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Cameras

Shoot 3D Photos Using Two Hacked Canon Cameras

1:20AM Danny Allen | Sure, basic stereoscopic images can be created using software to merge two slightly offset photos, but that only works for stationary subjects. For moving targets, there’s Fuji’s Finepix Real 3D W1, or this $US20 hack using two Canon PowerShot cameras. More »
Software

Canon Launching An iPhone Printing App

3:45PM Nick Broughall | HP launched an iPhone printing app back in January, and now Canon has decided that it’s a very good idea and are launching their own version for Canon printers. More »
Entertainment

The First Movie Shot On A Canon 7D? It’s About Zombies, Of Course!

3:20AM Mark Wilson | Boy, have zombies made a comeback lately, right along with teenage vampires. Regardless, indie zombie flick Dead Season is the self-proclaimed first film shooting on the $US1700 Canon 7D. (Warning, gore ahead.) More »
Cameras

Canon’s First Hybrid Stabilised Lens Reviewed

9:58AM Matt Buchanan | Canon’s F2.8 100mm Macro L lens is the first to use a new hybrid image stabilisation system that corrects two kinds of camera shake. DPReview says it works as advertised, most of the time. More »
Cameras

Canon 7D Review

2:00AM Matt Buchanan | For a long time with Canon, if you weren’t dropping nearly three grand on a 5D, you were stuck with a vastly lesser DSLR. The $US1700 7D is Canon’s first semi-pro DSLR, and actually it’s my favourite yet. More »
Cameras

Canon S90 Review: Will Go With Me Everywhere

2:00AM Matt Buchanan | My first real camera was a Canon S50. I loved it. Canon let the pro compact S line die a few years later. It’s back with the S90, though the only thing that’s the same is that it’s still awesome. More »
Cameras

Can You Tell The Difference Between Film And Digital Shots?

6:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Shane Hurlbut, who’s been Director of Photography on, ahem, illustrious projects like Terminator: Salvation, is a huge proponent of consumer DSLRs, especially the Canon 5D MKII. Now, he’s challenging viewers to separate digital from film shots in his new movie. Can you? More »
Cameras

Canon 7D’s Continuous Mode May Retain Ghost Images

10:39AM Dan Nosowitz | In continuous mode, Canon’s 7D DSLR sometimes carries over ghost images from the previous shot, which sounds kinda cool but probably isn’t cool at all to serious photogs. Canon should offer a fix via firmware upgrade soon. [Cameratown via Crunchgear]
Gadgets

Weekend Gadgets: It’s All About The Kindle

4:45PM Nick Broughall | In the craziness that was Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch yesterday, I received a little delivery. As I tore open the box marked ‘Amazon’ with excitement, I was trying my best to contain my excitement. As the Kindle appeared, resplendent in its shiny cream plastic and brushed aluminium back, I allowed myself a grin, because I’ve been waiting for this frickin thing for too long. More »