I'm trying to figure out if Canon hit their mark or not with this, and although I think that there will be a lot of people (sports photographers and journalists) excited about this, I don't understand why so many people are excited about it's video functions. Other than better build quality, why would anyone buy this over the 5D or 7D for video? Really, what this camera is intended for is high frame rate stills. And, let's take into account the D3s. The D3s shoots 9fps stills with a buffer of 130, the 1D Mk IV shoots 10fps with a buffer of 121. The Nikon D3s may only shoot 720p, but why would this matter if you're spending double the price of a 5D for the same image quality (possibly even less) plus a 1.3X crop. Hands down, the D3s would be a better camera for sports photography and journalism, and it's the same price as the 1D Mk IV. So, unless you have a setup of Canon lenses/accessories, I would go with the D3s, even for video. Am I missing something here?

You must be joking. The D3 retails for $5,500.

Apple makes money on speculation. Why would they want it to stop?

Police are the literal definition of terrorists.

BOOP!

Here is the dialogue that I see:

Consumer: "I want this."
Apple: "No you don't, you want this."

For example:

Hoards of folks: "Apple, we no wants glossy display."
Apple: "Yes you's does!"

So, if a ton of people want it Apple with probably find some way to weasle out of it.

I'm in.

Why does it have a 6.8MP resolution on there? Do you think that maybe the D300S will have a 6.8MP feature that shoots at a higher frame rate?

Make the video mode not so shitty by giving it the impossible:

- The ability to dismantle the Fed
- 4K FF unlimited record time.
- Selectable shutter angles/speeds.
- 4:4:4 sampling w/ optional Proress 4:2:2 HQ recording
- None of this h.264/AVCHD non-sense these DSLR makers are pushing (actually, just none of this 4:2:0 long-GOP garbage [excluding XDCAM EX])
- Liquid-cooled sensor
- Dual XLR inputs on the bottom
- 24.5MP stills
- X-Ray

@ terrylam

I totally agree with you, and I said in my post that functions comes first. I have operated a Steadicam with an F900 and a Canon HJ40x10B (which is a damn heavy piece of glass), and I have felt the back aches it gives you for wearing it for more than 30 minutes or so, but really the cameras that are exceptional are the ones that are easy to use and produce an amazing image. Sony has done this with all of their professional and prosumer products, RED has done it with the REDone, Thomson has done it with the Viper. All I was trying to say is that some work in the ID department would do this camera some good.