Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-09-13)

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updates, new products

Fast zooms for Canon

full-frame mirrorless

IT’SBEENa busyweekforCanon,with

thefirmnotonlyannouncingtwonew

camerasin theshapeof theEOS90DDSLR

andEOSM6MarkII mirrorless(seepages

8-9),butalsoaddinga pairof fastzoomsto its

RFlineupforfull-framemirrorless.BoththeRF

15-35mmF2.8LIS USMandRF24-70mm

F2.8LIS USMfirstappearedonourradaras

partof thelensroadmapreleasedwiththeEOS

RPin February,butwenowhavefulldetailsof

whataresureto becometheworkhorseoptics

in manyEOSR users’kitbags.

InterestinglyCanonhaschosennottogo

down the route of exploiting the RF mount to

makesmallerandlighterlenses.Instead,it’s

chosentobuildonessimilarin sizetotheir

equivalentsforEOSDSLRs,butaddin optical

imagestabilisationand,in thecaseof the

15-35mm,extendthewideangleview.The

resultis a pairof heftyzooms,withthe

15-35mmmeasuring88.5mmin diameter

and126.8mmin length,andweighing840g.

The24-70mmis almostexactlythesamesize,

buttipsthescalesat 900g.Bothlensesshare

thesame82mmfilterthreadandarepricedat

£2,330RRP.Theyareduetogoonsalein

September.Formoreinformationonthese

lenses, visit http://www.canon.co.uk/lenses.

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Theminimumfocus

distanceonthenew

RF15-35mmlens

is 0.28m,whilethat

onthenewRF

24-70mm is 0.21m

CANONhasalsoreleasedupdated

firmwarefortheEOSR andEOSRPwhich

‘furtherenhances’theeye-detectionAF

performanceof thesecameras.Theupdate

enablesthecameratodetectandfocus

ontheeyesof subjectsat muchgreater

distancescomparedtotheprevious

firmware,andoffersfaster

acquisitionandimprovedaccuracy

andtracking,thecompanyclaims.

Followingcustomerfeedback,the

refreshrateof theEyeTrackingAF

indicatorsis improvedonboth

cameras.Theupdateswillbe

availableforpublicdownload

beforetheendof September.

See http://www.canon.co.uk/support.

Eye detection fi rmware tweak, too

ACanonEOSR firmware

updatewillhelpit detect

andfocusonsubjects

at great distances