new rumors about 5D

[david o]

hi,
here http://athos99.romandie.com/post/1656/37362 some "news" about the next 5D.
It's in french.

it says that two versions of the 5D will be available for PMA 2007
- 5Dmk1, the same as the one now, plus a self cleaning sensor system, and cheaper.
- 5Ds with 16MP, and 5fps.


Don't kill the messenger.

[Steve Kerman]

Well, that's consistent with an earlier rumor, and also with the fact that they are now offering $600 rebates on the current version of the 5D.

[K.C.]

If there's any truth to adding the self cleaning sensor to a cheaper 5D then you'd think they'll  be revising the entire line up to include that feature.

[BJL]

Sorry, but this does not even deserve the name "rumor". It is pure speculation, with not a hint of a reason to believe that the author's speculations are better than yours or mine.

(Just for fun, my new "rumor" is an EF-S model of about 12MP and about half the price of the 5D, which drives the 5D off the market. No, this is not worthy of serious discussion either.)

[John Sheehy]

(Just for fun, my new "rumor" is an EF-S model of about 12MP and about half the price of the 5D, which drives the 5D off the market. No, this is not worthy of serious discussion either.)
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Well, if they can keep the noise increase small, that would be a welcome upgrade to the 30D.  A little more noise per pixel doesn't necessarily mean more noise per image.

Of course, there will probably be no RAW RGB histogram, no auto-ISO, no user-program modes, no thicker rows and colums of masked pixels on all 4 edges of the sensor to remove banding from images, etc; the things that would really excite me.  Canon is so pathetically boring.  What is becoming of companies these days is very sad.  No pride; only profit.