Canon 40mm "Pancake" Lens Announced

[Hamish Gill]

Canon have announced a 40mm 2.8 autofocus pancake lens. It looks to be a tiny thing so should be great for making a larger DSLR more practical and at 40mm offers a very close to "normal" FOV on full frame cameras. The release price is $199 according to DPR so its affordable too.

Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM - Standard and medium telephoto - Canon UK
Frankly im very jealous of canon users right now! Ive got a Nikon pancake lens from the late 50's and have thought many times about the Nikon 45mm p or the Voightlander 40mm but id like something with AF ... Come on Nikon, keep up!

Canon have also released a new 18-135
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM - EF-S - Canon UK

 

[Andy Boardman]

Canon 650D

There is a new camera to, the EOS650D with upgraded features etc above the 550.

EOS 650D
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An ideal entry to the world of EOS imaging. The EOS 650D’s 18.1-megapixel sensor is superb for both still images and Full HD movies. A Vari-angle Clear View LCD II Touch screen makes shooting simple.

· Capture amazing detail with an 18.0 MP APS-C CMOS sensor and DIGIC 5 processor.
· Shoot Full-HD movies (1080p), with auto and manual control and continuous AF.
· Photograph fast action at 5 fps.
· Focus, shoot and control the EOS 650D from its Vari-angle Clear View LCD II Touch screen, and explore new shooting angles.
· Superb low-light performance with ISO 100-12800 sensitivity (extendable to ISO 25600).
· Accurate AF with nine cross-type focus points.
· Control off-camera flash with an Integrated Speedlite Transmitter.
· Tackle difficult lighting with HDR backlight control and hand-held night scene modes.
· Scene Intelligent Auto makes great photography easy.

 

[Hamish Gill]

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[Andy Boardman]

No image sent to us as yet,got this off the Canon site though.