Cameras for Mac Makes Connecting Digital Cameras Way Easier

If you have more than one camera (and a Mac), you need Cameras, a free preference pane app. It tracks all the cameras you plug into your Mac and lets you assign a custom behavior for each one. More »

8 Ways to Get More Battery Life Out of Your Digital Camera

Sure, you know how to squeeze more battery life out of your notebook—dim the lights, kill the wireless—but what about your camera? Photography Bay has 8 tips: buying a faster memory card is the most surprising. [Photography Bay]

Gizmodo's Mission Critical E3 Gear

Essential to our E3 coverage: Canon's 5D Mark II's made our liveblog shots effortless and awesome in any light , Sprint's 3G network was our crucial lifeline in the bowels of convention centers, and UCC Black powered us.

Canon 5D Mark II Update Gives You Manual Exposure Control While Shooting HD Video

Canon said today that it would give a free firmware update to users of the hallowed EOS 5D Mark II camera, allowing them to shoot in full HD using manual exposure controls including ISO, aperture and shutter speed. More »

Pogue Says Panasonic's Pseudo-SLR GH1 Makes a Great HD Camcorder

Hopefully things are cloudiest before they clear up: Nobody buys real camcorders anymore, entry-level DSLRs are all about HD video, and NYT's David Pogue picks Panasonic's Lumix GH1 as the current 1080p shooting champ.

Rumor: Canon Rebel EOS 500D To Launch on March 25th

Canon has an event scheduled for March 25th, and rumor has it that their big announcement will involve a new DSLR in the Rebel line—the EOS 500D. More »

Sony DSLR Camera Image Sensor Better Than Canon's?

DxO Labs does something quite tricky: Quantifies the quality of an image sensor's performance, so you can look at a neat number grade for a quick gauge. Surprisingly, a Sony DSLR bests equivalent Canon models.

Canon D10 Submarine Toughcam: Love It, But Hate It

I love Canon's D10 toughcam because it looks like a submarine. I hate it because I can't fit its blimp-sized ass in my pocket or anywhere else in my pants.

We're Looking at Tomorrow's Cameras Today and...Tomorrow

Today and tomorrow at the PMA photo show, we're going to be checking out tomorrow's—well, next month's and the rest of the year's—cameras.

Sony HX1 Camera Rumor: 1080p Video, 20X Zoom

Sony is rumored to be following up its Cyber-shot H50 with the DSC-HX1, a 20x superzoom cam that shoots 1080p video, a competitor to Canon's already announced SX1. More »

Canon Digital ELPH SD970, SD960 SD780 and SD1200 Point-and-Shoots Look Pretty, Feel Nice

Most point-and-shoots have extremely similar feature sets now, whoever they're from—smile, booger and blink detection; image stabilization and other boingos you never use. So Canon's choice to focus on look-and-feel stands out—and pays off.

Canon SX200 Point-and-Shoot Looks Classy, Has 12x Zoom Wide-Angle Lens

Aesthetically speaking, Canon's SX200 pro point-and-shoot is my second favorite camera of the bunch, after the shockproof Cold-War-and-candy inspired D10. It just looks so classy, and it's got a 12x zoom, 28mm wide-angle lens.

Weekend Flame War: Canon or Nikon?

Which is better? Canon or Nikon? You cannot be banned for anything you say in this thread.

Canon Employees Urged to Go Home Early and Boink

This just in: Canon is the world's greatest camera manufacturer. And it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with their actual cameras. More »

Slumdog Millionaire Crowd Scenes Shot Covertly With Canon Still Cameras

Talking about the process of shooting Golden Galaxy-winner Slumdog Millionaire, director Danny Boyle reveals that they shot parts of the movie using a "a Canon stills camera, which takes 12 frames per second." More »

Canon 5D Mark II Reviewed: Lives Up to the Incredible Hype

Pop Photo is one of the first to pop out a full review of Canon's wunderkamera, the 5D Mark II, and says that it "does live up to its billing" and is "a virtual steal."

Canon 5D Mark II Ships Tomorrow

Good news camera fans, two months after launching and exploding our eyes with its delicious full HD video, the 5D Mark II is finally shipping out of Canon's distribution centers to dealers. Tomorrow. Price is supposed to be $2699, but depending on scarcity (the demand is going to be massive), you could pay a bit more. All indications are that it'll be so worth it, though. [Rob Galbraith - Thanks Chris!]

