Bad News Closing out 2013? [CR2]

[Canon Rumors]

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<p><strong>Nothing new for the EOS/EF family in 2013?

</strong>We’ve received word from a very good source that Canon has no more product announcements for EOS or EF in 2013. There is always the possibility of a “development” announcement, but no new product will be announced or shipped in 2013.</p>
<p>The same source had previously said that only 1 entry level DSLR will begin shipping in Q1 of 2014.</p>
<p><strong>EOS M?

</strong>I hoping to hear confirmation from the same source as to whether or not EOS M is included in the “no new products for the EOS/EF line in 2013″.</p>
<p><strong>CR’s Take

</strong>I think manufacturers are going to ride out a pretty stagnant year and try to build a lot of hype for 2014. Economic recovery around the globe will further recover and we should expect a very exciting 2nd half of 2014 for new gear.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>

 

[pedro]

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<p><strong>Nothing new for the EOS/EF family in 2013?


</strong></p>
<p>The same source had previously said that only 1 entry level DSLR will begin shipping in Q1 of 2014.</p>
<p><strong>EOS M?


</strong></p>
<p><strong>CR’s Take


</strong>I think manufacturers are going to ride out a pretty stagnant year and try to build a lot of hype for 2014. Economic recovery around the globe will further recover and we should expect a very exciting 2nd half of 2014 for new gear.</p>
<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">c</span>r</strong></p>

This makes room for a high MP body and a 7DII. And hopefully some new (and improved versions of current lenses) glass

 

[Sporgon]

Economic recovery around the globe will further recover and we should expect a very exciting 2nd half of 2014 for new gear.</p>

Wouldn't bank on economic recovery 'cos the factors causing it aren't going away

 

[candyman]

Economic recovery around the globe will further recover and we should expect a very exciting 2nd half of 2014 for new gear.</p>

Wouldn't bank on economic recovery 'cos the factors causing it aren't going away

+1

 

[Woody]

IMHO, world economy has little to do with the dismal performance of Japanese camera companies. Blame it all on camera phones.

 

[fragilesi]

Economic recovery around the globe will further recover and we should expect a very exciting 2nd half of 2014 for new gear.</p>

Wouldn't bank on economic recovery 'cos the factors causing it aren't going away

Getting worse . . . fiddling while Rome burns and whatever other analogy you want to apply to it

 

[Lichtgestalt]

mhm...

 

[mrsfotografie]

Good for me; less temptation!

:

 

[AmbientLight]

This is a really beneficial rumor: It is beneficial to our bank accounts, because people won't be likely to purchase anything new, simply because there ain't nothing new.

 

[TrabimanUK]

Hurrah! More time to save up for the mythical (and hopefully truely awesome) 7D MKII and a 100-400 replacement (hopefully around f4). Fingers crossed it'll be before July next year, in time for the holiday...

 

[Rick]

I'm still trying to absorb the past 365 day buying spree

D800E, 5D3 & 24-70 II. If something I wanted did release here in the fall, i could let it go through its early adopter stage and get in on the first round of discounts next summer or fall, but, oh well...

 

[J.R.]

Great ... so we can get on with trying to get the best out of the current equipment.

 

[Marsu42]

That's great news, because I've already spend every € I had allocated for Canon gear, so no new products won't make me regret for example getting the old 17-40L - thanks for my peace of mind, Canon :->

I wouldn't mind a new, smaller rt flash though, dunno if this counts as "eos" gear or not, this is getting embarrassing with Yongnuo releasing one radio flash/trigger after the other.

 

[Lichtgestalt]

I wouldn't mind a new, smaller rt flash though, dunno if this counts as "eos" gear or not, this is getting embarrassing with Yongnuo releasing one radio flash/trigger after the other.

and phottix now too.

http://flashhavoc.com/phottix-mitros-plus-announced/

 

[Zv]

Well it seems that in this case no news really is good news! Hurray for no new things to waste money on! I feel richer already, thanks Canon!

;D

 

[dtaylor]

Economic recovery around the globe will further recover and we should expect a very exciting 2nd half of 2014 for new gear.</p>

Wouldn't bank on economic recovery 'cos the factors causing it aren't going away

What? You mean printing trillions in monopoly money isn't fixing the economy???

I'm shocked I tell you. Just...shocked!

 

[Don Haines]

Hurrah! More time to save up for the mythical (and hopefully truely awesome) 7D MKII and a 100-400 replacement (hopefully around f4). Fingers crossed it'll be before July next year, in time for the holiday...

Better save up a lot... the 200-400 at F4 is $12,000 and a 100-400 at F4 would cost about the same...

I'm also hoping for a 7D2... my 60D is getting long in the tooth and the shutter is at 70,000 of it's rated 100,000 actuations..... hope it lasts till the 7D2 comes out....

 

[Marsu42]

my 60D is getting long in the tooth and the shutter is at 70,000 of it's rated 100,000 actuations.....

Not to worry, my 60d now is at 150k shutter cycles and shooting like on day one... actually better, for the first time I had some far in between shutter hiccups, but they have disappeared completely by now

Imho the 60d is a very underrated quality camera, I hope the shutter of the 6d is also able to go beyond the Canon spec. Just one nitpick: Wait until you hit 100k shutter cycles, your camera might crash due to a fw bug, I had to remove the battery :->

 

[sdsr]

</strong>I think manufacturers are going to ride out a pretty stagnant year and try to build a lot of hype for 2014.

That may be true for Canon & Nikon, but on the Micro 4/3 front, where sales have been worse than dslrs, in the second half of this year Olympus have released two high-end cameras (one of which may be the best such camera so far), Panasonic a high end and two lower level cameras; and at least one other mirrorless company, Fuji, has been rather busy too. Maybe they're foolish, but some of these products are very appealing.

 

[Ricku]

That damn 14-24L just keep getting away from me..