Just 3 weeks to the two-yearly event and there's sure to be some exciting launches.

My wish list is as follows:-

Canon 5D MK11 - 48 bit - 21 Megapixels - DUST FREE SENSOR - weather sealed - pop-up flash

Sigma DP2 - mini zoom range (say 24-70 equivalent) - 15 megapixels - noise free - quick action/response

Leica M9 - 15 megapixels - All the current noise and colour problems resolved

On all of the above I'd also like a nice little flip-up shade viewer over the LCD so I can see what I've shot in the glaring sun!

Oh, and if someone could launch a nice and affordable 645 digital medium format camera of (say) 22 megapixels............ ooooh!

What would you like to see?

I'd go with your list, except I would keep the DP2 as a prime and the pixel count low, anything to retain the current image quality.

1. a pocketable ixxus type of camera with a 20mm wide angle lens.

2. a simple digital equivalent of the nikon fm2 , autofocus but everything else manual and pretty much free of all distracting bells and whistles.

I am eagerly awaiting the Canon. I saw a little clip on YouTube by a Norwegian (?) bird photographer and it looks awesome (I am into bird photography, too).

Aren't there a number of third-party manufacturers that make LCD screens? The camera producers never seem to think of us poor sods that live in the tropics, trying to see what you shot on the LCD really is a nightmare. Any point-and-shoot handles it better

Friday, 5 September 2008

New 5D to eclipse competition?

Canon has just added a mysterious teaser to its US website. The page shows a silhouette of a camera with the words 'Destined Evolution.' Maybe it will be updated to include more detail in the future, we don't know. It's almost as if the company is building up to the launch of a camera to replace one of its older models. We have no specific information but it doesn't require any profound market insight to predict an EOS 5D replacement is coming. (09:35 GMT)

http://www.dpreview.com/

Wish number one en-route!

Finally....

I've been waiting for it since the rumor started almost a year ago around Nov. 2007. I'm still not too optimistic it really is a 5D Mk2 untill I see it with my own eyes though... (it could be a surprise 3D or 7D). Not that I think I'm going to buy it too soon as I have my money tied up for another shopping now...

Sigma DP2 - mini zoom range (say 24-70 equivalent) - 15 megapixels - noise free - quick action/response

Leica M9 - 15 megapixels - All the current noise and colour problems resolved

Too soon for them.

I am wishing for a new generation of Cameras, compact as well DSLR, with les Megapixels, but better IQ and low Noise.

A new pro Canon Mark 4 (?) which actually had no focusing issues

Full frame. Live view focusing. High ISO sensitivity. Video.

Basically a souped-up Nikon D3 but Canon

And a G10.

RAZZ

Edited September 7, 200817 yr by RAZZELL

Canon 5D MK11 - 48 bit - 21 Megapixels - DUST FREE SENSOR - weather sealed - pop-up flash

There's been a rumor about EOS 3D and 7D as well.

(7D poster allegedly taken at Fotofile)

A digital camera magazine in Japan appears to be advertising its next issue which apparently includes contents specifically pertaining to next generation EOS 5D thougn.

Leica M9 - 15 megapixels - All the current noise and colour problems resolved

And Leica seems to have announced the release of upgraded M8, called M8.2.

But I have a link only in Japanese and it's not on DPReview yet.

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/parts/im...6-9210-2-1.html

Edited September 15, 200817 yr by Nordlys

DPReview confirms new M8.2 plus new Leica lenses (f0.95) plus Zeiss lenses for Canon EF mount

http://www.dpreview.com/

DPReview Zeiss lenses for Canon EF mount

http://www.dpreview.com/

Now that will be interesting.

DPReview Zeiss lenses for Canon EF mount

http://www.dpreview.com/

Now that will be interesting.

And, no doubt, expensive!

DPReview Zeiss lenses for Canon EF mount

http://www.dpreview.com/

Now that will be interesting.

Finally the Ziess lens for EF mount!

I'd be more interested if it were AF. Don't really fancy using MF lenses on AF camera with focusing screen designed for AF, especially with such fast lenses.

I hope for further falling prices of Mamiya RB, Fuji GX 680 and LF gear. For me it is back to basics and film. There are incredible medium and large format deals to be had at a fraction of the prices of plastic DSLRs.

The new 5D may answer some of the wishes!

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08091705canon_5dmarkII.asp

The new 5D may answer some of the wishes!

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08091705canon_5dmarkII.asp

Good to see that Canon read this section!

