Canon Rumors

Canon EOS 60D/7D – APS-H? [CR1]

New Info
Canon has apparently been humbled by the lack sales with the 50D. The 40D was a fantastic selling camera for Canon.

The motivation for the next incarnation is to directly attack the success of Nikon’s D300.

A newer contact has said there will be an APS-H based xxD sized body. It will have a version of the EOS-1 AF system, so expect more AF points than the current 50D. It will shoot 6fps. It will have the same build quality of the 5D Mark II. It will have a new 12.1mp sensor.

The hope is to retail the camera for $1999 USD initially.

CR’s Take
At that price point, there is definitely room for another prosumer camera. Perhaps a 50D with video?

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Odds & Ends [CR1]

1D4 Frame Rate
An anonymous email says the new 1D4 will be a 12fps camera. This is the reason it is staying APS-H.

60D
New battery and battery grip?

Apparently so.

The Bp-511 has been around a long time and is overdue to be replaced with a chipped and more expensive battery. A new battery grip will contain new ergonomic features. Those features are unknown at this time.

2000D
New source says the new Rebel will not have a tilt and swivel screen.

Peru
I’m in Cusco at the moment and having a wonderful time. I’ve only spent 1 full day here.

Thanks to everyone for the donations, I will post a pic of the kids you helped later in the week.

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1D4 & 60D Tidbits [CR1]

1D4 & 60D
I received an email that suggested select 1D4 and 60D’s are being tested with 3″ OLED screens. Most of the test cameras are equipped with LCD screens.

USB 3.0
1D4 to be USB 3.0 ready. The initial camera shipments may come with it locked out, and be later turned on with a firmware upgrade as the spec reaches the masses sometime in 2010.

note: I don’t have the technical knowledge to know if you can turn on usb 3.0 at a later date. If anyone has some insight, i’d appreciate it.

GPS & Wifi
The source says GPS will be built into the 1D4 and not the 60D. Wifi will be an addon product for both cameras.

Announcement
The same email states August 25, 2009 for the official announcement.

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60D Spec List [CR1.5]

Coming this fall
A different 60D spec list. I’ve heard from this source previously. I’m going back into the depths of the CR email archive to see what they’ve said in the past.

15.1 megapixels
ISO 100-25600
7 fps
Digic V
Movie-mode: 1080p with 30 and 24fps
build in GPS for geo-tagging
only a SD-card slot (no CF)
148×109x75mm and 738g

From the email: “rest like VF and display still the same like 50D. Just some buttons are on other positions and have other functions.”

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“The Lord of Darkness” [CR1]

A new xD
The title of this post is the marketing name of a new dSLR.

The source says this is not the 60D.

Specs:
16.8mp
1.3x Crop
DIGIC IV
ISO 100-6400 (50-25600)
3.2″ LCD
19 Point AF
HDMI Out
Liveview
720p HD Movies @ 30fps
VF 100%
Weather Sealing like 5D2
EF Lenses Only

CR’s Take
A cheaper APS-H camera has always been a rumor.  D300/300s/400 killer? Canon certainly needs it.

Wish list specs?

Hopefully someone else I know will corroborate this.

cr

60D Waterproof Housing on B&H!

It’s probably a typo
Appears B&H is accepting orders on underwater housings for the 60D!

B&H spilling the beans or a typo!?

Don’t shoot the messenger, the rumor world is painfully slow at the moment.

Link here : http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/…

thanks Chris

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Canon 60D [CR1]

Movie Mode
The 60D will certainly see movie mode added to the model when its announced in the fall (or so we’re told).

There will be no manual aperture control, but there will be 24p & 30p modes at 1080p.

We may finally see the paradigm shift to SD cards for the line (For better or worse).

I’ve actually started to use an SD card in my 1D3 on a daily basis, I just wanted to know if it would annoy me. So far it hasn’t.

Larger VF
Expect to see a larger and brighter VF in the 60D. I have no info as to whether or not it will be 100%.

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Odds & Ends

Stuff to buy

Speedlite 270EX - With The Tilt

- The 270EX is making its way into peoples hands.

From the folks at Dell (5D Mark III!):
A reader got this response from a Dell employee yesterday in regards to the 5D2.

“My name is Bailey and I am a sales representative here at Dell in the Electronics and Accessories department.  I was informed about your situation and did a little research to try to clear some things up.  It turns out that Canon is currently moving from the 5D Mark II to the Mark III.  The flyer you received was up-to-date, however it appears that Dell may have received news on the transition after the flyer was put together by marketing.
Please let me know which number would be best to reach you on, as well as the time that would be most convenient for you.”

Contain laughter.

60D (older news)
- It’s suggested the 60D will get an articulating screen. [NL]

- The 60D will be put on an 18 month product cycle again. [NL]

Niether of which I’ve received any information on.

Canon Live Learning
Canon just launched this new program in the US! Saturday Mini-Conferences that teach 4 topics (HD Video, Speedlite Creativity, Maximize Your EOS, and Nature/Landscapes) with instructors like Explorers of Light Vincent Laforet, Bruce Dorn, Darrell Gulin and Bob Davis. Sunday Workshops provide hands-on experience with models and partial gear rental.

