Pre PMA announcements...

[DoctorIt]

I can't believe no one posted about this yet!!!

wow: Canon 20Da (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021405canoneos20da.asp)
(and if you can read japanese: here (http://www.canon-sales.co.jp/camera/eosd/20da/index.html))

and double wow: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021404sigma30dc.asp), this is going to be a sweet lens!

and many other prePMA announcments on dpreview (http://www.dpreview.com/)! Scroll down and start drooling.

:D

[BBones]

Thinking the 20Da is going to be a waste, at least for me




I can't believe no one posted about this yet!!!

wow: Canon 20Da (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021405canoneos20da.asp)
(and if you can read japanese: here (http://www.canon-sales.co.jp/camera/eosd/20da/index.html))

and double wow: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021404sigma30dc.asp), this is going to be a sweet lens!

and many other prePMA announcments on dpreview (http://www.dpreview.com/)! Scroll down and start drooling.

:D

[DoctorIt]

Thinking the 20Da is going to be a waste, at least for meLook beyond the obvious grasshopper! Obviously a mainly IR/astrophotog body is out of the realm for most daily use, but think about the technology Canon is releasing to the public for the first time! A focusable LCD on a DSLR! I think this is just a hint of revolutionary things to come from Canon. As a matter of fact, my good friend and die hard Nikon shooter decided to make the switch last night when he read all these new pre-releases. If you read in depth, it looks like a lot of the new sigma glass will be Canon only as well. They too seem to be making a big push. I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot more Sigma glass among us soon.

And who doesn't want a real standard (45mm effective) f/1.4 lens!?!?

[fish]

If you read in depth, it looks like a lot of the new sigma glass will be Canon only as well. They too seem to be making a big push. I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot more Sigma glass among us soon.
are we reading the same page? :scratch

This lens also features Sigma's HSM (HyperSonic Motor) and will be available with Canon, Sigma and Nikon lens mounts.


Oh, and btw, it's a 30/1.4 not 35/1.4.

[patch29]

I can't believe no one posted about this yet!!!


We did not want to tempt you. :D :deal http://patch29.smugmug.com/photos/15545079-Ti.gif

[patch29]

As a matter of fact, my good friend and die hard Nikon shooter decided to make the switch last night when he read all these new pre-releases.

I was a die hard Nikonian and made the big switch back in November 2002 and I have not looked back yet. I hope Nikon will deliver with the D2x and keep Canon on its toes.

[philspace]

Thanks, you really know how to destroy a budget, I am seriously jonesing over that lens, looks cool. :twitch

[DoctorIt]

are we reading the same page? :scratch

This lens also features Sigma's HSM (HyperSonic Motor) and will be available with Canon, Sigma and Nikon lens mounts.


Oh, and btw, it's a 30/1.4 not 35/1.4.
Sorry mr. stickler, I was reading fast and was excited. I realize the error of this as Canon already makes a 34/1.4. Please forgive me.

And about the mount thing, my Nikon friend (who was so excited that he's going to switch) started rambling something to me last night about mounts blah blah blah not for f-mount. I kinda had to tune out as I didn't have time to chat with him... V-day = hanging out with Mrs.it w/o computer! :rolleyes

[Andy]

i'm thinking about it :D

will wait and see more specs. like if it meters properly in i.r. :deal and, what's the cut filter? :dunno

[patch29]

Sorry mr. stickler, I was reading fast and was excited. I realize the error of this as Canon already makes a 34/1.4. Please forgive me.


That's 35/1.4. :doh :D

[DoctorIt]

That's 35/1.4. :doh :D:wxwax

[dkapp]

:wxwax

Your having all kinds of problems with that lens today! :rofl

[DoctorIt]

Your having all kinds of problems with that lens today! :roflis it a sign???

[Nikolai]

i'm thinking about it :D

will wait and see more specs. like if it meters properly in i.r. :deal and, what's the cut filter? :dunno
I think the cut filter is similar to what you got from maxmax for your 828. Fits description 100%.

[wmsnyder]

I heard Canon may not even release this camera in the US. Has anyone heard more on this?

[fish]

That's 35/1.4. :doh :D

:lol3 :poke

[ian408]

i'm thinking about it :D

will wait and see more specs. like if it meters properly in i.r. :deal and, what's the cut filter? :dunno
I think they mean that if you want to use it normally, you'll need to screw
a filter onto the lens that was the equiv of what they took out.

What I am curious to know is why they are releasing this in Japan only?

Ian

[pathfinder]

I think they mean that if you want to use it normally, you'll need to screw
a filter onto the lens that was the equiv of what they took out.

What I am curious to know is why they are releasing this in Japan only?

Ian


The 20Da won't stay in Japan only, even if it is only for sale in Japan. Entrepreneurs will buy them and resell them in the rest of the, world would be my guess.

I think this is a VERY interesting development from Canon - I suspect it means someone at Canon has had their ear to the ground and has taken note of the conversion of the 300Ds to IR. And has recognized that there are markets beside the typical photography fans - eg: astronomy and other scientific uses of the 20Da also.

[patch29]

New from Nikon, D2Hs (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021605nikon_d2hs.asp) info at dpreview.

[blackwaterstudio]

The new canon Digitall Rebel XT

http://www.pma-show.com/review/canon/001_EOS_digital_rebel_xt.html

[luckyrwe]

So now the LOW end Canon has 8MP? C'mon Nikon, giddy'ap!!!!

[JohnR]

But their low-end and the 20D are the same in MP. Weird.

[patch29]

But their low-end and the 20D are the same in MP. Weird.

I am not sure they will upgrade the 20D at this point, but they could. Photokina is this fall where a lot of big announcements happen too, perhaps they will hold it until then. I think I will be on board with a Rebel XT for hiking, biking and backing up with. :thumb

[wxwax]

But their low-end and the 20D are the same in MP. Weird.
Which, I think, gives the lie to thinking about camera quality purely in terms of megapixels. I reckon my old 1D, at 4mp, is still a better camera in many ways.

[DoctorIt]

The new canon Digitall Rebel XT

http://www.pma-show.com/review/canon/001_EOS_digital_rebel_xt.html

Why do they keep making their bodies look uglier and uglier with the battery grips? The 10D looked great, nice and integrated. Since then, it looks like a big barnacle. Blech :puke1