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Public voting is now open for the 2020 Inaugural Class of the Photo and Video Kit Hall of Fame. MPB, the world’s largest resale platform for digital photography and filmmaking kit, has launched the Photo and Video Kit Hall of Fame to honour the best photo and video equipment of the digital era. The twenty-five nominees across five awards categories—Classic, Game Changer, Iconic, Road Tested and Trendsetter—cover thirteen leading brands of photography and videography kit. The camera experts at MPB chose the nominees based on their qualities, embodying the spirit of each category. Canon features strongly in three of the categories, registering eight nominations out of 25 slots, the most for any single manufacturer. The Classic category – with camera bodies and lenses renowned as evergreen benchmarks of quality – features three Canon classics: the EOS 5D Mark III camera, plus EF 70-200mm and EF 50mm f1.8 lenses. In the category of the rugged kit workhorses, Road Tested nominees include th...

Canon has confirmed that there is a problem with the EOS-1D X Mark III. When the camera is used with the electronic level set to 'Show' in the viewfinder display, the camera might not perform normally when operating the AF-ON button or shutter button. A new firmware release is planned for early April. In the meantime, a workaround is to use the 'Hide' setting for the electronic level in the viewfinder display (Menu / Set-up 2 tab / Viewfinder display / Electronic level). Details of the firmware update will be posted here when it is announced.

Canon Inc. today announces the development of the highly anticipated EOS-1D X Mark III  – the successor to the world-renowned EOS-1D X Mark II. Perfect for sports and wildlife, the flagship DSLR is being developed using feedback from the worldwide community of EOS-1D X and EOS-1D X Mark II photographers, including extensive real-world testing with professional photographers globally. Boasting Canon’s rich heritage creating optically excellent products, the EOS-1D X Mark III offers an impressive step change in autofocus, with dramatically improved image quality, video and communications. Unrivalled: a step change in autofocus The EOS-1D X Mark III is blisteringly fast – offering exceptional precision, reliability, high-performance autofocus and subject tracking – giving photographers a greater choice when it comes to the perfect shot selection. The camera’s new autofocus algorithm improves stability and tracking – with both optical viewfinder and Live View shooting – using de...