Of worthwhile note is this: http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2007/01/keep-your-trap-shut.html

That talks about just how all this rumor-mongering starts and hits major blogs like Engaget here, and all from some guy who should have kept is insights to himself.

Come on! Greyscale LCD! Try the Jobo GigaVu Evolution! ( http://www.jobo.com/jobo_digital/giga_vu_pro_evolution/ ) is kicks ass over this, has a beatiful color screen, better battery life, and can receive the images wirelessly from the camera. This product you're showing is SO 80's!

John

What about this?!!?

(new) 37" LCD HDTV $999.99 @ Costco & Sam's & BJ's (everyday price)
VP42HDTV -- (new) 42" Plasma HDTV $999.99 @ Costco (1 day sale price)
L42HDTV -- 42" LCD HDTV $1199.99 @ Sam's (everyday price)
GV42LHDTV -- 42" LCD HDTV $1299.99 @ Costco & BJ's (everyday price)
GV46LHDTV -- (new) 46" LCD HDTV $1649.99 @ Sam's (everyday price)
P50HDTV -- 50" Plasma HDTV $1699.99 @ Sam's & BJ's (everyday price), $300 off Circuit City (1 day sale, price to be announced)

Walmart has the 32" for $598.00 online, 37" for $848.00 online.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5359008
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5375972

Check yourself before you wreck yourself!

John - http://www.johnharrington.com

Yet to see a wireless adapter for cameras of this caliber? BOTH Nikon and Canon have wireless adapters for their top of the line bodies, and I own and have used both, and further, both work exceptionally well!

John
http://www.washington-dc-photographer.com

That's just what I've been waiting for! Very nice new features...

John

Man, that looks like one nice camera...sure is putting the heat on Canon and Nikon to stay up to speed on price and chip size! That's sure a nice upgrade to the original Pentax K1000!

John

I think this isn't going to work very well. I think that in some very limited circumstances it might, but it's not going to be able to blanket eliminate all photography, especially of large buildings, etc, the purported security concerns they're talking about.

John

This looks like an interesting point-and-shoot camera with some cool features...

John

Actually KEN, the difference between f1.2 and f1.8 is NOT a full stop. On an 85mm lens, the diameter of the aperture is 70.83mm, and the diameter of the aperture at f1.8 is 47.22mm. At f1.2, that's 3,939.37 sq millimeters. At f1.8, it's 1750.37 sq mm. The TRUE 1.0 stop increment would be an increase to a 50.1mm diameter, or f1.7.

That out of the way -- the sweet spot on the 1.8 is between f5.6 and f8, and the sweet spot on the 1.2 is between f8 and f11. I say this because I OWN both, and have tested them with scientific instrumentation.

And, as to the pricing -- the NEW 85mm lens is a $2100 lens (Telephoto EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM Autofocus Lens), the 85mm lens I own (Telephoto EF 85mm f/1.2L USM Autofocus Lens) -- also L glass, was $1500, and the 1.8 lens I also own(Telephoto EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Autofocus Lens) is $350.

So, do you buy a lens which gives you the best (read sharpest) images at f5.6 for $350, or at f8 for $1500?

As to the comment:
".. It's a phenomenal portrait lens that's more suited to studio work if only because of the much much slower autofocus speeds and the extreme shallow depth of field..."

The "standard" in the photographic industry for a portrait lens is a 105mm, and one of the major differences between the new $2100 lens and the $1500 lens is that the new lens is a faster focus by a significant factor, so your need for a slower auto focus would not be served by this lens.

You also said "... Also what's wrong with using a tiltshift lens or the 85/1.2 on a 20D or a 30D?"

My point was that it'd be just as unusual to see this lens on the body as it would be to see a tilt/shift lens on it. Nothing's wrong with it -- if there was, Canon would have made the duo incompatible, as they have done in the past, especially with lens mounts.

John

Russell/Jeff --

The 85 f1.2 is a serious, *specialty* lens used almost exclusively in low low light situations. The f1.8 lens is 1/2 the price and only marginally worse than the 1.2. It'd be like them showing a tilt/shift lens with the body, but then again, you'll use a tilt/shift more than you would an 85 f1.2.

John