Changed things up
We’ve decided that the forum needed to be switched up a bit. There just wasn’t enough categories to cover the range of topics, so we’ve streamlined some parts, and expanded others.

List of the biggest changes

• Added a “Gear talk” section, this area will be for gear & photography topics and not rumors.
• Streamlined the rumors section, this area will be kept to just rumors and speculation.
• Added image gallery categories
• Added a video & movie gallery category
• Added a technical support board.

We are in the process of moving topics to their new category if need be, so the forum may be a little messy for a couple of days.

cr

Thanks for a great year!
Thanks for reading and participating here at Canon Rumors, I appreciate it a lot. I hope to make 2012 bigger and better!

Top 10 Posts of 2011
Below is a list of the top 10 stories that appeared on Canon Rumors in 2011.

1. This Lens is Soft & Other Myths (Article)
2. EOS-1D X Canon USA Press Release
3. New DSLR on Tuesday, October 18, 2011
4. How To Test a Lens (Article)
5. EF 24-70 f/2.8L II Patent Published
6. 5D Mark III Sooner Than Later
7. FD & FL Lenses on Your EF Body
8. 5D Mark III & More
9. 5D Mark III & 7D Mark II Within a Month
10. Canon EOS 300C?

Don’t forget to add Canon Rumors on Facebook & Twitter.

cr

[CR3] & [CR4] Explained
Currently we operate with a rating system ranging from [CR0] to [CR3]. [CR3] is something we deem as fact.

However, some folks have pointed out past [CR3]‘s that proved not to be true. The reason is because we used to go up to [CR4]. If you do a search for [CR4] things on Canon Rumors, you’ll find a few.

When I changed the rating system, I guess I never thought about the effect that ditching the [CR4] rating would bring about.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

cr

First time for everything
I had the pleasure to sit down with James Beltz at PhotoTips.biz and be interviewed for his podcast.

We talk about my start, current rumors, some opinions on the mirrorless cameras and a lot more. We even touched on some video game addiction.

Watch The Full Show Here: http://www.phototips.biz and also available on iTunes.

cr

I need help
Apparently I need to know more than BASIC to develop an application for iOS and Android, so I posted a help wanted ad here.

Head over to the forum to see what I am looking for.

Job Posting

cr

Facelift!
Some of you may, or may not have noticed a slight facelift to Canon Rumors. I mostly just wanted to clean things up.

Canon Rumors Sponsors
Canon Rumors is my day job now, so it has to make some revenue. That being said, I am very much into the soft sell. I don’t want to be posting “deals” to the main blog every single day. I don’t think most of you come here for that.

I think a lot of you will also notice there are less ads on Canon Rumors now. That isn’t because there isn’t demand, it’s because I don’t want my sidebar populated with 10 ads! That’s of no benefit to the advertiser or the reader.

So how can you help?

The Price Watch pages are there as a service and if you click links in there, I receive a small commission. Again, it’s not in your face advertising, but it’s there if you want to utilize it.

I wanted to expand things a bit further for advertisers and for readers that are interested in deals. What I have started is a forum for registered forum users where I will post sponsor deals. Most will be coupon codes of some kind, others will just be links to some exclusive offers.

Today we’re launching with a LensRentals.com coupon code, and some Sigma for Canon deal’s from Abe’s of Maine. I have a few more planned this week.

I thank you for your support, and I won’t post about this again.

Deals Forum (Only Viewable if you’re registered on the forum)

NAB 2011
I’ll be in Las Vegas from the 10th of April until the 13th to attend the NAB show. I hope to meet some of you there. I’m going to see if Lisa Bettany will sponsor a limo arrival for me. :)

cr

*Update*
The fine folks at Facebook don’t seem to respond to emails in regards to killed accounts in a timely matter. Perhaps they killed a whole host of accounts. I know Nikon Rumors Guy lost his accounts too.

I’ve started a new fan page. You can click the link at the top to “Like it” or the link below. It shouldn’t take long to repopulate it.

Like the Canon Rumors Page

It finally happened
I heard the rumors it was coming, and alas it came. The “Canon Rumors Guy” facebook account has been disabled since that moniker is not that of a real person.

