Comments on: EOS-1D Mark IV in 2010? [CR2]

By: Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:50:00 +0000

I’ve been holding out on a new 1D series body ever since the Mark III focus disaster. Still shooting with an EOS-1D Mark IIn while the competition shoots next to me with Nikon D3 camera bodies. This is very frustrating as I an a loyal Canon customer. I hope this mid/late 2010 rumor is not true as I need a new, reliable pro camera soon and don’t want to switch back to Nikon. Been there done that.

By: Dan Williams

Dan Williams — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:55:27 +0000

Canon should know their market is….current owners. Canon
please continue comprehensive and detailed service protocols until any focus problems and all design and firmware short comings are fixed.I can’t see a 1D Mark IV as a way out of design and function problems without alot of unhappy owners of the 1D Mark III,corporate or otherwise.Have they ever fielded such a dilemma in such an economic stage as we are in ……service will decide…that is a”now reality”.Anyone who would buy a Mark IV before a resolution on the Mark III… is asking for problems.

By: shaun

shaun — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:48:38 +0000

C’mon Canon just admit it.

You totally screwed up with the 1D mark III’s and still have not fixed the focusing issues after all this time – and not just AI, the one shot is screwed as well (as the latest Canon FIX IT press release shows). This news only proves that you still don’t know how to fix the problems and won’t release anything until you do.

Still selling an inherently faulty camera is a total disgrace.

So many of my pro friends have said that the mark III are pieces of crap (I am using a far lighter word than they used) and have gone to 5D mark II’s in order to actually achieve focus. Some are major editorial shooters and they have to go to a pro-sumer model to achieve decent, consistently and most importantly predictable focus (as oppose to the random nature of mark III focusing).

Well In my world, so many have gone to D3’s it is not funny. I will stick with my soft focusing mark III’s – Canon have dropped the ball, lost a huge amount of goodwill.

I would be too scared to get the mark IV as I have not idea what problem it will probably come with. Purchase it, then spend 12 months trying to get it to work.

By: frankchn

frankchn — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:39:17 +0000

Yeah, but would a lot of newspapers/newswires start upgrading their cameras and/or lenses just because of the World Cup? I’d say that the 1D3 and the Nikon D3 with their current line-up of lenses respectively are perfectly capable of producing good photos.

And how many enthusiasts are going to buy 1D-series cameras just for the World Cup anyway? I could see some xxD sales to them though.

By: Cyrn

Cyrn — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:15:28 +0000

All the more Canon should start looking at new market segments! These big names are using obseleted business models in new economies with twitters and such. It like to recording industries grappeling with P2P distrubitions.

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By: Jesper Revald

Jesper Revald — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:14:57 +0000

*Sob!*

I definitely hope this one is a dud. I’ve been saving like crazy for a 1D mkIV. I’m really hoping for one later this year.

By: David Russell

David Russell — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:41:06 +0000

This doesn’t make any sense. The football (soccer to Americans) World Cup is the second biggest sporting event in the world after the [summer] Olympics. It starts on 10th June 2010 and therefore Canon would miss out on a barrel load of sales if this rumor is true.

By: ms

ms — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:15:32 +0000

meh……that’s fine… let them work on it, especially if they fix up any percieved or actual defects in the current models…. hopefully this means we’ll see some nice, new lenses…. perhaps something aim at the lower market… perhaps a 200-500mm… or maybe a 300-600/5.6 (at the same price as a 300/2.8)

By: roger767

roger767 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:05:22 +0000

except for a better screen, better iso and better usability (a button extra here and there, joystick for vertical shooting) I cant see any huge steps for the 1d/s series.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:58:27 +0000

I am upgrading to a D3!!!!

By: Sproutey

Sproutey — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:49:20 +0000

Have to agree that this makes sense. With the state of the Yen, no end in sight to the current economic crisis and a lack of competition, there really isn’t a great pressure to upgrade.
Nikons release of the D3x would preclude much more than a D3n mid-life update for the D3 and I reckon that both companies will settle for the current status quo for at least another year. At most I think we’ll see a 1D3/1Ds3n soon with a VGA screen and some minor tart-ups to see it through.

Any major updates this year will be 450D/D60 or 50D/D300 related. The current lin-ups of both brands is solid enough above that level to happily pass through 2009 and into 2010 whether we like it or not.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:28:07 +0000

Does make sense. But I still doubt it!

By: Nigel

Nigel — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:50:16 +0000

While noting that this is a CR2, and could be a wild guess, it’s what a lot of (uninformed) people have been saying for some time. It would be disappointing for sure, but perhaps Canon would take the opportunity from such a delay to get the thing right straight off.