Canon New Zealand

Evening ventures in Queenstown 🚵 by () 📷

Shot on the Canon EOS 6D Mark II and EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM

1/1,000 | f/3.2 | ISO 640 | 130 mm

Show us your extreme sports photography below! 👀👇

'Windswept' 🌊 by Bradley Saunders-Garner ()

"With no plan, I went to Lyall Bay beach in Wellington and the first thing that caught my eye was the light at golden hour lighting the droplets that the wind had stolen from the breaking wave. Between capturing the surfers and the planes landing at the airport, I finally got the shot I was eyeing up. The contrast of the shadow of where the sun had already set, with the wave lit by the sun, it made for a pretty special creative moment."

Shot on the Canon EOS R6 📷

Dreamy photoshoot at Hobbiton, Matamata 📍by Mykel Roque ()

"A little experiment with sun rays shots captured with CPL filter and pointed directly towards sunlight in different angles."

Shot on the Canon EOS 80D and EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L III

1/125 sec | f/11 | ISO 320

Looking for the perfect light-weight travel camera that’s right for you? Joanne Hollings () compared the EOS R50 and EOS R10 to try out on her recent travel adventures and here were the key differences!

EOS R50 📷

“Ideal for beginners. High-quality photos and videos effortlessly. User-friendly touch screen interface, compact, and lightweight for on-the-go shooting.

EOS R10 📸

Tailored for enthusiasts. Greater control, more physical controls for adjustments, and a substantial grip for longer sessions.

Whether you're a beginner seeking simplicity or an enthusiast craving creative control, the EOS R50 and EOS R10 have got you covered!”

Want to learn more? Head to our full comparison article below 👇

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'Arc of Light' by Anantha Krishnan () ✨

"One of the famous dark sky reserves, Wairarapa Lake, New Zealand. Captured at the end of the milky way season."

Shot on the Canon EOS 6D Mark II and EF 14mm f/2.8 L 📸

Sky: 20 secs | f/2.8 | ISO 8000

Foreground: 4 mins | f/2.8 | ISO 800

Photo of the day! 📷 Captured any stunning shots of NZ beaches on your Canon gear recently? Comment below for a chance to see your work featured! 🙌

Wharariki Beach 🌊 by Guillaume Bordas ()

Shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and EF 16-35mm f2.8 II Lens

f/8 | ISO 100 | 20mm

Earlier this year, Sujata Singh () took the EOS R6 Mark II to Europe and was impressed by its high performance and portability while travelling! 👇

“As a creator who loves to get the perfect shot during my travels, I loved taking the EOS R6 Mark ll along with me around Europe. I was able to capture some amazing imagery of popular monuments, and some great fashion shots of myself. The camera is lightweight and was compact enough to fit in a small travel camera bag that I could easily carry around with me.”

Keen to level up your gear for travel? Head to our website here 👇

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Spring wedding captured by Lionel Tan () 🌸

Captured any shots of the cherry blossom season this year? Add them in the comments below, we'd love to see your stunning images! 😍

Shot on the Canon EOS R6 Mark II 📷

Mt. Taranaki during golden hour ☀️ by Martin Kuwalewski ()

Shot on the EOS R7 and RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM 📷

1/250 secs | f/13 | ISO 100 | 105mm

Send in your best golden hour shots below, we'd love to see! 😍

'Basking in the sun' by John Parker ()

"On a recent photography trip to Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari I was lucky to spend some time with this elusive Tuatara, these ancient reptiles are known for their distinctive appearance and unique behaviour. With my new Canon telephoto lens I was able to maintain a safe distance and get this beautifully detailed shot without disturbing him basking in the New Zealand sun, showcasing its prehistoric charm.

Top Tip: When photographing Tuatara, it's essential to get down to eye level with the subject to capture their unique perspective. Look for pockets of light in the bush to illuminate your subject, and ensure a nice clean background to create a pleasing bokeh effect in your photos."

Shot on the Canon EOS R5 and RF 600mm f/4 L IS USM lens 📷

– You asked and we listened! To celebrate 50 years of Canon Oceania, we’re launching an online pop up shop with limited edition Canon merch just in time for Christmas!

And the best part? We’re giving away a Canon Merch pack including 1 of every item in the online pop up shop to a lucky winner in Australia AND New Zealand!

