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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-11-2009, 12:36 PM
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Canon had planned to launch 5DMarkII at PMA Vegas 2009. Instead they moved up the date by several months & launched it a week after D90 from Nikon. Thats why its typically out of stock at credible vendors. So HD in 5DII is rather limited but doesn't suffer from the "jello effects" the nikon suffers from. Some say a future firmware will dial in manual focus according to a couple pro video websites I drop in on. But still image stabilized motor sounds do record also. It really should have articulated screen too and that will not be a simple firmware fix. G1 HD or as its now called GH1 is issuing with a silent image stabilized lens and silent autofocus too both dialed in for HD & has 2nd generation articulated screen. Canon and Nikon both will play catch up to Panasonic unless the GH1 turns out to be a dud.
For me I am waiting for the wave of articulated viewscreen dslrs to hit across all price points. Nikon's budget dslr is set to be announced in a few days: 4-14 most everywhere & 4-16 in China , its just a question when D700x or 5D Mark III launch as to when it's included. People have already hacked their D700 to shoot video. I'd be surprised if either budget full frames upgrades were launched without articulated screens.
As far as new budget rebel, I got no clue. I don't follow the low end canon cameras. I'd rather get a 2nd K20D instead, but still I will likely wait a couple years and enjoy what I've got while waiting for dslr technology to take a big step instead of more baby steps.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-11-2009, 08:33 AM
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What I found interesting is Westfall mentioned Nikon & Sony but I don't recall any mention of Pentax , Olympus , Samsung dslr products.
I like Chuck, he opened up alot of the Canon FD archives in 1994. Its handy to have an expert answer your camera questions. I don't know of any other manufacturer that has a Westfall tech guy.
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