RDKirk wrote:
Sure they can. It\'s inevitable that they must, and we have evidence that they do. When the 20D was released in 2004, a Canon exec stated in a Photokina 2004 interview that they were looking at internal sensor cleaning...but we only saw it enter production last year.
I meant that I didn\'t think that it took 5 years to develop the XSi and another 5 years to develop the XS or that either camera was conceived 5 years prior to their release
The R&D dept took to the task of developing one camera, and immediately afterward, took to the task of refining or improving on previous designs.
U.C. wrote:
Incremental updates are the evidence for long term development cycles. At Canon they made a plan for rebels, for XXD\'s, for FF and for APS-H. Big changes can\'t be made, because the design is for say 90% set.
Are we suddenly going to find the Rebel series drying up because it\'s been 5 years? Of course not.
Moreover, since when does Canon require 5 years per camera? Are we to say that none of the developments that were achieved during R&D of either 5D camera cannot be applied to a new camera? I think the Rebel XS is a perfect example of using previously used developments and technology to create a cheaper camera at the low end, allowing the T1i to be more expensive than the XSi.
Aug 21, 2009 at 01:30 PM
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