The Canon EOS 7D Mark II May Be Announced in March 2014

EOS 7D Mark II

Fake EOS 7D Mark II (mock-up)

We got a first candidate date (thanks) for the announcement of the Canon EOS 7D Mark II, and some specs confirmation too. According to our source Canon is set to announce the successor of the [shoplink 337]EOS 7D[/shoplink] in March 2014. We didn’t get an exact date, but according to our source it should happen somewhen in the mid of March.

No concrete news about the specs. Rumors still suggest Canon is prototyping two different sensor (though both will have Dual Pixel AF), a 20MP and a 24MP sensor. Which one will do it into the 7D Mark II is still uncertain. However, all rumours suggest the 7D Mark II will not have the same sensor as the [shoplink 14246]Canon EOS 70D[/shoplink]. That looks a bit weird to me. If the 7D Mark II gets a 20MP sensor I can hardly figure out why and how it should be a different sensor than the one featured on the 70D. Maybe different aliasing filters or other very small differences in the engineering of the sensor.

For the time being the following sill is the most credited specification list:

  • ~20MP or ~24MP sensor with Dual Pixel CMOS AF
  • Auto-Focus system similar to the EOS 5D Mark III (61 points), possibly the same as 5D3
  • High frame rate, 10-12 fps
  • “high grade” weather sealing, like Canon’s professional DSLRs
  • Dual Digic V+ processor
  • Single card slot
  • WiFi & GPS
  • Innovative video features
  • Price around $2000
  • Very good ISO performance

That’s all for now. Have a great day.

Possible Image of the EF 100-400mm II Leaked

EF 100-400mm II
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Hard to say if it is the real thing. It doesn’t look like any other Canon lens. The image showed up on Peter Norvig’s G+ profile. He writes:

For Canon fans, you might find this exciting.  A photographer was using this lens. I assert that the black stripes of the focus and zoom rings are the wrong width and placement to be either the 70-200 or the 100-400; therefore I speculate this is a prototype of the long-rumored 100-400 II.

Any ideas…?

[via CR]

Canon Tilt-Shift Rumors: Replacements and New Tilt-Shift Mechanism

Canon Tilt-Shift Rumors
Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8
Canon Tilt-Shift Rumors
Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8

A rumor about new “L” grade Canon tilt-shift lenses surfaced. It has word that there will be an “L” lens to replace the [shoplink 14608]TS-E 45mm f/2.8[/shoplink]. There is more: the [shoplink 131]TS-E 90mm f/2.8[/shoplink] will be replaced with a TS-E 135mm f/2.8L. Moreover, it appears that Canon is designing a new tilt-shift mechanism for this kind of lenses. It does not appear that the [shoplink 244]TS-E 17mm f/4L[/shoplink] and [shoplink 14604]TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II[/shoplink] will be replaced.

[via CR]

Another Rumor Says: No New Canon Gear in 2013

Canon RumorCanon Rumor

That’s not breaking new, just one more confirmation about what already has been reported: there will not be more Canon announcement this year, everything is postponed to 2014. As said, not really a surprise. There was (is) some hope that Canon would announce the successor of the Canon EOS M [shoplink 6091](price & specs)[/shoplink] before X-Mas (we got such rumors), but for the time being it appears they will not. Makes somewhat sense, Canon has the [shoplink 14246]Canon EOS 70D[/shoplink] to exploit for the X-Mas sales. The rumor comes from a usually well informed source. That’s it. We will see.

Take it with a grain of salt (as usual). The EOS M2 has already been leaked (as a model designation) in DPP’s documentation, so we can assume it is real, and there are hints that the EOS M2 could be on its way. However, if Canon wants the EOS M2 to be ready for X-Mas the announcement should happen sooner than later.