Lots coming!
According to Jouko Tuominen is new CEO of Canon Svenska AB, Canon plans to launch 100 new products in the fall.
I'll assume it isn't 100 new cameras!
From Kamera & Bild (Google Translation): http://translate.google.com/translate?….
thanks Magnus
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100 new camera’s, lenses, flashes and small accessories!
1D4 + an updated long white lens and that’s all for this fall. A slim chance of a 60D + an EF-S prime.
The rest is just wishes. The new 24-70 and 35/1.4 will come out with the 1Ds4 early next year.
“[…] Nikon has not chosen to compete with it. They have publically stated that they want to pick areas that Canon does not cover rather than direct competition.”
And Canon are being very obliging by continuing not to cover those areas. However, you have to wonder how long it can last. Canon have a huge price gap between the xxD and xD lines: you can get a 40D for little more than … no wait … I just went to confirm that a 40D costs about $850 at B&H, but they have the 40D body marked as “Discontinued”. That normally means only one thing….
Anyway, the Nikon D300 fills a gap that Canon cannot leave open forever, or can they? A new EOS 60D would fill that price gap for a few months, but then the price will fall and the gap will become very obvious again. On the other hand, what should Canon fill the gap with? A pro-level APS-C camera or an even more basic FF camera? What could you take from the 5DII to make it cheaper?
Maybe Canon figure that the gap is just right: customers feel the pain if they try to upgrade to a 5D, but enough of them do that the lack of a model in the middle makes more profit for Canon in the long run. Maybe Nikon’s D300 helps to bridge that gap psychologically: xxD owners think that something like the D300 is what they want and the Canon 5D is not too far beyond a D300 in price.
Yep, in terms of sales, Canon is a printer company, not a camera company.
how about a canon mobile phone with 10Mp cmos sensor & built in printer ? :)