Checking four different internet vendors today I noted that prices
of the 10D here in Sweden have dropped up to 15% since last week.
This can hardly be a promotion of the 300D. Could it be that Canon
is making room for a new more advanced and expensive model around
the corner?
Trygve
If you look at:
Canon EOS-1D Announced 25-Sep-01
Canon EOS-1Ds Announced 24-Sep-02
and
Canon EOS-D60 Announced 02-Feb-00
Canon EOS-D60 Announced 22-Feb-02
Canon EOS-10D Announced 27-Feb-03
Canon EOS-300D Announced 20-Aug-03
It is very likely that Canon will announce a new pro camera (3D?)
in the end of September. As 300D does not fit "the release scheme"
of semi-pro models it may tell either that they have tightened
release scales or that they have started a new August release for
consumer SLR series and this means a new semi-pro model will be
again announced in February (or they skip a year).
But I doubt 10D price drop is nothing else than businesses seeing
more profit coming in from 300D and so they do not need as much
room in 10D pricing.
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Pekka
http://photography-on-the.net
You could well be right. Time will tell. A new pro model in September or the near future succeeding the 1D would be welcome, though.