To enter, head to our Instagram post for all the details.

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While stocks last.

'Ipanema' by Cam Stables ()

"As the last glimpses of golden sunlight disappeared behind the mountains beyond, I rushed to capture this composition along the busy shores of Ipanema Beach in the city of Rio De Janeiro. Friendly locals enjoyed the warm tropical waters and played football on the soft sand, as I attempted to capture the full essence of Rio beach life, backdropped by the magnificent Duas Irmaos mountains behind. I only had a few moments to get the right frame, as the ideal light disappeared and the atmosphere diminished."

Comment your best travel shots below! 👇

Shot on the Canon EOS R and RF 24-105mm f/4 L

1/250 secs | f/4 | ISO 100 | 49mm

Content creator, business owner, mother and author, Ellie Watson put the EOS R100 to the test with a DIY family photoshoot at the beach! 👪

Some of Ellie's favourite features were:

✔️ Small and lightweight
✔️ Interchange lenses
✔️ Built-in flash
✔️ Transfer images to phone with the Canon Connect App

This is the perfect family camera to capture those special moments! Find out more: https://ter.li/wkt7pl

– We challenged you to get creative with your Halloween photos this year and we’re loving the results! 🎃🕷️

Swipe through to check out these incredible images by Paige Burton (), Nic Muller (), Emma Reynolds (.photography), Tung Bien () and Michael Nguyen (). 👻

What should our next be? It will be our second to last for the year! 😱

Announcement 📢 - From Hybrid, Telephoto to Ultra-Wide: Meet our three new RF lenses and brand new accessory - RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z, RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM, RF-S 10-20mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM and Power Zoom Adapter PZ-E2/PZ-E2B 😍

Click through the gallery to learn more about these exciting new products! 🔥

RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z: https://ter.li/qth2bo
RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM: https://ter.li/umjhvo
RF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM: https://ter.li/d6m3mi
Power Zoom Adapter PZ-E2/PZ-E2B: https://ter.li/hevw4f

- Introducing Libor Klimes Framing the Wild 📷

Click through the gallery to check out his incredible wildlife shots and learn more about his photography journey! 🙌

'Above the Clouds' ☁️ by Nicole Izak ()

"First time up Roy’s Peak and got some beautiful cloud inversions! Felt like a whole other world floating above the clouds."

Shot on the Canon EOS R5, RF 15-35mm f2.8 and RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 📷

Are you a professional photographer or videographer?

Create without limits with Canon’s professional cameras. Experience quality, reliability and performance of the EOS R series range designed to meet the demands of producers, documentarians and professional photographers.

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Spring portrait session ☀️ by Brad Reeve ()

"I love these full sun environments where I can position the sun to the side and slightly behind the subject, adding additional lighting on that same side but slightly in front of the subject. It creates a really cohesive and wrapped light that I can't get enough of, allows me to choose my ideal exposure for both subject and background, and retains a very natural vibe!

I've long been a fan of this look, but it was always quite risky shooting wide open (or close to it) in such harsh conditions. I love how that all changed with mirrorless and the R series - it almost feels like cheating now, the Canon EOS R5 just doesn't miss."

Shot on the Canon EOS R5 and EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM

1/8000 secs | f/2 | ISO 100 | 85mm

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'Glenorchy night life' by Jun Yit () ✨

"Although the town is small, it is magnificent."

Shot on the Canon EOS 6D 📷

Keen to level up your product photography? Professional NZ product photographer and retoucher Reuben Looi, takes us through his top tips for product photography and the gear you need. Check out his stunning product images and read his full article below!

Learn More Here 👉 https://ter.li/9xe4x2

All images shot on the Canon EOS R5 and RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS USM 📷

- Introducing the NEW RF 10-20mm f/4L IS STM, our widest RF zoom lens*🔥

Ultra-wide view with 10mm starting focal length – ideal for landscape, architecture and video 😍

Outstanding image quality in a compact lens – less than half the weight of its EF equivalent 📷

Steady handheld shots with in lens Optical Image Stabilization (IS) and Peripheral Control IS 🙌

*As at 11th October 2023

Learn more here 👉 https://ter.li/vcft9v

Do you like capturing sports, wildlife and moving subjects? Chase the action with features such as high speed continuous shooting and reliable auto focus to capture fast-moving subjects.

