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

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If they release a Prosumer APS-C video-camera, it'll probably come at the cost of five to six 7D's. I mean, the Sony EX3 sells in Australia for $14,000 (the 7D sells for $2300). So I'm assuming this will be priced to fight the EX3...

And I think people would rather buy two 7D's, a handfull of prime lenses, professional audio gear, shoulder mount, and a matte-box rather then a Prosumer APS-C video-camera from Canon (assuming it will be priced near the price of the EX3). However, I love hearing this ****. I say bring it on. Let the price-wars begin!! :)

P.S. I would love to see an APS-C CCD sensor, and not C-MOS. Now that would be nice!
 
I'm hoping that when they do release an APS-C vid cam it will be $5-8kUS. I think outside of that and people are gonna get/continue to wait for Scarlet and then Red will grab the crown in the Prosumer market.
Barry probably knows why everyone is going CMOS and not CCD, I would guess it's a price to performance issue, probably very cost prohibitive. Oh Barry??? :)

Actually I'm hoping it's free and comes with complimentary cheesecake...
 
A 3D printer, as in stereolithography or FDM? AFAIK, they don't have that technology nor have ever been in that business. 3D printing is normally for the design/development corporate market. It's not really a mainstream consumer product. In 2005 my company bought the least expensive machine from Dimension 3D for our engineering department and it was $30,000. The least expensive machine today is like $5,000 from Desktop Factory (but it's tiny).

One good source for clues about Canon's direction is their annual report. In the 2008 annual report the only new businesses they are looking into are medical imaging and industrial robotics. R&D is also being done in nanotechnology and biotechnology. There is no mention of rapid prototyping like 3D printing.

The report also says one of their priorities is to "cultivate the company's core businesses of the future." They are making steady progress in developing display technologies like OLED and SED. In 2008 they bought a capital stake in Hitachi Displays to strengthen operations in OLED and small to medium LCD. They are still working on SED to make it viable for mass production. They are accelerating development of OLED displays for incorporation into their products, like digital cameras. One of their business strategies is to promote the in-house production of parts. This basically means they want to make everything from the sensor to the screen on the camera. Right now they probably get the screens from Sony.

Here's an interesting line in their section on "Achieving the overwhelming No. 1 position worldwide in all current core businesses"

Looking ahead, an important element for achieving the overwhelming No. 1 position in the market is cross-media imaging, a concept that realizes high-level synergies among Canon's input and output products as a means to meet the needs of our information society.
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My guess is it's a new 1 series still camera. There have been numerous hints in the past few weeks that a new 1 series would be announced by the end of September or in October. Remember, Canon's heritage is as a camera company. They might make a lot more money with their business machines, but cameras are still their soul. A new top-of-the-line 1 series camera would definitely qualify as an important release in their history. Of course, I could be wrong and it's something else.

I wish it would be a video camera, but realistically it's probably too soon. More likely it will be NAB 2010.
 
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The more I think about it, the more I think it is the SED TV tech finally going to retail. Canon spent a lot of time and money on it, and those of us fortunate enough to have seen it in person can attest to its image quality. It is basically flat panel CRT.
 
sblfilms said:
The more I think about it, the more I think it is the SED TV tech finally going to retail. Canon spent a lot of time and money on it, and those of us fortunate enough to have seen it in person can attest to its image quality. It is basically flat panel CRT.
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That is one bold claim. I am SO on that. I still miss my old Sammy 32" HD CRT man.
 
Okay, so... looking back on the original announcement (the translated Swedish) -- they say that the CEO, Marketing President, and Trend Analyst are going to be making a presentation talking about "tomorrow's trends and factors of success in the continually more digitalized everyday life."

So... the response to the trends and factors of success in our digitalized life is to introduce an XLH2?

No way, guys. This'll be a streaming VOD device or a cell phone with integrated payment or a chip to implant in your head with biometric data or nanobots or ...

... well, they've certainly set the bar pretty high. 3 weeks until we find out.
 
Barry is right. This won't be a camera, but a product that has an impact in most of the population rather than some filmmaking yahoos like us. :)
 
It's the holodeck from the Enterprise, or perhaps a lightsaber. I'm not sure which. ;)

It is odd that that decided to show a box covered with red fabric, instead of the item itself. As far as I know, Canon camera teases in the past have shown silhouettes of the camera. This could be anything. I agree with Barry that a Scarlet killer is very unlikely. It's gotta be something more for the masses like a tv, computer, or phone. My 2 cents.
 
Given recent events, it's probably a new Powershot with all of the 7D's features plus 4k RAW video with an even larger choice of frame rates, dual XLRs, and manual audio control for around $300...
 
j said:
> MAKE STUFF AT HOME. Real stuff. That's revolutionary.

I can think of lots of applications, like printing lens gears for one....
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It's not a printer. I have been following that market for a couple of years and Canon isn't even peripherally involved in it. Yes, 3d printers are insanely cool. No, Canon are not making one. They're not high-res enough for things like lens gears yet.
 
Illya Friedman said:
This is correct. The announcement is not about a camera, but I'm not talking.

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You do realize this is probably already being put up on canonrumors.. You'll be lucky if they don't mention the PL adapter at the same time, unless that's already been mentioned already and I missed it. :grin:

Oh hi thar canonrumors lurkers!
 
I think other forums are probably inventing their wish lists too...I grow weary.
But I cant stop peaking at canonrumours...help!
 
Perhaps a still camera that can print photos. Ala polaroids, but something very cheap that you load with off the shelf printing paper.
 
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