5D Mark II : Canon Eats Canon

IT'S HERE!! IT'S HERE!! IT'S HERE!! IT'S HERE!! IT'S HERE!! IT'S HERE!! IT'S HERE!!

If you couldn't already tell, I am positively elated by the news.

$2,699 for a 21.1mp state of the art STILL AND VIDEO machine. BARGAIN!!! 

FULL HD VIDEO at 30fps!! WHAT!!

21.1mp 14-bit files!! WHAT!!

SELF CLEANING (been craving this one for awhile haha)

Start scraping your pennies together folks. 

THIS is EVOLUTION, THIS is CANON, THIS is what we have all been waiting for.

But, in all this excitement, where does the 1Ds Mark III get left?

As a scrap in the bottom of the 5D2's bowl it seems...

The Evolution of Canon's Evolution Ad

So, it seems Canon has been updating their "Moon" teaser leading up to the full moon on the 15th and the suspected announcement of the 5D's successor on the 17th.

You can now see just a little bit more of the camera in the ad.

There sure know how to drive you crazy don't they?

R.I.P. Photoshelter Stock

Sad day folks, sad day.

The Announcement.

Damon Winter. Holy Sh*t.

Watch This

I am Speechless.

Leaps and Bounds in the DSLR world...

Today, Sony announced the A900. 

Normally, I don't really care enough about this kinda thing to announce it here, but this camera represents the crowning of a new king in the DSLR world, a post that Canon has held for around 6 years. 

The A900 FULL-FRAME sensor clocks in at a whopping 24.6mp and has in body image stabilization--a feature some thought could never be implemented in a full-frame body. 

Sony has stolen, for the time being, the megapixel crown off of the 21.1mp 1Ds Mark 3, Canon's current $7,999 flagship.

And, get this, it did it for $5,000 less. The A900 will cost $2,999 when it hits the shelves sometime this winter. Crazy.

Now, of course, the A900 is no 1Ds. But the word "tank" was used by DP Review in describing its build quality, a comparison once reserved only for the top dogs of the DSLR world. Standards are climbing with every generation of cameras and it seems that Sony has taken this to heart.

When the A700 was introduced, it represented Sony's first real plunge into the DSLR market. The A700 was nothing special, it felt cheap and breakable, I doubted that Sony would ever be able to carve out a piece of the Canon/Nikon pie. 

But, low and behold, it seems that with this new A900 and an INCREDIBLE line of Zeiss lenses being churned out for it, Sony might be a real contender after all...

Only time, Canon, Nikon, and Photokina 2008 (Sept 23-28) will tell whether the A900 will be a real force in the DSLR market. Personally, I think Canon has an ace up their sleeve. It's been 3 years since the release of the 5D and with the recent "Moon" teaser, it seems a Photokina announcement is imminent. 

Either way, buckle up your seat belts (all who care), it's going to be a pretty exciting month.