Canon Rumors

5D Mark II Firmware [CR3]

Canon Rumors — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:17:31 +0000

It’s coming
The new firmware has missed a few of the supposed release dates I was told. I’ve been told the new firmware has been held up for extra testing.

I’m told again that Canon could be doing some PR moves with the firmware and adding a feature or 2. 24p perhaps? It would be a smart move by Canon for sure.

I’m told you’ll all have it before the end of January for sure.

Rebel TSi/500D Announcement? [CR2]

Canon Rumors — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:14:39 +0000

New Rebel in January?
Received an anonymous email about January 28th being the day the new Rebel is announced.

I’m still thinking it’ll be sometime in February.

New 2xx Series Flash [CR2]

Canon Rumors — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:11:50 +0000

Is one coming?
I think one of the biggest missing items in Canon’s lineup is a useful small flash for the likes of the G10 and SX10IS. There aren’t too many people that will spend about the same amount of money on a flash as they did the camera.

I was told last year that a new 2xx series flash was coming. I have nothing concrete that it’ll be introduced at PMA, but hold tight.

Flickr
I’ll add easy linkage to the top of the site shortly, my internet is a bit wiggy this week.

CanonRumors Flickr Group

dselby — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:03:28 +0000

CR has put together a Flickr Group for CR readers who would like to share their photos with one another.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/canonrumors/

Speedlite 700 EX [CR2]

Canon Rumors — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:25:06 +0000

New flash coming?
I received an email about the possiblity of a new flash being added to the Speedlite lineup. It won’t be a replacement of the 580 EX II.

Specs (very few)

Higher Guide Number
1.6, 1.3, 1.0 Crop Modes
Better Vertical Swivel
Metering from 10mm(EF-S)-250mm
Weather Sealed
New Battery Door

I could see this coming at PMA, There’s definately a market for higher end flashes.The p

UPDATE
The previous 1Ds post wasn’t supposed to appear, I had it set as a draft. The rumor is old and one of them recycled from here already. Thanks for the heads up Adam, posting from an iPhone can be annoying.

High Speed CF 8gb Lexar 133x for $8.99

dselby — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:05:42 +0000

Adorama has an excellent deal for Lexar High Speed 133x 8gb CompactFlash cards $8.95 after rebate.

Chuck Westfall January Tips

dselby — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:35:02 +0000

January 2009 Chuck Westfall Tips now online

Chuck answers questions relating to 5d II focus processing, metering modes and focusing questions. He mentions the 1d II, 1d III, 30d/40/50, 5d II.

CMOS ELPH/IXUS Coming at PMA? [CR2.5]

Canon Rumors — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:27:14 +0000

Continuing the slow rolloutof CMOS compacts
I received information that we may see 1, if not 2 new CMOS compacts at PMA.

SD1 IS
10mp CMOS
HD Movie Mode
5x Zoom (28mm)
3″ LCD
Li-Ion
ISO 50-3200
Available worldwide

The 2nd possible camera the source had no information on.

Canon Rumors Forums

Canon Rumors — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:43:59 +0000

Taking a poll
I get double digit queries about a CR forum every week, so I’m putting it to you.

I feel the web has enough photography forums. A few dedicated strictly to Canon. What do you guys/gals think? If the poll is on the side of “yes”, it’s going to have to be by a large margin for Canon Rumors to launch forums. Answer as truthfully as possible, we don’t need an empty and inactive forum.

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Best & Worst of 2008

Canon Rumors — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:49:55 +0000

In my opinion!
These are some of the highs and lows for Canon in 2008. Agree or disagree, it was a year that sparked a lot of conversation.

*Note: Some things may have been announced in late 2007, but didn’t reach mass market until 2008.

Best New DSLR Camera 2008
1. 5D Mark II (* The firmware will fix the issues.)
2. Rebel XSi/450D
3. Rebel XS/1000D
The 5D Mark II is producing fantastic images (black dots aside) and the movie mode is quite spectacular. A worthy upgrade from the 5D.

Worst New DSLR Camera 2008
1. 50D
I don’t think it was much (if any) of an upgrade over the 40D. Canon needs to seriously rethink the xxD line.

Best Point & Shoot Camera of 2008
1. G10
2. SX110 IS
3. SD790 IS / SD990 IS
I’m not all that excited about Canon’s P&S offerings in 2008. The G10 is a very solid camera, but isn’t a great camera. It’s coming to the time where Canon needs to step up in this market as well. My favourite P&S on 2008 was infact the Panasonic LX3, I only wish it was larger in size.

Worst Point & Shoot of 2008
1. E1
What the heck were they thinking? Grossly overpriced, no special feature set and frankly one of the ugliest cameras ever created. It will sit nicely next to your TX1.

Best New Lens of 2008
1. EF 200 f/2 IS
2. EF 800 f/5.6 IS
3. EF-S 55-250 IS
The first 2 are probably tied for first. Everything I’ve seen from the 2 lenses is remarkable. The 55-250 shocked me with its image quality, it’s a great budget telephoto zoom.

Worst New Lens of 2008
1. EF-S 18-200 IS
It costs a lot and has below average build quality, no USM and mediocre image quality (A trait of most superzooms). It has a list price of $699 and is being dumped by retailers at $499 now. That tells us it isn’t selling.

Best Third Party Lens of 2008
1. Sigma 50 f/1.4
2. Carl Zeiss ZE 85 f/1.4
3. Sigma 200-500 f/2.8
I love the first 2 lenses (if you get a good copy of the Sigma), both produce some great images. I only put SigZilla on because it’s just cool. I’ve never used one!

Worst Third Party Lens of 2008
1. Tamron 18-270
Maybe I just hate superzooms. =D

Best New Feature of 2008
1. 1080p Movie Mode in the 5D Mark II

Worst New Feature of 2008
1. Continuing the more megapixel nonsense in DSLR’s and more annoyingly in compacts.