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Rumors about on the web over the last 24 hours about two Canon DSLR's the Canon D1 and D1S (there is some confusion over the model numbers as in the article that this story comes from they are referred to both as the D1 and the 1D).
The story emanated from a post by Erwin Puts who posted about the new models on his website (see below for details of what he wrote). His article then mysteriously disappeared from the site - which for some was a confirmation that the Canon D1 and D1S were real and he was pressured by Canon to remove it. For others it was a confirmation that he was so far off mark with his prediction that he took it down because it was all rubbish.
Time will tell whether the Canon D1 and D1S are real and if so what their real model names will be (most in the know seem to think there will be announcements from Canon in the coming week or two).
So what did Eriwin write? Here are a few excerpts from his article:
"The new D1 packs the sensor of the 5D in a really robust body, the film-loading 1V (end to that era?). The capture speed is very high and there is that mysterious comment that the 1D has no memory buffer, presumably wring directly to the flash card. The new 1Ds shares the same body and brings the pixel count to 22 million on a 24×36mm area. The most intriguing remark is Canons statement that from now on there will be no more 1.3 crop sensors. The strategy then is clear: the amateur market will be served by APS-C with 1.5/1.6 crop factor and a new range of lenses. The professional high-end market will be exclusively served by full-format sensors allowing all Canon lenses to operate at the true computed focal length and viewing angle. Canon seems to be quite confident that the problems with the 35mm format can be addressed and overcome. There is now also an ISO 6400 value available. The new cameras will be formidable instruments, the 1D attacking the professional market for mobile photography and the 1Ds (with 22 M pixels) attacking the medium format stationary (studio) photography. There is a risk here: many professional reportage photographers do not want nor need that huge amount of pixels. Is Nikon smarter in this respect and listening more closely to the market?
The 1D will retail for 4500 dollars and will be cheaper than the Leica M8. This is not a clash of civilisations, but a minor clash of belief. The M8 couples a mechanical film-loading body to a solid state sensor and retains as much of the classical values as can be done within the technological constraints.
The 1D couples a fully electronic film-loading body to a full 35mm format solid state sensor and skips as much of the classical values as can be accomplished within operational constraints. There is no doubt in what direction the mainstream buyer will move. Canon is shaping the market and the others are more or less responding to market trends as they are perceived by the gurus."
Posted by Darren in our News category on February 12, 2007