This article is from a long long time ago... you can go on gizmodo.com and search 40d and find more articles or rumors all dated before the last PMA... please disregard these rumors and let us keep on waiting.
In your dreams, or more likely, nightmares. Giving millions of laymen the ability to screw up the camera focus mechanism to levels far worse than the default, while helping the select few who actually know how to do it, is not in their interest.
I have chosen three lenses and just need a body..
Will sell my 300D once I can make a decision based on if the 40D takes a leap in new features or get a cheap 30D if it is a disappointment.......
I understand all the sarcastic comments ! ;-)
I have also read a lot of fantastic rumours about the next 30D since 2006 !
All I can say is wait a little and let's talk in July ! ;-)
For information, there is a very serious forum in France, approuved by CANON, and they have the same information as mine... It's not a proof in itself but it's a good sign, no ?
Let's have a look at this forum : http://www.eos-numerique.com/forums/
On the Top of the page, there is an Information in yellow that say " The 30D replacement will be announced in July... Stay Tuned ! "
Unless they've solved the problem where you can't auto-focus in 'Live View' (as is the case on the 1D3) then to be honest I don't quite see that it as a feature i'd use at all often.
As far as the rumours go, i'm always rather sceptical. A rep telling a shop owner a new model is imminent would potentially be doing themselves out of potential sales of the model thats being replaced. Plus anyone who does know will undoubtedly be under a NDA anyway.
EOS20 wrote:
Here's my prediction for the 30D replacement:
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*MLU Button
Canon have been resisting this for years now... the local betting agency indicates a 2nd direct print button is more likely ;-) (yes an MLU button would be great I agree)
I do believe the Sales Reps have an idea to give to their accounts "when" the new models will be released!!! No, not specs. It is coming soon....in that part of the market share, Canon is taking a hit. Nikon is all over with NEW DSLR's...just my thoughts.
I've been reading about Canon being beaten around the bush by Nikon for ages, for every market segment, every time Nikon brought out a new camera. Makes me wonder how come Canon is still the #1 dSLR manufacturer... by a long shot.
I've been using a 20D for almost two years now. As much as I'd love to have a 1D3, I just can't afford it. I really hope the 40D will be a true "Baby MKIII". To me, that means ISO6400, better tracking, keep the 9-point AF but make them all x-type. Those are the major impovements that would make me upgrade. Live view, more MP, bigger LCD, I just don't care about those. I shoot sports on the darkest fields and in the darkest gyms, I need better AF and high ISO.
Emile Gregoire wrote:
I've been reading about Canon being beaten around the bush by Nikon for ages, for every market segment, every time Nikon brought out a new camera. Makes me wonder how come Canon is still the #1 dSLR manufacturer... by a long shot.
I do believe the Sales Reps have an idea to give to their accounts "when" the new models will be released!!! No, not specs. It is coming soon....in that part of the market share, Canon is taking a hit. Nikon is all over with NEW DSLR's...just my thoughts.
I've been reading about Canon being beaten around the bush by Nikon for ages, for every market segment, every time Nikon brought out a new camera. Makes me wonder how come Canon is still the #1 dSLR manufacturer... by a long shot.
Like the shop owner with a direct line to Canon, internet gossip by and for the uninformed.
At least one suggestion of... older camera users just buying a 5D or used 1D.... Sorry but that doesn't work well for me... At this point I like 1.6X crop, although I have just one lens that requires it... I do not want a 1D and/or the big honking body that goes with it, or the old NiMH batteries that go with them... Full frame 5D at it's price has no real appeal to me either... In general, I'd rather buy a brand new camera and the warranty that comes with it...
So,.. My 300D is getting old, and could die at any minute... 30D is OK, but I really would rather buy the latest technology, with the assumption that it is better and that this new technology is going to hold up reasonably well over the next year or two... My next camera purchase would likely be my last for several years... I will likely keep it until it's of little or no value for re-sale (as my 300D is now). I don't really need two bodies very badly so I probably will not buy a new camera in the future as backup to my next camera purchase, etc...
That means... obviously I'm hopping for the for the best in a 30D replacement and I hope it comes soon... What I'd like is... improved AF, including micro adjustment if at all possible... Faster write speed to memory card would be great... I basically would prefer that it remain CF cards, but could live with going to SD, as memory cards are basically cheap enough to switch if I have to... more or less any other improvements would be icing on the cake for me.
Ideally I'd like to see it sell on day one for under $1300.
I have not inside info... but if the 30D replacement is not announced by early August I would be surprised.
I heard from "somebody who knows" (a guy on Craig's List who's brother-in-law plays golf with a guy who's son works at Canon New Zealand's printer division) that Canon is going to announce a 18-200/2.8 IS in November. They're also releasing a 200/2.0 IS which will have a built-on hood and will have Canon's new purple stripe instead of red (purple is going to be used for all IS lenses from now on).
Where is the guy that correctly announced the 1DMIII a few days before the official announcement in the spring? If I remember correctly he also announced another Canon camera correctly a few days before it was announced... I can't remember if that was the Xti, or the 5D... but that guy had pretty clearly had inside info and gave it out a few days prior to the actual Canon press releases...
Yes he does. His screen name is tsiphoto at dpreview. He has been correct on the specs and timing of the last 3 body releases. He hasn't posted anything on the 40D since last PMA when he said "Sorry no 40D at PMA".
Multiple Internet sources that cite the same rumor does not necessarily add validity to the rumor. The same person might've been starting the same rumor for all we know.
