The 10D is discontinued, and something new is in the works. No one knows the stats for sure, but our rep at the shop is saying a 9MP update to the 10D. We've also been told that the 550 and 420 flashes are also history. They were hinting a new line of flashes EX II or something...... Is it true? Who knows. It sounds odd that canon would ditch their current flashes after coming out with only one ETTL 2 body.... Only time will tell.
The 550EX has been the item where most Canon users could find some faults and one of a very few areas where Nikon is clearly superior . The 550EX quality doesn't match with things like a 1D MKII and a 24-70f2.8L doesn't it ? And don't get me started on the battery compartment. I wanted to upgrade from the 420 to the 550 but why pay more for the same poor plastic build
It would be a good move to try to make it right for them for sure, don't you think?
Ben Horne wrote:
.... We've also been told that the 550 and 420 flashes are also history. They were hinting a new line of flashes EX II or something...... Is it true? Who knows. It sounds odd that canon would ditch their current flashes after coming out with only one ETTL 2 body....
They have to introduce them sometime, and they usually do this kind of thing with the introduction of the prosumer bodies.
Let's hope the new 550 is a Canon branded Metz-style functionality, with dare I say it, auto-thyristor, as well as a built-in little 'kicker' secondary flash .....
... surely those execs in Japan are tired of selling all of those 54mz-3/4's!
Philip L wrote:
Let's hope the new 550 is a Canon branded Metz-style functionality, with dare I say it, auto-thyristor.....
I seriously doubt that a new flash would use an SCR (thyristor) to control the flash tube. IGBTs have been used for years because they can be turned on an off rapidly (~10-50KHz), allowing strobo-flash, pre-exposure flash metering, and remote flash triggering and control. (An SCR in a flash is often switched off by dumping a negative charge across the device, though some may use GTO.) The Nikon SB-25 was one of the first of the flashes to use IGBTs around 1992; I don't know about Canon.
I've heard this a few times. Where do you see that it's discontinued? Seems to be in stock in all places, and not 'archived' on Canon's site, although it is heavily discounted.
The 10D is discontinued, and something new is in the works.
A salesman at Curcuit City told me the 10D was discontinued last Summer and replaced with the Digital Rebel, a much better camera. Last Winter a Ritz saleman told me they were unabled to stock the 10D because it was discontinued... Well, I'm sure it's day will come. However, this many fabled "3D" or "20D" may simply be a new model to fill the gap between the 10D and 1D MKII.
Futterman wrote:
Where do you see that [the 10D is] discontinued? Seems to be in stock in all places, and not 'archived' on Canon's site, although it is heavily discounted.
Discontinued is misleading. The 10D is out of production (and its replacement is in production). But there are still supplies in the distributor pipeline and on dealers' shelves.
Gochugogi wrote:
A salesman at Curcuit City told me the 10D was discontinued last Summer and replaced with the Digital Rebel, a much better camera.
Well, this is one reason why I'd never buy a camera from Circuit City... I don't know how they think the Rebel is a better camera than the 10D. While I don't own either (yet... I have just ordered a 10D), I have read the manuals for both cameras. The 10D is head and shoulders above the DRebel in its features and functionality.
John Wright wrote:
Well, this is one reason why I'd never buy a camera from Circuit City... I don't know how they think the Rebel is a better camera than the 10D. While I don't own either (yet... I have just ordered a 10D), I have read the manuals for both cameras. The 10D is head and shoulders above the DRebel in its features and functionality.
Oh like Best Buy is better... Actually, I work for CC and will admit that most salespeople are dumber than a box of rocks when it comes to the things they sell(flame suit on!). I had a hard time convincing that the 1D was better than any camera we carry. Everyone is so into "pixels-peeping" that they don't really care about the other features. It's always bigger(more megapixels) but not neccesary better(image quality) digicams.
. The 550EX quality doesn't match with things like a 1D MKII and a 24-70f2.8L doesn't it 
? And don't get me started on the battery compartment. I wanted to upgrade from the 420 to the 550 but why pay more for the same poor plastic build
