some reports about what could be coming for the Canon EOS R5 Mark [.
BCN has released its awards for the year 2024. They call the awards “2025” even though the data is from January 1st, 2024 through December 31st, 2024. Don’t ask me why – I don’t run the company.
With the increase in video content on social media, there has been a growing demand for livestreaming video content, such as cooking, gaming, and product reviews in which content creators can simultaneously communicate with the viewers.
We’re back! We took a bit of a break on this, did some different things, and decided to return to this format for the new year. If you haven’t seen this from last year, we will highlight some of the deals and things we have found on the internet that seem cool to us.
ePhotoZine has completed its review on the Canon RF 24-105mm f/2. 8L IS USM Z Lens. They are pretty happy with the lens, rate it overall as 4. 5 stars out of 5, and highly recommend it. The Canon RF 24-105mm is the only F2.
There is going to be a lot of announcements from pretty much every camera, lens and accessory company ahead of the CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan which begins on February 27, 2025. At this time, we don’t think there is going to be a major camera announcement from Canon, but we’re still on the fence [.
Sigma has announced that the two wide-angle primes, the 16mm f/1. 4 DC DN Contemporary and the 23mm f1. 4 DC DN Contemporary for RF APS-C will begin shipping on January 23, 2025. This will complete the initially announced Sigma lenses for the RF mount.
Kolari Vision's "Life in Another Light" Infrared Photo Contest celebrates what makes infrared photography unique: its ability to see the world in a different, exciting way.
January 14, 2025 – DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today announces DJI Flip, a new series of all-in-one vlog camera drones. At less than 249g, this compact drone features foldable full-coverage propeller guards, ensuring ultra-safe and reliable flying.
Every year, B&H Photo has their Mega Deal Zone event, which brings back DealZone deals from the previous year. The 2025 event is now live and features a ton of great deals across the board on camera accessories and more.
We’re not big fans of “zero-day” camera or lens reviews, or really any review of significant cameras or lenses that come out within a month of release. There aren’t may publications or reviewers out there that take their time with a product for reasons that one could consider obvious.
BCN Released some of its data for December. We expect to see the entire year’s worth of data this week or next, but this is a fascinating look into the Japanese market for December. Overall, cameras did very well.
According to Nikkei Asia, Canon is considering outsourcing some of its operations to other Asian countries. Interestingly, it seems from the interview that we haven’t seen any compacts because Canon closed down the factory in Zhuhai, China, which was responsible for them, and now there’s nothing.
Still images taken with Canon EOS R5 Mk II may be recorded as corrupted/abnormal due to incompatibility of certain SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II 64GB, 128GB and 256GB V60 cards. Description Still images taken with a Canon EOS R5 Mark II may be recorded as abnormal images due to the incompatibility of certain SanDisk Extreme [.
If you have been listening to me at all last year (and if you haven’t. . why the heck not?), one thing I have noted is that there’s a weird renaissance happening with compact cameras, especially in Japan.
It looks like one of Canon’s new cameras is going to be called the EOS RC. Details are quite limited at this time, but it comes from a source with an almost impecable record. What is the EOS RC? We think the “RC” tells us it’s a video focused hybrid camera, we have been told [.
Given how popular Ricoh GR series cameras are with a broad range of photographers, it should come as little surprise that people capture amazing photos using their GRs.
To celebrate the Chandra X-ray Observatory's 25th birthday, NASA has released 25 beautiful, never-before-seen images captured by Chandra. [Read More]
As part of its Earth Day celebrations, the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, released 144,000 ladybugs into the mall to help keep its 30,000 live plants and trees healthy and happy.
The American Civil War was one of the first significant events in American history to be photographed. While photography was still in its relative infancy as the Union and Confederacy waged violent war from 1861 until 1865, there are thousands of Civil War photographs in the Library of Congress and countless others that are unavailable online or simply lost to time. [Read More]
In partnership with popular drone maker DJI, SkyPixel has announced the winners of its ninth annual Photo and Video Contest. [Read More]
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Aleksandr Gordiychuk is hopping around the world, earning a living by repairing old and broken cameras.
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Apple has recently commissioned multidisciplinary artist and National Geographic photographer Reuben Wu to showcase the Cupertino giant's newest flagship smartphone, the iPhone 15 Pro Max. [Read More]
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Earlier this week, NASA shared an incredible time-blended composite panorama its team captured with Curiosity's navigation camera. PetaPixel exclusively spoke with Doug Ellison from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in southern California, the man who planned, captured, and processed the photos to make the "postcard." [Read More]
Award-winning landscape and nature photographer Greg Boratyn is known for combining brilliant photography with a penchant for educating photographers through presentations and his international workshops. [Read More]
The Contemporary African Photography Prize (CAP Prize) has announced the 25 short-listed photographers being considered for the CAP Prize 2023. [Read More]
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Capture the Atlas has revealed the 25 winners of the seventh annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year photo contest have been unveiled, showcasing the best Milky Way images from shooters all around the world. [Read More]
In many ways, Hannah Lee Bratz's journey as a photographer is defined by second chances.
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Norwegian astrophotographer Jan Erik Vallestad captured beautifully detailed photos of the city-sized comet 12P and, thanks to special image processing techniques, revealed a fantastic spiral formation surrounding the comet. [Read More]
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Commercial photographer Andrei Duman is back with another spectacular personal project. This time, Duman collaborated with acclaimed LEGO® artist Nathan Sawaya for the Organogenesis: Building Blocks of Life project. [Read More]
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