Suggestions of a NAB 2014 DSLR Announcement [CR1]

Two separate folks have written in to say we should expect some kind of a DSLR announcement for NAB 2014 in April.

NAB is generally for Cinema EOS and other cameras that could be looked at as professional videography tools. For this reason, I have a hard time thinking the EOS 7D Mark II would be announced for this show, even if it is rumored to have cutting edge videography features. I think the camera will still fall into the prosumer still photographer segment with some bonus sales to videographers.

I think we're going to be getting a lot of 7D Mark II information in the next little while, most of which being wishful thinking.  I'd bet on an announcement after NAB, with Cinema EOS products being announced for the show in late March or early April. We are told to expect 2 cinema lens announcements from a separate source.

We will see another round of PowerShot announcements, headlined by the SX50 IS replacement some time this spring, I think an EOS 7D Mark II announcement at that time is more likely.

This is also a Photokina year (we'll be there), so I suspect we'll see a big DSLR announcement in late August for that show.

More to come…

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