Canon "Pro" Announcements on September 22, 2011

[Meh]

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It's amazing that some (certainly not all) people read the rumors posted on this site and take them at face value and then proceed to sell a lens or a camera thinking that they will fund the new whatever on release date. The CR guy is posting based on "best guess" so why would that be enough information to start selling equipment to get a jump on buying "vapor equipment". I don't understand.

Good point, very true indeed. However, one of the reasons people come to this site is to hear about rumors or leaked info about upcoming gear and the implied value is that CR Guy has knowledge of the industry and contacts that are better than us mere mortals. On that basis we have an expectation that CR Guy vets the rumors, can spot the crap, can look for corroboration, and wouldn't post nonsense without saying so... i.e. putting a CR1 or even 0 rating on it.

In the case of this "Sept 22 pro product announcement" I think the ball was dropped a little bit and CR Guy has owned up to that by posting an apology and commenting that he'll be more careful about posting anything from DigitalREV. Props for that.

Other reasons some people might come to this site are to talk about gear with fellow gear heads and to be entertained by bold and ridiculous claims by certain members. And on that point, this thread certainly delivered!

 

[bornshooter]

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i love digitalrev vids but this has really annoyed me the fact that they said they had an invite on the 22nd posted on twitter recently that the team were there now over 7hours ago yet failed to tweet about the outcome regardless of what it was very very disappointed with them

 

[Dave Creu]

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I get a kick out of watching a company dig it’s own interment hole. Pride, arrogance, elitism, and just a general disdain for people in the DSLR filmmaking camp (read, not so wealthy, but talented) leads me to believe that we’ll be seeing this Red company give up the ghost in short order. I like watching that happen when it’s justified.
Red HAD to disrespect Canon to keep up with their already tarnished image, and to show how well a company of 5-year-olds can “bazooka” the “big dogs”. And to think, the vapor of Scarlet has been floating around for years now, and they are forced to make good on it in short order simply because Canon is going to eat their lunch…politely, I might add.
Red you are nothing but HYPE, and I don’t care about your cameras. Put ME on your list Jannard, I beg you.

 

[Redreflex]

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It's amazing that some (certainly not all) people read the rumors posted on this site and take them at face value and then proceed to sell a lens or a camera thinking that they will fund the new whatever on release date. The CR guy is posting based on "best guess" so why would that be enough information to start selling equipment to get a jump on buying "vapor equipment". I don't understand.

Good point, very true indeed. However, one of the reasons people come to this site is to hear about rumors or leaked info about upcoming gear and the implied value is that CR Guy has knowledge of the industry and contacts that are better than us mere mortals. On that basis we have an expectation that CR Guy vets the rumors, can spot the crap, can look for corroboration, and wouldn't post nonsense without saying so... i.e. putting a CR1 or even 0 rating on it.

In the case of this "Sept 22 pro product announcement" I think the ball was dropped a little bit and CR Guy has owned up to that by posting an apology and commenting that he'll be more careful about posting anything from DigitalREV. Props for that.

Other reasons some people might come to this site are to talk about gear with fellow gear heads and to be entertained by bold and ridiculous claims by certain members. And on that point, this thread certainly delivered!

To CR guy's credit, I've been following this site for at least 6 months, and this is the first time (as far as I can recall) a rumour about an announcement hasn't materialised (in terms of presence/absence of one, not of the content). This speaks volumes, as you'd expect any other run-of-the-mill rumours site to be filled with many more false dawns.

 

[UncleFester]

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an official 200-400mm lens, please fingers crossed :

Ironic. I just spoke with someone earlier today that tested a 200-400 last year. I wouldn't be surprised if that actually made it's debut.

 

[Canon 14-24]

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I guess all that there is to look forward to this week is for a price drop in the 5d2 in the united states - hopefully to $1999

 

[dgsphto]

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I guess all that there is to look forward to this week is for a price drop in the 5d2 in the united states - hopefully to $1999

That won't happen.

