Canon Rumors

Coming Announcement [CR2]

Before the Summer
A source that has been very quiet for the last couple of months has piped up and said we will be seeing a new camera announced before the summer. The camera will be the 1Ds Mark IV.

“There will be no 60D”.

Availability of the camera would be late summer.

Lenses would be announced with the camera, as usual.. there is no definitive info about what lenses.

World Cup
There will be a lot of gear tested at the World Cup in South Africa this year. Some of the new gear will be big white lenses. The source cautions not to expect anything imminent. The next round of lenses will be for the “wedding & niche” crowd.

Everything else is very quiet at the moment. At least we have the 5D2 firmware to look forward to.

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1Ds Mark IV Typo?

Just a fun post
In a rare move, DPReview with a typo! or is it?

1Ds Mark IV?

Just wanted to point out the camera in this picture is NOT the 1D Mark IV.

thanks for the tip

cr

Rumors I’ve Filtered, Best Of

The stuff I’m told
I’m told a lot of stuff every day about upcoming products, especially recently. Here are the CR1 rumors I’ve received in the last couple of weeks.

1) Announcement on March 10, 2010 (That would be a weird day of the week for an announcement, I’d expect the 8th or 9th as per Canon tradition)

2) Canon is waiting for the upcoming “D700x” to introduce a new full frame camera.

3) A host of new professional products for WPPI. This would make availability of new lenses perfect for wedding photographers.

4) 3D!

5) Canon doesn’t care about the EVIL market and isn’t even doing R&D on such a camera type.

6) Some of the Big White Lenses get a redo for the World Cup in South Africa. They may just be test lenses, and not publicly available.

7) The 1Ds Mark IV is coming in February, March, April, May and for Photokina.

8) 5D Mark III for Photokina with serious video applications.

9) DIGIC V for Photokina.

10) G11 will be the last of the current “G” series design. Complete redo and model name for the next one.

These are rumors from people I’ve never heard from. So take them all with a grain of salt and we’ll see what becomes of them.

cr

Rebel T1i/500D Firmware Update & More

Firmware 1.1.0
Firmware Version 1.1.0 incorporates the following fixes and improvements.

• Enhances the reliability of Live View shooting
• Fixes incorrect indications on the Arabic, English, and Swedish menu screens

Firmware Version 1.1.0 is for cameras with firmware up to Version 1.0.9. If the camera’s firmware is already Version 1.1.0, it is not necessary to update the firmware.

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eosdigital6/firmware.html

What I Know

Not much
1) If there is a camera tomorrow, it’s the closest guarded camera I’ve run into. None of my CR3 sources have said a thing. I don’t initiate contact with them, I just wait for emails. Nothing has shown up.

2) DigitalREV had a post on their twitter account that tomorrow was about a workshop and not a camera launch. That twitter post has since been removed, what’s that mean?

3) We still have the missing camera ID from the 1D Mark IV firmware.

4) 1D Mark IV reviews are getting out fast from folks.

5) I can’t believe Canon is going to WPPI with a Rebel T2i, a 70-200 f/2.8L IS II and nothing else. They have the biggest booth at the event.

I won’t be sleeping tonight. I hope our CR2 stuff comes to pass, but I’m fully prepared to eat crow at this point.

Just going to develop some film (gah! film!), and wait for my email sound to chime. New EOS-1v? :)

cr

What’s Coming Next Week? [CR2]

From one good source
This is a CR2 source that has been right on multiple occasions and missed a few.

Next week I’m told we will see the following.

Camera:
1Ds Mark IV  at 32mp. No other spec details.

There will be no 60D at this time.

Lenses:
EF 24-70 f/2.8L IS

I’m told this is for sure, take it to the bank. I have yet to hear from CR3 people in regards to the lens.

2 other lenses would be announced. One would be niche market and the other an EF mount lens. There is currently nothing more definitive out there.

Flash [CR1]
2 different sources said we’ll see a new speedlite. Both are CR1

There should be ton of info over the weekend, and I’ll be awake for most of it.

cr

*UPDATE* Announcement Day February 23, 2010?

From DigitalREV
They’ve apparently been invited to a Canon Press Event.

From DigitalRev’s Twitter Feed

No Confirmed Press Event
I received an email saying that February 23, 2010 will be the launch date of a new camera body.

We’ll be on the lookout for press event(s) around the globe.

cr

Canon Prototype Full Frame DSLR Shooting RAW Video?

HDSLR w/Raw Video?

1Ds4 or 5D3?

In my inbox, as well as posted on Planet5D (not sure which came first). There is apparently a full frame dSLR being tested in Europe that can shoot RAW video.

Could the camera be the upcoming 1Ds Mark IV or early testing of the 5D Mark III? I’ve been told previously that the 1Ds4 would have video features currently not available in any Canon dSLR.

The 5D Mark III is starting to get whispers around the web. From myself as well as others. I won’t be posting much at this time about such a camera until regular sources start to say something. The camera could come as early as Photokina in September, but I’m still wagering on a 2011 release.

1Ds Mark IV Release Date
Everything has been quiet about a concrete launch date. There also hasn’t been any new word on lenses. Going by past experience, this is the calm before the storm.

From Planet5D

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