It's not far off already - I worked out last week how to get an UK stock 40D body for £635 delivered (after cashback) & with 6 months interest free ...
5D Replacement - soon
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Febuary if its coming.
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The 5D MKII or 7D or whatever is called is due, about a year late already, it's currently the longest production model in the D-EOS line.
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the 5D is probably the most vital camera in Canons line up. Since they will ways shift 1 series models the 5D was always the camera that offered that much more over any market and I believe it was Canons intention to confirm what Nikon did before releasing this to ensure a second success since the 5D is still selling so well.
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I'm not sure I agree with that. It takes a long time to develop and get a product ready for mass market, and if they where to wait and see what Nikon did they would soon lag way back.
Whatever Canon are/where planning for the next model release, it's pretty set in stone by now. Canon know they have a market and they pretty much get the market by offering the best value for money when you first buy a DSLR, and that more than likely is the bottom model. From that point in your on the Canon hook, and it's really hard to get off when you have put some money down on nicer glass.
On here, we don't represent the real market, we are just about all tech junkies, and will will enthuse about the latest kit from both sides, some of us might even switch camps every now and again. But, we are not the market, that's my dad, your dad, the guy who buys the best value for money..
Canon are in it for the money, having the best tech is of secondary importance. It's nice to have the best kit, and for a long while (well a long while in the DSLR market which is not really very long) Canon did. It look like Nikon have taken a leap in the last few months, but canon are still shifting most units as I think the consensus is that they have the best offering at that pricepoint.
If you want to gues what canons next shock is, I would suggest it's a 4000D, a sub £250 (maybe even sub £200) 1.6x DSLR, no frills and built down to a price, re-use an older sensor with a newer processor. Once they have that out, and if no other manufacturer has a model to match, they win (for a while).
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I wasn't talking about waiting for a public release of a competitors model. Believe me each company will know full stats about each others products along the development process.
Customers have a funny old habit of wanting to buy the latest model based on release date and unless Nikon have something mid in their new range to spring to the crowd then Canon will have the latest model for a year.
Customers have a funny old habit of wanting to buy the latest model based on release date and unless Nikon have something mid in their new range to spring to the crowd then Canon will have the latest model for a year.
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OK i see what you mean now...
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the last few announcements by canon have actually come a little before the shows, usually in response to a fairly accurate internet leak. I would expect the same trend to continue.
I would hesitate to say there will be a definate upgrade to a 5D. I do expecit it though ( though I expected the 40d in the spring last year and it did not arrive untill the autumn), I think that a 4000D (or similar) will be with us this year, but not untill late in the year.
I would hesitate to say there will be a definate upgrade to a 5D. I do expecit it though ( though I expected the 40d in the spring last year and it did not arrive untill the autumn), I think that a 4000D (or similar) will be with us this year, but not untill late in the year.
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larger LCD possibly, live view maybe, 5fps unlikley.
Canons basic consumer model has always been a good step below the next model up on fps. I think it will stick around 3fps.
it might get the digic 3 processor and the 14 bit colour depth, I'm not sure we'll see a 450D though.
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Well I think there will be an entire new range under an entirely new name.
1Dx etc. I imagine Canon are going to (or at least should) show the market that they don't just make refinements to already excellent cameras but can produce entirely new ones that will take fire against Nikon, Sony and any other camera manufacturers that are becoming threatening to the pro dslr market.
I wouldn't put it past them to entire the Medium Format arena too. which will include a new lens system.
1Dx etc. I imagine Canon are going to (or at least should) show the market that they don't just make refinements to already excellent cameras but can produce entirely new ones that will take fire against Nikon, Sony and any other camera manufacturers that are becoming threatening to the pro dslr market.
I wouldn't put it past them to entire the Medium Format arena too. which will include a new lens system.
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I have to say I think that's fancyful thinking.
Canon have shown us over the last few years that they produce incremental updates to existing models. I don't really believe they would consider the MF market as profitable enough, even the die hard MF manufacturers are finding it tough. The 1D produces studio results good enough to rivel traditional MF scans and the market for something better than that is limited.
Anything that Canon has in the pipleline was set in stone months ago, there is, more than likely, a 5dmk2 coming in the autumn, and, I would guess, a 4000D at the same time. There is a lot of leverage left in the DSLR market, and Canon are selling bucket loads of kit. They don't really have much need to shock the market yet. Any response to Nikons D300 and D3 is a way off yet. (though we may see something similar if Canon decided the D200 nededa response last year).
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Funny that. Maybe Canon were talking crackers when they said they would be refreshing the entire EOS line in 2008.
Medium Format is wishful thinking but I think its well worth mentioning. It was posted months ago that Canon were working on a 50mp sensor chip so if that isn't designed for MF then I don't see the point in researching it.
As far as photography goes, MF is the next step and Canon deserves a place in it and would want to be in it.
Medium Format is wishful thinking but I think its well worth mentioning. It was posted months ago that Canon were working on a 50mp sensor chip so if that isn't designed for MF then I don't see the point in researching it.
As far as photography goes, MF is the next step and Canon deserves a place in it and would want to be in it.