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Lenses / Re: This and That

« on: September 07, 2010, 10:05:24 AM »

"All is pretty quiet."
True, the 60D was a key release for me and now i feel let down from Canon. I hear of super big or massive megapixel sensors but nothing new to excite regular consumer photographers. I guess they think everyone wants video to the detriment of photo progress.
I hope the Sony Alpha55 and Nikon D7000 wake canon up with some tech advances.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Announces EOS 60D

« on: August 31, 2010, 10:36:48 AM »

Golly, this kinda takes back to the days where the rule of thumb was to buy lenses 2x the cost of the camera because "it was the lens that created the image and the body was a universal capture device". That was also when you were limited on film or now thought as the sensor and now cameras have turned into computers with a lens mount attached... People got essentially what they always complained about with this series and to be honest 10d-20d-40d aren't really "upgrades" as much as it's just advancing technology... Upgrades in canon's minds and Nikons and every other manufacturer would be from a rebel to a 50d (or 60d) then 7d or 5d then 1d... That's the crutch of the customer upgrades they want, that's what they seek... Once you move up so far it gets harder to jump ship when you've invested so much... That's why they have cps (canon professional services). To keep the upgraders and the true professional customer base happy... Because that's where their profits come from.

Yep, i was all but ready to jump from my rebel 400D to the 60D, but whilst its a spec jump its nothing more than the 3rd re-packaging of the 7D/550D - so i'm now not an upgrader. But am very interested in the reviews on the Sony α55 with 10fps &  full time AF movie

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Announces EOS 60D

« on: August 26, 2010, 05:07:32 AM »

So our fears confirmed, whilst other innovate, us canon users get a flippy plastic screen and some in camera software filters, and the speed lite control. This camera is not aimed at upgraders at all, its more of a higher quality entry camera with bells and whistles  :-(
Compact flash is dead then.
£1200 - Canon EOS 60D + EF-S 18-55mm
£200 - new battery grip

Yes its better than my 400D but not enough better!
Now waiting for some 60D vs D95 reviews.....

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 2000D Book?

« on: August 25, 2010, 01:11:13 PM »

Tomorrow is announcement day and still "nothing"? : (

I know - weird.
So i'm guessing the 2000D will be a 500D rehash, and the 60D a 7D/550D rehash with a flippy screen. i'm dying to know what's uber cool from canon tomorrow.

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 60D Availability

« on: August 20, 2010, 09:05:05 AM »

Yeah Spec's will make or break it, but i'm not that hopeful.
I reckon from rumours so far:

• 60D for about £1000 RRP - :-(
• APS-c with same 100-12800 ISO and 18 MPx.
• 9 cross type AF
• 4 fps as 7D has 8FPS :-(
• Plastic body - not personally too bothered but not cool to say it's plastic.
• HD video as 7D with DIGIC 4
• 3" flip screen

So whats potentially good over the 550D - more AF points and a flip screen - saves me lying down for a shot and using manual focus quite so often.

I hope its not true but I expect such a spec is designed to push us frustratedly into buying a 7D mk1.

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Lenses / Re: *UPDATE* The Big White Lenses [CR2.5]

« on: August 18, 2010, 05:10:36 AM »

So why would this not be another 2 DO lenses? If the existing lenses are great but expensive then a decent set of DO lenses could be ideal - the other option for lighter could be not such a wide aperture - e.g. F4 not F2.8?

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 60D Notes [CR2]

« on: August 13, 2010, 05:04:18 AM »

Let me put it to you this way: you went to a store asking a salesman whether you should buy a cheap camera or an expensive camera and he recommended the expensive one.
 he's selling used cars or new cameras.

Year, thats what I thought, too. So the Q is: Why wait for the 60D and not go for a 550D? I prefer a good sensor with high ISO-values and don't need an articulate screen, so why buy the 60D then?

Yep it seems like its going to be interesting to make the 60D decision, i'm sure the specs when they arrive will help convince us, probally with video improvements, Digic V (in camera processing?), FPS, and Wifi fingers crossed.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 60D Pictures?

« on: August 11, 2010, 11:25:15 AM »

Finaly 
This looks like the real thing.
I guess the rumors about the swivel screen were true after all.

Exciting if true, even is the same sensor, and perhaps a smallish screen.
I've Not used a flip out screen before and it might be odd for a while to flip it out 180 degrees, then rotate it 90 degrees up for down for high or low work where the viewfinder is not the best option.
Good, looks like no GPS antenna plate. The conenction rubber cover looks big enough to have HDMI ?
I wonder if its got digic V or any other cool features such as WiFi. 
Hope full time movie AF is not mising.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1Ds Mark IV & A New \

« on: August 09, 2010, 06:06:02 PM »

What might the word hybrid signify? the 5dmk2 is a hybrid slr/video but does not use the term hybrid?

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Site Information / Re: CanonRumors locks up browser

« on: August 02, 2010, 05:24:02 PM »

I've seen this elsewhere where badly built of maicious ads damage the browser. Keeping your machine patched and using AV is one of the few ways to protect yourself.

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Lenses / Re: 3 Lenses for Photokina, but...[CR2]

« on: July 27, 2010, 05:05:57 PM »

So maybe only 3 lenses in the shows, then a 60D video camera after :-(