20th December 2006:

News:

• Canon releases firmware v1.2.6 update for EOS 1D MarkII, firmware 1.1.2 update for EOS 1D Mark II N and firmware 1.1.6 update for EOS 1Ds Mark II.

2nd November 2006:

News:

• Canon releases firmware v1.0.5 update for EOS 30D.

14th October 2006:

News:

• DPReview posts in-depth review of Canon's EOS 400D.

24th August 2006:

News:

• Canon announces its successor to the EOS 350D, the EOS 400D (aka EOS Digital Rebel XTi in the US).
• Canon also introduces 2 new lenses - the EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM and the EF 50mm f/1.2L USM.
• Official site is also up for the EOS 400D.
• DPReview's news posting of the EOS 400D can be found here. News and bigger photos of the EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM, EF 50mm f/1.2L USM are also available.
• I have began testing EastGear's Camera Devices CD-BCNPE2 Battery Charger and should have a review up soon.

23rd August 2006:

News:

• Rob Galbraith posts news of Canon's new 10 megapixel EOS 400D as well as two new L-series lenses - EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM and EF 50mm f/1.2L USM. Official press releases to follow soon.

21st July 2006:

Updated:

• My Equipment List (made some corrections, removed some invalid links)

13th July 2006:

News:

• EastGear's Camera Devices CD-BCNPE3 Battery Charger (Canon NP-E3 Ni-MH Portable Battery Charger) for Canon's NP-E2 & NP-E3 batteries is now available. Great size and price which puts the original Canon NP-E3 charger to shame!! I will be putting up a review once I get my hands on a unit to test over time. Watch this space!!

5th July 2006:

News:

• Canon releases firmware v1.1.0 update for EOS 1D MarkII N and EOS 5D.

4th April 2006:

News:

• Reuters UK news article states that "Canon considers halt to film camera development. Article is no longer online but some news comments can be found on DPReview.

29th March 2006:

News:

• Canon releases firmware 1.0.4 update for EOS 30D.

21st February 2006:

News:

• Canon announces its successor to the EOS 20D, the EOS 30D.
• Canon also introduces 2 new lenses the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM and the EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM (see bottom of press release).
• Canon finally launches the Pixma PRO9000 and Pixma PRO9500 photo printers which are the first professional A3 printers its the Pixma range. It also introduces its imagePROGRAF iPF5000 large format printer.
• Official site is also up for the EOS 30D.
• DPReview's preview of the EOS 30D can be found here. News and bigger photos of the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM as well as the Pixma PRO9000 and Pixma PRO9500 photo printers and imagePROGRAF iPF5000 large format printer are also available.
• Rob Galbraith has released a short writeup on the EOS 30D as well as the trio of professional photo printers.