From NL
They received a comment that the xxD isn't dead, it' just resting. They'll use the camera to give a longer time between the 7D and 7D Mark II.
Weekend Rumor Mill
Two comments came in saying not to expect the 1Ds Mark IV announcement until mid August.
Lenses
A lens announcement in the late spring as well as in August. As usual, no word on lenses.
There will be a new 300 2.8 & 400 2.8 being tested at the World Cup and not yet for sale.
2011
A 5D Mark III will be coming as well as a new full frame camera below the 5D Mark III.
We will also see a new EF mount video camera system.
Site Design
I've had a new site design completed for about a week now and will be doing the switch on Sunday. So expect some minor downtime.
I'm also working to troubleshoot some back end issues that make the site unavailable every so often. The problem has been isolated.
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69D?
18-21MP Full Frame Sensor
4fps
All other specs as listed above.
it sounds dry when Canon can just take a great DSLR system and make it a great HDSLR system, which it is already. If they can make a better video camera that takes EF lenses – and keeps the same focal length its interesting, any crop business then DSLR full frame is what it’s about.
Canon has no direct competition with Nikon D3. I’m not worried so much about the low-light capability (7D at ISO 3200 works fine in the crappiest lighting conditions I work in), but full frame with a faster motor would give me what I’ve been missing on sports assignments. 8 fps with a 12-18MP sensor would differentiate from 5D sufficiently to not poach Canon’s own line (especially if the MkIII goes toward 30MP, which would seem likely), and such a camera would fill a niche.
Portrait/wedding people will stay with 5D MkII/III, and Sports/News/Event shooters like me will go with the “7Ds,” as Son of Daguerre has put it.
I can’t switch to Nikon anyway because of the “backwards focusing”, but a camera like “7Ds” would remove all desire, especially if they keep it at or below the 5DMkII price range.
For budget concern (tele lenses are so expensive), I think 1.3x is the best bet. Besides, clean image in high ISO is very important for me, so APS-C is just not as good. We can see how excellent 1D mark IV performs, so APS-H with 16MP should be a very well bet for a budget good camera. 35mm Movie cameras are about APS-H size, if I remember correctly.