When mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras burst onto the scene and first hinted at their staying power, the apparent savings in size and weight compared to DSLRs was touted as a major advantage of mirrorless systems. The thinking was that if you hated having to carry around a bulky, heavy DSLR and lens all the time, […]
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Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation that specialises in optics, imaging and other industrial and electronic equipment. It is well known for its cameras, lenses and printers.
Canon’s precision optical instruments laboratory in Japan date back to 1933. During its early years, it did not have facilities to manufacture its own optical glasses for its lenses and so its early cameras used lenses that incorporated Nikkor lenses.
Canon introduced its nigh end SLRs and FD lenses in 1971 and their first inkjet printer in 1985. Currently canon has a huge range of digital cameras, lenses, the best inkjet printers and many other electronic equipment.
Is the Canon/Nikon dominance of professional photography over? Here we look at the history to answer this question.
There are all sorts of sayings about how one should never live in the past, always keep moving forward, never look back. It’s generally good advice — I get the lesson these precepts intend to instil. But as always, there are exceptions. I think it’s a good idea for photographers to look back every once […]
Modern companies are pretty averse to scandal, and it is all too easy to get embroiled in one with the prevalence and popularity of social media. Canon Ambassadors of Light product ambassador Barbara Davidson is under fire for some tweets that are being called racist and the company wasted no time in exing her out […]
Starting a photographic blog is not only a great way to market your website and images, but also very therapeutic. Here are 5 post suggestions to get you started
Not getting the shots you want? Don’t blame your camera. Here’s what you should be thinking about other than gear
