{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blogposting-js","path":"/blog/canon_rumors","result":{"data":{"mdx":{"body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"date\": \"2007-08-19T07:00:00.000Z\",\n  \"updated\": \"2007-08-19T07:00:00.000Z\",\n  \"type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n  \"title\": \"New Canon announcements... and new features here \",\n  \"entityId\": \"039d4340-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionId\": \"039d4341-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionNum\": 1,\n  \"tags\": {\n    \"arts.meta.cameras\": [{\n      \"@id\": \"40d\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }, {\n      \"@id\": \"1dsmkIII\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }, {\n      \"@id\": \"g9\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }, {\n      \"@id\": \"arts.meta.cameras.g7\",\n      \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n    }],\n    \"plain\": [{\n      \"@id\": \"meta\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }]\n  },\n  \"sidebar\": \"# In not so fun news..\\n\\nMy camera troubles after the dip continue. KEH made things very very right with my new RB67 back, but now I discovered that something's wrong with my 90mm lens's shutter. Given the replacement cost, it's not worth repair, so I have to get yet another 90mm lens.\\n\\n(For those of you who aren't shooting medium format, the 90mm is the equivalent of the 50mm lens on a 35mm camera. It's easy to make, has a normal field of view, and fairly cheap. It costs used about what a 50mm 1.8 lens costs new.\",\n  \"description\": \"Canon announces the 1Ds Mk III and the 40D... my G7 is obsolete... and I add commenting \"\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(\"strike\", null, \"So Amazon.com accidentally let the product pages for the EOS-1Ds Mk III and the 40D be visible.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Update: \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.dpreview.com/\"\n  }, \"DPreview posted the news\"), \" \"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"This is good, because the 30D has been getting fairly long in the tooth and really could use an upgrade.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"It\\u2019s more of the same. The 1Ds Mk III has 21 megapixels now. The 40D has 10 megapixels now.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Features from \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"/blog/cameras_2007_one/\"\n  }, \"other recent models\"), \" \\u2014 Live view, highlight tone priority, the option to make the camera quieter, etc. are all present. It looks like Canon\\u2019s realized that they won\\u2019t be able to stretch the megapixel race too much farther so they\\u2019re doing some much-needed improvements in usability. I don\\u2019t think people realize it quite yet, but these features are probably more impressive than more megapixels.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The latest attempt at making autofocus work with live view is that they\\u2019ll drop the mirror down long enough to focus and then let you live view again. It\\u2019s either going to be really annoying or nice and handy.. and it\\u2019s configurable via a custom function because I don\\u2019t think Canon knows either how people are going to like it.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The 1Ds Mk III has the 21 megapixels that the prior rumors suggested, but it doesn\\u2019t have a new lens mount. However, there\\u2019s also a new version of the 14mm lens on the way, so I suspect that the full-frame lenses that aren\\u2019t going to resolve enough detail at 21 megapixels (which has caused many 5D / 1D shooters to get certain sharp older prime lenses) are going to be replaced soon.\"), mdx(\"h1\", null, \"I\\u2019m already obselete!\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"My Canon G7 is now officially obselete. The Canon G9 is now out, and many of the things people disliked about it have been fixed.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"The main thing I\\u2019m annoyed about is the return of RAW functionality, because that is the one feature I\\u2019d actually use out of the additional features that the G9 has. The extra 2 megapixels is probably not an improvement.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Oh, while we\\u2019re on the subject\\u2026 Did you know that if you made a APS-C sized sensor with the same pixel size as the Canon G7, it would be a 84 megapixel sensor?\"));\n}\n;\nMDXContent.isMDXComponent = true;","id":"a1003682-ca28-5816-b076-b218833ad396","fields":{"sidebar":"<h1>In not so fun news..</h1>\n<p>My camera troubles after the dip continue. KEH made things very very right with my new RB67 back, but now I discovered that something's wrong with my 90mm lens's shutter. Given the replacement cost, it's not worth repair, so I have to get yet another 90mm lens.</p>\n<p>(For those of you who aren't shooting medium format, the 90mm is the equivalent of the 50mm lens on a 35mm camera. It's easy to make, has a normal field of view, and fairly cheap. It costs used about what a 50mm 1.8 lens costs new.</p>\n"},"frontmatter":{"date":"August 19, 2007","title":"New Canon announcements... and new features here ","type":"BlogPosting","description":"Canon announces the 1Ds Mk III and the 40D... my G7 is obsolete... and I add commenting ","sidebar":"# In not so fun news..\n\nMy camera troubles after the dip continue. KEH made things very very right with my new RB67 back, but now I discovered that something's wrong with my 90mm lens's shutter. Given the replacement cost, it's not worth repair, so I have to get yet another 90mm lens.\n\n(For those of you who aren't shooting medium format, the 90mm is the equivalent of the 50mm lens on a 35mm camera. It's easy to make, has a normal field of view, and fairly cheap. It costs used about what a 50mm 1.8 lens costs new."},"srcImages":null,"excerpt":"Update:  DPreview posted the news   This is good, because the 30D has been getting fairly long in the tooth and really could use an upgrade. It's more of the same. The 1Ds Mk III has 21 megapixels now. The 40D has 10 megapixels now. Features from  other recent models  -- Live view, highlight tone…"}},"pageContext":{"id":"a1003682-ca28-5816-b076-b218833ad396","parent":"/blog","name":"canon_rumors","depth":2,"title":"New Canon announcements... and new features here ","type":"BlogPosting","date":"2007-08-19T07:00:00.000Z","hidden":null,"breadcrumbs":[{"url":"/"},{"name":"blog","url":"/blog"},{"name":"New Canon announcements... and new features here ","url":"/blog/canon_rumors"}],"excerpt":"Canon announces the 1Ds Mk III and the 40D... my G7 is obsolete... and I add commenting ","updated":"2007-08-19T07:00:00.000Z"}},"staticQueryHashes":["1062461325","1937434333","2193146810","2240196328","3649515864","815954065"]}