I've seen this too and I honestly cannot beleive that the 60D will be anything but a 1.6x crop and will have the same 9 point AF system. If Canon put a 1.3x crop and the 1D AF system in it then surely they'll just massively dent sales of the 1D.
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I've seen this too and I honestly cannot beleive that the 60D will be anything but a 1.6x crop and will have the same 9 point AF system. If Canon put a 1.3x crop and the 1D AF system in it then surely they'll just massively dent sales of the 1D.
Jaff
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Surely that can't be right. How many people on here alone upgraded their 40D to a 50D. Plus a lot of photographers I see around and about also have 50D's now. It must be their best selling model at the moment.
I'm much more excited at the prospect of a new Hybrid IS lens being released. Especially if it is a macro lens. I don't think Canon have an IS macro lens, do they?
hollis_f
Well-known member
I've seen a lot of people claim that 50D sales were poor in comparison to the 40D, although I've seen no real figures. However, assuming this is true, rather than the poor sales performance being down to some deficiencies in the 50D, I'd posit the theory that a massive global recession may have just a tad to do with it.
Chris Galvin
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I visit camera shops daily all over the country for my living...No one has told me that 50D sales are poor
Overread
Hunting birds with a canon
So far only Nikon have had a macro lens with IS as a feature - not even sigma (who seem to have a very strong liking for macro, making 5 dedicated primes and a lot of zooms with close focusing setups) make a macro with IS (or OS in sigma's case).
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
Just to make it clear, this is a direct quote from another site. I personally have not got a clue as to the sales of the 50D or any other camera (neither am I that interested
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The G11 and the S90 both look like potentially good cameras. A bold move by Canon to drop the MP count on the G series from 15mp on the G10 down to 10mp on the G11, I think it's a great move and I look forward to seeing what the camera can do.
Jaff
Registered Member
Just to make it clear, this is a direct quote from another site. I personally have not got a clue as to the sales of the 50D or any other camera (neither am I that interested
Don't worry Roy! I'm not shooting the messenger... just yet. :-O
Chris Galvin
Well-known member
Canon G11
Now available on Pre-order from a certain large store in Norwich at the whopping price of £569
Now available on Pre-order from a certain large store in Norwich at the whopping price of £569
NoSpringChicken
Well-known member
Olympus are capping their sensors at 12mp. Perhaps the megapixel arms race is drawing to a conclusion. About time too.
Ron
Fozzybear
Ich bin ein Vogelbeobachter
Ouch! If I remember rightly the G5 I bought way back when cost about £300... looks like the G10 was under £400 so that's a big increase!
No reason why you can't have an FF D-SLR with video and a pop-up flash, video is already on the 5DII and pop-up flashes were common on ff film SLRs. Just needs both to be fitted in one camera... I can quite easily believe Canon would do that, a 50D-like camera with a FF sensor that can do video seems a reasonable mix.
I think it's more important for Oly with the smaller sensor as noise will be an issue much earlier, but there's certainly a limit to how many people would need something like the 15/21mp that the 50D and 5DII can record! I find the 12mp of my D300 just about right, plenty of scope for cropping, good level of detail but not so many pixels that the photos are cumbersome to edit or need stupid quantities of memory cards. In terms of APS-C sensors 10-12mp seems to be the sweet-spot.
Am still amazed at the sheer quality of the images from the 5DII - how they managed to squeeze in 21 million pixels (even on a full frame sensor) and get that noise performance is mind-blowing!
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pduxon
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totally agree with you about the G11. think they learnt something from the pana lx3.
i like that swivel screen as well!!
s90 is interesting with raw
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pduxon
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baillieswells
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Having only last week bought a G10, I was a bit miffed at learning about the new G11 today. That is until I heard the pre-order price of £569. I only paid £329 for my G10.
The only real complaint I have after a few days with the G10 is noise at any ISO above 200. But that is well documented. Perhaps Canon have learnt there lesson, extra pixels are not that important, and coming down to 10 may be a good thing.
The only real complaint I have after a few days with the G10 is noise at any ISO above 200. But that is well documented. Perhaps Canon have learnt there lesson, extra pixels are not that important, and coming down to 10 may be a good thing.
Jaff
Registered Member
Fozzybear
Ich bin ein Vogelbeobachter
Well I wouldn't look at any from a D3x then.
Why's that then? Excuse me - feeling a bit dim at the moment, am rather tired after a day of cleaning and furniture moving.
