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I want to know before I make a purchase of one of the current flagship P&S's from Canon, the SD850IS. I was curious if there was going to be any new cameras or new technology coming out in the next 2-3 months that would either drop the price, or make it pointless to buy a camera with the current technology?

Does anyone have insight into what we should expect next from Canon in this market? News/rumors from PMA 2008?
 
iMAX386 said:
I want to know before I make a purchase of one of the current
flagship P&S's from Canon, the SD850IS. I was curious if there was
going to be any new cameras or new technology coming out in the next
2-3 months that would either drop the price, or make it pointless to
buy a camera with the current technology?

Does anyone have insight into what we should expect next from Canon
in this market? News/rumors from PMA 2008?
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I think you can be certain of the following on any new P&S cameras that are introduced in the near future:
It will have a lens, possibly with Image stabiliser, similar to current models. It will have a shutter, similar to current models.

It will have an image sensor either similar to, or with larger number of pixels than current models. It will have a removable memory card, similar to current models.
It wil have a rechargeable Battery, similar to current models. It will have an LCD for viewing images, similar to current models.

What new technology are you expecting to come along that will render current cameras obselete?
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iMAX386 said:
'I don't take snaps - I paint with light' - Tony Hancock
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You can be sure they will have some new models at PMA in February. What they are and whether they are better is only speculation.

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jerryk.smugmug.com
 
MisterBG said:
What new technology are you expecting to come along that will render
current cameras obselete?
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MPEG HD video (as opposed to bloated MJPEG) + min 10x optical zoom DURING video capture + optical stabilizer + stereo audio + decent battery life with no sacrifice in still capture image quality. In other words, make obsolete a bulky separate video camera.

Or what about for once Canon not cheating us on blurry corners for wide angle 28mm P&S lenses. Panasonic can do it so there's no excuse for Canon to cheap out on the lens.

It looks like 2008 may be the year of 720P 30fps video for still digicams.
 
mamallama said:
MisterBG said:
What new technology are you expecting to come along that will render
current cameras obselete?
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Many are anticipating a bold move by Canon to start using the CMOS
sensor they're developing for digital compact cameras as announced
last July.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0707/07071501canoncmoscompact.asp

--mamallama
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Forget that happening soon. I just read the total article and production won't start until July 2008. Be patient.

--mamallama
 
wow that would be nice if all of that came in one camera...but I doubt it. Canon never seems to put that many good video specs in their cameras probably cause they sell camcorders too. Why would you buy their HD camcorders when you can buy a good camera that has that capability too? ;)
Jared Hunter said:
MPEG HD video (as opposed to bloated MJPEG) + min 10x optical zoom
DURING video capture + optical stabilizer + stereo audio + decent
battery life with no sacrifice in still capture image quality. In
other words, make obsolete a bulky separate video camera.

Or what about for once Canon not cheating us on blurry corners for
wide angle 28mm P&S lenses. Panasonic can do it so there's no excuse
for Canon to cheap out on the lens.

It looks like 2008 may be the year of 720P 30fps video for still
digicams.
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There are always going to be updates, and personally I have found that if you constantly wait to stay caught up with technology, you will never be buying one. For example, I considered buying a Canon Rebel XTi, but then read in forums that later on this month, a newer model is going to be released. Even if I were to wait a month for the release of te new model, there is no knowing what features the new one will have, and picture quality may not be increased much, if at all. While there may be new features, one must ask if it was worth the wait, higher costs, and probable backorders due to high demand. So, simply put, my advice would be to find a camera that you can really enjoy using, that takes excellent pictures (as the 850IS does, from experience,) and take the dive. Always remember, it is not always the camera that takes an excellent image, it is the person operating it! Within a year of ANY digital camera purchase, there will be newer models and updates, so don't try to stay caught up unless you have unlimited funds, which none of us have!

Just my two cents :)
 
The answer is YES...and I'm going to tell you more....the G10 is ready to go ! Yes....and also the G11 and the G12 and maybe the G13....

