46.1mp Canon DSLR Previewed at PhotoPlus 2012? [CR1]

[Ricku]

I think the price could be around $10-12k to compete with medium format. No one knows for sure 

Ehm no, it should be around $4.5K to compete with the D800.

Canon doesn't exist in isolation.

[Canon-F1]

Canon doesn't exist in isolation.

yep, but they don´t seem to notice...

[dadgummit]

Canon doesn't exist in isolation.

yep, but they don´t seem to notice...

^^ It is funny because it is true.

[tron]

Canon doesn't exist in isolation.

yep, but they don´t seem to notice...

^^ It is funny because it is true.

[nightbreath]

I'm glad to see that you figured that out by yourself 

The more you pay the more you believe that you get premium. I saw a post on this forum (don't remember where exactly) about cars in India, when a very cheap car has been developed it didn't become popular, it made popular the car that was next in the price range.

[ablearcher]

Pricing will depend on how this cam will be positioned by Canon. If its a more or less mass product and positioned against D800 then too high pricing (say over $4500) becomes unreasonable. $4500 is the price you can pay for D800 plus a decent lens, so a higher price for Canon will be an invitation to add a second system to the setup and not to buy Canon's new cam. If the new high MP cam is positioned as a niche market for high pros and will be able to compete IQ wise with medium format then I expect the price to be sky high. This however will not resolve the current situation for most users who are playing on 5DMKIII & D800 field and i believe this is where Canon could make a lot more $$. Canon's pricing strategy with 5DMKIII proved to be fundametally wrong, so I really hope they learned their lesson...

[nightbreath]

Canon's pricing strategy with 5DMKIII proved to be fundametally wrong, so I really hope they learned their lesson...

Just curios, did you see sales numbers?

[heptagon]

Canon's pricing strategy with 5DMKIII proved to be fundametally wrong, so I really hope they learned their lesson...

Just curios, did you see sales numbers?

Did you see them?

[marekjoz]

Canon's pricing strategy with 5DMKIII proved to be fundametally wrong, so I really hope they learned their lesson...

Just curios, did you see sales numbers?

Did you see them?

Did you?

[bdunbar79]

Canon's pricing strategy with 5DMKIII proved to be fundametally wrong, so I really hope they learned their lesson...

Just curios, did you see sales numbers?

Did you see them?

Well, I think he's saying that since someone makes a comment/claim that a sales strategy of a product is, not only wrong, but FUNDAMENTALLY wrong, it would help to see some data that would support that claim.  If there is no data to support that claim, then it's just another one of the many rubbish comments in this thread.

[Chuck Alaimo]

my take --- what they will unveil in october will probably be a 1d style camera with a 1d style price, and similar to the 1dx this will be announced but not available till summer 2013.  In the meantime, they will also unveil the tricle down too.  If they are indeed not only bringing in a new sensor, but a new naming scheme, then it would make sense to have a body scaled to each price niche, so the XXDFDDXX will be aimed at high end pros and have a price tag of about 7-8k.  Then they will have a lower end pro body in the 2.5-4.5k range, and eventually we'll see rebel style version in the $750-1500 range. 

Think about last year, the 1dx wass announced early, but not seen for a long while.  The mk3 was announced and on the market very quickly (which makes sense, most in the market for a 1dx probably needed about a year to allocate enough $$$ to snag one).  My guess is we'll see something similar here.

[dlleno]

Well, I think he's saying that since someone makes a comment/claim that a sales strategy of a product is, not only wrong, but FUNDAMENTALLY wrong, it would help to see some data that would support that claim.  If there is no data to support that claim, then it's just another one of the many rubbish comments in this thread.

true dat!  its one thing to give an opinion on a site where one is as good as another (after all, this is a rumors site where the signal to noise ratio is, well, not award-winning), but quite another to assert something as true without supporting data.

[ablearcher]

Canon's pricing strategy with 5DMKIII proved to be fundametally wrong, so I really hope they learned their lesson...

Just curios, did you see sales numbers?

Sorry - I should've said IMO in my statement. No, I did not look at numbers. I rather look at the level of pricing in terms of competition offerings & their pricing, the fact that the street price of MKIII went down so fast and that much. Also the number of people who were waiting for the upgrade from MKII and who realized that MKIII is out of their financial reach. In Canada the MSRP was announced as $3800 and in just a few months ALL stores priced it down by $300. Is that not an indication of miscalculated pricing? Now as it went all the way down to sub $3K (again, I am aware that this is not MSRP but rather a street price), i see quite a number of early buyers are somewhat angry/frustrated as they paid the full price. I know many of them already paid it off with images taken, but hey if the price was lower initially - that would still be the same cam and extra few hundred $ in their pockets. I wonder if there was another camera model (with a 3-4 year cycle) which pricing was jumping that much in just a few months after the release. Market proved that the real value of the cam is quite below $3K. So yeah, IMO the pricing on MKIII was/is fundamentally wrong.

[Marsu42]

Just curios, did you see sales numbers?

It's the "snob effect": If something is ridiculously expensive it a) has to be stellar (like the 24-70ii as "THE" lens) and b) people with cheap Nikons will admire you, though their tech is better.

[Chuck Alaimo]

Canon's pricing strategy with 5DMKIII proved to be fundametally wrong, so I really hope they learned their lesson...

Just curios, did you see sales numbers?

Sorry - I should've said IMO in my statement. No, I did not look at numbers. I rather look at the level of pricing in terms of competition offerings & their pricing, the fact that the street price of MKIII went down so fast and that much. Also the number of people who were waiting for the upgrade from MKII and who realized that MKIII is out of their financial reach. In Canada the MSRP was announced as $3800 and in just a few months ALL stores priced it down by $300. Is that not an indication of miscalculated pricing? Now as it went all the way down to sub $3K (again, I am aware that this is not MSRP but rather a street price), i see quite a number of early buyers are somewhat angry/frustrated as they paid the full price. I know many of them already paid it off with images taken, but hey if the price was lower initially - that would still be the same cam and extra few hundred $ in their pockets. I wonder if there was another camera model (with a 3-4 year cycle) which pricing was jumping that much in just a few months after the release. Market proved that the real value of the cam is quite below $3K. So yeah, IMO the pricing on MKIII was/is fundamentally wrong.

Early adopter here, got mine at the beginning of july and so far has shoot 6 weddings, 1 engagement shoot, about 20 events, and one other larger scale project for a website with it.  Could I have waited and spent a little bit less?  Sure I could have.  But, the camera has already paid for itself and then some..

On another note, the d800 vs the mk3 (that's your obvious price reference) - the mk3 is better compared to the d3, d3s, d4 and the d700 - the d800 is really intended for studio use, where the mk3 is designed to be a beast of a wedding camera.