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Yes, these are the rumors around, had a look. What I am looking for is a higher MP camera from Canon with great high ISO and body size like the 5D2.This site is stuffed with rumors on the 5D MkIII and the 1Ds MkIV/1D MkV (speculation going on about the 1D line merging); http://www.canonrumors.com/. Personally, I´m saving for whatever´s next in line of the 1D line, suspecting that it´s going to become a 36x24mm chip either way. In the mean time, my 1D MkII will do the job.
I also would like a weather sealed 35/1.4L MkII.
Jorgen,Canon must have some major headaches over the 5DIII. In less than a month, Sony is launching the A77 with more MP, probably better high ISO performance and much more features than the 5DII. For less than half the price. It won't have an optical viewfinder of course, but life goes on without that as well.
From being at the forefront of DSLR development just 4 years ago, Canon seems to be heading for a very defensive role. I'm sure the 5DIII will be an extremely nice camera, but will that be enough to compete against the likes of the A77 and a GH3? Maybe among traditionalists, but being one of those, even I grab the GH1 over one of my 4 F-mount bodies almost every single time.
Hi Peter - I think your problem lies just here. I think the A900 is a fantastic camera - of course, now it's nearly 3 years old, but it still handles like a dream (like a real camera), and the files have a mid-tone colour roll off and subtlety that Canon and Nikon can only dream of.What has Sony to offer? Maybe they produce currently the best sensors, but their camera and especially lens lineup sucks - at least for me.
Jono,Hi Peter - I think your problem lies just here. I think the A900 is a fantastic camera - of course, now it's nearly 3 years old, but it still handles like a dream (like a real camera), and the files have a mid-tone colour roll off and subtlety that Canon and Nikon can only dream of.
The A77 looks increasingly like a complete killer - there are lots of excellent Sony / Zeiss / Minolta lenses around both current and legacy (you simply cannot say that the 135 f1.8 'sucks'), and every indication is that the replacement for the A900 will have around 40mp of a lovely new sensor.
Jorgen has it - Canon and Nikon seem to be being really defensive (although Nikon's rumoured 1" sensor compacts seem exciting) The only thing they really have going for them is better AF if you're a sports shooter - but I wonder how long even that will last. I think that there's a good future to m4/3, but in reality it seems to be Sony who are making all the headway.
Unfortunately you might be right!Peter,
I agree and I disagree. The lens lineups of Canon and Nikon are hard to debate with. There will probably never be an "equivalent" of the 85mm f/1.2 for m4/3 and even the most perfect EVF will lack the "feel" of a good OVF. But for most practical purposes, also for professional photographers, this will mean less with every quality improvement from Panasonic and Sony.
Read Mark Dubovoy's safari article on LL, and see how he fights to get around the fact that the little plastic devil from Japan approaches his S2 in almost every area, and surpasses it in some. Don't misunderstand me; there are times when you really see the difference by using MF or FF with top quality glass, but the number of photographers that really need that difference and who can really make those cameras sing must represent less than 1% of the total number of shooters if you add up anything from Ansel Adams to Miss Soccer Mum of the Year.
And herein lies the huge challenge for Canon and Nikon. Although there will probably always be a market for traditional style cameras like the 5D Mark Something or a D Somehow, the major part of that market will probably turn all electronic much faster than any of us could have predicted only 2-3 years ago, not because the electronic cameras are necessarily better, but because they will be cheaper, smaller and more convenient to use.
Then there's marketing. "Here's the camera that will cook coffee for you in 3D while taking professional HD video" is an easier sell than "We've made the same as last year, only more of it". The 5D was a fantastic achievement when it was launched, and for many photographers the best bargain money could buy. In August 2011, that title will possibly go to Sony for the A77. And in 2012? The GH3? Or something new from Samsung with an 1/3" sensor and lenses made from recycled beer bottles?
Unfortunately you might be right!
Anyway I would love to see a less radical evolution in this area! Not that I am conservative, but I have my concerns with some of these "new all singing and dancing" strategies, as they do not make photography better.
But there is hope, there is still Leica and their interpretations of photography - M System, S System and their new EVF System they are going to introduce at PK2012. Looking forward to how that one will look like
Canon's DSLR's are probably safe for a good time to come - however there is nothing 'sad' if Canikon introduces a small body with EOS mount, with EVF (Nex 7 style). That would be fantastic. Even better if FF. And I don't think Apple could do worse than Canon in style and UI. (example: I shoot in Av and M modes, when I switch, the aperture control switches from the front dial to the rear dial. Kind of like driving a car that when you change gears, brake and accelerator pedals switch places. Impossible to operate the camera intuitively.)If sadly Canikon eventually decide to go for the all electronic touch/fly-by-wire camera for economic and marketing reasons with a little bit of luck, we will have a revived Leica R system. Let's hope for the best and hope Canikon doesn't follow Apple latest trends.
Eduardo