EF-S 10mm f/2.8 Fisheye
I received an email regarding a new lens from Canon, a 2nd EF-S mount for Photokina. Previously I had been told there would only be one new EF-S lens, the 18-200. I'm still thinking there will be only one.
Would anyone actually want a crop fisheye?
Rumors floating around now
People are talking a lot about a 1D Mark IIIn/X. I've been told by someone at Canon that they will not be doing an “N” for the Mark III. Could we see a new 1D body altogether at Photokina? For marketing reasons, I really do feel an “n” version would be the wrong way to approach a replacement.
I'm still thinking you won't see a new 1D until PMA with the 50D.
Just a thought
The rumor earlier today about a new sensor for the 1D body got me thinking. Perhaps this low noise sensor is the one that will bring HD video to an SLR. I remember reading about the concept a year or so ago.
It's coming, just when?
Canon testing 3 new cameras?
I just received an email about Canon testing 3 new cameras. Two of them will be full frame.
The email talks about new low voltage CMOS sensors in the cameras. The sensors producing the lowest noise currently of any dSLR.
The 3rd sensor is for the 1D line, a 10mp sensor with extremely low noise at 3200-6400 ISO. There was no info as to whether this was APS-H or fullframe.
As I write this, I've found a thread about it on DPR. You can view it here:
Press Release
TOKYO, July 7, 2008—Canon Inc. announced today plans to newly establish Nagasaki Canon Inc., a manufacturing base in Higashi Sonogi-gun, Nagasaki Prefecture, to boost production of digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras and compact digital cameras…. READ MORE
Canon S6IS
I've just been told that we should expect a few Powershot announcements very shortly. Canon is rearranging their announcement schedule currently.
S6IS is all I can get confirmed.
There is still no word on new SLR & lens announcements. :(
Another review
Conclusion
“After reviewing all three of these DSLRs (XSi, D60, A350), I don’t think you could go wrong with any of them (See Nikon D60 Review & Sony A350 Review). As noted above, I think the Rebel XSi has the best overall image quality of the three; however, each of them produces great images overall….. READ MORE”
Add features!
I'm still surprised how many people don't know the CHDK project exists.
The following can be added to your Canon point and shoot camera.
* Shooting in RAW, with RAW Average, RAW Sum, and RAW Develop features
* Live histogram (RGB, blended, luminance and for each RGB channel)
* Zebra mode (live-view under/over-exposure subject-area alerts)
* DOF-calculator, Hyperfocal-calculator with instant Hyperfocal and Infinity focus-set, and more
* Battery indicator
* RAW and Video space-remaining gauges with custom low-limit alerts
* Scripts execution (exposure/focus/bracketing, intervalometer and more)
* USB-cable remote shutter-release
* Motion-Detection triggered photography (fast enough to capture lightning strikes)
* Customizable high-speed continuous (burst) Tv, Av, ISO, and Focus bracketing (unlimited shots)
* 99 constant bit-rate and 10 constant-quality video compression levels
* 1 Gig video-size limit removed in earlier cameras
* Zoom during video for cameras without
* Shutter, Aperture, and ISO Overrides (shutter speeds of 64″ to 1/10,000″ and higher)
* High-speed Flash Sync at all speeds up to 1/64,000 second (even faster in some cameras)
* Custom framing, cropping, and alignment viewfinder Grids (user editable)
* File browser
* Text reader
* Calendar
* Some fun tools and games :)
* Fully customizable CHDK display, info placement, user-colors, fonts in menus, etc.
* Custom CHDK User-Menu (for instant recall of up to 10 favorite functions)
* And other features too numerous to mention here. See the CHDK Firmware and Allbest Firmware usage pages for a more complete overview.
If you knew already, that's great. This is merely a public service announcement/reminder on a very slow day for Canon info.
Visit the site here:
This week?
I haven't been able to find any more information than you already know about when we can expect an announcement. Canon has so many new products to announce, it will be a crazy next 12 weeks.
No Flashes
I've been told neither the 3D or 6D will have built in flashes. I don't think anyone would care either way.
Could be wrong.
New CMOS Factory
Canon's new CMOS factory was to be operational this month. Anyone know if it's up and running yet? None of the usual suspects seem to know.
That soon?
A reader sent in this link from AVF:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=786982
Apparently this person feels Canon will make announcements next week. That seems a bit soon to me, although I wouldn't be shocked to see Canon make an announcement just as the D700 is set to ship.
I'll ask around about this, it may need to be re-rated.
Thanks for the Tip “A”!