Capture those adrenaline filled shots with a camera that can keep up with you.

Find your action chaser kit: https://ter.li/85hu7p

Introducing one of our Canon Master's Jackie Ranken 📷

Thrown into the spotlight after a personal series of landscape photographs won her AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year in 2002, Jackie has evolved a distinctive style that creates multi-layered narratives through in-camera multiple exposure, and movement. Today, she runs Creative Photography Workshops in Twizel, with her partner, fellow Canon Master Mike Langford.

Click through the gallery to learn more about Jackie and her stunning work! 👉

Craig Crosthwaite’s () capture of the misty morning light at Alpe di Siusi, Dolomites, Italy. 🌏

What are your favourite places outside of NZ you've photographed? We'd love to see your images below! 📷

“The interesting point I discovered about shooting this location is that light conditions are much better 20 minutes after sunrise. I'm used to getting the best sunrise light before the sun comes up but in the mountains, the best light comes later when the light hits the contours of the foreground...damn, I could have slept in!”

Shot on Canon EOS 5D IV and Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 II USM.

3 minutes | f/18 | ISO 50 | 24mm

- Here's your chance to win a $100 Preezee Card! 😍

Submit a review of your Canon printer via the link below and you'll go in the draw 🙌

3 lucky winners will be drawn on the 12th December 2023, T&Cs apply.

Submit your review here and be in to win! 👇

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Canon New Zealand Review Your Canon Printer Competition 2023 It’s simple! Just submit a review via the form below and you’ll automatically go in the draw to win a $100 Preezee Gift Card to spend on whatever you wish.

Stunning sunset portrait shots from Brodie James () ☀️

All images shot on the Canon EOS R5 and RF 85mm f/1.2L USM 📷

Model: Bonnie ()

- Last week we challenged you to submit your best wildlife photos and we were blown away by all the talent in our Canon community! 😮

You made it very hard for the team to choose our favourites but here's our top picks 😁 Make sure to stay tuned for our next photography challenge happening each month 📷

Shout out to Rachel Herbert (), Kristen Buckley (), Alex Vakhrousheva, Geoff Marks (), Jack Kingston (), Joanna Steel (), Ian Harrison, Bernie Shore () and Roanne Barnes Hautapu for your beautiful wildlife shots 😍

Which image is your favourite? We'd love to know below! 👇

Capture and share life’s precious moments with our range of user-friendly and portable cameras perfect for everyday.

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- Introducing Jet () 📷

Click through the gallery to check out his amazing travel and street photography and learn more about his photography journey! 🙌

"Greetings everyone, Jet here. Currently, I am a University of Auckland year 3 student, but also a Street/Cinematic/Travel Photographer from Macau SAR, a city near Hong Kong but way smaller! I have been shooting with Canon since the start, from the EOS Kiss X2 (Japan-only model, which is the EOS 450D/Rebel XSi equivalent) to the EOS 7D and then to the current beast, the EOS 5D Mk IV. The Canon lenses I have are the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM and the EF 2x III extender for the 70-200mm, planning to get the OG EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM and the EOS R5C in the near future!

As the bigger brother in the family, my father would always want me to learn more skills, and I have been highly encouraged to be the family photographer who takes family photos on every trip. Slowly, the feeling of compositions started to creep in, and that was when I decided I wanted a bigger and better camera to capture the precious moments in life!

Throughout my photography journey, I started to appreciate my surroundings in everyday life. Even though the places stay, the people don’t, and the interactions between them urges me to capture the moments that makes life, well, intriguing. I'm often interested in the narrow and intricate streets around places, and photograph any interesting street moment that life gives!

The advice which has kept me going throughout my photography journey was from a movie. The story of the movie was about a patient with dementia. Although he did not gain his memory back, he had so many photos of him taken by his best friend. As a human being, I might not remember everything in life. So I want my life to be a story I can look back on, capturing the places I've been to with friends and family just like the movie!

Now, I am striving for my aspiration, which is to become an airliner pilot. Visiting more countries and capturing moments during those trips is my ultimate life goal. Sharing my photography journey is like sharing my life story to people, and I hope you all find my story special and intriguing."

