Canon T1i with 1080p announcement today

Thinking about that daft frame rate, I wonder if it's simply as dumb as:
Entry-level DSLRs have a lower (Stll) frame rate than enthusiast and Pro DSLRs.
The 500D is an entry-ish level DSLR
Therefore the thinking is...lower frame rate in video as well.
Yes dumb, dumb, DUMB, but just dumb enough to be possible, I know it's not as sexy as paranoid conspiracy theories, but reality is dumb and boring, sorry an' all.
Remember even the 5DII wasn't designed as a DSMC, the video was a quick an' dirty fix for PJs, and trditionally video in still cams has been seen as a novelty item in "Cheap Jewelry" idiot compacts rather than as a film-making tool. The fact that the 5DII as turned out as well as it has for cine is serendipity, no more.
I don't think we should hold out too much for a truly usefull 50DII or a 5DIII for cine, it just isn't in Canon's game plan for the stills market.
I hope I'm wrong and we do get a cine-useful 5DII at reasonable money, but the pessemist in me says otherwise.
 
For most companies the game plan is the profit on the bottom line with the subcontext fo the executives keeping their jobs.

Whether it was the plan or not, the cat is out of the bag. The difference may turn out to be video cameras have 8Mp with bigger photo sites and still cameras have higher resolution with more, smaller photo sites. That should give video cameras an edge in video noise and processing compared to still cameras used for video.

High resolution EVFs look poised to replace DSLR mirrors. Interchangable lenses, now that all the sensors are growing, will probably be the norm above US$2k. The next leap will probably be a combination of high bandwidth to at least current Compact Flash limits of 180-300Mb/s and then, possibly, hopefully RAW output, allowing clean white balance adjustments in post and sophisticated demosaicing and down scaling algorithms.
 
Most 'togs posting on the AP forums HATE EVFs, and the ones that don't activly hate them at best tolerate them as an acceptable evil.
I'm willing to hold fire until I see what develops, but up to now I'm in the hate camp.
 
No disrespect, just curious. Kind of makes me wish I waited now !!


Wow really affordable cost !



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