Some ideals of specs out there
I've read some various things around the web about the next incarnation of the 1Ds line. Some stuff is from conversations I've had as well.
mp: 28-38
proc: Dual DIGIC V 16bit?
LCD: 3″-3.5″
FPS (Still): 5-7
FPS: (Movie): Variable, 1-120fps.
AF: A new 45 point system
Feature: WiFi
Feature: GPS
I'm not sure Canon cares much about WiFi and GPS in camera bodies. I wouldn't hate having wifi, I might use it. I have no clue why I'd want GPS in a camera though, Google Earth applications aside!
I'll be weighing closer to its release. I have it penciled for launch in the first half of 2010.
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GPS is an essential productivity feature for landscape and photojournalist shooters (how else is the production office going to know where the stuff was shot, for keywording and captioning). And completeley essential period for forensic use.
WiFi:
When shooting landscape I would just have the camera automatically offloading stuff everytime I got back to the car. In the studio, of course, I would use it for “tethered” shooting.
For 3-4 years, I have been writing to Canon asking for these features. I see both of these as essential productivity features that I would expect/demand any pro camera to have. I would really like to also have these features on the 5D series, but that may be hoping for too much.
GPS would be the ticket for me. I suppose once I used WiFi I’d understand the uses better, but…..how long before a camera virus begins circulating?
I’m with Adam and ‘Sanyi from Hungary’. We have enough mega pixels.
Advances in Dynamic Range, Low-light performance and other core image quality features would be welcome.
Wifi is inevitable – the days of cables for this type of work are numbered and it is not a difficult technology to implement (albeit as a choice). GPS is useful to many – if others do it (and I believe they will), Canon will have little choice than to tag it on as soon as possible to be in the leading pack.
Unfortunately, the current video buzz, and the fear that video companies (think RED) could step over to pro video/still cameras will mean the research and design focus may be on everything other than producing the ‘very best’ stills cameras.
I think video is a great addition that will add a lot of flexibility. The variable frame rate would be really cool – I’d love to be able to overcrank for smooth slow motion using the lenses I’ve already got.
If still cameras eventually move to an electronic shutter, adding video would be a natural move.
One aspect of GPS that some may not realize:
The time is synchronized.
If you are like me, shooting events with multiple camera bodies and multiple people, time synchronization is important. “Okay everyone, push it it in 5..4..3..2..1..NOW!”
Either that or, (like I was doing yesterday), filtering an event in Lightroom by camera serial number and trying to find simultaneous shots so that I can think to myself: “Let’s see… What’s 4:26:15 minus 4:32:52?”