Canon EOS 60D hands-on (video)

The 2010 Canon Expo is filled to the brim with drool-worthy image-capturing hardware (more on that later in the day), but the first thing we did when arriving was run straight to the EOS 60D. While we can’t really get into the gritty details in terms of image and video quality based on show floor [...]

Engadget Podcast 210 – 08.27.2010

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of Nilay Patel’s heavy breathing and ice clinking, but not there. Enjoy it, this week only.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Dancing Queen

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Setting A Canon EOS 5D Mark II On Fire For No Real Reason [Wtf]

Hopefully this lovely Canon EOS 5D Mark II was really broken beyond repair before its owner decided to use it as a fire-breathing practice target. More »

Canon EOS 60D: 18 megapixels and 1080p video flexes its articulating screen this September

Well, what do we have here? Last we heard about the Canon EOS 60D it was just a twinkle in our articulating screen of a peripheral vision. And now it’s official — my, how times have changed. Here’s what we know about the 50D successor (with definite nods to the Rebel T2i‘s feature set): the [...]

Canon’s EOS 7D ‘Studio Version’ features parental controls, barcode mode

Loaning out your precious DSLR to a friend who doesn’t know shutter from aperture? Got a classroom full of trainee photographers whose lesson requires they be set to a particular mode? Canon’s hoping you’ll drop an extra 9 on a version of the critically-acclaimed EOS 7D that lets you control how your lackeys fire [...]

Canon EOS 7D Studio Version Adds Security Features and Barcode Reading [DSLRs]

Canon just quietly announced a Studio Version of the Canon EOS 7D, adding a slew of security features for pros who (begrudgingly) share their camera. It’ll also read barcode information and store it in a shot’s EXIF data. More »

Canon EOS 60D turns up in DxO’s optics modules roadmap

We’ve heard some Canon EOS 60D rumors before, but this one might just be the most convincing yet — the as-yet-unannounced camera recently turned up in a roadmap that wasn’t leaked but actually posted on the site of optics module manufacturer DxO. As you might have guessed, all mentions of the camera have now been [...]

Canon EOS 7D joins fleet in receiving firmware update to fix manual exposure movie bug

“Fixes a phenomenon in which the set aperture moves when shooting movies in manual exposure mode using some Canon lenses (such as macro lenses).” If you’ve got a 5D Mark II, 1D Mark IV, or Rebel T2i handy and have been keeping its firmware fresh, that phrase should be all too familiar; all three [...]

Sony issues NEX-VG10: first interchangeable lens HD camcorder

What a way to celebrate 25 years of the Handycam brand, right? Out of absolutely nowhere, Sony has just upended the entire prosumer camcorder universe, and it may very well sway you from purchasing that Canon EOS 7D for video purposes. For all intents and purposes, this is Micro Four Thirds for your camcorder, but [...]

Bat(man) On Fire [Image Cache]

Who needs the Bat-Signal? Especially when a Canon EOS 7D, a cheapo fireworks sparkler, and a little long exposure trickeration can give you something much, much cooler. More »