I believe when they launched the G7 the G9 was already conceived and was kept on the freezer just waiting for the G7 to sell much as possible....maybe it did not sold well then they lounched the G9 just months after...

This is not a silly "conspiracy theory"...it's just the reallity of market. This happens with cameras, camcorders, computers, cars, dvds, mp3, etc....

Don't be blind...the technology of tomorow is reallity now. The 14 megapixel sensor is ready, also the 16, and the 18, and the 20 maybe....

So it's necessary to explore the market (that means us)....Why launch a camera with 20 megapixels now? It will sell a lot of course...but is better to launch first the 14 mp....when the consumers avid for "the last news" finishes buying they will launch the 16 mp...and that happens again and again....And that will happens with resolution, zoom, wireless, gps, lenses, etc....

Who is guilty ? We...top consumers of course..always buying the last model of everything just because our model became "obsolete"...what's the definition of obsolete? Something unusefull or something not "rand new"?

Just an example...there was a small rangefinder called Olympus Trip 35. It was introduced in 1967 and discontinued in 1984 !!!!! 17 YEARS !!! How much it sold ?
Over 10 million units !!!! Now imagine that portfollio today....impossible....

Ok ...the technology is growing fast.....so fast that it grows faster the the production....when a camera or a chip is introduced it is already obsolete...tha's true....

But the companies must survive.....so I'm going to buy a new digital rangefinder in the next 5 or 7 years AND only if there is something very important....something that make me shoot better photos and not a silly gadget or some sort of Status Icon....you want Status? Buy a good Leica....or a good Zeiss...a good Canon...or Nikon....or some good and old Contax (these are Status symbols to who understand what is to be a photographer)

Just my 5 cents and a half...

JL Oliveto
 
Jared Hunter said:
MisterBG said:
What new technology are you expecting to come along that will render
current cameras obselete?
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MPEG HD video (as opposed to bloated MJPEG) + min 10x optical zoom
DURING video capture + optical stabilizer + stereo audio + decent
battery life with no sacrifice in still capture image quality. In
other words, make obsolete a bulky separate video camera.
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Unles you have a very compact form factor constraint, Canon already makes what you are asking for: HV20, which makes a separate digicam obsolete...

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http://www.pbase.com/macshark/birds
 
Regardless of what the technical arguments are, being able to use its own sensors will certainly give Canon more freedom in terms of features and pricing...
 
is a high level entry wide angle P&S Canon. ie a G7 with a 28mm zoom lens.

Possibly, with CMOS technology, this might eventually eventuate.

Otherwise, i am sticking with what I have.
But, to the sceptics, there is ALWAYS potential to improve and deliver.

Basia
 
according to the first article link here ( http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUST14022720070715 )

which says: "A spokesman for the world's largest digital camera maker said it broke ground in May on a new building on an existing site in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo and expected it to start operations in July 2008."
mamallama said:
pitquim said:
why are CMOS sensors better than CCD? everybody seem to be expecting
CMOS...
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Check out Phil's comment here and the rest of the links on this page:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0707/07071501canoncmoscompact.asp

--mamallama
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... which means the 2008 (2009?) G10 could possibly have a decent CMOS sensor (to help with the 14/16MP's?) It only makes sense that Canon would use it first on their flasgship camera - and the current 1/2.5" CCD models? - it's all speculation until the official word from Canon is made.
Matt, PA, U.S.
Camera's:

Canon S5IS (for video clips and 'long' shots), G9 (middle sized with good IQ and build quality), F40fd (pocketable cam with good daytime and low light IQ)
http://www.pbase.com/photofreak777
(Note: Camera's subject to change without notice; No camera's were
harmed in the making of this message)

 
Agreed. And what I find a bit funny is that along with the Sony sensors that they use on their cameras is that in the box is included Panasonic batteries (on their AA models - A650/S5 for example) BTW ironically these batteries don't seem noisy in use or any wider than normal batteries - LOL!
macshark said:
Regardless of what the technical arguments are, being able to use its
own sensors will certainly give Canon more freedom in terms of
features and pricing...
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