I've confirmed this with a good source. It is not a rumour to the best of my knowledge. If my source has been lead astray by Canon Canada then he should have not confirmed my questions.
Cheers Dave Original Message: ----------------- From: Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 20:08:49 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1 You say Canon announced the RebelD, or this is just a rumor? I saw the dpreview forum - it seems like a rumor for me. Alex Sarbu ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Chang-Sang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: RE: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1 > Even if the *ist D is in the price range of the 10D (not "D10"), it won't > make too much of a difference. > Canon already has a "Rebel D" in the works. > They are announcing it sometime this fall. > A "consumer" based DSLR with a smaller feature set and not as robust a body > as the 10D. > Price? > $800 USD Street. > > The *ist D still has yet to see the light of day unfortunately. > > Cheers, > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:33 PM > > To: Pentax List > > Subject: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1 > > > > > > This from DPReview on the UK pricing of the E-1 DSLR from Olympus: > > > > "Olympus UK has today confirmed that the body only list price of the E- > > 1 digital SLR (including 17.5% VAT) will be �1699.99. This means that > > at least initially the E-1 will be approximately �200 more than a Nikon > > D100 and �450 more than a Canon EOS-10D. Assuming the E-1's street > > price drops once the immediate rush is over we could see it matching > > the D100 at �1499 (inc. VAT). In my opinion this price is simply too > > high for a new SLR system. We still don't have official pricing for > > lenses or accessories." > > > > Full story: > > > > <http://www.dpreview.com/news/0307/03070101e1ukprice.asp> > > > > I agree that it is too high. Time will tell. That *ist D has to be well > > into D10 territory. Has to be. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > > _____________________________ > > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
