1Ds Mark IV to be released

F4 Cyborg wrote in post #8352338
Neva ever gona be a IV will skip to the V, isn't 4 an unlucky #er in Japan?

I've been hearing this sprouted all over the net for ages. Claimed evidence is normally the skip from the S3 to the S5. But then I bring up Digic 4, and no one can explain it.

you may have a point, I just know to some cultures its a bad luck symbol

I pulled this from the net

Number 4 (四; accounting 肆; pinyin sì) is considered an unlucky number in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese cultures because it is a homonym with the word "death" (死 pinyin sǐ). Due to that, many numbered product lines skip the "4": e.g. Nokia cell phones (there is no series beginning with a 4), Palm[citation needed] PDAs, Canon PowerShot G's series (after G3 goes G5), etc. In East Asia, some buildings do not have a 4th floor. (Compare with the American practice of some buildings not having a 13th floor because 13 is considered unlucky.) In Hong Kong, some high-rise residential buildings miss ALL floor numbers with "4", e.g. 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. As a result, a building whose highest floor is number 50 may actually have only 36 physical floors.

Interesting. Based on this, there's a good chance we'll see a Mark V in the very near future...

Bryan

bps wrote in post #8378530
Interesting. Based on this, there's a good chance we'll see a Mark V in the very near future...

Bryan

Definitely, time will tell

We don't have a 13th floor in many places in the USA.

So is 17 an unlucky number for the Minbari?

And is grey an unlucky colour for them too?

So many questions...

Sooooooooooooooo, February came and went, any rumors on the 1Ds Mk IV?

sk8ape wrote in post #10414986
any rumors on the 1Ds Mk IV?

Probably September announcement, ship by end of the year.

And dropped to a sensible price by February?

Lowner wrote in post #10426656
And dropped to a sensible price by February?

February of 2014 ? Sure.

Spoilsport!

Am i being dumb but its all over the shops online in the ~UK so it must have come out google it they say it is in stock

misssassylassy wrote in post #10573866
Am i being dumb but its all over the shops online in the ~UK so it must have come out google it they say it is in stock

are you sure it's the 1ds mkiv you are looking at, and not the 1d mkiv

Maybe Canon have introduced it without telling anyone?

Hangerhead wrote in post #10576004
are you sure it's the 1ds mkiv you are looking at, and not the 1d mkiv

she is talking about 1Ds Mark V instead!