This in-camera stuff sounds like it has a better screen, maybe OLED, that is accurate enough to make semi-critical judgments on things like white balance. The rumor of a "really big screen" is probably a misinterpretation of a very useful screen.
If Canon can't put an OLED screen in a camera now, how are they going to have OLED television in a year or two?
Chris Hauser wrote:
Does someone know what is the maximum sensor size which fits in the EF mount ? I'm not talking about the largest sensor for the lenses but only for the mount ? Cause They coul keep the mount, and do the crop mode for current lenses and build some larger lenses for soemthing like 40x30mm
I think I see what you're saying...make lenses that use the same EF mount but that project an image circle larger than 43.2mm for a larger sensor.
Pretty cool if they can do it.
A crop mode for 43.2mm image circle EF lenses would be nice but cropping could be performed in PP.
Antony wrote:
OK, so consolidating a few more rumours.
THe new 1DsIII has 22MP plus a crop mode enabling 8.5fps or higher. It also has 100-3200 ISO (expandable to 50 and 6400). It may have in camera HDR.
The 1D line disappears, to be replaced by the new 3D, at 12MP, FF, weathersealed, and 8.5 fps - like a beefed up 5D
The 5D remains but drops in price to compete with the D200.
No replacement to the 30D - when it finally does come it will be FF, and at the D200 price.
Sounds interesting to me.
That's pretty much the blasphemous dpreview thinking.
The righteous here are more pure Erwin, and don't follow the 30D rumors too much. The heretic EOSfun insists on the 1DsIII first. The day of reckoning is almost upon us.
1Dv 12mp full frame, crop mode 10fps, multiple optional grips, possible built in flash storage, $4500
dcmiller wrote:
This is a store that would normally stock the 1 series? I know my local stores no longer cater to professionals, so no 1 series in stock.
"Additionally there needs to be some standard for referencing focal lengths to format too. Perhaps we have to get used to referring to Angle of View, AoV. "
I understand where you are going with this, and it makes sense on one level. However, in a world where we use the same 50mm lens on three different sensor formats I'd rather identify the lens by one 50mm designation than by three Angle of View designations.
dcmiller wrote:
This in-camera stuff sounds like it has a better screen, maybe OLED, that is accurate enough to make semi-critical judgments on things like white balance. The rumor of a "really big screen" is probably a misinterpretation of a very useful screen.
If Canon can't put an OLED screen in a camera now, how are they going to have OLED television in a year or two?
I didn't think they were going for OLED tv's - I thought they were favouring SED, a very different technology, with Toshiba.
Regards,
A cute little featurette would be to have a function to convert in camera files that were Raw only into Raw + L/Fine Jpeg. It would have advantages for situations where a card reader or computer did not recognize Raw files.
RJJR wrote:
I think I see what you're saying...make lenses that use the same EF mount but that project an image circle larger than 43.2mm for a larger sensor.
Pretty cool if they can do it.
They already do. The 24mm TS-E has an image circle diameter of 56.8mm.
Several other EF lenses also produce image circles larger than required for the 35mm format, however baffles on the back of the lens are used to block the area not used by the sensor to avoid light scattering inside the camera and increase contrast.
Not from me, I don't know 645 well enough to come up with that list easily. I wouldn't bother either. Came from a professional photographer in Europe and has been passed around. Would someone bother to sit down and write that up? I don't know. There's more written materials with weights and other specs. 800 is 5.6kg
Jeez, that would be quite a chunk of hardware now, wouldn't it?
Canon does have a U.S. patent on some kind of prisim tilting mechanism, so if it's real it may not be conventional. I'm not sure when Canon files US patents. The Japanese patent system is semi-secret (and in Japanese) so it's difficult to know what's going on. Certainly the way they like it.
Agent69 wrote:
Here is my speculation on the rumors...
I think Canon will announce 2 new bodies on or before Feb 28th. Given the history of Canon rebates, it is almost a given that the 30D and 5D are priced to move. We should see a 40D and 5D Mark II with dust cleaning, higher MP 12MB+, higher FPS, improved buffer, new grip options, and Digic III. The 1D series will remain unchanged atleast until Fall 07. We may see a few new lenses in the EF-S mount and EF "L" series.
This makes more sense to me than a lot of other speculation.
The rebates have gone on for far longer than for normal inventory reduction and profit needs. I believe they have effectively priced themselves out of any further retail with these 2 cameras.
Therefore, I believe they are going to "refresh" both! I don't see how they can't and sell any afterwards.
