What does CR Guy See Coming?
As always, trying to predict what giant multinational corporations is going to do with product development can be hard, but I'll give it a go.
Digital SLR
Canon needs to get back in the game as far as DSLR's go. There is a perception that Canon has fallen behind Nikon as far as tech goes. Is it true? Maybe a little bit. There's no reason Canon can't be out front of Nikon, they have the resources and manufacturing capabilities to take back the crown.
1Ds Mark IV
– 32mp or higher sensor.
– Same autofocus system as 1D4
– 5fps
– New video features to separate it from the rest of the lineup.
– DIGIC IV
The Rebel Line
– Two new cameras
– One camera will be 12mp and the other 18mp (Same as the 7D)
– One camera will have an articulating display
– Both cameras will have movie modes, one being better than the other.
– Ergonomic upgrades (Scrollwheel!) Maybe more of a wish than a prediction
– New chipped batteries
– Both cameras in the 3fps to 4fps range
60D
– 18mp sensor (Same as 7D)
– 720p Video Mode @ 30fps. 1080p maybe.
– 6.3fps
– A new autofocus system based on the 7D, but less focus points.
– Missing some of the 7D bells and whistles like the electronic level.
– Smaller VF than the 7D
– This is actually a hard camera to predict. What will they leave out from the 7D?
3D
– FF in the 16-21mp range.
– 4-6.3fps
– DIGIC V
– New sensor technology
– Same size as 5D2
– 7D Autofocus system
– 1080p movie mode, same as 5D2
EVIL (Electronic viewfinder interchangeable lenses)
There will be no Micro 4/3 style camera from Canon in 2010. If they ever get on board, they will be the last one to do so.
So that makes 5 new SLR's in 2010. That could be far fetched, but why not? 2010 is going to be a better year for most everyone.
Part 2 (Later today)
I will focus on lenses.
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Just my .02 as an amatuer…I have sat out the entire DSLR game waiting on a FF body for under $2K. The fact that this technology is still basically reserved for pro gear is ridiculous. My last body was an Elan 7e purchased at release for about $500. You can’t tell me the sensor and related technology adds more than $1500 to the price of a body. I could care less about any of the rumored 2010 gear. Give me a FF 7D for $2K and I’m all in. Until something like this happens, I’ll continue to shoot with my superzoom p&s. Thanks for a great forum and apologies for the strident tone. I’ve just had enough of waiting.
+1000
An updated 5D mk 1 sensor with the 7D AF system would be f’ing awesome.
It’s also never going to happen.
me too, I’m also a 5D user and hope to see 3D by the end of this year…
Cropping is a lame excuse for high-res sensors.
I foresee no 60D at all!
It will not see its daylight anytime soon.
Why?
A 60D would bite the 7D in its tail in all cases.
– The current listprice of the 7D is the same as 50D pricepoint last year. Canon is in the business to make money not to loose it.
– 7D’s sensor for the 60D would not make sense its only 3MP upgrade and too close to the 7D.
– A bigger then 7D sensor, would make the 7D obsolete if it were only about MP. Next to that a bigger sensor would come with more noise and banding and making people cry out loud how bad it is (remember 40D to 50D anybody) and therefore make people stay with the 50D.
– A new AF for the 60D? Never, because there wouldn’t be any need to buy 7D then anyway.
– Adding video to the 50D and call it 60D? Why buy the camera anyway then?
– Adding a FF or APS-H sensor to the 60D? Would harm the 7D and 5D2 sales and is therefore out of a marketing perspective almost impossible for Canon at this moment.
Canon is clearly stuck in the xxD line and can’t bring out a 60D unless 5D2 is being replaced and 7D is upgraded.
The biggest mistake Canon has made is giving the 7D a 1.6 crop sensor while it should have come with a APS-H sensor.
With this decision Canon blocked the future of its xxD series for some time to come.