Current Lens Talk
The following are lenses that are being bandied about for release this fall.
100 f/2.8 IS Macro
200 f/3.5L IS Macro
70-200 f/2.8L IS II
50-200 f/2.8L IS
24-105 f/2.8L IS
15mm f/2.8 USM Fisheye
The only credible information I have on lenses is the two macros. We've always had a hard time getting lens info here at Canon Rumors, this round of rumors isn't any different.
Bodies
The 60D/7D will be arriving to the real world next Tuesday according to most sources. A couple site August 25 as a possibility.
We'll also be seeing a new Rebel. Canon will trump the D3000 and keep video in their entry level camera.
Flashes
There is nothing on the immediate horizon about flashes.
Powershot
An interesting email claiming Canon would be releasing another waterproof camera. It would have a 5x zoom and HD Video. It's a [CR1] rumor.
Firmware
The 5D Mark II could be seeing a firmware update “any day now”. No word on what will be added/fixed.
Canon Rumors
The site is onto the dedicated server. We had very minimal downtown last night. All seems to be working fine.
Sorting through emails, more to come this afternoon.
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To trump the D3000/D5000/D90:
– mirrorless
– articulating OLED screen
– keep the OVF and flash
– retain movie mode for 12 MP sensor
– improved 12 MP sensor
– same low cost
And you have a winner!
I’m all for better EF-S glass. If a company is going to dedicate lenses to a sensor, do it all the way. I can see not making $6000 EF-S lenses, but $900 to $1500 seems a good high end for that market, have some primes, smaller lighter 2.8 zooms, target backpackers, hikers, travelers with some nice stuff before they’re all carying EP1’s, K7’s or GH1’s.
sounds like a Gh1
Pretty much yes. :) But OLED will help prolong battery life and 12 MP APS-C sensors that perform like the one in D90/D5000 will be most excellent.
But I doubt Canon has the chops to pull this off. :)
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