Canon 20D & New Lenses ?

My photo dealer told me today that Canon is coming out with a new 20D with 8.2 mega pixel, maybe 1.3 x factor plus 2 new lenses -
EF-S 10-22mm lens and EF-S 18-85 IS lens. The price is almost the same as Canon 10D around US$1500-1700. Anybody heard about this yet?

Nope.

Your photo dealer looks at Internet photography forums too much and either he really believes what people fantasize, or he tries to make his clients believe it so that they want to come back to his store.

Canon doesn't announce new cameras in advance. There have been lots of speculations about new cameras and lenses. Nobody outside Canon knows what's real - what your dealer tells you is just guesswork and wishful thinking...

werd

Here's our speculation:
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=33957

i just really really want them to put a new focusing system in it...cause the 10d and 300ds focusing doesnt even touch my 35mm...

What do you mean 'doesn't even touch my 35mm'--in what terms? Accuracy, speed?

i hope you mean the 45 point focusing like in the 1D mark 2?

i hope to god the 20D or what name for the replacement to the 10D is has that.


Please please god, with cream on top?

whatever my 7n has, i want that on my dSLR...its 7 point with 35 metering zones, and its fast as a mofo and always accurate focus...

i always thought that the 10D did have the 7 point with 35 metering zones straight out of the eos 30/33??


stupped

Hi all, I thought I would call Canon NZ and ask them. This is what the office girl in the sales departement told me, Eos 20D, 8mp, released in September, several pre production cameras are in NZ at the moment. She had no idea what a crop factor was so can't confirm if is 1.3 or 1.6, the RRP is 3299 NZD, so about 2100 USD at current exchange rates, but given the disparity between NZD prices and USD prices I guess about 1500 USD.

I'm sorry, even the 20D name seems ridiculous

It doesn't follow with any of the previous canon naming conventions at all

I really can't imagine anyone genuine in Canon giving info like that away before announcement.

hmmmm

18-85 IS? Now THAT would be a treat.

IMO, Canon is letting us down on the lens front...

i heard the d80 uses a laser rangefinder (21 point) to completely eliminate front/back focusing problems. it's unobtanium shell is weatherproofed against japanese typhoons and it will be the first body which supports the 7mm f/1.2 L IS USM][lens. it has dual firmware support and has the ability to post images and comments directly to boards through its 802.11x interface.

I heard it was going to be named the 20D with a DQ Tip.