Check it out!
Canon Live Learning – EOS Essentials
www.usa.canon.com/canonlivelearning

New York: May 30-31
Chicago: June 13-14
Los Angeles: June 20-21
San Francisco: July 18-19
Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, and Dallas: Dates TBD

Here’s a discount code FBK09 – $25 off the Saturday Mini-Conference.
Hope to see you there!

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2068

Thanks Adham from Facebook

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Canon 60D [CR2]

New Stuffs
This is some information from a couple of decent known sources about the upcoming 50D replacement. We should expect an announcement in the fall. Canon appears to be holding form on the new 1 year product cycle for the xxD line.

The Goodies

• The 60D will remain at 15.1mp. There will be an upgrade of the current sensor.
• There will be 1080p video at 30fps. Probably no manual control. What I got from this is the 5D2 will get a firmware functionality upgrade and the 60D will basically have what the 5D2 has now.
• We will see a newer AF system introduced.
• The camera will shoot 8fps.
• There will be a external mic jack.
• The camera will be DIGIC V

That’s all I have for now.

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60D Autofocus System

Finally?
I received an email claiming the 60D will get a dumbed down version of the new 1D autofocus system. There will be more AF points and have a more pro “feel”.

The new autofocus system is apparently built on the current 1D system. It’s not going to be completely new. That doesn’t really worry me at all.

50D AF

copyright Ethan Meleg

A friend of mine who is a professional nature photographer and insanely avid birder has been shooting with a 50D recently.

He’s been quite impressed with the AF system.

“I’ve been using my new 50D body and have found it to be excellent for bird photography. I’m most impressed with the incredibly quick and accurate autofocus, as well as the fast frame rate. It blows away my 1DsIII body for shooting birds.”

You can visit his blog and check out his last 2 posts for pics taken with the 50D here.

I posted this because he’s a real world photographer out there everyday.

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Canon 60D/7D

Coming in 2009
I’ve posted before that I had information that the xxD line of cameras would take a bigger step forward than the 50D did over the 40D.

The 60D will still be an APS-C camera, but we could see DIGIC V introduced with it.

I have no specs outside of wishlists, but information about the next incarnation should start coming soon.

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The Next Announcements

What’s coming?
Canon has switched up a couple of announcement dates over the last year. The Rebel XS and T1i not coming at big shows. They also replaced the 40D and XSi after one year (give or take a month).

We will see 2 new lenses announced before christmas as well as at least 1 DSLR. The 50D replacement should be coming. Not too many people see it being replaced with a full frame model. What specs do you take away from the 5D Mark II to come in at a lower price point?

The other camera people are lusting over is the 1D Mark 4 (or whatever it’ll be called). Good folks are telling me not to expect it in 2009. Canon is more than willing to go into 2010 with the Mark III’s.

All these questions should start heating up soon.

Rating System
Going to think of a new way to make the rating system better and more reliable. As I posted in the comments, It’s hard to rate information from new sources. I have to wait and see if they come through. All I ever seem to rate information is CR2 and CR4.

The ratings are good, and if I don’t rate I get a bit of grief :). I’ll figure something out over the next week.

This IS a rumors site, not everything I get is going to be true. I do filter the far fetched stuff out. I also post stuff strictly for discussion purposes. Who knows, maybe someone that matters is reading this site and your opinions.

As far as lens rumors go, I’m going to only post stuff from a couple of sources. Both have been right in the past.

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40D, 50D, 60D, 7D Product Cycle… Oh My.

Not everything is negative
The xxD line of cameras was expected to be on a 1 year product cycle after the launch of the 50D a year after the 40D.

One more person piped up this evening and said everything isn’t doom and gloom. Still expect a 50D successor sometime in the fall. The 40D will be done away with and the 50D will remain a current model. There was no information as to whether or not it would be a APS-C camera or not.

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Canon 60D / 7D [CR2]

Fall 2009
Just received some information about the replacement of the 50D.

The camera is to be launched in the fall of 2009 and on sale for Christmas.

You can expect it to be branded “7D” the source says. The “xxD” moniker is going away. There is a perceived confusion with customers between Canon and Nikon model numbers. I actually hear people saying model numbers wrong all the time.

Specs:

• 15.1mp (apparently it will be the same sensor with some internal upgrades)
• DIGIC V (DIGIC IV a stopover to a big advancement in processing)
• New 13 Point AF
• 1080p Movie Mode
• 8fps
• 3″ VGA LCD
• 98% VF
• New Battery
• Weathersealing
• Ergonomic Upgrades
• 1x Compact Flash and 1x Secure Digital Slots

Some might say “why would Canon put DIGIC V in the 7D and not 5D2?”. Remember Canon has outspecced xxD cameras with Rebels in the past. People also scoffed at the 21mp notion of the 5D2 with the 1Ds3 around. You’re only as good as your latest camera I guess.

This is a new source, so CR2 folks.

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