Here's notice on Canon's website of their new upcoming 6 MegaPixel Digital SLR compatible with EF Lenses... Not a whole lot of information but it's the first written indication from Canon - http://www.canon.com/about/business/08.html or just click here Canon Digital

-- Bill (meyerwj@louisville.stortek.com), July 10, 2001

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I have heard about this camera too. It is supposed to be based on the EOS-1v, and has a larger CCD size than the D30, and therefore the lenses are closer to their 35mm field of view. The rumours are that the price will be twice that of the EOS D30, so around $5000-$6000, or maybe even more.

-- Isaac Sibson (isibson@hotmail.com), July 10, 2001.

Pentax has shown working prototypes of a 6MP Digital SLR with a full- frame (24x36mm) array. As of a couple of months ago, a price of $6000-7000 was being floated. The body is shared with the just- released MZ-S Professional body.

-- Mark Erickson (mark@westerickson.net), July 12, 2001.

A lot of folks, including me, are expecting a new digital SLR from Canon, but I don't think this link is referring to it. I think this refers to the now discontinued Canon D6000/Kodak DCS 560.

Good shooting! Steve Farmer

-- Steve Farmer (ceilidh@mindspring.com), August 22, 2001.

Steve,

You may very well be correct about the link referring to the older Canon D6000/Kodak DCS560. However there have been a great deal of rumors flying about regarding an upcoming "pro" level 6MP EOS digital to compete against Nikon's D1. Fuji, Pentax & a few others have also made rumblings about 6MP cameras. I'd be really suprised if Canon did not make an official announcement of a release date within the year.

-- Hung James Wasson (HJWasson@aol.com), August 23, 2001.

In www.chassim.com and www.photim.com (two entrances to the same website) you'll find detailed descriptions of this camera in the "Info" section. The text is in French (since the site belongs to a French photography magazine), but much of it is easy to figure out even if you don't know French, especially if you have a French-English dictionary.

-- Michael Lopez (mlopez@ers.usda.gov), September 13, 2001.

To my great releif Chasseur d'Images has released the details on the EOS digital camera.

Hopefully this will put an end to the seemingly endless stream of rumours and messages Canonites have put on the web in the past time on dream- and vaporware of what they had hoped that the ultimate Nikon D-1x and D-1h beater would be.

In the end it's just (..) another CCD non full frame digital camera with a 4,48 Mpix, effective 4,16 Mpix chip and 1,3 extension factor.

Of course Canonites wouldn't be Canonites without finding something to prove their brand is better then Nikon, so on Dpreview forums already techies have started discussions of how much more superior this camera, with expected shipping date only in December 2001, will be over Nikon as the camera according to specifications will shoot 8fps in 20 shot bursts and have a 1/16.000th top shutter speed.

As a Nikon user I'm happy the EOS 1D finally has hit the market, just as I was happy when after several years the EOS 1V finally appeared to challenge the Nikon F5. It will keep Nikon sharp and force them to stay awake and, unlike what they have done in the past, not rest on past glory and achievements.

It's this continuous competition between these two major camera manufacturers that has stimulated technological innovations at affordable prices, which is only to the benefit of both amateur and professional photographers.

So I hope some people will finally start taking pictures now, with or without the latest camera that hit the market.

Paul K

-- Paul K (photopp@wanadoo.nl), September 15, 2001.