Weather sealed, 21 megapixels, live view - brilliant. And not such a price hike from the "old" model.

Just hope the sensor cleaning thingy works

Where does this leave the current EOS 1DS MK111? Assuming you can live without 10 fps shooting speed, and well known focusing problems (!), even having laid out for the optional power pack you're acquiring an equivalent unit for less than 1/2 the price, and you get a free HD camcorder built in!

39 megapixel MK111?

Edited September 17, 200817 yr by The Vulcan

I don't think the 1Ds can manage 10fps, you need the 1D for that.

Indeed, if I had the money for a 1Ds I would buy a 5D and some nice lenses to go with it.

I don't think the 1Ds can manage 10fps, you need the 1D for that.

Indeed, if I had the money for a 1Ds I would buy a 5D and some nice lenses to go with it.

Quite right - I stand corrected. Even more of a divide then? The new flagship (MK IV?) must have some hel_l of a spec to outshine the 5D MK11.

(And sympathies go out to all current MK 111 owners who lashed out 250k baht)

Nothing beyond what was predicted and frankly I'm not too thrilled and found no urgent need to upgrade to Mk2 as it didn't come with eye control feature. However, it's a big improvement that it now seems to have permanent display of ISO setting on the status panel LCD and viewfinder, which with the predecessor model it required pressing ISO setting button to see what the current ISO setting is.

Weather-proof and self-sensor cleaning are definitely plus, but everything else aren't essential to me to warrant expensive upgrade. I'll probably keep my 5D even if I decide later that I'd get a Mk2 (I probably will, but perhaps in about two years time).

BTW I suppose it doesn't accept 5D's BG-E4 battery grip?

Edited September 17, 200817 yr by Nordlys

The biggest "bummer" to me is Canon have announced an updated and seemingly superior version of my favourite lens, the 24mm L f1.4 and I only bought the "old" model 2 weeks ago!

Canon 5D MK11 - 48 bit - 21 Megapixels - DUST FREE SENSOR - weather sealed - pop-up flash

There's been a rumor about EOS 3D and 7D as well.

(7D poster allegedly taken at Fotofile)

A digital camera magazine in Japan appears to be advertising its next issue which apparently includes contents specifically pertaining to next generation EOS 5D thougn.

Leica M9 - 15 megapixels - All the current noise and colour problems resolved

And Leica seems to have announced the release of upgraded M8, called M8.2.

But I have a link only in Japanese and it's not on DPReview yet.

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/parts/im...6-9210-2-1.html

3D and 7D both look like mac jobs. Look at the lens 40mm f1.2?

The 5D look's an interesting camera. Only had a quick look at the specs...Has it got auto ISO expansion?

Six months after a "Mark 4" comes out i'll be straight down the shops to buy a couple (by which time they should have ironed out all the issues )

I nearly got my wishes...The G10 look's good too

RAZZ

Edited September 17, 200817 yr by RAZZELL

"Hands on" review of the new 5D here - http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos5dmarkII/

(And sympathies go out to all current MK 111 owners who lashed out 250k baht)

Canon are getting good at this upgrade lark.........

I am miffed at the new 50D.

I only bought the 40D a year ago.

Can't wait to get one of these at 68,000 baht!

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08091901...agon_t_21mm.asp

Is that how much they'll sell it in Thailand?

"Hands on" review of the new 5D here - http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos5dmarkII/

downloadable sample images in full size available here.

anyone has any other link that I can download sample images?

Ref New 5D Mark 11

I must say the "straight out of the camera" jpegs on the DPReview site are impressive bearing in mind they have yet to acquire adjusting software.

BUT, if you look closely there they are again - dust marks on the sensor! I'm hoping this is actually lens dust because I'm sick of sensor cleaning. We'll see I guess.

Needs new power grip/charger/batteries - compliant corrective software - TOP NOTCH lenses only to squeeze the detail out - a bloody high end computer with bags of space to handle the files etc etc.

Still, at least the GF knows what I want in my Xmas stocking this year?

Leica S2 with 56% larger sensor than full frame

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092301_leica_s2.asp

That's put the cat amongst the pigeons!

p.s.rumoured MRP is 20k Euros body only!

Looks like I'll be shooting with the Hassy film for quite a few more years

Edited September 23, 200817 yr by The Vulcan

The wish list is being realised!

Sigma announces DP2 large sensor compact

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092305sigma_dp2.asp