A New EOS Pro Body With 46mp Next Month? [CR1]

[Canon Rumors]

A <a  href="http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1318815/0"  target="_blank">thread  has  popped  up  on  a  forum</a>  talking  about  a  46mp  pro  Canon  DSLR  being  launched  in  New  York  City  in  October  for  PhotoPlus.  It’s  also  mentioned  that  the  camera  will  cost  in  the  range  of  $8000-$9000  USD.  I  have  no  idea  if  this  is  a  troll  or  not,  but  it  will  surely  appear  other  places  so  I  might  as  well  post  it.</p>
<p>If  the  <a  href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2014/09/is-this-a-canon-ef-11-24-f4l/"  target="_blank">EF  11-24  f/4L  is  indeed  real</a>,  then  it  makes  sense  to  announce  it  with  a  full  frame  camera.</p>
<p>If  it’s  true,  there  will  be  more  to  come.</p>
<p><strong><span  style="color:  #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

 

[SwampYankee]

yup, heard that 3D rumor in 2012. Elvis will be back to present it.

 

[Don Haines]

If they had the camera, it would have been announced at Photokina.......

 

[Canon Rumors]

If they had the camera, it would have been announced at Photokina.......

Canon rarely makes a big splash at Photokina for whatever reason. The last time I was at the show it was the 60D. In 2012 is was the 6D which got trashed at announcement.

 

[pleasehelp]

8000-9000$ wow.

I guess that will make the possible D800 switcher not very happy.

 

[Dylan777]

Too much MP for my taste.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

If they had the camera, it would have been announced at Photokina.......

In the past, Canon has almost always split 1 series and other series announcements though and has had them a month apart, I believe.

 

[pleasehelp]

Question, when the 1Ds X really has 46MP, how big is that chance that the 5D MK4 will be in the 30 MP range?

If the 46MP rumor is true it seems Canon is stepping away from their 20-22 MP are enough mantra?

Or is this maybe a 14 MP Foveon sensor?
But that would make no sense.

 

[ScottyP]

Some guy no one knows makes an account calling himself "Psychic1" and posts a statement with absolutely no backstory on how he comes to know this. They seem inordinately excited by very thin rumors there on FM.

 

[keriboi]

3D with layered sensor. This is what was being tested in the fashion houses.

 

[pleasehelp]

Some guy no one knows makes an account calling himself "Psychic1" and posts a statement with absolutely no backstory on how he comes to know this. They seem inordinately excited by very thin rumors there on FM.

He is not new.
If im not wrong he is also on DPreview.

At least both are from NY.
And the DPreview Psycho1 is also active on FM forum (thought i could not verify if under the same nickname) he linked to old sales threads on FM forum who are not longer active.

 

[Canon Rumors]

Some guy no one knows makes an account calling himself "Psychic1" and posts a statement with absolutely no backstory on how he comes to know this. They seem inordinately excited by very thin rumors there on FM.

I don't know "Psychic1" personally, but I do know of him on that forum. I have no idea if he's a reliable source of information.

However, stuff like this will end up on other sites, and I'll be emailed about those articles and those articles will appear on this forum and I'll have to address it one way or another. I might as well just get all of that out of the way.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Its interesting that Fred Miranda posted that he trusts the OP more than the Rumor sites. The poster is a long time FM member.

 

[pleasehelp]

Some guy no one knows makes an account calling himself "Psychic1" and posts a statement with absolutely no backstory on how he comes to know this. They seem inordinately excited by very thin rumors there on FM.

I don't know "Psychic1" personally, but I do know of him on that forum. I have no idea if he's a reliable source of information.

You have contacted him?

 

[GmanKY]

It's interesting that this article popped just now. Over the weekend, I was doing some serious looking at possibly switching (more like buy an extra body) to the 810, but I'm really invested in Canon. I do landscapes and go big with prints, so I want/need the resolution. I went back through Canon's history, and the past several cycles of the 1D cameras has been every couple of years, and the past couple have been announced in October. So, I decided this weekend to hold off until after Christmas before making any other purchases. I have a bunch of L glass to go with my current bodies, but maybe if I do get the 810, I could get by with just a couple of Nikon or Zeiss lenses. I just hate to switch and sink $ into another system, but I'm also tired of waiting for Canon to quit recycling old sensors and finally move forward a good step. 46MP sensor would be huge, and this is not the first time I've heard that number tossed around. Seems like I read somewhere around 4-6 months ago that there was a 46MP body in the wild for testing. I guess we'll soon see.

 

[NancyP]

Well, that would be interesting.

 

[mkabi]

If this rumor is true, it makes sense... it fits the upper end of the EOS line up.
I mean, I'm sure people were switching to Nikon due to D800/D810, but the number of people was still too small in comparison to all the other cameras Canon was selling, which is probably why they are going to introduce it at $8-9K. Might even be special order, made on demand?? Like the 1DC (non-refundable)?

If this is true, don't expect the 5D4 or the 1DX2 to be announced till 2016/2017.
I expect the t6i and probably 1 or 2 cinema cams to be announced in 2015.

 

[Arkarch]

Good to hear a possibility of an announcement. The one-month-apart note earlier in this forum is notable.

I have no reason to switch out of Canon. I have a very nice collection of EF-compatible glass (see sig) and do Motorsports along with landscape - a 1DX is under consideration. I have every confidence Canon will produce something that makes us Canon folk happy - though Photokina was sure a let down for the Full-framers.

In the meantime, I have decided to rent the A7R for mission-critical landscape trips. I do a few of these a year so the cumulative rental price is worth it while I wait for that Canon-wonder. For everything else, and the weekend-runs, the 5Dm3 does me well. Not sure what to do with my old 7D.

Now if I could see a Lucia Ex update for the Pro-1, I'd be very very happy! (hard-proofing before sending on to my large format vendor).

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

There's one other thing we can almost be certain of: this sensor is HIGHLY unlikely to end up in the 5D4. Canon lost a bunch of 1DsIII sales to the 5D2 and I can't see them doing that again.

But what then? They lose all sales to D810 and Sony?
They can't just have some 8k camera that offers high MP and high DR and expect that to compete with the $2000-2500 stuff. The 8k cam might also have high fps and this and that and be the best, but 8k is simply too much for most people to afford no matter how much they'd love to get it (and some don't like mega large bodies).

Isn't it better to have 85,000 sales of 5D4 than 4000 sales of 1DsX?

 

[PureClassA]

Well that's certainly interesting.... And given the release date history, it's certainly plausible some FF announcement is forthcoming. 46MP would be insane though. Dx upgrades like 150 AF and 15FPS? Heh. Should be fun if it happens. But 8-9k???