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CANON BACKING FOR AESTHETICA FILM FESTIVAL Canon ambassador and advocate for human rights, Elisa Iannacone, held a masterclass called ‘Exploring Ethics and Cinematography’ as part of Canon’s support for the Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York. As well as showing the full range of EOS kit, there were workshops and masterclass sessions throughout the event – on topics from the best camera set-up for interviews to the professional autofocus system. This is a high-profile festival, showing off 30 films and helping filmmakers qualify for the Baftas. asff.co.uk CLASSIC 135MM TELEPHOTO FOR RF MOUNT The evergreen 135mm telephoto makes a return, this time for Canon’s RF mount. The RF135mm f/1.8L IS USM costs £2599/$2099 and is built to produce beautiful bokeh. Using the latest in-lens image stabilisation, coupled with in-body IS, it gives up to an eight-stop reduction in shake. The construction includes 17 elements in 12 groups, including three ultra-low dispersion (UD) elements. It has a minimum focusing distance of 70cm/27.6in, uses a nine- bladed aperture and has an 82mm front filter thread. Canon’s Air Sphere Coating reduces flares and ghosting. There is a control ring in front of the focus ring that can be customised to adjust settings such as aperture or ISO. The lens measures 130mm/5.1in in length with 89mm/3.5in diameter and weighs in at 935g/2lb. canon.co.uk
“A false colour display helps to judge exposure, and it’s possible to buffer and prerecord video for three or five seconds before hitting the Rec button”
this roll using Digital Photo Professional software, or in-camera, and saved as individual JPEG, HEIF or Raw files. With updated Bluetooth v5 and 5GHz Wi-Fi, the camera can be connected to a smartphone and networks allowing high-speed file sharing and FTP transfer. The camera can be remotely controlled using the revamped Camera Connect and EOS Utility apps, tethered to a PC, Mac or smartphone via Wi-Fi or high-speed USB-C. It can also function as a webcam. The EOS R6 Mark II features Canon’s multi-function shoe, allowing intelligent accessories such as XLR adapters to be employed without cables – and, in some cases, batteries. A high-resolution, 3.69-million-dot EVF refreshes at 120fps and the weather- sealed camera is also compatible with the same LP-E6 batteries and battery grip as the EOS R6.
subject to be detected may be set in the menu, or there is a new auto option. With advance eye tracking, users can specify which eye is given focus priority. When eyes can’t be detected, the camera focuses on the face in shot instead. The EOS R6 Mark II boasts up to an eight-stop image stabiliser, using the combined IS of optical and in-body. For stills shooting, the R6 Mark II is Canon’s fastest EOS, as it shoots continuously at up to 40fps with the electronic shutter and up to 12fps mechanically. The new sensor reduces rolling shutter, although it’s unlikely to be as well controlled as the flagship EOS R3 model, which has a stacked sensor. There is a half-second pre-shooting in Raw burst mode for stills, which shoots continuously at 30fps for up to 191 frames, recording every image in a single CR3 file. Individual images can be extracted from
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