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Unfortunatly I didn’t grab the text before it was removed, but according to Erwin Canon is going to be releasing replacements for both the 1D and 1Ds models. I don’t think that this is a surprise to anyone, but his predictions are as follows.

“Canon EOS D1
- 12.8 MP Sensor with DIGIC III
- Full Frame
- Weather sealed body
- Ability to write unlimited continuous JPEG at full frame rates as long as the memory card transfer rate is fast enough.
- New ISO 6400
- Expected price $4500 US dollars and will be cheaper than the Leica M8

Canon EOS D1s
- 22 MP sensor with DIGIC III
- Full Frame
- Should directly compete with Medium format
”

The elimination of 1.3x sensor seems reasonable, Chuck Westfall has aluded to as much in the past. It was hard to tell if his switching of D1/1D was a typo or not since he seemed to go back and forth. I’m leaning towards typo, seeing as Nikon had a D1 model years ago.

Some discussion on www.dpreview.com

The full text that was posted to Erwin’s site is available here
www.dpreview.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