New Cameras - Photokina 2006
Photokina 2006 is nearly upon us, and I find myself wondering what new cameras will be released.
I’m still on the lookout for a good compact camera, and I have a feeling this quest won’t be complete any time soon. I’ve been amazed at the price of the Digital SLRs (DSLRs) that have been hitting the market lately, and am looking forward to seeing if Canon come out with anything. There have long been rumors about a Canon EOS 3D coming out, but I don’t think we’ll see one any time soon.
I’d like to see improvements made to the EOS 5D - perhaps giving us an EOS 5D Mk II! These improvements will include a price drop of course, and then I may be able to get back to full-frame photography.
Nikon have already released lots of new DSLRs lately, so I don’t think we’ll see anything new from them. We’ve also had the first Sony DSLR (the Sony Alpha DSLR-A100), so we probably won’t see anything from them now. Anyway, I really should be working (just stopped for a cup of tea). No doubt I’ll mention any exciting new cameras here when I hear about them 
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September 1st, 2006 15:41
Why? why? why? do DSLR cameras have to be so large! Surely can’t be the size of the chip, my old Olympus OM1 effectively had a 35mm chip. Yes I know there has to be space for the electronics but the 35mm film cameras needed space for the exposed and unexposed film, plenty of unused space there. The manufacturers manage to get the electronics in compact cameras like the Sony T9 (and an internal zoom lens). So come on manufacturers, what about it?
September 2nd, 2006 14:07
This is a good question David - I’d much rather a smaller DSLR. Even my 20D feels bulky - though having said that the 350D is pretty small.
However, there is a lot of electronics to get into the body, along with larger batteries, memory card reader, lots more buttons and switches etc.
Compact digicams have lower power requirements to DSLRs too, which is one of the reasons they can be smaller - they can use smaller batteries.
Anyway, will be interesting to see what comes out later this month…
September 17th, 2006 17:10
I’ve been on the lookout for a new DSLR for a while and I was just about to buy one, knowing that Photokina was coming along and would make whatever I bought old.
I eventually bought the new D80, which is not too big for a DSLR and I am enjoying it a lot. I think that the camera bodies have to be relativly big to balance the lenses. They normally use less power than the compacts as they’re not driving the display as much of the time.
Have you seen the new Canon Ixus with Image stabiliser and a wide angle lens (28-105 equiv). Very tempting… dpreview.com has details.
I’m just trying out your flickrviewer app. Great work. Wish I had the knowhow to program these things from scratch.