Canon announcement 9-29-09 "one of the most important launches in company's history"

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Canon announcement 9-29-09 "one of the most important launches in company's history"

http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/09/announcement-teaser/

"During this fall, Canon will make one of its largest and most important launches in the company’s history and we hope you can attend. During a luncheon, you are invited to listen to CEO Jouko Tuouminen, Marketing presiden Monica Forsberg and trend analyst Magnus Lindkvist, talking about tomorrows trends and factors of success in the continually more digitalized everyday life."
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Lot of speculation that this is gonna be a Prosumer, APS-C, interchangeable lens (EF-S), real deal Hollyfield video camera!

NOW WILL YOU STOP TAKING UP MY SLOTS ON THE 7D PRE-ORDERS? :grin:

Seriously after what they've shown with the 7D, I'm getting excited about what they have comming. I never expected Canon to be the one to set the pace! They have a video division to protect so I always thought it would be Nikon or even Pentax that would take the charge to deliver large sensor video cameras.
If this announcement is a proper video camera at a reasonable price and the 1DmkIV is a true badass... I might become a fanboy. I haven't been a fanboy in a long time, probably since the Transformers cartoon and the GoBots came out. GoBots WTF was that about, right?
 
Sh*t, the max on my credit card is 10,000. I'd say anything under that is a reasonable price for an ex1 w/ an aps-c sensor..
 
5K 24p 4:4:4 1000fps and low light sensitivity that lets you see in complete darkness.

...wonder if I'll be cancelling my preorder...
 
Let me guess ... biggest announcement ... um ... its modular?
And they partnered with cineform RAW?
 
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1) I do expect a $2K AVCHD camcorder with lens/sensor from the HF-S series (or maybe from the HV series) in the body similar to the GL-2.
2) I do expect a $6K+ camcorder with APS-C sensor, either shoulder-mount or similar to XL or EX3 (50Mbit/s MPEG-4?)
3) It would be really cool if Canon released a handheld APC-S tapeless (AVCHD? XDCAM EX? 50Mbit/s MPEG-4?) camcorder in the format similar to the current XH-A1. On the one hand, this series just have got an overhaul, so no reason for replacement. But on the other hand, Canon could simply have fooled people into thinking that it wants to continue with the A1/G1 for another 2-3 years, and then bam! here is your APS-C for about $4K. That would be da bomb.
 
If it's above $1800 I ain't interested. I'll cry, sure, but.... :-p


I'm sure it'll still have a g*ddamn buton devoted to PictBridge...
 
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NoxNoctus said:
If it's above $1800 I ain't interested. I'll cry, sure, but.... :-p
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you can believe it will cost more than the 7D if they're going to toss it in a prosumer style video camera body and give it XLR inputs. I'm guessing it's in the $4,000 - $6000 range IF it's aimed at the current XHA1 market. Could be more than that if they are aiming at a slightly higher end user.

We'll see won't we.
 
I kinda lied still, I'm interested as hell in what they're cookin up, I just cant afford anything more than the 7D right now. To me, it's my golden ticket to bigger production than I've been able to do
 
ethan cooper said:
you can believe it will cost more than the 7D if they're going to toss it in a prosumer style video camera body and give it XLR inputs. I'm guessing it's in the $4,000 - $6000 range IF it's aimed at the current XHA1 market. Could be more than that if they are aiming at a slightly higher end user.

We'll see won't we.
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I hope, xha1 has better OIS than hvx/hpx, better glass, better auto focus etc. tape and hdv was it's short fall for my uses.

I'm sure it's going to be a very good camera. Can't wait.
 
NoxNoctus said:
I kinda lied still, I'm interested as hell in what they're cookin up, I just cant afford anything more than the 7D right now. To me, it's my golden ticket to bigger production than I've been able to do
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I'm in the same boat. No camera now, not a whole lot of money. In just a few months of hard work though...maybe I'll end up with this new mystery offering. Or, Jannard willing, a Scarlet :)
 
4,000 - 6,000 range is expensive so it cuts my excitement if it is around that range but at least it's something to work towards if it's blow my mind amazing.
 
The teaser image doesn't appear to indicate a camera of any kind.
It's a large box under a red cloth.
Sure, under the box could be a camera, but it's unnecessary.
The box would seem to indicate it's a display.
Some people were saying SSD or OLED displays, not sure.
New cameras can get a lot of hype, but this seems to be something on a much larger scale, and Canon's been trying to break into the display business for a long time. A new type of display would be a big deal for the company and the industry, a new camera, not so much.
 
NoxNoctus said:
I kinda lied still, I'm interested as hell in what they're cookin up, I just cant afford anything more than the 7D right now. To me, it's my golden ticket to bigger production than I've been able to do
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If you're willing and able to work around some of the issues of using a vDSLR then by all means you can do excellent looking work with the 7D.
 
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