What's going on?
I've been asking a few people on their thoughts about the chances of seeing new pro bodies in 2009. The general consensus has been that we might see a 1D near the end of 2009 and will not see a new 1Ds until 2010.
1D
Since the sub mirror fix, the 1D has been selling relatively well. Obviously not as well as Canon hoped before the release. People have had very good experiences with the camera and the positive press from users has helped with a resurgence of sales.
1Ds
It has sold about as well as planned. It's a high margin camera with a price tag that probably won't be staying stable through 2009. You can expect solid price drops. It's a great camera, with amazing resolving power that impresses anyone that uses it. Like the 1D, it's just missing the “sexiness” of the D3… whatever that means.
Nikon D3/D3x
It appears Nikon will be launching a 24mp version of the D3 on the 1st of December if our friend at Nikon Rumors is correct. This will be sure to cause a lot of Canonites to become quite angry and green. I can almost see the forum threads now!
2009 isn't going to be Canon's year of “wow”(sorry Microsoft) unless you want a new Rebel or a 60D. So sit tight, and enjoy making great images with your currect EOS-1's… I will be.
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The EOS 1Ds Mark III has a great price know. I guess when the 5D MII is no the market (available) will go down at 6500dlls.
Have sales dropped so much?
http://www.bangkokpost.com/221108_News/22Nov2008_news03.php
To be honest, the Canon EOS 1D Mark III is already enough to hold the Nikon D3. I don’t see what’s the big deal except people being swayed by marketing and good reviews, and jumping ship. Yes, Nikon’s good now, and they finally got there. Note the word finally.
We’ve had the Melbourne cup happening lately and there was an exhibition to see with amazing PJ images shot of horses and riders. It was interesting to see that images up to the year 2000 had great image quality, then suddenly the image quality became horrible (obviously through the change from 35mm at its best to early digital cameras). The images from 2007 were looking great again… To put all the hype about digital and its advancement into perspective: I believe the greatest achievement has been that today any digital SLR body can produce equal or better IQ images than film. So we have a base of quality against which we can’t loose, anything else is just an extra. In this sense I believe it doesn’t really matter what Canon or Nikon will bring out next year!
No one can claim doom on Canon with the 5DmkII launch now. They have it available in (some) stores, late November, just as promised.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032&message=30098447