Rebel T4i/650D Information [CR1]

[revo2seven]

too many too choose from have got a chance to purchase a 7D now here comes the T4i/650D dang..ohh canon lower the price of the 7D it will make a lot of people happy

 

[Marsu42]

As far as I know, the sensors between at least the 350D and 500D had been upgrades each time (increasing megapixels for one).

You got me - I should have left out the history lesson, because I'm only watching Canon dslr releases since 2009. But *because* there was no new sensor in the aps-c segment for a long time, they won't release a new one in the cheap model.

I guess at least now Canon marketing will (or would be well advised to do so) to release from top to bottom and only introduce new amateur features like the new 60d/600d screen and now maybe video af & touch screen in the lower segment.

 

[dichiaras]

I guess will save a few hundred $$ by buying the 550D which has the same old sensor of the "new" camera. That's ridiculous: can you imagine Apple putting the same processor in a Mac for FOUR years in a row?
Canon's managers are simply bozos: Steve Jobs would have fired them all at once.

If I didn't have already four lenses and wasn't a simple consumer I would switch immediately to the Nikon D5100.

PS Fortunately karma is gone.

PPS -1 for Canon.

 

[daveswan]

With the same old sensor and digic V (Not V+ note) I doubt the video will be any better than the 550D, and certainly not up to the 5DIII, let alone a hacked GH2 at probably less money.

Bummer I really don't want to be doing with smaller-than-C sensors.

 

[wickidwombat]

Wierd, with it staying 18MP sony is going to eat canons lunch
I'm not a MP fan just a realist
but in real life hopefully they have fully re-worked that sensor to
- clean up the low iso noise
- sharpen up the raw images a bit get it closer to the 1D4 sensor IQ
- and give it a bit cleaner high iso

also strange if it gets built in wifi when the pro models need to forfeit their first born to get that as a great big add on hanging off the side of the camera.

touchscreen totally useless on a camera IMO

unless the sensor is something special and its got at least the current 60D AF then the outgoing 600D is going to be a screaming good buy for anyone looking to buy a rebel

 

[WoodysGamertag]

Autofocus and wifi would be awesome. I wonder if it's possible to add autofocus to the 5D via firmware?

 

[Danack]

The actual deadline for me when to get camera is middle of June, because then i will have a trip to Spain, and i would really want to take my new camera with me.

That makes the deadline more like the end of May so that you have a couple of weeks to get used to your new camera, so you don't miss any shots when on your trip.

 

[Seamus]

Wow, so many decisions made on a CR1...

 

[Sunnystate]

The upside is that, I just was able to spent some "Canon" money and got myself very nice brand new Sig Sauer 1911 Fastback- still almost enough money left for Nikon D800
Now looks like there is no need to upgrade my Rebel also, how about a new bicycle?
Maybe there is an upside to the plain stupidity and greed out of control?

 

[ttl020520]

Hope to get it before May

 

[ThuiQuaDayNe]

With the same old sensor and digic V (Not V+ note) I doubt the video will be any better than the 550D, and certainly not up to the 5DIII, let alone a hacked GH2 at probably less money.

Bummer I really don't want to be doing with smaller-than-C sensors.

I am waiting for 5D2 price to come down as well as waiting for this line specs. The T4i specs and performance will give me a glimpse of what will be of 70D/7D2.

I agree with you, even with a new sensor and Digic 5, the video quality will not be the same level as a hacked GH1/GH2.

 

[c.d.embrey]

Imho, this has been clear from day one - Canon always introduces really useful "hard" features (af, sensor) in their top models, and then let them trickle down. They would cannibalize their sales if they did it differently...

Then how do you explain the 10.1 Mp 40D released in Sept 2007, followed by the 12.i Mp Rebel XSi in March 2008 ???

 

[Marsu42]

Then how do you explain the 10.1 Mp 40D released in Sept 2007, followed by the 12.i Mp Rebel XSi in March 2008 ???

Please see my post above stating that I corrected myself concerning the eos body history. However, I would guess that Canon marketing might have learned from the 40d-xsi 10mp-12mp and since there are so many eos bodies around now will discriminate between them in a more strategic way...

 

[dichiaras]

So, still no news here?
It's since CP+ that we are supposed to see the new rebel: I hope that they are working on a better sensor rather than a flipping screen this time.