Any Rumblings from Canon?

[pbelarge]

hehe, not too many Pierres on here, we gots to stick together lol. Although its a pretty common name where I'm at

but this after 2 months of waiting and reading and debating between 50D, 7D, 5D, 5DII.

I hear ya...I am the only Pierre for a long ways around here... A lot of people ask me if I am French Canadian :mrgreen:


I have been pondering for about the same amount of time, and decided today to wait it out and work on my skill level instead.

 

[Overread]

I'm still not sure if canon will release a 60D now that the 7D is out there. The way I see it is its too soon after the 7D to release a similar priced and marketed camera body in the 1.6crop format. If hte 60D is less than the 7D it just won't get the sales and if its better I feel its just a little too soon for hte market - few will be ready to upgrade from the 7D as its so new.

I also don't like the idea of a split 1.6 crop market at the midpoint - ok if its as simple as one being better than the other in all respects, but a nightmare for users if canon start splitting features. Such as make one 1.6Crop aimed at weddings/studio and the other at sports/outdoors. Sure it means one can optimise for a certain situation, but the power of the DSLR body has always been in being adaptable to almost any situation based on the support gear and lenses the photographer uses.

 

[robertwsimpson]

Just because Canon said the 7d was not a replacement for the 50d doesn't mean that they're going to continue the xxD line. What would the 60d be aimed at? There is a crop frame body at ~$800 and one at ~$1,500... Don't know why you'd need one between. The T2i does a lot of things. The 7d does all those things, but better. What else is there?