Phillip Bloom posted in his blog about the launch of Canon new professional sports camera 1d mark V (not IV) on between 22-24 October in PDN International Expo. This is align with the rumors we heard so far.
Bloom is a director / filmmaker not a photographer. Since DSLR camera has movie recording mode, many independent movie maker are very enthusiasts for Digital SLR cameras too, which is a good thing!
Bloom explained the reasoning of Canon skipping the ‘IV’ is because it is a bad number. In Japan or China, four has similar tone with the character “death” so this quite make sense.
He also posted some Canon EOS 1d mark V specs:
- 16 MP APC-H sensor which is a 1.3 x crop
- 11 fps continuous shooting speed
- Video recording mode with manual exposure control and some new enhancement from Canon 7D.
- Price: $4000+
Canon 1d mark IV will try to best Nikon D3s (also launched this month).
UPDATE: Canon launches Canon EOS 1d mark IV
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