Mountain layers ⛰ by Lucas Brunt () 📷

Lucas' top tip: "To take a photo like this all you need is a telephoto lens and light slightly behind the subject (mountains). I took this photo with my telephoto lens then I cropped it again to really define the layers."

Go any photography tips you'd like to share? We'd love to know below! 👇

Shot on the Canon EOS R and EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II USM

1/800 secs | f/9 | ISO 600 | 200mm

Sunsets in Haast 🌅 by Joseph Tredrea (.tredrea)

Shot on the Canon EOS R5 and RF 24-70mm f2.8 📷

We'd love to see your best sunset shots! Submit yours below 😍

- This week we are challenging you to submit your best wildlife photos! 📷

Check out the gallery for some inspiration from Dane Walker (), Carina Heintz (), Antonio Alva ( and .mdea), Hannah Seuren () and Rocco Saric () 🙌

Submit yours in the comments below and we'll choose our favourites to feature next week 👇

Cheeky Kea trying to decide which Canon lens to use. "I'll just Wing it!" captured by Graham Fisher () 📷

"When visiting Arthur's Pass, it is always worth visiting the Arthur's Pass Cafe to check out any Kea Antics. Always have the camera at the ready, you just never know. These amazing birds are so intelligent and inquisitive. This one was attracted to our camera bag, stood on it, dragged it around and managed to open it and get its head inside. Once it opened the cover it took an instant liking to our Canon lenses. It got a good grip and nearly lifted this lens out of the bag. Panic by us and we moved towards the Kea, luckily it let go, otherwise it would have had its own Canon lens.

A short time later it was attracted to my wife's camera, Amanda. She took the close ups. I was set up with my 100-400mm lens hoping to catch birds in flight with my new camera so had to stand back from the action to fit the Kea in frame. They move quickly so always give yourself some space to follow them and keep them in frame. Best to be slightly wider and crop your images. So pleased to photograph Kea in flight a short time after taking these images. So pleased with my photos for the day. Love my EOS R6 Mark II. Such beautiful birds, so Intelligent. And remember when visiting any areas inhabited by Kea - Don't feed the Kea."

Shot on the Canon EOS R6 Mark II, EOS 200D Mark II, EF-EOS R Adaptor and EF 100-400mm L II.

Who knew Kea were a fan of Canon? 😆 We'd love to see your shots featuring your Canon gear and NZ wildlife. Comment below for a chance to be featured!

Are you a content creator? Discover your kit to shoot social media ready content with essential features such as vertical shooting mode, vari-angle touch screen and seamless sharing to your devices with the Canon Connect App.

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How beautiful is this capture from Chad Cottle () of a Tui perched on a flax branch? 😍

"I captured this beautiful Tui feeding on flax nectar at Ōkārito last summer. It was during a big day of bird watching in which we saw a total of 54 different species."

Shot on the Canon EOS 6D 📷

What's your favourite NZ bird to capture? 🐦

'Land of the silver fern' 🌿 by Filip Manhal ()

All images shot on the Canon EOS R and RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM 📷

Have any images you'd like to share? Comment below! 👇

Walter Peak in the clouds🏔 ☁️ captured by Daiki Kato (.nz)

"It was on my day off, I noticed the long white clouds wrapped around Walter peak at sunset. I brought my camera to our balcony and took a quick shot of it. 400mm is a great focal length for mountain photography in order to capture the details of rocky surfaces close-up!"

Shot on the Canon EOS R5 and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II 📷

1/320 secs | f/11 | ISO 320 | 400mm

Humpback Whale at Paradise Harbour, Antarctica📍🐋 by Paul Harrison ()

Adding Antarctica to our bucket list of destinations to shoot at ✅ what locations do you have on your list to visit one day?

"One of the many highlights of the Antarctica trip was seeing numerous whales feeding on krill around the ice. As they surface, they breathe out with a noise like a large truck releasing the hydraulics. It is thought that they raise their tail fluke to give an extra "push" to their deeper dives. The yellow staining on the underside of the fluke is from algae diatoms. This is typically lost as the whales migrate north into warmer waters and start to shed older skin layers. This photo was taken in Paradise Harbour, Antarctica from a zodiac. Shot in burst mode to capture the optimum tail angle and ensure a fast shutter speed to get the water droplets falling from the tail."

Shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II 📷

1/1250 secs | f/8 | ISO 100 | 400mm