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p.18 #1 · Canon 5DII rumors thread

Intelligent Preview?

Happy shooting,
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Sep 04, 2008 at 01:53 PM

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Yakim Peled wrote:
Intelligent Preview?

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

I'm guessing it's just their way of saying:

"We don't have Live View yet. But we do have something that approximates it!"

Edited on Sep 04, 2008 at 02:03 PM

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Rubber Soul wrote:
Yakim Peled wrote:
Intelligent Preview?

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

I'm guessing it's just their way of saying:

"We don't have Live View yet. But we do have something that approximates it!"

They have LV in other models....

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Edited on Sep 04, 2008 at 02:05 PM

Sep 04, 2008 at 02:04 PM

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Yakim Peled wrote:
They have LV in other models....

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Sony has never had Live View through the main sensor though. They have it through a secondary sensor installed in the viewfinder housing. But they can't implement it without signficantly reducing the size of their viewfinders. That's the reason for the tunnel vision viewfinders in the A350.

The Sony A700, for example, is notable for its lack of Live View.

Sep 04, 2008 at 02:13 PM

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Apparently, the specs for the Sony A900 are officially out:

24.6 MP full frame
5.0 fps
Viewfinder 100% Coverage with 0.74 magnification
Sensor-based stabilization
Dual Bionz Processors
19 AF points (9 dual cross type @ f2.8, 10 assist points)

Interesting times, indeed.
19 af points? the add says 9 dual cross type at 2.8 and wide area 10 point assist: the question is whether any of the assist points can be user accessed/selected for focus...if not, it is a nine point af system.....i would think that if sony had 19 af points available, they would have said something llike: 19 point af (9 dual cross types at 2.8), but they did not... this seems more like a variation of the current 5d with 9 af points and 2 or 3 assist points at the center....

Sep 04, 2008 at 02:17 PM

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Rubber Soul wrote:
Yakim Peled wrote:
They have LV in other models....

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Sep 04, 2008 at 02:19 PM

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The eternal question is: How much competition will it take for Canon to make the direct-print button be programmable as a MLU button...

I think the 5DmkVIII will adress that problem

Sep 04, 2008 at 03:28 PM

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Edited by davewolfs on Sep 04, 2008 at 03:41 PM GMT

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lexvo wrote:
tayo wrote:
The eternal question is: How much competition will it take for Canon to make the direct-print button be programmable as a MLU button...

I think the 5DmkVIII will adress that problem

Now you done it!!! The 5D mk VIII will be quoted on Northlight, Canonrumors, DP review, etc ... another source for endless speculations and debate ... more dshitman is the oracle predictions ...

Sep 04, 2008 at 03:40 PM

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The eternal question is: How much competition will it take for Canon to make the direct-print button be programmable as a MLU button...

Why isn't the SET button good enough for this purpose?

Sep 04, 2008 at 04:09 PM

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p.18 #11 · Canon 5DII rumors thread

I think Canon are going to really surprise us in the next few weeks.

Either 24 megapixels for the 5d.

Or no 5D anounced at all. Which would not surprise me.

Sep 04, 2008 at 04:13 PM

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stanj wrote:
tayo wrote:
The eternal question is: How much competition will it take for Canon to make the direct-print button be programmable as a MLU button...

Why isn't the SET button good enough for this purpose?

Well, why use the SET button, which one can use (as of now) for quite a few useful things, when one can use the 100% useless direct print button instead?

Sep 04, 2008 at 04:20 PM

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For sure there is not going to be a 5D Mk II. The 5D product is history.

But there will be a new body and it will be called the 6D or 7D or 3D .... whatever!

Marcus Watts wrote:
I think Canon are going to really surprise us in the next few weeks.

Either 24 megapixels for the 5d.

Or no 5D anounced at all. Which would not surprise me.

Sep 04, 2008 at 04:21 PM

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stanj wrote:
tayo wrote:
The eternal question is: How much competition will it take for Canon to make the direct-print button be programmable as a MLU button...

Why isn't the SET button good enough for this purpose?

I'm not sure what the best method on the 1Ds3 is, since I don't have one. My understanding is, one still needs to go through menus in order to switch between the MLU and non-MLU mode. But maybe 1ds3 users need to use the menu a lot anyway? I find it rather cumbersome on the 5D, since I don't want to use MLU all the time, and it is usually the only thing requiring me to go into the menu. Also I think it would be better to have a dedicated button which one can use at any time, instead of switching modes. Then one also doesn't have to remember the mode the camera currently is in, perhaps missing a time sensitive shot when a bird flies by.

