"G" series camera discontinued ???

Hi All,
Has anyone heard that the "G" series camera from Canon will be discontinued ??


Reason for asking is that when I spoke to my camera dealer (who I can't mention for obvious reasons) they told me that there will be no new "G" series camera's?

Any one hear anything

Thanks...shkj

If anyone had heard anything verifiable, it would have been posted. Your camera dealer is not a Canon insider who is leaking information, but just a dealer out on the street with the rest of us. If there is any "obvious reason" for his name not to be mentioned, it is so he is not laughed at later for his speculation.

Don

Idle speculation on my part:

If there is no new G-Series camera introduced at the PMA show later this month, you can pretty much assume there won't be one ever. The last G-Series came out a year and a half ago, which is a REALLY long time between models. Knowing what we know about how Canon is trying to get people to buy cheaper and cheaper DSLR bodies and lenses, maybe Canon isn't interested in "advanced" consumer cams like the G-Series.

I sincerely hope I'm wrong. Time will tell.

I hope you're wrong too, but there's enough basis for your supposition to make me worried.

I'm not a marketing guru, but it seems to me as if advanced cameras like the G and Pro series play an important role in drawing consumers towards the cash cow of DSLR. A gateway camera, if you will. If only the first one were always free...

Maybe they just got it right with the G6? : )

Seems like they're pushing the S1/S2 pretty hard, they have 'em at Target now. It is a tough sell to sell a G7 or Pro2 for $100 or $200 less than an XT. For that kind of money, people expect SLR-like performance. Look at all the people on this list that were thoroughly dissapointed with their G6 until they started thinking of it as a fantastic point and shoot rather than a scaled-back SLR.

Canon are definitely not technology leaders, as we've discussed elsewhere, so maybe they're just giving the whiz-bang prosumer market up, it would make sense in the short run, but it's sad that they lack the foresight or initiative to try anything new when they have what I'd assume to be the market-leading camera at the moment.

Even so, I already got mine, so they can discontinue them at will.

I agree with that. What they do is produce the very best image quality. Bells and whistles or beautiful pictures?

I echo the other comments, especially that PMA will tell the tale. And also correct, a G series at the price of the Pentax and Nikon entry dSLRs won't work. What would work is an R1 done right. We will see if Canon have the vision.

KEH has not had a new G6 listed for weeks now...nor a Pro1 for that matter...

I have a G3 & Pro 1......I was waiting for the price of the G6 to decline before it was discontinued. In the last 3 weeks it was no longer available at 3 of my usual stores. B&H raised the price about $40. last week and now it's no longer available on their web site. It's a great camera...perfect size and you can add a Canon flash. I almost regret getting the Pro 1.....it's a fine camera but not quite as fast. With the prices on Rebels coming down, the G series may be finished. I was hoping the next G7 or whatever had a wide angle lens.

could pro 1 really be the one and only "pro-series" camera? that wouldn't really make sense, it would seem incomplete. i'm hoping pro2 is on it's way.

No problem, just use an adapter to mount either the Canon WC-58 or Olympus WCON-08 to go to 28 mm equivalent on the wide end. They both give perfect results.

Best regards,
Andy

How does the WCON-08 work on a G-series? Looking at the UK Olympus site it says it has a bayonet mount....

There are several versions of the WCON-08, designated by a terminal letter. You may be looking at the WCON-08D or F, which both have non-threaded mounts. I think the WCON-08E is what most people have used, since it has a 55mm threaded mount, but I've always wondered if some of the others would work--the B has a 62mm mount. You'll need a step-up or -down ring with either.

The B is substantially more expensive because it has a larger diameter, so you can use it e.g. on the Pro1.

But the E works fine on the G series.
And one of the best sources is ebay user olympusauctions ... olympus themselves selling off new items in damaged boxes.
http://search.ebay.com …er=1&sass=olymp​usauctions

I bought my copy in 2003 for 150$ for my G2 and did not regret it. It should be significantly less expensive now.

Best regards,
Andy

I've been waiting for the next G for about 7 months now. I currently have the 10D for the past 3 years and love it...but my wife doesn't like it because it's too bulky for her to take snapshots of the kids. The only reason I don't immediately get the G6 (and the pros for it is that I can use my existing CF cards and batteries from my 10D which is pretty darn nice) but I've seen the Digi II proc on the newer cameras and I want it. If the G6 had this lower noize and the ability to take 640x480 video only limited by memory, I'd be so all over it. I'm going to be very disappointed if I have to buy the S80, not that it's not a bad camera, but with out RAW support and a hotshoe, I'm just not going to be happy about it.

The pro1 does all except Digi II. But now you're like the rest of us and waiting for the pro2 announcement...