A New xxD DSLR Coming From Canon [CR1]

[Canon Rumors]

<p>There’s a suggestion at Canon Watch that Canon will introduce a new DSLR between the current EOS 70D and the Rebel T5i and that it will have an “xxD” model name.</p>
<p><strong>CR’s Take

</strong>With <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2015/01/canon-shows-off-a-new-dslr/" target="_blank">the recent leaks by Canon that show a new entry level DSLR</a> with NFC, a top LCD and scroll wheel, which are all absent on the current Rebels, there could be some truth to this.</p>
<p>I think it’s more likely we’re going to get a “Super Rebel” like the EOS 60D was when it was launched. The successive EOS 70D gained back the build quality and more premium features that the xxD line of cameras had always had, that were missing from the EOS 60D.</p>
<p>If I was a betting man, I think the leaked camera is indeed the T6i and the xxD name will stay with just the EOS 70D.</p>
<p>Source: [<a href="http://www.canonwatch.com/canon-set-announce-new-dslr-eos-750d-70d-cw3/" target="_blank">Canon Watch</a>]</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

 

[Khufu]

That new thing we've seen in the promos has got Rebel Ergonomics and key mapping written all over it...

...and the suggestion of an intermediate camera maybe suggests to me that this is where Canon may introduce their Hybrid-VF or EVF EF body! Maybe we'll see some of the exciting features we were hearing rumours of when people were getting excited about the 7D II's potential

 

[Khufu]

Also, they've missed a few off the list over at Canon Watch. I'm going to enjoy asking Camera Store reps to explain why I might want to purchase one of the following and how they compare to the others;

EOS 1200D
EOS 100D
EOS 700D
EOS 750D
EOS ??D
EOS 70D
EOS 7D II

Are dealers going to be expected to stock this selection? I get that the 1200D is just selling off old parts (after actually reading the spec list last night for the first time)
...but it's hard to come up with a term for this situation that could be described as Politically Correct if Canon choose to add another dSLR to the line-up, as opposed to a sideways shift towards EVF/mirrorless and other alternative technologies.

 

[Chaitanya]

Canon might combine the xxxD and xxD line. also today saw a posylt that even 70D s price in India has been dropped after 5D mk 3 few days back. What ever Canon does lets hope its exciting.

 

[ashmadux]

Im cautiously excited!

That 'cheapo' button wheel as it has been called, taken from the last versions of G-series, works WAY better than the ultra-mushy directional pad on the 55i/70d/6d. I feel its amazing that Canon engineers created that mess is the first place. It is so mushy ive passed or fumbled trying to select my af point on many an occasion.

Just from the screenshot alone, that form factor looks pretty sweet already. A "baby" pro/xxD style body? Sounds good to me! I'm already falling in love with the 70d.

EDIT- Oh wait-? Lock switch? Nah, this isnt the new standard Rebel. Rebels do not have lock switches....... Now Im thinking that this is an in between model......hmmmm

 

[Bennymiata]

It's the EOS 800D.

 

[Loswr]

Consider the SL1/100D, which broke current naming conventions, but brought a unique characteristic to market (smallest dSLR). In some ways, that was an attempt to define/create a new market segment and Canon maybe up to something similar here. Small body, but with an upscale feature set (e.g. top LCD)...sort of an xxD-Lite.

 

[Khufu]

Consider the SL1/100D, which broke current naming conventions, but brought a unique characteristic to market (smallest dSLR). In some ways, that was an attempt to define/create a new market segment and Canon maybe up to something similar here. Small body, but with an upscale feature set (e.g. top LCD)...sort of an xxD-Lite.

Quick, check out the leaked page before Canon UK notice and take it offline again
http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/Digital_SLR/EOS_10D/

 

[ahsanford]

Take a look at that captured still of the right hand side of the back of the body. That's a top LCD display. That would imply that we're in XXD territory and it would not be a rebel.

This presumes that Canon is consistent with that being an 'enthusiast and higher' feature. They certainly could put such a feature on a Rebel, but I generally associate that as a step above the entry-ish levels of XXXXD and XXXD, so a 70D-lite or 80D seems plausible.

- A

 

[rs]

Quick, check out the leaked page before Canon UK notice and take it offline again
http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/Digital_SLR/EOS_10D/

Leaked page? If it was posted 12 years ago, then yes :

 

[Khufu]

Take a look at that captured still of the right hand side of the back of the body. That's a top LCD display. That would imply that we're in XXD territory and it would not be a rebel.

This presumes that Canon is consistent with that being an 'enthusiast and higher' feature. They certainly could put such a feature on a Rebel, but I generally associate that as a step above the entry-ish levels of XXXXD and XXXD, so a 70D-lite or 80D seems plausible.

