Canon Rumors

Have a Happy New Year!

Don’t drink and drive
Thanks to everyone that made 2008 a great first year for Canon Rumors.

I know it’s not Thanksgiving, but here goes anyway.

- Thanks to everyone that visits the site (all 3+ million of you!).
- Thanks to everyone that leaves comments.
- Thanks to everyone that has emailed me.
- Thanks to the other web sites that give CR link love, I try to always return the favor.
- Thanks to everyone that has flamed me, I’d be doing something wrong if I pleased everyone.
- Thanks to everyone that has bought something through an Amazon link.
- Thanks to all my sources.

Corporate Thanks
- Thanks to Carl Zeiss
- Thanks to Singh-Ray, Gitzo, Markins & Really Right Stuff

2009 will be a bigger and better year for Canon Rumors. I have stuff in store I think regular visitors will appreciate.

As always, the rumors are the main things you folks care about, I’ll keep them coming.

Have a safe and happy New Years Eve.

cr

PowerShot SD 1200 and more [CR3]

Coming PowerShots
We’re coming up to camera launch time and with that there will be a bunch of new PowerShots.

The A590, A580 and A470 will all be cancelled and not replaced.

The following 3 cameras have been emailed to me over the last few weeks.

SD1200 IS
10mp
3x zoom
3.0″ LCD
DIGIC IV
No Optical VF
Li-Ion Battery
CCD

SD3000 IS
12mp
3x zoom
3.0″ Touchscreen LCD
Li-Ion Battery
DIGIC IV
CCD

SD10w IS
10mp
3x Zoom
3.0″ LCD
DIGIC IV
Waterproof to 15 feet
CCD

I haven’t yet heard of any new CMOS based cameras for PMA. There should be a couple of other models launched as well. I keep pressing for CMOS info, and I’ll keep doing it.

cr

We Made a Top 100 List – The Photographer’s Guild Blog

Yay for us
Check out this list of the top 100 photography blogs on the web. Canon Rumors is on the list as well as many other great sites you may or may not know about. Have a visit.

http://www.photography-colleges.org/the-top-100-photography-blogs/

cr

EF 24-70 f/2.8L IS not imminent [CR2]

From the same source as the 100-400
Canon has no imminent plans for an update to the 24-70. Canon has 5-6 lenses in queue for an update beforehand. There is a small chance you could see the lens at the same time as the 1Ds update in late 2009/early 2010.

One new lens that could be coming is a 500 f/5.6L IS. That would all but assure the end of the 400 f/5.6L. There is a market of baby boomers that are eating up higher end camera gear. Such a lens would be a sales monster according to a lot of people at Canon.

Ireland
Obviously I arrived alive. Working on getting this mobile broadband USB modem working, it doesn’t like Vista 64. That should get sorted so I can post a bit more often.

cr

EF 100-400 f/4-5.6L IS (CR2)

I received an email from someone claiming they were involved in the
testing of this lens.

Features:
- Push/Pull design gone
- Lens is faster at f/4
- New coating ala the 24L
- 4 stop IS
- Weather sealed
- “Sharpest zoom I’ve ever used.”
- Announcement Feb. 2009

This has been a constant rumor for the last two years. We’ll see what
happens.

cr

Sent from my iPhone

Merry Christmas & Photo Contest

Merry Christmas (and any other seasonal holiday and/or celebration!)
I wish everyone that reads my ramblings and rumors a fantastic holiday season.

Photo Contest Winners
I received about 50 entries for the free t-shirt. Here are the ones I liked the most.

Winning Shot
Lucas Wroe
http://www.lucaswroe.com

1st Runner Up
James Van Hees
http://www.jaymz.ca

2nd Runner Up
Dan Carr
http://www.dancarrphotography.com

3rd Runner Up
Chris Lerma
http://www.chrislerma.com

Thanks everyone for the photos, they were fun to look at. Even the one of the bird going to the bathroom, that was funny.

cr

Where is CR Guy?

Powershot Update Coming
I have some information about what is coming in the Powershot lineup in the spring. I’ll be doing a writeup about that on December 27.