So what now?

I hate Facebook (you are free to love it, I am not judging), I do not have a personal account, nor do I ever want one again. It appears I cannot have a fan page without having a facebook account. It was great of them to officially warn me so I could have a contigency plan.

Stay tuned, I’ll figure something out.

cr

Time to address the questions
I am getting a ton of questions regarding the 5D Mark II and how much longer it’s going to be a current camera. While I obviously have nothing definitive, there are been a few pieces of information come my way in regards to a Canon roadmap.

5D Mark III

• A Q2/Q3 announcement in 2011, this is not yet decided within Canon.
• Big megapixel boost, 28mp +
• Continue to build on EOSHD and supreme image quality.
• A variant of the 7D AF system.
• I can’t see them not calling it 5D Mark III, the 5D name carries a lot of weight.
• Expect it to be in the same $2699 range the 5D Mark II was at launch.
• Obvious ergonomic upgrades.

I get asked a lot if people are safe to buy a 5D Mark II now. The answer is “yes”, it’s a great camera today and it’ll still be a great camera in a year.

There is not a lot of urgency for Canon & Nikon to launch new higher end cameras in the current economic climate. Things look to improve in 2011. The 5D Mark II also still sells extremely well.

Forum Moderator
I need a couple of forum moderators, just send “Canon Rumors Guy” a message from within the forum.

cr

A state of the union of sorts
With Photokina here, this marks the end of some kind of calendar, so I’ll do some new years resolutions of sort.

1. Learn more about digital SLR video. I MUST become far more versed in this area, and I will. I will be buying a 60D as soon as I can and really getting down to it. I get a lot of questions about it that I cannot answer.
2. Go to more trade shows and report from them. I will be going to the Henry’s show in Mississauga for sure (a large photo show in Canada). I will also be looking into attending CES in January. Photokina 2012 is a definite.
3. I only had one day there this time, but I tried to cover as much as possible. I write pretty short articles and try to be straight to the point. There’s lots of places around you can read 85 page articles about a piece of gear, I don’t think you need me doing the same thing.
4. Stay focused on rumors, that’s why you’re all here. I will work harder to bring more profiles and reviews in the coming weeks and months during the slow periods.
5. Fix the server issues I have at Canon Rumors. I am currently working on that issue right now. I hope to have it resolved once and for all. I am exhausted worrying about it.
6. More sponsored giveaways. There’s lots of great stuff we’ve given away in the past, I want to do more of that and I will.
7. I am going to be far more diligent in returning emails. I’ve been lazy about that in the past. No more!

I have a few more things from Photokina 2010 to write about and I’ll be doing that later today.

Link Love
If you haven’t visited Steve Huff’s web site, please do so. He mostly talks about Leica stuff, but there’s some great real world articles about people and photography.

He’s a passionate guy and I think the first Leica dedicated blog.

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com

Back to the rumors soon, the glow of Photokina will fade quickly. Don’t expect Canon to wait too long in announcing more products.

cr

New Stuff Goodness
You can preorder all the new Canon cameras now. I’m still waiting on the lens pricing to appear. Canon Canada still lists the pricing as “TBD” (To be decided).

Even if it lists them as “in-stock” consider it pre-orders until at least the middle of September.

Canon EOS 60D Body
As of February 12th, 2012, the Canon EOS 60D is in-stock at Adorama ($839), BuyDig ($879), BuyDig via eBay ($879), Amazon ($889), Best Buy ($898), B&H ($899), J&R ($899), Calumet ($899), Newegg ($899), Abe’s ($899), Beach ($899), ($899), OneCall ($899), Crutchfield ($899), Adorama via eBay ($899), Photo 4 Less ($999), Beach via eBay ($1048), and is out-of-stock at Camera Canada ($889), Cameta ($899).

Canon PowerShot S95
As of February 12th, 2012, the Canon PowerShot S95 is in-stock at Adorama ($329), B&H ($339), J&R ($349), Crutchfield ($359), BuyDig ($369), Amazon ($384), Beach ($389), ($399), Photo 4 Less ($399), and is out-of-stock at Best Buy ($298), Calumet ($359), Cameta ($359), Abe’s ($379), Newegg ($399), Canon Store ($399), Camera Canada ($449), OneCall ($599).

Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS
As of December 13th, 2011, the Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS is in-stock at B&H ($139), Adorama ($149), Calumet ($149), BuyDig ($169), Beach ($169), Amazon ($169), Abe’s ($217), J&R ($229), ($298), and is out-of-stock at Crutchfield ($169), Canon Store ($279), Newegg ($349), Camera Canada ($379).

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
As of February 12th, 2012, the Canon PowerShot SX130 IS is in-stock at Amazon ($128), Photo 4 Less ($149), B&H ($159), BuyDig ($169), Abe’s ($179), Beach ($179), J&R ($199), Adorama ($199), ($219), and is out-of-stock at Crutchfield ($199), Best Buy ($209), Canon Store ($209), Cameta ($219), Camera Canada ($228), TigerDirect ($229), Calumet ($249), Newegg ($249), OneCall ($599).

The price watch pages have also been updated with the new camera bodies.

cr

Will that be all?
We’ll find out soon enough if Canon is done for Photokina.

I’ll go ahead and say no, there are definitely new PowerShots coming, G12 and SX30 anyone? Will they be announced alongside a 1Ds Mark IV or beside a 2000D?

Right & Wrong
So how’d we do rumor wise on this round of announcements.

60D
- We pretty much nailed this camera.

70-300 f/4-5.6L IS
- We sort of got this correct. I reported that a 70-300 replacement was coming a while ago, then we found a 100-300 rumor on a web site.

I think this lens will be a great addition to the Canon line-up. The old 70-300 was a bit misplaced.

8-15 f/4L Fisheye
- Really had no clue a fisheye zoom was coming. We saw a report of an 8-15, but that’s about it. This is a darn cool lens based on specs.

300 f/2.8L IS II & 400 f/2.8L IS II
- Nailed the 300 and knew a second super telephoto was coming. Noted they’d be replaced in pairs. Nailed this one a while ago. Very happy about these lenses!

New Teleconverters
- Knew about them a while ago.

Marriage
I’m getting married today, so this is me signing off. I really won’t be blogging before, during or after the wedding today.

cr

Photokina 2010 Cologne, Germany
I’ll be there & live blogging from Photokina on September 20 & September 21.

If you’d like me to visit your booth and blog about your great products, please send an email to buzz@canonrumors.com.

If anyone wants to hang out in Cologne, let me know. It’ll be a blast!

August 26, 2010
I get married this day, yep.. a Thursday! If something happens in the world of Canon, I will be unable to tell you about it.

CRGal puts up with my insane love of photography and all things Canon, I can give her one day only about her and us.

I will be streaming the wedding to my Canadian folks with a Rebel T2i, CRGal can’t completely shut me down! :)

I’ll be in Ireland, France and Germany in August & September. I won’t be back in Canada until October.

Profiles
I am working on some new profile interviews, there’s so many interesting photographers out there. If I didn’t email you yet, don’t fret. I will get to more folks soon!

Lots of exciting things coming!

cr

*Closed*
Thanks for the great response, I will go through them this evening and send some emails out on Saturday.

No more entries accepted at this time!

Be featured here
Poor David Jackson has been at the top of the site alone for a long while now. I need some more folks for profiles.

Requirements for profile (For now)
- Making a the majority of your living doing photography
- A professional web site
- Shoot Canon
- Self portrait required
- Be a nice person

I want to do “amateurs” in the future, so please do not feel slighted. I’m still working out how to get interviews completed with the busy lives photographers lead.

I want to move fast on this.

cr

Canon Rumors Forum
The easiest solution to the comments issue at Canon Rumors is to bring the forum back.

The forum will be very integrated into the Canon Rumors site to make it easy to comment and discuss posts. You can obviously also add your own posts.

The domain for the forum should propagate over the next 24 hours.

I will be tweaking and playing around with this. I’ve added a forum suggestion category as well. If you have ideas, please let me know.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum

Some folks expressed interest in moderating for CR, I will get back to you.

I’ll work hard getting the forum populated with stuff, you can help out with that as well.

cr