Interesting rumors... I'll trust them about as much as I trust the typical person's comments you find on the internet... that is, I don't trust it much at all... at least not until I've seen the person give valid and accurate information on many other occasions... and in this particular case, we have absolutely no idea who even composed the rumor, let alone where they supposedly got the information.

Interesting reading, but I wouldn't bet a nickel on any of it being accurate.

just give me some more fast glass with IS and a weather sealed 45focus point 5fps 16mp 5dmk2 and i'll be ecstatic.

Yes... I'm beginning to feel like Jeff... particularly when you figure that CF memory cards are around $12 or $15/GB... That's only $0.19/RAW image from a 14bit 10MP Canon camera... and that's if you never re-used the memory card. I'm not sure how many photos the typical wedding photographer takes... but say it's 2000 a wedding, you could cover that with about $400 worth of flash memory cards at todays prices.

I personally own and use portable storage devices and/or a laptop to off load my memory cards onto hard drive... and I get by with a few GB of flash... and really don't ever fear running out of memory for photos.

Martin Jordan wrote:
Makes you wonder what they'll do with lenses then as 40/50 MP is surely going to be vastly outresolving existing EF mount glass? Unless of course they're planning on going into medium format or something.

Canon actually announced some time back that they were working on a 50 mp sensor so it's not a rumour. Unfortunately it's got nothing to do with DSLRs either. It's some kind of hi tech industrial camera.

Jeff wrote:
I'd guess that the 1D MkIV won't have that 'feature'... (woops! I can't believe I even used the term 'MkIV'! )
I don't know if any one has thought that far ahead (besides you Jeff), but I just had a thought about that.

Will there be a Canon 1D Mark IV? The reason I ask is the avertion to the number 4 in Japanese culture (the word for four sounding like the word for death.) There's no EOS 4 or G4. No Powershot S4 IS, etc. What do you think.

Caleb Williams wrote:
Jeff wrote:
I'd guess that the 1D MkIV won't have that 'feature'... (woops! I can't believe I even used the term 'MkIV'! )
I don't know if any one has thought that far ahead (besides you Jeff), but I just had a thought about that.

Will there be a Canon 1D Mark IV? The reason I ask is the avertion to the number 4 in Japanese culture (the word for four sounding like the word for death.) There's no EOS 4 or G4. No Powershot S4 IS, etc. What do you think.

yes, Canon will announce the MarkIV, saying that they don't believe in silly superstitions. Four months later Canon will announce bankruptcy.

Sneakyracer wrote:
Mostly everything said here: http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/Canon_1DS_MkIII.html makes sense, kinda states the obvious but seems quite credible.

Ive posted it several times, Ive known for a while the 40d and 1DsMk3 have been ready for a while. But Canon decided to keep developing aditional technologies and hold off releasing the cameras. In part to buy the current models a bit more time given they basically still lead the market even though some, like the 1Ds mk2 are basically 3+ yr old models.

Nikon has been historically slowed down by sensor technologies (remember the D2h noise fiasco!, 4mp, noisy and almost inmediately Canon releases the 1Dmk2 with DOUBLE the mp!) since they are not totally in their control (sony). That is just a huge dissadvantage in the dslr marketplace.

Wow, you're giving yourself a lot of credit. Since you "know" what's going on, why don't you tell us?

Sorry to pick on your post, but I think it takes a lot of brain power and astute prognostication to come up with "Canon decided to keep developing", something...

I mean really, what is possibly going to be new at this point for a 40d (or whatever it's called)? A new 5d next year? I've been saying that for since last year so I guess I'm on the inside track. No competition for the 1Ds, now there's another surprise.

I'm sorry, but you've said absolutely nothing to shed any light on anything. I realize that I have nothing to divulge, but I don't claim to know something secret either....

Since I'm raining on the parade here, I think that Northlight site is one of the poorest sites on the web. Nothing ever comes from it. It simply recycles rumors found here, DPR, and then it becomes self-referential when people here parrot what was written there. It's baffling that people aren't smarter about that site, but what are you going to do

DynoMoHum wrote:
Interesting rumors... I'll trust them about as much as I trust the typical person's comments you find on the internet... that is, I don't trust it much at all... at least not until I've seen the person give valid and accurate information on many other occasions... and in this particular case, we have absolutely no idea who even composed the rumor, let alone where they supposedly got the information.

