Is Canon ever going to drop the "D"?

It's 2013. Canon hasn't sold a film camera in over 10 years. You think they might drop the "D" from their EOS lineup at some point? I mean if they had released the 6D just as the "6" would anyone be confused and think it was film?

Just seems silly at this point.

Seems even more silly to change the name of a product line for no good reason what so ever.

What if someone was talking about a film camera with the same number as the digital? Just because they haven't made it doesn't mean people aren't using it.

RHChan84 wrote in post #15525092
What if someone was talking about a film camera with the same number as the digital? Just because they haven't made it doesn't mean people aren't using it.

So use different numbers. Even less confusing.

tkbslc wrote in post #15525055
It's 2013. Canon hasn't sold a film camera in over 10 years. You think they might drop the "D" from their EOS lineup at some point? I mean if they had released the 6D just as the "6" would anyone be confused and think it was film?

Just seems silly at this point.

The Canon 1v was still available for sale last year.......

tkbslc wrote in post #15525112
So use different numbers. Even less confusing.

Then how would someone know if it's digital or film?

RHChan84 wrote in post #15525162
Then how would someone know if it's digital or film?

Does it have an LCD on the back and a memory card door? Was it made in this millennium? I don't think this is that hard.

My only concern is that people might be confused when Canon has to add a Q for quantum SLR cameras.

Most pointless thread ever

Tony Parenti wrote in post #15525199
Most pointless thread ever

I feel similarly about your response.

RHChan84 wrote in post #15525162
Then how would someone know if it's digital or film?

I doubt the general public even knows (or has given much thought to) what the 'D' stands for anyway. Every brand except Canon and Nikon had given up the D by now, yet consumers aren't dizzy with confusion.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #15525124
The Canon 1v was still available for sale last year.......

That was going to be my response also, Seen quite a few people using them in the film classes.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #15525124
The Canon 1v was still available for sale last year.......

So it's the 1v. If the new Canon was the 1X instead of 1DX, would anyone willing to put down $7K for a camera actually be confused?

tkbslc wrote in post #15525186
Does it have an LCD on the back and a memory card door? Was it made in this millennium? I don't think this is that hard.

My only concern is that people might be confused when Canon has to add a Q for quantum SLR cameras.

Leopold Stotch wrote in post #15525212
I doubt the general public even knows (or has given much thought to) what the 'D' stands for anyway. Every brand except Canon and Nikon had given up the D by now, yet consumers aren't dizzy with confusion.

True on both points but we have all been there on quick glances of things and after realize it's something completely different.

In the future, there might be a 750D but if they take the D out, it will be 750 which could be mistaken EOS 750 film slr.

I guess I don't mind the lettering.

tkbslc wrote in post #15525225
So it's the 1v. If the new Canon was the 1X instead of 1DX, would anyone willing to put down $7K for a camera actually be confused?

In a smart world, no. But this isn't a smart world.

"D" stands for digital. Nikon uses it in the cameras too.