- A

Well it'd be the third Rebel to have one
http://www.hireacamera.com/img/cameras/slr/350d/2large.png

 

[ahsanford]

Take a look at that captured still of the right hand side of the back of the body. That's a top LCD display. That would imply that we're in XXD territory and it would not be a rebel.

This presumes that Canon is consistent with that being an 'enthusiast and higher' feature. They certainly could put such a feature on a Rebel, but I generally associate that as a step above the entry-ish levels of XXXXD and XXXD, so a 70D-lite or 80D seems plausible.

- A

Well it'd be the third Rebel to have one
http://www.hireacamera.com/img/cameras/slr/350d/2large.png

Forgive me, I wasn't being clear. See markup above. I mean an LCD on the top of the camera near the shutter button. I don't believe a Rebel has ever offered that.

- A

 

[ScottyP]

It is way too soon to be an 80d.

It is a little hard to imagine them cramming something I between Rebel and xxD because there isn't all that much difference.

We are kind of due for T6i, by the time this could appear anyway.

Canon also said recently they were done doing tiny irrelevant annual upgrades, so maybe they decided to beef up the T6i. If Canon can't beat SoNikon on sensors, there are lots of other features it can enhance easily. It can certainly throw in an LCD screen and a simple wheel for cheap instead of some colossally amazing (non existent) new sensor. Why not?

 

[jeffa4444]

Just to note regarding the opening comments. In Europe all the crop cameras carry xxxD the Rebel name I believe is used in North America with T5i etc. only.

I agree with others slotting a camera between the EOS 70D and the EOS 750D starts to confuse consumers and creates stocking issues for dealers already living with razor slim margins on cameras. Canon already are dealing with a reduced number of outlets and grey imports in various markets they should be sensitive to the industry dilemmas its adding to them.

 

[c.d.embrey]

I won't be buying any New Canon cameras until they launch an xxD quality mirrorless. NO GAS here, all my Canon Film SLRs and DSLRs still work fine.

 

[preppyak]

Looks a lot like the 60D body too. My bet is that its the 70D sensor and auto-focus, but without some of the more pro features (frame-rate, AFMA, buffer, etc), just like the 60D had a while ago.

Wouldnt surprise me if they renamed it, since they've essentially left the Ti/xxxD line. They updated that thing yearly, yet the 700D hasnt been updated in almost 2 years (with a new sensor that came out in the meantime)

 

[Khufu]

I mean an LCD on the top of the camera near the shutter button. I don't believe a Rebel has ever offered that.

- A

It's functionally the same thing, displaying settings on a low-power LCD without draining battery power firing up the big display, which is now touch-screen and even more draining!
Come to think of it, the old Rebel version even told you what your White Balance settings were, neither the 60D nor 70D do that. I'm sure most of us would call that an inconvenient downgrade!

Part of the convenience of the display being on top (re: 5D, 7D, XXD series etc) is that you have corresponding function buttons directly adjacent to the assigned features' displayed properties. Considering this camera's got those buttons (AF and Drive) on the back, a la Rebel/XXXD mapping, the convenience factor of it being located on the top plate seems diminished to me. There'll no doubt be an LCD backlight illumination button and the ISO button up there though, as is the norm with more recent Rebels! It'll no doubt be handy, just a little removed from ideal or "professional"

 

[Khufu]

Looks a lot like the 60D body too. My bet is that its the 70D sensor and auto-focus, but without some of the more pro features (frame-rate, AFMA, buffer, etc), just like the 60D had a while ago.

Wouldnt surprise me if they renamed it, since they've essentially left the Ti/xxxD line. They updated that thing yearly, yet the 700D hasnt been updated in almost 2 years (with a new sensor that came out in the meantime)

I'm not sure... Canon haven't even utilised their best 18mp sensor in that series of cameras yet - they put it in the EOS M2 and the 100D, which was announced on the same day as the 700D, but the 100D/SL1 got the more advanced sensor! They need to release a 750D with the Hybrid AF II sensor first

A part of me suspects that the Hybrid AF II sensor may in fact be an early Dual Pixel AF sensor from before the hardware and firmware were up to the task - Canon did mention that there were already DPAF sensors out there prior to the 70D launch and people speculated it could have been the 5D3, amongst others, but I think it could be the M2 and 100D sensor... and maybe we'll see it in DPAF action some time soon, helping to keep the 70D and 7D II ahead in the megapixel game! just a thought

 

[tq0cr5i]

A 70D N, 75D or 750D.

 

[Khufu]

A 70D N, 75D or 750D.

I'm pretty sure Canon already sell the 70D(N) and 70D(W), depending on whether they're Wifi Enabled or Not!