Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the info.  I'm skeptical it was really a "slip up".  What it'll
do, is get some people to postpone buying a Contax digital and wait to see
the Canon full frame (which I'm still skeptical can take wide angle lenses,
without a re-design of the mount)...

Austin

> I can't believe I'm posting this here, because I'm sick of all
> talk about digital
> cameras, but I thought that some of you would be interested in
> this rumor. It is
> unconfirmed on my part; I just read it on the web. This from
> Steve's Digicams
> today:
>
> Canon Europe "Slips Up" With Premature Release of Info Regarding
> the Upcoming
> EOS-1Ds SLR
>
> I have been swamped with emails from folks all over the globe
> letting me know
> about the premature release of info on Canon Europe's web site
> yesterday about
> the upcoming EOS-1Ds SLR. This info was supposed to remain a
> secret until just
> before the start of the Photokina show in Germany on Sept. 25th
> but it's out of
> the bag now. The new Canon EOS-1Ds will feature a full-frame (in 35mm
> equivalent) image sensor with a total of 11.1 million pixels of
> resolution. We can
> only guess at this point that it will be built on the existing
> EOS-1D body and that
> it will possibly sell for around $7600.
>
> End Snip.