With all these recent camera announcements, you’d think PhotoKina was coming up, or something…
Along with the Powershot G10, Canon announced 6 new/improved digital cameras at it’s September 17 2008 launch event:
EOS 5D Mark II – 21.1 Megapixel DSLR with full-frame CMOS sensor, HD Video capture at 1920×1080, monaural audio via the built-in microphone/stereo recording requires an external microphone, $2,699.99
PowerShot SD880 IS – 10.0 Megapixel point-and-shoot, $299.99
PowerShot SD990 IS – 14.7 Megapixel Digital ELPH, $399.99
PowerShot SX10 IS – 20x Optical Zoom, wide-angle lens, 10.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor, $399.99
PowerShot SX1 IS – variant of the SX10 IS, but with CMOS in place of CCD which allows 1080p/30fps HD movies of up to 4GB or 29 min 59 sec
The star at the product launch was clearly the EOS 5D, with its HD movies. The specs for the 5D can be found at this link. As for marketing niche, Mogens Jensen of Canon says “professional photojournalists and wedding photographers already choose the EOS 5D for its discrete size and outstanding image quality”. Eight short movies taken with the EOS 5D Mark II are available at this link.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II Escalates Full-Frame Digital SLR Photography to the Next Level with HD Movie Recording – Canon press release, September 17 2008
Related posts:
Leave a Reply