Interesting reading, but I wouldn't bet a nickel on any of it being accurate.

i'm not so sure about it all myself, nevertheless after reading the most recent northlight rumours, i did quickly log onto my stock trading account and transfer all my life savings into canon stock. ah, whatever, we'll see.

jamesf99 wrote:
Sneakyracer wrote:
Mostly everything said here: http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/Canon_1DS_MkIII.html makes sense, kinda states the obvious but seems quite credible.

Ive posted it several times, Ive known for a while the 40d and 1DsMk3 have been ready for a while. But Canon decided to keep developing aditional technologies and hold off releasing the cameras. In part to buy the current models a bit more time given they basically still lead the market even though some, like the 1Ds mk2 are basically 3+ yr old models.

Nikon has been historically slowed down by sensor technologies (remember the D2h noise fiasco!, 4mp, noisy and almost inmediately Canon releases the 1Dmk2 with DOUBLE the mp!) since they are not totally in their control (sony). That is just a huge dissadvantage in the dslr marketplace.

Wow, you're giving yourself a lot of credit. Since you "know" what's going on, why don't you tell us?

Sorry to pick on your post, but I think it takes a lot of brain power and astute prognostication to come up with "Canon decided to keep developing", something...

I mean really, what is possibly going to be new at this point for a 40d (or whatever it's called)? A new 5d next year? I've been saying that for since last year so I guess I'm on the inside track. No competition for the 1Ds, now there's another surprise.

I'm sorry, but you've said absolutely nothing to shed any light on anything. I realize that I have nothing to divulge, but I don't claim to know something secret either....

Since I'm raining on the parade here, I think that Northlight site is one of the poorest sites on the web. Nothing ever comes from it. It simply recycles rumors found here, DPR, and then it becomes self-referential when people here parrot what was written there. It's baffling that people aren't smarter about that site, but what are you going to do

at least each individual rumour there is self-consistent unlike on that silly Gizmodo.

I am personally excited about sRAW. I do a lot of shooting for the high school my daughters have gone to. One thing I shoot is all of the Show Choir competitions they go to. For the actual performance pictures I want full resolution. I also shoot a lot of behind-the-scenes pictures that are purely for two reasons. The first is because the kids all want pictures of them hugging their friends or acting goofy for the camera. The second reason is for fun shots that will be a part of the photo montage I do at the end of the season which will be displayed at TV resolutions or at most, 1024 x 768 on a computer. These pictures do not need to be full resolution. However, I hate going to JPEG and losing the post-processing power of RAW.

Personally sRAW has no value to me but I guess if you were storage limited or knew no matter what you wouldn't be making large prints it has value.

Tim

Well then, take the survey:

http://survey.cusa.canon.com/Pub/2wLMJW/Link.html

Seems like a ton of energy focused on 'information' that is a moving target. This make it all look not believable, because one rumor supercedes the previous one, and all are wrong in the end. For those who do know what is coming out (I am not saying that I am one of them) they must be chucking right now.

Because of a disclosure agreement I am now allowed to say where I work but I can say for sure that the 40D will be on shelves for sure on sept 2nd. Believe me or not I was just trying to get the date out there for everyone. We still have no specs on the camera itself just that it will be on sale on the 2nd and there is already a SKU in our system for it.

J.D. wrote:
Well then, take the survey:

http://survey.cusa.canon.com/Pub/2wLMJW/Link.html

well, aside from a showcase for how NOT to design a survey, i'm not sure what this is supposed to demonstrate. i already took it a week ago.
if you imply that they need to tally these before coming out with any new models, I think you have to be kidding. you really think 1DsMkIII,5DMkII,40D are all a good year away at this point??

anyway, we'll see what is said (or not) next week. i would be absolutely shocked if at least one new DLSR does not get announced for quick release. i wouldn't be surprised if two were.

as to the specs, who knows, some of the rumours seem fairly reasonable, i have my bets on which ones yes and which ones no, we'll see soon enough, perhaps it will be a huge shock and even the reasonable ones will be off.

