A few things
A few places around the web are talking about an April timeframe at the earliest for the 1D replacement. A few people I spoke to said June is a possibility for an announcement with a fall launch. I still think an announcement in and around September. There will then be a good supply by the time the Vancouver 2010 games start in February.
A few things I've received in random emails about possible features of the 1Dx.
– Sport mode. Which will basically be an sRaw file at a very fast framerate.
– The camera will be full frame and anywhere between 15-21mp. No consensus on this.
– Internal memory. I don't think this will ever happen.
– AF Mode in movies. 24P mode as well. I can see various modes coming for the video feature, I'm not sure what AF in movie mode would require to be useful.
– Full color top display, perhaps OLED. Why not?
I get constant emails about lenses. This is the info I currently have. It's not much.
– 35 f/1.4L II is coming, but not until the fall 2009. A few people are talking PMA for this lens.
– 24-70 f/2.8L II IS is in the upgrade cycle, no word on when it's coming to market.
– A new 200 f/2.8L IS Macro. Adding IS to a consumer macro would be dumb if it'll raise the price $250, I don't get why Nikon did it. The L however, there would be a market for that.
– The Tilt Shift lenses will get an update in two parts over the next 24 months.
With the economics of the planet right now, I wouldn't be surprised to see Canon target niche lenses for introduction this year, and holding off on the consumer/prosumer products until 2010.
Discuss and keep the info coming.
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I tend to agree with Chris.
” Internal memory. I don’t think this will ever happen.”
Allow me to disagree. Internal memory will be the most likely thing to happen, or at least I believe so.
DDRs are really cheap these days. you can get your self a 2GB chip for as little as $30. If canon is smart, they can make an 2GB of an extremely fast buffer. This will help the camera in brust shooting specially with the expected huge File Sizes.
Another way to do things is to Integrate an SSD drive (similar to the ones you get in your ASUS WEE). Using these extremely fast drives would have the same effect as the first option with a very little cost.
If Canon really delivers a 200 mm IS Macro lens, I will be all over it. And it will firmly plant me in the Canon camp forever… unless another manufacturer also decides to deliver a stabilized telephoto macro lens. :D
Canon is behind on their 1D series that they just skipped over IV and went to V. Simple.
Thanks Chris for your insightful technical skills and language skills.