I am receiving lots of information about delays with current products, as well as future products.
Below is what I am told is the delay in regards to manufacturing times of new current cameras
- 1D Mark IV – 2-4 Months
- 5D Mark II – 1-2 Months
- 7D – 1-2 Month
New Camera Announcements
We have always been told the 1Ds replacement would be in 2012, now we are hearing the next 5D will also be 2012. [NL] alluded to that as well.
Current time frames for new cameras.
- 1Ds Mark IV – Early 2012
- 1D Mark V – Early 2012
- 5D Mark III – Late 2011 – Mid 2012
- 7D Mark II – Late 2012
- 70D – Early 2013
- T4i – Early 2012
This stuff will move around, but I reiterate there is a ton of uncertainty.
Lenses?
I’ve received nothing in regards to arrival of the announced lens, I’ll keep asking.
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In the wild?
There’s word that Canon is sending out test bodies of the next 5D to various key photographers. Obviously they’ll be under a veil of secrecy. Once this happens, we tend to start getting better information.
There’s a thought the next 5D will not push megapixels, but will in fact push image quality and noise reduction. There will be a lot more sharpness and detail at higher ISO. The 26-28 megapixel range is becoming the resolution I keep getting told.
There is apparently a couple of different prototypes in existence.
What’s for certain is it will have a 19 point AF, no word on how many crosstype sensors.
1Ds Mark IV / 1D Mark V
The same person alluded to the merging of the 1D line being sooner than expected. There would need to be some new tech in a merged 1D to keep the 10fps of the 1D and the resolution of the 1Ds. It should be interesting.
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