From Canon Australia
The event on the 20th of October in Australia is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Canon SLR's. I can't think of a better way to ring in year 51 than with a new camera.
History Lesson
In case you were wondering what the first Canon SLR looked like, take a peak at my Canonflex.
https://www.canonrumors.com/2008/12/history-lesson-1959-canonflex/
thanks Paul
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152 Comments
totally useleess and ridiculus.
no other company use this format ! in Nikon all sport shooter are happy with their full frame.
there is no lens designed for this crop factor ! on my full frame my 16-35 and 24-70 are really good focal range. but my 24-70 is not very helpfull on my 1D2 i’m always not enough wide !
personnally i would prefer a full frame of 15mp or 18mp and just crop in post after !
My guess is that this same camera was about to be announced on September 29th (remember that spectacular product in the big red box that never materialized). It was pushed back to see what Nikon had in the D3s and take the wind out of their sails with a killer 1D mark IV.
The lack of any good leaks on the new camera at this point in time has me thinking that the Oct 20 event will not be so eventful, at least not in the way of a new camera introduction.
A marketing perspective…
50 years is pretty big deal.
From a marketing stand point I would not expect Canon to pass up this opportunity to realease some pretty significant gear.
The Canon people have been sworn to secrecy…but even then there has been some low level mumbling of a new camera and a few new high-end lenses.
Don’t be surprised by a new video camera either.
This party is designed to really knock some shoes off…..
I think that is new canon rangefinder camera.. Buahaa!! :)