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Canon's kit room at the Main Press Centre As part of its commitment to professional photographers, Canon offers on-site support at a number of major sporting events. This year's postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, are no exception. Canon has set up the largest camera photo service centre at the Main Press Centre which will aim to provide photographers with the support they need to keep shooting throughout the Games, providing repairs, technical support and loan equipment. Its motto is 'Zero Downtime', to ensure that photographers don't miss decisive moments as the events progress. The centre will provide equipment such as Canon's flagship camera – the EOS-1D X Mark III – as well as the EOS R5 and EOS R6 mirrorless cameras and super-telephoto lenses. In addition, highly trained staff will be working on-site to support photographers until the end of the closing ceremonies of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Of the event, Canon says it "strives to sup

  Canon has released firmware updates for the EOS R6 and EOS-1D X Mark III, plus has announced its intention for an update to the EOS R5 in due course. Canon states that these are in response to feedback from users and are designed to enhance video capture.  The new firmware for the EOS R6 (v1.4.0) and EOS-1D X Mark III (v1.5.0) brings Canon Log 3 (C-Log 3) to these cameras, a feature which has already been added to the EOS R5 ( see firmware update v1.3.0, 30 March 2021 ). This feature expands the dynamic range and offers more colour space options to achieve rich, high-quality video that mirrors that of Hollywood standard cinema cameras. This logarithmic gamma curve also increases the compatibility of these models with cinema production workflows, making it easier to colour-match footage captured with Canon’s Cinema EOS Series cameras.   Simplified video workflows Alongside the addition of C-Log 3, these firmware upgrades add dual card recording to all three cameras. You can now record