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From: "Lars Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: EOS 20D reaching end of its time?
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
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^^ ^^
True, but there's a Feb/Aug symmetry with Canon, and an average of 18
months. The only consumer/prosumer camera that wasn't introduced in one of
those two months was the D30. And they've never released a camera's
successor in under 12 months. So, I'm sticking with Feb. of next year for a
20D successor...
The Canon Museum gives a release date for the 1D of December 2001, the 1D
mkII of April 2004, or 28 months.
Skip Middleton
http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
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