http://cweb.canon.jp/camera/eos/accessary/detail/5261b001.html
So, will be released in late May 2012...
So, will be released in late May 2012...
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AARRGGHH!!
I actually called B&H yesterday morning with an "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" sort of thing. The rep had absolutely no information beyond the "This is a new product and we don't have any information from the manufacturer yet about when it will ship."
Canon, oh Canon. Why have you been wasting so much of your resources on making happy those who do nothing but take underexposed, unfocused macro shots of the insides of lens caps when you could instead have been making those of us who want the damn grip happy?
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I actually called B&H yesterday morning with an "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" sort of thing. The rep had absolutely no information beyond the "This is a new product and we don't have any information from the manufacturer yet about when it will ship."
Canon, oh Canon. Why have you been wasting so much of your resources on making happy those who do nothing but take underexposed, unfocused macro shots of the insides of lens caps when you could instead have been making those of us who want the damn grip happy?
<sigh />
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Unless I'm missing something, these are all non-US sites reporting this. Has anyone seen / heard information from Canon USA? Perhaps there's a difference in the availability between countries.
I'm a bit groggy right now and don't feel like scouring the interwebs myself so I'm kind of passing the buck a little bit...
I'm a bit groggy right now and don't feel like scouring the interwebs myself so I'm kind of passing the buck a little bit...
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Wow Canon, I was hoping to jump up from my 7D in time for wedding season but without a grip, limited raw support, and a handful of minor but well documented issues, I think i'll be shooting with the 7D for a couple more months at least. I'm so glad now that I did not preorder.
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So everybody is assuming a Japanese web page is the definitive source on release date? Assuming the quality control on the web page is perfect?
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winoheel said:
Not to worry about RSS. They have well-placed friends in Canon corporate, and have had their grip for a while. Indeed, at this point, I'm expecting to get the plate before the grip...right about now is when they were guessing / hoping to start shipping.
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It's a battery grip, not a big deal.
I want mine badly, but I don't NEED it right now.
And that light leak issue? Please... How can anybody consider that a real issue when it has happened on many other Canon bodies in the past? I mean really... Unless you shoot in dark caves below -1EV and use the top LCD at the same time (who even uses that normally?), does it even matter? Nope. Only to those who want to complain about the camera and use it as "fuel" for the sake of argument.
I want mine badly, but I don't NEED it right now.
And that light leak issue? Please... How can anybody consider that a real issue when it has happened on many other Canon bodies in the past? I mean really... Unless you shoot in dark caves below -1EV and use the top LCD at the same time (who even uses that normally?), does it even matter? Nope. Only to those who want to complain about the camera and use it as "fuel" for the sake of argument.
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What the hell is up with Canon? Man, if only my entire professional SLR / DLSR system was not built of Canon stuff.... I've been a "Canon Man" for nearly 25 years, but I'd ditch it all in a second if I could afford to. I know at least one very well known (both him and his father) action sports / landscape photographer that is considering jumping ship. Between the MkIII, and the 1 DX, and I don't even know what problems or delays Canon is having, or will have, with their Cinema bodies / lenses, etc. All we see from Canon are patents for new lens designs, it seems they want to, on paper, lock up designs. Mean time, their products as of late are delayed with out any explanation, or showing up with flaws, etc.
I must say, as a professional shooter and career long Canon guy, I am very, very disappointed.
I must say, as a professional shooter and career long Canon guy, I am very, very disappointed.
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You realize the grass is not greener on the other side right? ^
Go look at B&H for both Nikon and Canon lenses. Then scroll to the bottom of the list to see all of the out of stock lenses for Nikon and the lack of for Canon. I see 25 Nikon lenses out of stock (not including import models, only USA)... For Canon, only 4... And 2 of those being the super tele's that just came out.
Canon may be delay prone at the beginning... But once out, they can actually keep up with demand and be in stock. Nikon is not so good in that regard.
So chose either initial delay or long-term supply issues.
Go look at B&H for both Nikon and Canon lenses. Then scroll to the bottom of the list to see all of the out of stock lenses for Nikon and the lack of for Canon. I see 25 Nikon lenses out of stock (not including import models, only USA)... For Canon, only 4... And 2 of those being the super tele's that just came out.
Canon may be delay prone at the beginning... But once out, they can actually keep up with demand and be in stock. Nikon is not so good in that regard.
So chose either initial delay or long-term supply issues.
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Well, you might take solace in that if you do switch to Nikon you will face a much poorer stock issue, with the D800 being only the latest example of products that are not always readily available. You might also want to check out some of the threads discussing lock-up problems mainly with the D4 but also the D800. But at least you would have dodged the bullet of the overheating batteries than Nikon are now in the process of recalling.
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