Getting ready
I’ll be MIA until the 27th of December or so. I’ll be packing, bouncing around airports and getting settled in Ireland. I’ll be over in Europe for a couple months. I will definitely continue to update the site.

In the meantime, David should keep you guys apprised (thx Jim) of any news. As can be expected, contacts have given into Christmas and the other holidays this time of year.

Have a great few days and don’t drink and drive shoot.

Help in Ireland
Anyone know a place I can order some Neopan 1600 & Ilford HP5 & Delta 3200 in Ireland? I’m having trouble with a Canadian credit card getting stuff shipped to me in Ireland. I guess I need a film dealer.

cr

5D Mark II – User Review

From Adam
You can read Adam’s thoughts on the camera here. It’s a good read.

http://forums.canonphotogroup.com/showthread.php?t=2508

cr

5D2 Black Dot Removal Photoshop Action

Action Fun!
Apperently this Photoshop action can remove the black dots in your images from the 5D Mark II. I have not tested it out. Let me know how it goes if you’re affected by the issue.

Download the action: http://actions.home.att.net/5D_MarkII_Black_Dots.html

Discussion:  http://www.prophotohome.com/forum

Thanks yitzy

cr

History Lesson – 1959 Canonflex

Something different
Weekends can be pretty slow for news and rumors, but I still want to add content. So I’m going to try a few history lessons for the folks out there. I’m in the process of collecting various Canon cameras.  I’ll give a brief history lesson every so often about each of them.

Canon’s first SLR Camera Body
I finally acquired one of these historical Canon camera bodies yesterday.

Released: March 1959
Discontinued: August 1959
Production: 17,000 Units (Compared to the Nikon F which shipped 862,000.)
Weirdness: Bottom winder. You could wind pretty fast, but don’t try to use a tripod!
Feature: Removable Pentaprism

CR Guy's Canonflex

You can read more about the Canonflex here: http://www.cameraquest.com/canonflx.htm

cr

EOS-1 Ds Mark X

Some ideals of specs out there
I’ve read some various things around the web about the next incarnation of the 1Ds line. Some stuff is from conversations I’ve had as well.

mp: 28-38
proc: Dual DIGIC V 16bit?
LCD: 3″-3.5″
FPS (Still): 5-7
FPS: (Movie): Variable, 1-120fps.
AF: A new 45 point system
Feature: WiFi
Feature: GPS

I’m not sure Canon cares much about WiFi and GPS in camera bodies. I wouldn’t hate having wifi, I might use it. I have no clue why I’d want GPS in a camera though, Google Earth applications aside!

I’ll be weighing closer to its release. I have it penciled for launch in the first half of 2010.

cr

Sonic Camera Ad

Clarify again
People have noticed a Sonic Camera ad on the web site and commented about it. I will try to clarify this again.

Google is responsible for the ads the appear on this site. Currently I have the Google capped maximum of 200 scam/bait and switch/annoying web sites blocked from advertising on this site.

I can not stop them all. and wish I could. I appologize for that.

Canon Rumors Public Service Announcement
If it’s too good to be true, it is.

http://www.resellerratings.com if you need to lookup an online retailer.

We recommend Amazon, Adorama, B&H, Henrys and Vistek.

cr

Merry Christmas

Get this for yourself
You deserve it.

If I was Ken Rockwell, this would be my webcam.

From Vincent Laforet

thanks moophisto

cr

5D Mark II Demand Slowing? – Hong Kong

From a reader

Hi, I’m currently in Hong Kong and there seems to be quite an abundance of 5Dmk2 in the shops – especially the kit with the 24-105 lens.

It seems with the economic uncertainty, coupled with the blackdot scare, a lot of people have dropped their names from the waiting list. Prices however are still high and most of the reputable stores like Man Shing, Wing Shing and Citi are charging around $20800 HKD ($2683 USD) for the body only and $28000 HDK ($3612 USD) for the kit.

It’d be nice if this slowdown happened in Canada so I could get one. I’m not bitter.

thanks Billy

cr