Many people were rather underwhelmed with the Canon 7D Mark II announcement, citing that the feature list just doesn’t provide a big enough jump. Well, it didn’t take long for the dust to settle and the next Canon DSLR rumors to fire up.
While I remain very impressed with what I’ve seen from the 7D Mark II thus far, it’s clear that Canon hasn’t hit the mark with a growing crowd of Canon shooters clamoring for a high(er) resolution camera.
The 5D Mark II and 1Ds Mark III hit 21MP over 6 years ago and Canon has been hanging around that resolution on DSLR releases since then. Nikon, Sony and even Samsung (the new NX1 is 28MP) have pushed forward with several cameras over the 25MP mark. Sony and Nikon have a stable of cameras at 36MP, while Canon hangs around 18-22MP for its entire DSLR line.
While rumors of a coming high-MP DSLR have been strong for over a year, a couple of new rumors suggest that such a camera (or cameras) might be just around the corner. Moreover, these cameras are rumored to feature multilayer sensors, which have been revealed in patent applications from Canon.
The most significant support for the coming high-MP cameras reportedly comes from a Canon Explorer of light, who told Canon Rumors they were promised the camera was coming “sooner rather than later.”
While there have been reports and rumors of such a camera being shown at PhotoPlus later this month, the most recent reports suggest that the camera is expected for Q1 2015. It is worth noting, however, that the Canon EOS 1D X was initially unveiled just prior to PhotoPlus 2011 and several months before it was officially available. Of course, Canon had not just released another pro-grade DSLR like it just did with the 7D Mark II.
If it doesn’t show up by PhotoPlus at the end of the month, I wouldn’t hold my breath to see at CES 2015 in January. Most likely, it would get its own time to shine in February or early March, away from other major events.
Stay tuned.
More nonsense! Just silly hype! Serious photographers want a striped down motor driven medium format DSLR we can afford!
Since I gave up my Haselblads and horseman 4×5 in studio Photographers have been competing with a bunch of wealthy photographer-want-to-be’s with lots of available cash and no understanding of light. Give me a camera that can record beautiful images. I don’t need bells and whistles just apertures, shutter speeds, excellent metering and fast clean glass at a price that doesn’t put me out of business!
I strongly agree with Michael! You hit the point Michael!
I agree with what Michael has stated also. Additionally, I would like to throw in that I have seen some of the most well accomplished photos done on a 30D, 40D and 50D. It isn’t how many MPs the camera has. Medium format would be awesome, but the bottomline is that if one knows lights, composition, and has decent glass(es) – they can do almost anything within their imagination.
It would not matter what the specifications of the camera that either Canon or Nikon produce, there will always be a large group who will pull it to pieces. They seem to take pleasure in putting down any new products that come on to the market.
I am in agreement with Michael above, the basic’s in a camera, with good glass and a good sensor and a good eye can produce stunning images.
Maybe….just maybe, a 1DL (Landscape), a 3D or… a 4Ds, just to confuse people to think it is as good a Nikon D4s ??!
I just love that the media has so much more imagination than Canon does!
The next big thing will just be a tiny bump in resolution, slight increase in fps and a couple of gimmicks thrown in to seal the deal.
Good bye Canon, hope you enjoy making lenses for everyone.
I’m far less interested in more megapixels and much more interested in better low-light capabilities.
Don’t mis-understanding me, i am not some mega pixel chaser that doesn’t understand the difference between resolution and quality,
Canon really needs to up their game in all departments, yes better low light performance, but also increased dynamic range, video quality, resolution, frame rates, codec support,…
Basically Canon needs to start innovating rather than having to always play catch up.
I would love a forty or fifty megapixel camera. I’ll even make it easy. I don’t need speeds above ISO 100, frame rates above one per second, and no video capabilities.
I just hope they don’t get to high megapixels using the bogus counting scheme of Sigma/Foveon.