The retail price would go up by 90% of the rebate amount.

$2499 is the the current retail in many places. Used to be $21xx before disaster. There's no way the "distributor pricing" as claimed by the leading stores is still that high!! :

So if the rebate is $300, expect the retail price to go up to $2699 to $2799!

 

[Dave]

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So we could see the next 1, 5, and 7 series

That would be like Christmas, Easter and Birthday on the same day... (and it likely will happen with the same probability)

 

[Hillsilly]

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Wouldn't worry too much about it. After all, this is CanonRumors, not CanonCameraRumors.

 

[Canon 14-24]

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That won't happen.

The retail price would go up by 90% of the rebate amount.

$2499 is the the current retail in many places. Used to be $21xx before disaster. There's no way the "distributor pricing" as claimed by the leading stores is still that high!! :

So if the rebate is $300, expect the retail price to go up to $2699 to $2799!

I wouldn't be surprised if they do so, but given the other forum thread where prices such as in Canada are $1999USD and shipping to the US will add roughly $20, I can't see why they would pull such a move. I see that more often in lens rebates over camera bodies.

 

[unfocused]

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Photo Rumors says the rebate is $100. Actually, they are calling it a $100 instant savings, so I guess maybe that means you don't have to mail in the rebate? But still, they are saying $100.

The price cuts in other countries are a bit confusing, but could be attributed to lots of factors. My theory remains that it could be one large retailer decides to clear out stock and that prompts competitive price cuts from others.

 

[Canon Rumors]

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I haven't seen any of the actual literature on the rebates.

I'll get that in Canada tomorrow and see why the big price drop. If it was only a $100 drop in Canada, lots of retailers are selling the 5D2 at a significant loss, and I doubt that's the case. The camera sells just fine.

 

[Dave]

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At Amazon Germany the prizes of 7D and 5D2 also dropped at about 50 to 80 Euro, so I guess it wasn't just a local story.

 

[Loswr]

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you will be proved wrong soon i have inside intel.

sorry son but your full of rubbish we won't have long to wait till your proved a fool!i know trust me for a fact the 5d mk3 will be announced tomorrow.as for the jessops store i didn't part with my money so what are you on about?and john lewis no 1 would buy a camera from them exept the stupidly rich fool. get ready to be slaughtered tomorrow fool.

Ok, so now September 22nd is well and officially past, and no announcements of any sort.

Next time, go troll somewhere else. Maybe just stick to comments on the DigitalRev blog pages, since you value their bogus information so highly.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

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Ok, so now September 22nd is well and officially past, and no announcements of any sort.

Next time, go troll somewhere else. Maybe just stick to comments on the DigitalRev blog pages, since you value their bogus information so highly.

I could take a couple of bottles of that Troll B Gone Stuff!!

 

[lol]

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DigitalRev recently uploaded a video on the Canon event on their youtube channel... it was the regional presentation on a pair of powershots. Funny video as always... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQ-sIYq68w

 

[riogrande100]

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The video is exactly what everyone on the forum felt! I guess the guys didn't update twitter as the video shows in detail the pain of the event!

 

[Loswr]

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Ouch. Somehow, I don't associate 'S100' and 'SX40 HS' with 'pro'. But then, I suppose the fact that a few people in Hongkong - and *only* a few people in Hongkong, in the whole wide world - were invited should have been a clue. A big clue. Well, maybe when they said, "Here come the DSLRs," they were referring to themselves. (DSLR = deluded, silly, laughable rubes.)

 

[Fleetie]

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DigitalRev recently uploaded a video on the Canon event on their youtube channel... it was the regional presentation on a pair of powershots. Funny video as always... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQ-sIYq68w

That video is brilliant! And the presenter too!

Loved the way he went "So, guess we'd better take a look at the... SX...40... S-H-I... Oh, no, erm, HS!"!

And then mockingly made the extending zoom extend outta his groin like a sarcastic erection!