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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really hoping for the 24-70/2.8 IS (with improved performance)… would also LOVE to see a 500/5.6 or 600/5.6 L IS or at least a replacement to the 100-400 that is maybe a 200-500/5.6 L IS… but Im not very hopeful =(
The top display, if it isn’t considered obsolete by then (re: 5DMk2 control screen that is so useful), will not be OLED. The idea of the top screen is something that uses next to no power. Wrist-watch tech fits that bill. If Canon wanted to get fancy, I could imaging them using a digital paper display (like the Kindle or the Sony reader) instead, but I am sure that uses more juice.
This is in response to the questions “what about the Mark 4?”. In Japan, version 4 products are rarely released for the basic reason that the number 4 in Japanese language stands for “death”, and so to use such a number is frowned upon. This is the same reason why there are no 4th floors in buildings in Japan, and why Fujifilm went from the S3 Pro DSLR to the S5 Pro DSLR. Same reason.
The numbers 4 and 9 are considered unlucky in Japanese: 4, pronounced shi, is a homophone for death (æ», death?); 9, when pronounced ku, is a homophone for suffering (苦, suffering?). See tetraphobia. The number 13 is sometimes considered unlucky, though this is a carryover from Western tradition.
In modern Japanese, the digits are called with the on readings except 4 and 7, which are called yon and nana respectively. Alternate readings are used in month names, day-of-month names, and fixed phrases. For instance, the decimal fraction 4.79 is always read yon-ten nana kyū, though April, July, and September are called shi-gatsu (4th month), shichi-gatsu (7th month), and ku-gatsu (9th month) respectively. Intermediate numbers are made by combining these elements:
I guess that means there will never be a camera called G9!
I will never name the next 1D ever again!