NEW CAMERA - EOS 80D?

[sanj]

Another thought - what about a full frame version of the SL1...as in the world's smallest full frame SLR.

If that was it, I would pre order 2!

 

[Luds34]

Rebel. Anything higher end would have a much more refined 'dial'. Anything higher SHOULD have a joystick and an AF button.

Completely agree, the lack of the AF button alone means it's below the xxD series.

 

[ritholtz]

How much room is there to downgrade 6D to make another FF Rebel? They can just release upscale 6D and keep selling existing 6D with reduced price. As soon as $1000 FF with STM kit lens available, I will start thinking about FF. After making a trip to sigma, my 70D and non art 30mm 1.4 are doing great. I think, ISO performance of this combination is suffice for my needs.

 

[bholliman]

My guess would be the next Rebel. I hope its a FF rebel, but that does look like a EF-S lens in the video, so maybe another APS-C Rebel with DPAF?

 

[MxM]

I think it's at least an xxD series body because of the top LCD.

 

[Slyham]

My guess is that it is the next top of line APS-C Rebel. It may even start a new line of rebels. It would widen the gap between the Txi and the Tx lines. Having this rebel get closer to the layout of the xxD series would be good for those who want a second or backup camera that already have an xxD model.

 

[Ivan Muller]

What if it is the new mirrorless?

 

[Maximilian]

Yes but what about at 0:46?

Just posted that screenshot. It looks like a Rebel.

Rebel tiny popup flash.

I think they had to show that body to be able to show the NFC tech. If they use an existing camera they would be lying to us. Now they only have to hide the exact camera, while we already know new rebels will come.

100% my thought!

It's a new Rebel/xxxD that'll get a top LCD as goodie/upgrade.
The pop up flash and the prism bulge are too small to be FF.
And I don't believe in EVF with that form factor of a DSLR. Would be ridiculously useless.
So a T6i/750D.

 

[Helios68]

Hi,

A new rebel maybe 750D is also my guess. The reasons are:
-LCD on top would be a great upgrade for the Rebel line
-It lacks some buttons and joysticks. The back view of the body looks like the 700D.

For such reasons if it is a xxD camera it would be a step back for canon regarding the 70D!

Regards

 

[Marsu42]

WHY does the world need another Rebel?

Because they've got an updated sensor by now - the world needs even two Rebels in succession: one with the 70d 20mp sensor, the next one with the 7d2 20mp sensor...

A rebel sized full frame with the famous 18MP or perhaps the 20MP 6D sensor with a soon to come 6D2 going more upper tier

Won't happen: The ff sensor is very expensive to produce, and you can only cut away so much around it - the 6d1 is pretty much bare to the bones already. No way you can reach a standard Rebel price like that. Plus of course a Canon ff never had a flash so far.

 

[drob]

I bet it's a new Rebel. It's going to be a stripped down version of a 70d, 20mp DPAF, and it wirelessly integrates with their new command station module. It looks like it will go hand in hand with the command module. It has to appeal to the masses and it has to be easy. No everyday Joe off the street cares about full frame Rebels. They want easy to hook up and connect to everything Rebels.

 

[trstromme]

There is also the third alternative that it is a consolidation of the t6i/70d lines in order to better differentiate market-wise. with Dual-pixel and flip out screen being offered in everything low level I was having trouble distinguishing anyway. Makes logical sense to me. What do I know, I'm just a business major, not a doctor...

Not a bad guess in my opinion, merge the xxxD/xxD lines, then merge xxxxD and EOS M. This would introduce mirrorless at the low end, allowing you all manner of cost cuts, whilst being able to raise the price on the merged xxxD/xxD bodies. In this manner you might start a mirrorless transition from the bottom up.

 

[lw]

Does it have to be a DSRL I wonder?
I know it looks most likely it is (my bet is on a 750D), but could it be a new large sensor 'pro' bridge camera to compete with the Sony RX10, that takes its styling cues from a DSLR rather than compact cameras?
Just a thought...

 

[ikkehans]

Defenitely xxxD/Rebel series, or.. at least lower than xxD series.

For me the two major reasons:
1. Lack of AF-ON as most of you pointed out already
2. But (more important to me) it is lacking the flip-switch around the live view/video mode on the left side of the image.

One of the great improvements I found from 60D to 70D was this flip-switch at your thumb when you wanted to go to Video. On the 60D you stil had to turn the mode-dial all the way to video which was very annoying.

Canon would never do a step back that significantly as these two reasons. So should be lower than xxD.

 

[krash]

Defenitely xxxD/Rebel series, or.. at least lower than xxD series.

For me the two major reasons:
1. Lack of AF-ON as most of you pointed out already
2. But (more important to me) it is lacking the flip-switch around the live view/video mode on the left side of the image.

For now, we are sure about some things!

It's smaller than a xxD series
It's a EF-S so the body is a 1.6 crop
It has NFC
It has a Top LCD
It has a articulated Rear LCD

 

[AmselAdans]

For now, we are sure about some things!

It's smaller than a xxD series
It's a EF-S so the body is a 1.6 crop
It has NFC
It has a Top LCD
It has a articulated Rear LCD

That furthermore leads to the following possibilities:

• EOS 750D - to differentiate between the predecessor, it gains a top LCD and the sensor of the 70D
• EOS 1300D - unlikely, why would the entry level have more features than the xxxD line? (top LCD, NFC)
• EOS 100DII/200D whatever - maybe, but as the 100D is the smallest one, I doubt it would be equipped with a "bulky" LCD. That contradicts the "as small as possible" marketing of the 100D
• EOS Mirrorless - maybe something we haven't seen yet. But I think it's unlikely that it would look similar to normal DSLRs. They would design it to look differently from DSLRs to make clear it's a "new" thing

So my guess: EOS 750D, top features: 70D sensor, swivel screen, top LCD, WiFi and NFC. That's it.
(booooring)

 

[dolina]

Safe bet it will be a 700D replacement.

That body is marking it's 24th month on March.

This line tends to have a 12 month product cycle.

So why not a 80D, you say? The Rebels/Entry-level bodies tend to not have AF-ON button.

 

[Marsu42]

That's it.(booooring)

Not so: It's always interesting to see what Canon comes up in the way of crippling their cameras, they're rather ingenious about that.

I wonder if just leaving in the 9x cross point af system gives enough distance to the 70d, as it would make the 750d essentially a "super-60d" with some loss of usability because of the small size and the missing back wheel.

It probably depends on the mid-term prices Canon predicts for the 70d and this new Rebel, but I see the 70d dropping because of the much more competent 7d2, essentially pushing the 70d down in "Rebel space".

Edit: Did some posts about giving improper credits just get lost? I wanted to comment on them, stating that I disagree - but now I cannot find it anymore. Strange.

 

[AmselAdans]

Edit: Did some posts about giving improper credits just get lost? I wanted to comment on them, stating that I disagree - but now I cannot find it anymore. Strange.

Also noticed that. Maybe too meta for this thread or too offending.

 

[itsnotmeyouknow]

That's it.(booooring)

Edit: Did some posts about giving improper credits just get lost? I wanted to comment on them, stating that I disagree - but now I cannot find it anymore. Strange.

Interesting bearing in mind the events elsewhere in the world that mods are deleting posts that criticise the admin of the site. Especially as mine was actually fairly constructive. Having comments link to a forum is clumsy, and causes misunderstandings.