*UPDATE 2* Art Wolfe Confirms the 1Ds Mark IV?

[april]

i believe all bits of info we are getting these days are just "TEASERS"... we know there are lots of prototypes out there being tested and even if somebody leak any info or even we see it with our own eyes, we can't do nothing other than wait anyway coz no matter how many good cameras canon makes they wont release it to store shelves unless they need to. so if their production and sale of the current dslrs' is still moving fast as people around the world are still buying them they don't need to introduce an upgrade or whatever since the current are still very popular... and besides i believe most of the guys who are wanting to see an upgrade of the 5d2 are not actually wanting a 5d3 they're just waiting for the upgrade to get the 5d2---ON SALE!!!! excuse me if i'm wrong but that's most of the people i know are waiting to do.

well...... typo or not the key thing still is "if canon will release it"

 

[caruser]

No need to apologise — if there was a frenzy over a typo then it was because people enjoyed it, that's why they are on this site 8) Most of everybody else wouldn't have noticed and/or wouldn't have cared, at least not until the official announcement is made!

 

[photogaz]

Look at it from both sides people.

1. The consumer who get really excited when something like this happens, especially when a great effort is made to squash the apparent typo. Can you blame people for pointing this out, after all are the ones that buy the cameras and support the brand. Without us Canon etc would be nowhere.

2. Canon or their NDA partners. Canon could be seriously affected from a share point of view by mistakes like this. NDA's are more important and strict than ever now with modern social networking etc. Can you blame them for trying to put a lid on it or getting serious over NDA breaches (by the way I'm not suggesting this is an NDA breach).

 

[Stuart]

@williamdedwards, thanks for such a comphrensive answer and explaination.
I hope today is more relaxed for you.
Best wishes
Stuart.

 

[Vinniej]

It's all a publicity stunt! ;D

 

[NormanBates]

my thoughts: they guy who manages the facebook page (and who posted here) didn't know his boss had signed an NDA

to canon: I hope no punishment goes their way: this leak only got your customers excited, and it's not that they'd stop buying 1Ds3 bodies now... given that they're perennially out of stock

canon bringing out stuff that you'd think is only internal is quite common; there are hacked 5D2 bodies out there that do stuff that regular 5D2 bodies would not do, in hands of pro video guys, in the field, with no canon reps around...

 

[Forceflow]

I've given you the truth at this point. There were 27 students there all borrowing what they could get their hands on, if you think this is the kind of event that Canon is going to 'test out' secret new camera backs then there is really nothing I can say to convince you otherwise.

Honestly I think this tells it all. Do you really think Canon would agree to that? 27 students and one experimental camera body that would be worth a lot of money in the wrong hands? Not to mention that even if by some magic they would have gotten strict NDAs out of those guys you couldn't enforce them. Too many people at the same event, too easy to let some information out anonymously.

I agree that it was one hell of a bad typo, but I find the typo explanation much more believable than anything else.

 

[Bob Howland]

I've given you the truth at this point. There were 27 students there all borrowing what they could get their hands on, if you think this is the kind of event that Canon is going to 'test out' secret new camera backs then there is really nothing I can say to convince you otherwise.

Honestly I think this tells it all. Do you really think Canon would agree to that? 27 students and one experimental camera body that would be worth a lot of money in the wrong hands? Not to mention that even if by some magic they would have gotten strict NDAs out of those guys you couldn't enforce them. Too many people at the same event, too easy to let some information out anonymously.

I agree that it was one hell of a bad typo, but I find the typo explanation much more believable than anything else.

Uh, how do you know that there were 27 students in the workshop? If williamdedwards is lying about the existence of the 1Ds4, he might also lie about the number of students. Potentially, we're talking about a mistake that could cost him his job and/or his employer a fair chunk of money.

I really wish Canon would just introduce their &%$#@ camera(s). This is getting old!

 

[Forceflow]

Well, the original entry did talk about it being a workshop, so at least that part would be true. I am sure somebody can dig around the internet and find the workshop information about what it actually was...

 

[justicend]

All we need is www.canontypo.com CT1 CT2 CT3 can post their typo there.