Again, I don't know if the 1ds3 is easier to use here, but I hear that the complaints continue.

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Sep 04, 2008 at 04:29 PM

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tayo wrote:
stanj wrote:
tayo wrote:
The eternal question is: How much competition will it take for Canon to make the direct-print button be programmable as a MLU button...

Again, I don't know if the 1ds3 is easier to use here, but I hear that the complaints continue.

I have my SET button programmed either for Review or Live View, depending which I need. LV is MLU plus LCD show - simply disregard the LCD show.

While I totally agree that the DP button is completely useless, I don't quite recognize why people simply can't get over it given that there are alternatives. Life is full of useless things, such as "wet floor" signs or "caution, coffee is hot" in the drive-thru. Besides, on the 50D the DP button _does_ have a new meaning, so chances are it will on the 5D2, too.

Sep 04, 2008 at 04:37 PM

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Why would a 7D have better specs than a 5D? That would make no sense.

It might have a better sensor, for example a low-voltage low-noise sensor, and more features. Making the point that higher res is not always better.

Edit: The 1D mk3 also has, at the time of its release, as well as now, a lower resolution than the 5D, but also a lower-number name.

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Why don't Canon's product marketing READ THIS FORUM??! Make the Japan version with direct print button, cause in the real world everybody carefully inspects pictures on the computer before printing them!!!! arrrrrr

Seriously... Why don't these guys read forums like this one?

p.s.:i'm only saying this to see if they're actually reading and announcing the successor to the 5D has no such button but has been replaced for a multipurpose one.

Sep 04, 2008 at 05:13 PM

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p.18 #18 · Canon 5DII rumors thread

There is going to be only one new camera basically:
21 MP
Digic IV
14 bits
4 FPS
New anti liazing filter
Features like the 50D.

Announced in Septeber and in dealers in october

Now for the new 1Series we will have to wait for next year.

Sep 04, 2008 at 05:14 PM

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Yet 24 MP would really seal the deal for many ready to turn from the faith.

Sep 04, 2008 at 05:21 PM

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p.18 #20 · Canon 5DII rumors thread

crivera,
just speculating........? What about AF and video mode? Really only 4fps?

Sep 04, 2008 at 05:35 PM

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bobbytan wrote:
For sure there is not going to be a 5D Mk II. The 5D product is history.

But there will be a new body and it will be called the 6D or 7D or 3D .... whatever!

Remember that the good will associated with the 5D name is worth money. There needs to be a reason to change the name that is worth more money.

Unless Canon claims the replacement has a pro body, I think the name stays. It seems most likely we're getting a full frame 50D with more than 15mp. To me that seems to be a 5D II.

I hate to throw cold water on the high mp fever, but one reason the 50D has 15mp could be that the 5D II has 16mp.

Sep 04, 2008 at 05:51 PM

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crivera wrote:
There is going to be only one new camera basically:
21 MP
Digic IV
14 bits
4 FPS
New anti liazing filter
Features like the 50D.

Announced in Septeber and in dealers in october

Now for the new 1Series we will have to wait for next year.

If these 5D specs are repeated enough, does it become true?

"There's no place like home, There's no place like home......."

Sep 04, 2008 at 05:53 PM

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Flav wrote:
Why don't Canon's product marketing READ THIS FORUM??! Make the Japan version with direct print button, cause in the real world everybody carefully inspects pictures on the computer before printing them!!!! arrrrrr

Seriously... Why don't these guys read forums like this one?

Mostly because forums like this one represent a very tiny, myopic, portion of their user base.

Sep 04, 2008 at 05:56 PM

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crivera,
just speculating........? What about AF and video mode? Really only 4fps?

Digic IV does a bit less than 100mps. So divide that up any way you want. Some company's might consider running the 5D processor at a higher clock rate. But that's probably crazy talk for Canon engineers.

Sep 04, 2008 at 05:57 PM

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XsigmaSD wrote:
Flav wrote:
Why don't Canon's product marketing READ THIS FORUM??! Make the Japan version with direct print button, cause in the real world everybody carefully inspects pictures on the computer before printing them!!!! arrrrrr

Seriously... Why don't these guys read forums like this one?

Mostly because forums like this one represent a very tiny, myopic, portion of their user base.

Canon USA probably reads part of the forum. The poor bastards.

But no one should believe that Canon Japan is particularly interested in what Canon USA thinks.

Also, there's a name for companies that try to respond to all customer requests for features: Bankrupt.

Sep 04, 2008 at 06:01 PM


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