> I'm guessing February, 18 months is the usually turn around, the camera just > hit the market in Sept. Only a year...
Canon apparently never followed the 18-months rule: 1Ds mkII 2004-09-21 (24 months) 1D mkII 2004-01-29 (16 months) 1Ds 2002-09-24 1D 2001-09-25 20D 2004-08-19 (16 months) 350D 2005-02-17 (15 months) 10D 2003-02-27 (12 months) 300D 2003-08-20 D60 2002-02-22 (21 months) D30 2000-05-17 Except for the D60 release (*), the consumer/prosumer average is more like 12 to 16 months, placing a 20D successor announcement at August to December. For the chrismas business an earlier announcement (and availability) may be better. (*) Wasn't it the D30 when Canon was overwhelmed with orders? Perhaps Canon built up stock on the D60 as a response to that. Lars -- .~. Lars Michael /V\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /(_)\ http://www.larsmichael.com/ ^^ ^^ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