I think the Northlight site is credible...as a RUMOR gathering place. Keith pulls in some tips via email, and he references sites and industry publications that I don't read. He doesn't hype anything, to the contrary, he consistently cautions that all must be taken with a grain of salt. I don't care if he gets revenue from Google ads based on site hits - what's that to me? I appreciate the effort he puts into keeping the site updated several times a week.

I don't have any problem with discussions about possible forthcoming equipment. It's all good, and I can move on to the next topic if I'm bored...

wtlloyd wrote:
I think the Northlight site is credible...as a RUMOR gathering place. Keith pulls in some tips via email, and he references sites and industry publications that I don't read. He doesn't hype anything, to the contrary, he consistently cautions that all must be taken with a grain of salt. I don't care if he gets revenue from Google ads based on site hits - what's that to me? I appreciate the effort he puts into keeping the site updated several times a week.

I don't have any problem with discussions about possible forthcoming equipment. It's all good, and I can move on to the next topic if I'm bored...

Couldnt have said it better myself.

When I traded my bits and pieces in yesterday for a 5D (I'm still in shock, it's still sitting in the box o.o) I was chatting away to the guy about the 40D and he whispered "Monday!" No idea if he's reliable, he tried to rip me off, so there ya go.

Looks like he was right. Yahoo News: "Canon are holding a press event on Monday of next week to reveal their "Autumn" collection".

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pocketli/20070815/ttc-sony-s-new-alpha-pro-dslr-to-boast-2-57dbc65.html

Rainer Raffalski


Amy Klaver wrote:
When I traded my bits and pieces in yesterday for a 5D (I'm still in shock, it's still sitting in the box o.o) I was chatting away to the guy about the 40D and he whispered "Monday!" No idea if he's reliable, he tried to rip me off, so there ya go.

I'm off to Japan for two weeks on Wednesday. Think I know what I'll be bringing home...

skibum5 wrote:
J.D. wrote:
Well then, take the survey:

http://survey.cusa.canon.com/Pub/2wLMJW/Link.html

well, aside from a showcase for how NOT to design a survey, i'm not sure what this is supposed to demonstrate. i already took it a week ago.
if you imply that they need to tally these before coming out with any new models, I think you have to be kidding. you really think 1DsMkIII,5DMkII,40D are all a good year away at this point??

anyway, we'll see what is said (or not) next week. i would be absolutely shocked if at least one new DLSR does not get announced for quick release. i wouldn't be surprised if two were.

as to the specs, who knows, some of the rumours seem fairly reasonable, i have my bets on which ones yes and which ones no, we'll see soon enough, perhaps it will be a huge shock and even the reasonable ones will be off.


Boy, you don't read much into a simple post, do you?

I just put it in for amusement. I make no claims to omniscience.

Full 40 D specs on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-40D-10-1MP-Digital-Camera/dp/tech-data/B000V5P90K/ref=de_a_smtd/105-6363872-5313231

Rainer Raffalski

Thank you very much brunobarolo, you've provided the very first absolutely accurate info. Very nice!

Well, I just ordered mine from Amazon... I got the combo with the 28-135mm (should be 18-55mm... probably typo) for $1,499.99 shipped. I figured I can sell the 28-135mm since I've got some other items that I need to unload on Ebay. Amazon should have the best price since they don't charge tax or shipping.

Estimated delivery is October 1 - October 5th... it seems like if you order just the body the estimated delivery date is sooner... but I'm not sure. I'm very excited

So this is the description from Amazon regarding weather-sealing:
"Recognizing the often rigorous shooting conditions encountered by professional and advanced amateur photographers, Canon design engineers made the EOS 40D SLR's magnesium alloy exterior even more ruggedly dependable than its predecessors with upgraded dust- and weather-resistant construction, particularly around the camera's connection ports, battery compartment, and single-slot compact flash (CF) memory card door."

I guess it's "somewhat' weather-sealed

Although Amazon lists the kit lens as 28-135mm, at the bottom of the description it talks about a new EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS Lens... I suppose that should be the correct lens?

Looks like an attractive option. Certainly enough to make me consider upgrading from the DRibble at some point.

Richard