The Always Hidden Camera at the World Cup

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<p>Northlight has been sent an image showing an always covered Canon camera. Apparently this photographer is always in the exact same spot on the side of the pitch. The camera is always covered in the white tarp, while no other camera is. It’s definitely a Canon as you can easily tell it’s a Canon lens.</p>
<p>We have been told numerous times that the replacement to the EOS 7D would be at the World Cup going through professional testing. Maybe that’s what’s under the cover.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hidden_camera.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-16830" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hidden_camera-575x343.jpg" alt="hidden_camera" width="575" height="343" /></a></p>
<p>Source: [<a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/cameras/Canon_7dmk2.html" target="_blank">NL</a>]</p>
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Kindof silly to go to such extreme measures to hide a prototype. What's the big deal. Its just the outside of a camera body, that basically looks like most of the other black boxes that Canon has produced for the last ten years. Right? It is the tech and the insides that matter and they don't show.
 
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I don't like to shoot with rain covers unless I absolutely have to. They are bulky and get in my way. Which makes me wonder, why so many camera's at the World Cup are covered. I have seen several, not just the one in the photo. I could understand, if it was raining, but from what I can tell it hasn't rained or even sprinkled at any game that I have watched.

I agree that there are probably better ways to conceal a prototype, so why else would someone put up with the inconvenience of a cover, in conditions that don't seem to warrant one?
 
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eos650 said:
I don't like to shoot with rain covers unless I absolutely have to. They are bulky and get in my way. Which makes me wonder, why so many camera's at the World Cup are covered. I have seen several, not just the one in the photo. I could understand, if it was raining, but from what I can tell it hasn't rained or even sprinkled at any game that I have watched.

I agree that there are probably better ways to conceal a prototype, so why else would someone put up with the inconvenience of a cover, in conditions that don't seem to warrant one?

- Rain is not always obvious - you have probably watched a few matches where it's been raining.
- A rain cover may be doubling as a heat shade - I've watched a few matches where most of the crowd had vacated areas of the stadium that were in the sun. A black camera might heat up to levels that caused technical problems or perhaps just made it uncomfortable to use.
 
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Hesbehindyou said:
eos650 said:
I don't like to shoot with rain covers unless I absolutely have to. They are bulky and get in my way. Which makes me wonder, why so many camera's at the World Cup are covered. I have seen several, not just the one in the photo. I could understand, if it was raining, but from what I can tell it hasn't rained or even sprinkled at any game that I have watched.

I agree that there are probably better ways to conceal a prototype, so why else would someone put up with the inconvenience of a cover, in conditions that don't seem to warrant one?

. A black camera might heat up to levels that caused technical problems or perhaps just made it uncomfortable to use.

But only one? None of the others? Maybe its one of the Sony A7R's with a Canon lens. I could see why a Pro would hide it ;)
 
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1Dx mark II or 7D mark II

I was going to wait until the end of the World Cup. Wanted to check the last games. Both semi- and finals. But that stupid NL article made me post it prematurely:

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If I had a prototype I would NEVER put it under a stupid WHITE raincoat next to... none

NL had to get some more visitors and ergo more referral links.... So why not speculate on an easily to spot white spot... And check how convinient to put it just the rumored combination for the Photokina....

Am I the only one that believes that the 1Dx mark II or whatever it will be called can be already in the wild? And for the sake Never ever put it under white so eye-candy coat...

ON the other hand prototypes are known to be lacking a brand/vendor plate.

This is the very first game of the World Cup 2014. This frame is available on the HD game version.

Feel free to speculate ;-)
 
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