Northlight offers a link to an Canon online mag where they (first time as far as I know) speak very open about the 1D MK III AF issue. Does not really help those customers who where or still might be affected. But imo its worth reading it.
Marcus Watts wrote:
Done well that would be excellent. Surely more profitable for Canon in that people are either going to buy one or the other so may as well just make the one.
Yes that would be nice but the distortion is horrible on the 24-105 and I would not want that in the next one, especially if they are taking away the 24-70 for it.
If they introduce more than one ff body, I dont think I could survive the shock and awe. But those buttons on the flash animation do look weather sealed :-)
we have signs! Im actually hoping Canon does release 3 FF bodies but i highly doubt it. I wouldnt mind going back to Canon, but I need weather sealing.
I think it would be clever to produce a 21 megapixel 3D and a 16.7 megapixel 7D. There are enough folks looking for a smaller 1 series 'lite', and enough looking for a basic full-frame around the price of the 50D. It makes pricing easier too. The 3D can compete with the D700 with higher image quality somewhere around or under the £2000 mark, and the 7D could cause a stir at around £1200 (the 50D should drop to £1000) and compete with... well, nobody, just like the 5D did. I really think Canon needs to move first into cheap full frame to regain its dominance over Nikon in the full frame arena. I don't think this will happen, or at least, not yet, but I would like it to. I would probably buy one of each.
Brainiac, I can't see how Canon could introduce a FF camera for the price of 50D, since it would need to offer at least the same as 50D in Digic IV, VF, AF, etc..., plus bear the extra cost associated with FF.
If the 50D lists now for US$1300, this "FF50D" might cost US$1950 IMHO. Still a very convincing price, and a very different animal from the Nikon D300.
Then an upmarket prosumer FF, a baby 1 series, if you will, would compete against the D700 at around US$3000 list , but with almost double the resolution...
and nothing will be acceptable unless it's a digital version of the EOS 3