More Big Megapixel Talk

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<strong>The next EOS-1


</strong>While Canon called the EOS-1D X an amalgamation of the EOS-1 line, I don’t think everyone truly believed that the 1D-X was going to be the only flagship level camera in the lineup forever. It may have bought them some time while they got the EOS-1D X to market and worked on getting the EOS-1D C to market as well.</p>
<p><strong>New Camera at the Olympics


</strong>I received two reports from the London Olympics that a 40mp+ camera was being tested by a couple of select photographers. The cameras housing was that of the EOS-1D X. It was also mentioned the camera had a significant framerate  for a resolution that high, one mentioned it at 8fps in RAW. There were other unspecified “new features and technology” in the camera body.</p>
<p>A seperate source has said it is <em>possible </em>that Canon will announce a big megapixel camera in 2012 for release sometime in 2013, however that has yet to be decided within Canon.</p>
<p><strong>Just for the fun of it</strong>


Below is an image received by <a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/rumours.html" target="_blank">Northlight Images</a> showing the Canon EOS lineup, Keith put some markers on it showing some interesting spaces and flow of the chart. Use it for entertainment purposes only.</p>
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My 2c.

The right hand side of the triangle represents mirrorless. The EOS-M is totally within this section as it is totally mirrorless. The 650D is half on the mirrorless section as it has composite auto-focus for video and liveview mode.

"What goes here?" - a new camera.
"What does this little arrow mean?" - the new camera will be either fully mirrorless or at least have composite phase/contrast auto-focus like the 650D does.
 
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kaihp said:
Slide translation:
Title: "Further expansion of EOS system"

Tier 1: "Pro"
Tier 2: "Middle"
Tier 3: "Entry"

Makes sense, and there is definitely a 1D body hole. With the 1DX out as a action body, a big pixel variation certainly makes sense.

I also doubt Canon would let Nikon take the big pixel lead.
 
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Looks to me that there two spaces to be filled on this graphic (assuming symmetry)

Right hand top tier and right hand middle tier

I’d say high pro MP 1D on top tier and entry level FF on second tier
 
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Danack said:
My 2c.

The right hand side of the triangle represents mirrorless. The EOS-M is totally within this section as it is totally mirrorless. The 650D is half on the mirrorless section as it has composite auto-focus for video and liveview mode.

"What goes here?" - a new camera.
"What does this little arrow mean?" - the new camera will be either fully mirrorless or at least have composite phase/contrast auto-focus like the 650D does.

As opposed to partially mirrorless? ;)
 
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This is hard to predict. I didn't predict that Canon would try to "merge" the 1D and 1Ds lines together. Well, they almost did, but not quite. There can be no 1Ds Mark IV obviously, but the features of a ficticious one are nowhere to be found in a current model. The question remains as to where Canon puts this in ranking vs. the 1DX and 5D3. No way a 40mp camera will be $2000. I predict it will be like the 1D Mark IV which fell in price between the 1Ds Mark III and the 5D Mark II. I'm predicting only having enough features that it will be about $5k. On the other hand, it is interesting to note that when both the 1Ds2 and 1Ds3 came out, they were both $8k and when the 1DX came out, only $6800. So really, it's a toss up at this point.
 
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