DSLRRumors.com

Here’s another little tidbit on the 1DSIII, but I think it deserves a grain or two of salt. I can believe 22 megapixel, but half the body size? The only way this makes sense to me is if there was a removable battery grip. I also can’t see a new lens mount, EF-S is a relatively new addition to the digital world.

“The last shoot had a Canon rep come by with the new 22MP digi demo body. It is half the size of the 1Ds Mark II. They said they are hustling to make lenses that will work with what this body can resolve. They may even make a new mount again for an entirely new lens design. It won’t be out before Phot Show East.”

source theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com

This isn’t so much a rumor as a wish, but I’m hoping Pentax will give us some more information on the previously announced 645d. I’m curious about the upgradeable sensor, will this be a user replaceable part? I’m also not sure what the recent merger with Hoya means for the 645d, hopefully it hasn’t been scrapped.
Links:
Official Pentax annoucement
Pentax 645D Review
Pentax 645D Digital Medium Format Camera at Photo Imaging Expo 2006
Anticipating the Pentax 645D

According to the graphic on this site EF800mmf/5.6 DO IS USM there is a new lens coming from Canon. This is likely a fake…

BobAtkins.com points out there are a number of possible mistakes in the ad.

[01/22/07] - There’s an image supposedly grabbed from the Canon UK website of an 800mm f5.6 DO USM lens. There are a few problems though. If you look at the URL and the “breadcrumbs” trail, you’ll see one references the “fixed focal length” directory and the other references the “Image Stabilized Lenses” directory. On the real site for other lenses the URL and breadcrumbs match. Also the word “difractive” and “incorperates” are mis-spelled and the final sentence of the description makes no grammatical sense. The URL is also inconsistent with other lenses in that it puts a period in the aperture (i.e. 5.6), whereas other lenses like the 400/2.8 has a URL with no period in the aperture (i.e. 28), So the URL for this lens contains “_f5.6DOIS_”, whereas the URL for the 400/2.8 contains the string “_f28DOIS_”

So either it’s a pretty good, but imperfect fake or Canon need to hire better proof readers for their website and sort out the problems with their breadcrumbs and URLs!

source : bobatkins.com

Looks like someone slipped up. Here’s first “offical” referrence to the 40d model number. No real information is available yet but it’s a little bit of validation.
via Engadget

This time from www.fredmiranda.com

Summarising the previous post Canon was going to replace all their DSLR range in 2007 except for the 400D. There would be:

30D Replacement (40D?) with
• Anti-dust
• 5D like AF
• 10.2mp 4 channel sensor (though they were testing a 12 mp one)
• Still 1.6 crop for those EF-S lenses
• DIGIC III and sensor changes to give better high ISO and lower noise (especially at 1600 and 3200 ISO)
• Very similar appearance to 30D

5D would be split into FF two lines to create full frame demand
• Low end – similar to current 12 Mp sensor but with a more 30D like body (could be a 7D?) and DIGIC III. This low end and xxD series were meant to provide a more cost effective choice between 1.6 and FF for the advance amateur and allow a gradual migration to more full frame over time driven by the market.
• High end with more MP (16mp but not the 1D sensor), improved AF for the full frame, DIGIC III etc. (could be a 3D?)
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Snagged from the DPReview forums…

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