Erwin Put coments over new Canon cameras

I guess what I was really saying is that if the 5D had no only offered FF and more pixels, but also higher pixel density,.. (ie it would have needed to be more than 12MP) I might have been more interested. For getting detail of birds in a long telephoto, Pixel density ends up being one of the most important aspects.

Since the 5D was offering the same pixel density as the camera I was already shooting, but with less capable AF and frame rates etc.. it wasn't an important camera to me.

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #2713607
I guess what I was really saying is that if the 5D had no only offered FF and more pixels, but also higher pixel density,.. (ie it would have needed to be more than 12MP) I might have been more interested. For getting detail of birds in a long telephoto, Pixel density ends up being one of the most important aspects.

Since the 5D was offering the same pixel density as the camera I was already shooting, but with less capable AF and frame rates etc.. it wasn't an important camera to me.

Thanks! I think I figured that out after I had made my post! If we all end up with FF high MP cameras there will be a real market for focus screens with alternate crop and composition lines! OK, I am ready for a 22MP, 8FPS, 45 AF points AND ??

donlavange wrote in post #2719095
Thanks! I think I figured that out after I had made my post! If we all end up with FF high MP cameras there will be a real market for focus screens with alternate crop and composition lines! OK, I am ready for a 22MP, 8FPS, 45 AF points AND ??

Lower noise, higher ISO, more dynamic range, true 16 bit raw and better performing low light (and low contrast) AF....Then I'd be really happy.

terry44 wrote in post #2719203
Lower noise, higher ISO, more dynamic range, true 16 bit raw and better performing low light (and low contrast) AF....Then I'd be really happy.

Maybe they will make everyone happy at PMA (except maybe our accountants)! On second thought accountants are never happy with equipment purchases, even their own!

I wonder if we are on the edge of some kind of imaging break through, with lost more pixels and price drop, it certainly would propel Canon to the forefront and be a great EOS anniversary event, however Iwould think that if that were the case we wold have known/heard more leaks or infor from suppliers/chip/sensor makers

Not necessarily true. Sometimes companies drop amazing surprises. Look at Porsche with the modern Carrera GT. It was virtually out of left field! Despite so much of the testing done in the US, no one saw it coming. Companies can sometimes really keep stuff under wraps if they try.

And in this case...Canon is their own sensor maker.

donlavange wrote in post #2719491
Maybe they will make everyone happy at PMA (except maybe our accountants)! On second thought accountants are never happy with equipment purchases, even their own!

Hmmmm!!! Why would my account be unhappY??? I don't think he cares!!! Well maybe a little!!!

Blue S2 wrote in post #2724804
Not necessarily true. Sometimes companies drop amazing surprises. Look at Porsche with the modern Carrera GT. It was virtually out of left field! Despite so much of the testing done in the US, no one saw it coming. Companies can sometimes really keep stuff under wraps if they try.

And in this case...Canon is their own sensor maker.

ahh could be, then I hope for great surprises, hopefully not as expensive as the GT, but Porsche is a very small company and can build a show car at Weissach w/o a lot of knowledge from anyone

Yes, but to test publically in various parts of the world, shoot footage, promo videos, etc.. of the exposed car...and no one saw it? When every other model they do has always been caught on a spy pic?

Planning, cunning, and a legal backing strong enough to ensure no one is silly enough to take the risk of a leak!

I think Canon does have something up their sleeve.

Blue S2 wrote in post #2725403
Yes, but to test publically in various parts of the world, shoot footage, promo videos, etc.. of the exposed car...and no one saw it? When every other model they do has always been caught on a spy pic?

Planning, cunning, and a legal backing strong enough to ensure no one is silly enough to take the risk of a leak!

I think Canon does have something up their sleeve.

I too hope they have something up their sleeve, I'm waiting hoping the 5D or 40D will not only be better than their predecessors but cheaper, as for the car, I thought the Carrera GT was introduced at the Paris Auto Show and I thought the only road time was in a desert in the US driven by Walter Rohl, and then when they decided to produce it the testing program began, but maybe I'm wrong

all that the new lines of cameras need is to not raise the base price past 1200 for XXd and 3k for a Xd in order to sell out quickly. if canon can pull off a -2EV auto focus system with 5 cross type sensors in middle and above 10 elsewhere, they will kill nikon, pentax, and olympus in the prosumer market.