Not the greatest thing to hear
An email I received has told me not to expect a new 1D camera until the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2010. The latest fixes for the 1D series cameras is to help the pros and make a few extra sales for the Olympics.
The email goes on to explain the financial state of newspapers and news agencies around the globe. There isn't going to be a lot of extra cash around to buy new cameras over the next while.
It's sobering read to say the least and I can see the logic in it. Enthusiasts don't drive the sales of 1D series cameras, a newspaper buying 20-30 of them at one times does.
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Have to agree that this makes sense. With the state of the Yen, no end in sight to the current economic crisis and a lack of competition, there really isn’t a great pressure to upgrade.
Nikons release of the D3x would preclude much more than a D3n mid-life update for the D3 and I reckon that both companies will settle for the current status quo for at least another year. At most I think we’ll see a 1D3/1Ds3n soon with a VGA screen and some minor tart-ups to see it through.
Any major updates this year will be 450D/D60 or 50D/D300 related. The current lin-ups of both brands is solid enough above that level to happily pass through 2009 and into 2010 whether we like it or not.
I am upgrading to a D3!!!!
except for a better screen, better iso and better usability (a button extra here and there, joystick for vertical shooting) I cant see any huge steps for the 1d/s series.
meh……that’s fine… let them work on it, especially if they fix up any percieved or actual defects in the current models…. hopefully this means we’ll see some nice, new lenses…. perhaps something aim at the lower market… perhaps a 200-500mm… or maybe a 300-600/5.6 (at the same price as a 300/2.8)
This doesn’t make any sense. The football (soccer to Americans) World Cup is the second biggest sporting event in the world after the [summer] Olympics. It starts on 10th June 2010 and therefore Canon would miss out on a barrel load of sales if this rumor is true.