Canon PowerShot News

Canon Powershot G11Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 2:09AMThe resolution race is over, apparently Review Canon’s Powershot G-series has been a best seller for the best part of 10 years. What photographers have always loved in these cameras is the combination of pocketability with full manual control and direct access to all main settings by means of professional-looking dials and buttons.…

Photo of the Day, March 18, 2010: CoupleThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 11:17AMImage tagged Bostonist by historygradguy . If you were anywhere near the Charles River after 5 p.m. yesterday, you probably saw some combination of the following: people in green hats, sweatshirts, and face paint; picnics that included bottles in brown paper bags; and couples. Lots of couples. This photo by historygradguy really captures the scene, or at least a substantial part of it. It's a ...

Canon U.S.A. Joins Creative Forces with Fashion Brand LeSportsacThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 9:00AMLAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.----Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging, is joining forces with fashion label, LeSportsac, to offer an exclusively designed PowerShot camera carrying case. Whether traveling to a far-off destination or capturing shots of children playing on the beach, the new case provides consumers a convenient and fashionable way for PowerShot users to tote their camera, and free-up ...

Firmware Hack Allows Video Analysis On a Canon CameraWednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:52PMAn anonymous reader writes "Researchers from the University of Liege in Belgium have been able to perform real-time video analysis on a regular Canon digicam (video link) without any hardware modification. The results are shown directly on the digicam's screen. They use a hacked version of a popular open-source alternative firmware for Canon cameras: CHDK. This is a proof-of-concept that ...

Photo of the Day, March 17, 2010: Knitting Graffiti on St. PattyWednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 11:17AMImage tagged Bostonist by buelow . Until today we didn't know that knitting graffiti was even a thing that existed, but then we saw this St. Patty's day pic in the pool Knitting Graffiti . Awesome. Taken on a Canon PowerShot SX120 IS by photographer buelow . (And don't worry creature lovers, Animal Wednesday will be back next week.) If you have an opinion about where we go on our next photo walk ...