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EOS Bodies / Re: A Loose Roadmap [CR1]

« on: October 02, 2011, 05:18:47 PM »

I wonder also whether or not we can read anything into the fact that there was no Powershot G13 launched together with the S100.

You mean will the G series be replaced by mirrorless?

Interesting thought ... would those that buy the G series go for that?

Or is the G series waiting for other new technology that isn't yet complete or allowed by cost?

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EOS Bodies / Re: A Loose Roadmap [CR1]

« on: October 01, 2011, 05:08:15 PM »

Believe me, I want a 5Diii as much as anyone, but Canon is not going to release a new one until sales of the current one begin to slip below acceptable levels.

And that's not going to happen as long as there is nothing in it's price range that can match it's IQ.

We've gone from rumors of 3 new DSLRs in 2011 to none.

I'm starting to wonder what the true impact of that earthquake was on Canon/Nikon ...

And then there's Sony.

What if the earthquake pushed back the cameras far enough that they'd be post-Sony and thus not able to get a foot hold?

Or are (or were?) they waiting for the availability and price of components to be suitable?

There has been nothing substantial from neither Canon nor Nikon for too long. What's going on?

Is their next-gen sensor too hard to get right?

Also, if Canon can bring a 200-400+1.4x to market, that will create a substantial differentiator in lens offerings from what any other party can offer. If I was Canon, I'd have 110% effort on that lens, regardless of price.

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EOS Bodies / Re: A Loose Roadmap [CR1]

« on: October 01, 2011, 01:27:39 PM »

just remember... every updated lens has come out more expensive than its predecessor, so add a $100 or more to any "high end short focal length" lens when you think about it being replaced...

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United States / Re: What's your favorite area of the US to shoot?

« on: September 29, 2011, 07:07:58 AM »

Somewhere that I haven't been before!

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EOS Bodies / Re: A New Entry Level Full Frame Camera? [CR1]

« on: September 19, 2011, 08:50:03 AM »

If they really would want to do something like this, it would be far simpler to lower prices on the 5DII, keeping it current alongside a new, and much more expensive 5DIII

That's the most rational comment on this thread. (Faint praise, I suppose, given some of the bizarre comments this rumor is prompting, but it is meant as a compliment.)

If the 5D Mark2 were introduced this week, with its existing feature set and at sub-$2k, it would be "wow, cheap" but none of its features aside from the sensor being full-frame would be compelling enough for anyone to seriously consider buying it.

Its video would now be sub-standard (not doing 1080p60), AF point selection weak (only 9), not enough MP (21 is less than 24 on Sony APS-C), etc.

If it were priced at $1500, are you (as a consumer), going to buy a camera with 3 year old technology (5DMK2), or the newly released Sony A77 that's full of new tech like high frame rates (no mirror), etc?

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EOS Bodies / Re: A New Entry Level Full Frame Camera? [CR1]

« on: September 18, 2011, 06:15:59 PM »

An entry level full frame DSLR would be a very interesting tactical move for Canon vs Nikon/Sony if the price was around that of the 7D (sub USD$2000)

At USD$1500, a "6D" with a 21MP sensor (or less?), improved AF (i.e AF that works!) but otherwise the same basic feature set as the 5D MK2 would be very interesting...

It would completely change the landscape of DSLR sales in the sub-$2k bracket.

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EOS Bodies / Re: A New Entry Level Full Frame Camera? [CR1]

« on: September 17, 2011, 12:18:34 PM »

Canon now have a megapixel problem in the form of the 24MP APS-C sensor in the new Sony cameras.

Any new full frame camera with fewer than 24MP will need to have an extremely good set of features and sensor to sell against that, more so than what Nikon did for the D700.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1Ds Mark IV & 5D Mark III [CR0.5]

« on: September 15, 2011, 03:01:35 AM »

54MP?

Assuming square pixels, FF area of 864mm^2:
sqrt(864mm^2/54000000Px) = 4 micron pixels.
Not 4.##, but exactly 4. Suspicious.

Similarly, for 24MP sensor, pixels are _exactly_ 6 microns.

What you're missing is that the megapixel counts are never exactly "000,000".

21MP ends up being 21,123,456 or some other odd number. Thus the "suspicion" in the "exactly" 4 or 6 microns is a result of your math assuming perfect numbers that won't exist in reality.

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EOS Bodies / Re: *UPDATE 2* Art Wolfe Confirms the 1Ds Mark IV?

« on: September 13, 2011, 11:09:31 PM »

...if the 1Ds IV was a typo or misunderstanding .......
there would be no need to apologize....
or to hurry....

but of course if a confidential info is leaked by mistake......
one would hurry not to make the boos mad

right?

I feel sorry for the guy posting the apology and then having comments like the above written...

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EOS Bodies / Re: overnight flight next to Canon engineer...

« on: September 07, 2011, 07:38:32 PM »

Summarizing:  your "dream" cameras exist as prototypes
but are too expensive to become market models

My "dream cam" is a 7D with a flip screen, WLan and GPS. And that's definetly not expensive. Every 100-Dollar mobile phone has features like that.

Mobile phones get GPS information from base stations, not GPS satellites and that's only on newer phones. So a 100 Dollar mobile phone isn't a GPS receiver in the same way that a GPS navigator is. Thus there's no special hardware required for GPS information in mobile phones.

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Lenses / Re: New L Series Lenses coming out with the 5D Mk3?

« on: September 06, 2011, 04:19:52 PM »

I was thinking it'd be awesome if Canon offered an f/2.8 version of the 24-105mm that commonly accompanies the 5D as a kit lens.

The 24-70/2.8 *IS* the 2.8 version of the 24-105/4.

Or rather, the 24-105 is the F/4 version of the 24-70 F/2.8.

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EOS Bodies / Re: New EF Mount Video Camaera in October? [CR1]

« on: September 01, 2011, 08:41:10 AM »

Two new video cameras from Canon?

I wonder why they've gone for APS-C and not full frame? Yield? Cost? Performance?

Good to see that they recognise that they need to stay in touch here...

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1Ds Mark IV & 5D Mark II Merry-Go-Round

« on: August 27, 2011, 04:37:05 AM »

<p>I’ve been told there will be a “massively popular” lens as well as 2 more specialized lenses before the end of 2012.</p>

"massively popular" is either the 50mm/1.4 or 50mm/1.8

Given that the 50mm/1.4 is desperately in need of an update for full frame, that's my pick.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1Ds Mark IV & 5D Mark II Merry-Go-Round

« on: August 25, 2011, 06:54:31 PM »

This is indeed an interesting year for new cameras...

The playing of cards is quite unlike anything that has come before.

I wonder how much of the rumours that are leaked has become part of the game, such that each of them is trying to get the other to play their best card first.

And that makes me think that just maybe Canon have multiple prototypes ready that they can pursue in terms of products and that their choice will perhaps be more to do with what the other brands do than anything else.

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Canon General / Will the new Sonys force Canon to rethink?

« on: August 19, 2011, 05:59:42 PM »

The new Sony cameras will be coming out with 24.3MP on APS-C and 10fps or 12fps because there's no mirror in there. With continuous AF during video, why would you now buy a 7D?

Is a 1D MarkV that does only 9.1fps good enough of a sell to sports photographers if they can get 12fps from Sony's latest toy?

If I were Canon, I'd be wanting a bunch of calendar space between my cameras and Sony's if mine were to come out looking under spec'd in comparison.

Are Sony about to change the game in a really big way?