> I'm fairly new here so perhaps this is a bit off-topic, but I've > actually got a question about an EOS camera. :) I'm contemplating > buying a 5d, which seems like a pretty good deal with Canon's $600 > rebate on top of B&H's low price.
The annual PMA (Photo Marketing Association) show occurs, I believe, in early March. New products are commonly introduced there, and often announced a week or two before the show. That's close enough that I would wait to see if anything is announced and if not, then I'd buy the 5D. Even if a 5D replacement is introduced and you decide the 5D is good enough, its price would likely drop further after such an announcement. Another matter discussed earlier this week was the size of EOS lenses. One reason for the larger lens mount is to be able to design and produce faster (larger aperture) lenses. Several years ago a Japanese magazine quoted a Nikon engineer as explaining that Nikon could not produce autofocus versions of their 50 f/1.2, 35 f/1.4, 24 f/2 and similar fast lenses because the rear elements completely filled the available space and there was no room for AF contacts. With a larger lens mount and larger lenses, Canon does not have this limitation and has produced fast AF lenses we Nikon users can only envy. (I've often wondered if Nikon couldn't compensate for the rear element limitation with larger front elements to gather more light. But I don't know enough about lens design to know if that's possible. And the bottom line is that the EOS system has fast lenses which the Nikon AF system lacks.) Larry * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
