Why has Canon Abandoned F/2.8?

DavidNJ100 wrote:

ppires85 wrote:

It has been stated that the 6D is moving up in the market when the II comes. So expect it to be in a different price range. 4K might be available only on the next flagship lineup.

The market is moving down in price not up. A7 is $1500. D610 is $1700. The 6DM2 will go down if it moves at all.

4k is on smartphones, multiple Panasonic cameras. It is virtually a requirement for 2015+ cameras and was surprising to some degree that it wasn't on the 7DM2.
Canon has a video problem because they also have a video camera division. The 5DM2 hammered their video camera division as the original 7D. The original 7D was used in professional applications such as shooting remote sites for Saturday Night Live.

HDMI 2.0 supports 3860p60. 4k TVs will be pretty common within a year. I'm typing this now on a 50" 3860p30 monitor connected to the computer via an HDMI cable.

Depends how you define 'common'. One thing that we learnt from 3D was that people are a bit more sceptical these days about whatever latest and greatest gets pushed.  And even plain old HD didn't really take off until the content providers caught up (and even now a lot of broadcast stuff is 720p or 1080i at best).  4K also has the issue that it really needs a physically big screen to really come into its own, and not every lounge can accommodate the high 40"s upwards screens that show it off the best.  The greater presence of streaming services may well mean it takes off faster as a mainstream thing than HD (although some of the services that do offer it are charging a premium for 4K) but I reckon within a year for proper mainstream take-off is pushing it. Plus the prices of the sets still needs to come down a bit more, even if they have come down a bit versus 12 months ago.