Rumor: Nikon Planning 1080p-Capable D400?

Whether it's wishful thinking, educated guessing or true leakage is unclear, but the photo nerds are now abuzz about a Nikon D400 follow-up to the D300 we love so much, which would have D90-like video capability that could potentially rival Canon's 1080p-shootin' EOS 5D Mark II. If that was all gibberish to you, don't think on it a moment further. But if what you just read gave you a feeling down in the nether regions that you'd prefer not to discuss, go check out Photography Bay for the full rumor rundown. [Photography Bay]

It's Official: The Canon 5D Mk II Will Turn Us All Into Professional Cinematographers

Yeah, sure, it was cool to see a professional photographer spin HD video gold from the Canon 5D Mark II. But that guy is famous, had a mountain of equipment, a crew, and a freaking helicopter. Not so for the humble photographer and videographer at Akihabara News, who took the 5D, a few days and a laptop to shoot and splice together this stunningly beautiful five minute video. More »

Canon EOS 5D Mark II to Track Multiple Batteries

We thought that we already knew just how glorious that Canon's $2,699 EOS 5D Mark II would be, but the camera has one trick up its sleeve that's more practical than another megapixel boost, or maybe even its ability to capture 1080p HD video. Seriously. The camera can keep track of up to six batteries in its internal database, managing which of them still have juice. More »

Carl Zeiss Making Canon Compatible Lenses

Canon dSLR users have long been able to use Carl Zeiss lenses, but the privilege required an adapter—a solution that's problematic in more ways than one. But Carl Zeiss has just announced two lenses, the Planar T 1.4/50 ZE and 1.4/85 ZE, both of which are stock-friendly with Canon's EF mount. Running $660 and $1,770 respectively, these manual focus lenses are 100% physically and electronically compatible with EOS cameras, transferring all usable data (like exposure) to the camera body. Both models will be available in the coming months with additional models on the way. [DPReview]

Canon EOS 50D Hands-on Photos Hit the Web

First we had the leaked info, then some official-looking shots, and now, at last, some proper hands-on images of Canon's upcoming EOS 50D pro-consumer DSLR have hit the intertubes over at Impress. According to the guys there the cam feels a lot like the 40D to hold, but it's a tad easier to grip. It's got a screen that's easier to read, they like the tweaked user interface, the new "creative fully automatic" CA mode, and the 6.3 fps shooting speed (there's an audio file of the cam in action here.) None of that is a surprise, given the evolution heritage of the camera. Check out the gallery, with full images over at the Impress link. Update: Dpreview also has a set of hands-on photos and review, made soon after the 50D's announcement. [Impress]

Canon's E1 Digital Camera is Shiny, Curvy, in Baby Pink and Blue

Canon's clearly trying to add a certain girly appeal to some of its latest digital cameras, since compared to the gruff, black 50D the upcoming E1 is particularly curvy and comes in vanilla, powder blue and baby pink. It's no optical slouch though, despite its simple looks, with 10-megapixels, 4x optical zoom and optical image stabilization, macro mode, ISO80-1600 (with 3200 scene mode) and a 2.5-inch TFT display. It also takes AA batteries for convenience and weighs just 0.35-pounds. Available in September for around $200. [Canon]

Canon EOS 50D Official: 15-Megapixel Prosumer DSLR Is First With Digic 4 Processor

Canon's EOS 50D probably isn't the DSLR you were praying they would unveil at Photokina, but it does fill a gaping hole in their lineup between the low-end prosumer 40D and semi-pro 5D. The 15-megapixel shooter is their first DSLR with the Digic 4 processor, which has a few new light-oriented tricks up its sleeve, like lens peripheral illumination correction—it corrects for light fall-off at the edges of the lens—and it can more automagically brighten things, like pretty faces (and ugly ones, if you really want it to). Since you can crank the ISO speed up to 12,800—Canon's highest yet—presumably its noise-reduction capabilities are formidable, especially since Nikon has succeeded in making noise the new battleground in prosumer and higher level DSLRs. More »