--- Hugo Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A digital version of the EOS 3 is long awaited by
> Canon users. There is
> certainly a huge price gap between the 20D and the
> 1D MkII. However,
> technically speaking, I can't see what Canon can
> come up with. If they stick
> to an 8 MP sensor, it will be yet another 8MP DSLR
> camera in their line up
> and it will have a hard time competing with the 20D
> if the price is too
> high. If the price is too close to the 20D it may
> eventually kill 20D sales.
> If they go for a 10 MP or more sensor it will
> endanger 1D MkII sales.
> The solution could be introducing a digital version
> of the EOS 3 and
> replacing the 20D at the same time (which is going
> to have a hard time
> competing with the 350D, I guess).
>
I'd be delighted with a body anywhere in size from the
20D to a 1v that offers 45 point AF and the
performance of the 1D MkII AF system. The 20D is a
marked improvement over the 10D AF, but for sports is
still behind my 1v. I have no issues with the 1.6x
sensor, but I think for this to make economic sense
any such "tweener" body would probably have the 1.3x
sensor from the 1D MkII.
Fact is, though, I really don't expect to see it. Last
year there was an interview with a Japanese Canon exec
posted on the web, and that person seemed pretty
emphatic that Canon had no plans to make a "baby 1D"
series camera. He emphasized Canon was quite content
with the 3 levels of DSLR they currently support:
entry (300, 350), med (10D, 20D) and pro (1D MkII, 1DsMkII).
Bob Meyer
I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every minute of it.
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
*
****
*******
***********************************************************
* For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see:
* http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm
***********************************************************
