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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / April 2006Canon cancels 20Da
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/10/canon-yanks-eos-20da-astronomy-camera/ Canon yanks EOS 20Da astronomy camera Canon has announced that the company will discontinue its EOS 20Da digital SLR later this month. The camera -- a version of the EOS 20D optimized for astrophotography with a custom low-pass filter and live LCD focusing via a mirror lock-up -- was always a unique product targeting a specialized niche. Canon insists that it's killing the cam because its base body, the 20D, is being replaced by the new 30D. That could mean that Canon plans a new model based on the 30D, or it could just be an effort to find a graceful way to kill off a product that was a little too specialized to find a decent market -- especially at a price of about $2,500 with lenses, more than double the going rate for the 20D. Rich gossips idiotically: > [...] What, you were thinking of buying one and now you have a reason not to? Or is this just more of the usual marketing soap opera that seems to endlessly fascinate ignorant wannabe fruitcake nitwits like you in this forum? (Will Pentax call it quits? Will Canon be caught in flagrante delicto with Nikon, raising the outrage of the anti-trust goon squad? Can Leica finally create a camera worth owning? TUNE IN TORMORROW!!!) >Rich gossips idiotically: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >delicto with Nikon, raising the outrage of the anti-trust goon squad? >Can Leica finally create a camera worth owning? TUNE IN TORMORROW!!!) You read the subject like, imbecile. Avoid the post. >>Rich gossips idiotically: << Snipped bits out >>> > You read the subject like, imbecile. Avoid the post. Perhaps he, similar to me, chooses to warn others of the nature of your posts designed to create long and vacuous threads.  Signaturejohn mcwilliams >>>Rich gossips idiotically: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Perhaps he, similar to me, chooses to warn others of the nature of your >posts designed to create long and vacuous threads. Thank GOODNESS for you internet samaritans! Thanks Rich. That explains why some months ago I was getting nowhere with Canon trying to get a review unit out of them for this camera. They would have known back then even though only now making the announcement. Cheers, Wayne Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog and Podcast http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/ Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/ > Thanks Rich. That explains why some months ago I was getting nowhere > with Canon trying to get a review unit out of them for this camera. > They would have known back then even though only now making the > announcement. A far better explanation is that Canon looked at your website and said "Who is this guy?" and shipped any review units to more visible entities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance >> Thanks Rich. That explains why some months ago I was getting nowhere >> with Canon trying to get a review unit out of them for this camera. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > "Who is this guy?" and shipped any review units to more visible > entities. Hurrah for the internet! - how on earth did non-achievers like you manage to sneer at people who are trying hard, before it came along? > >> Thanks Rich. That explains why some months ago I was getting nowhere > >> with Canon trying to get a review unit out of them for this camera. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Hurrah for the internet! - how on earth did non-achievers like you manage to > sneer at people who are trying hard, before it came along? Ahhhhh, poor Pentax Fan is upset because I offended his ego. Oh wait, not his ego, but someone elses ego? Maybe you should google up "hopelessly idiotic sycophantic bimbo". Is that you picture that pops up? In any case, I find it ironic you babble about "non-achiever" here... >> >> Thanks Rich. That explains why some months ago I was getting nowhere >> >> with Canon trying to get a review unit out of them for this camera. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > up? In any case, I find it ironic you babble about "non-achiever" > here...<<< So, tell me. is that the best you can do - or has a frenzied bout of masturbation left you temporarily lethargic? I'm going to be charitable and assume it's the latter reason, and give you another opportunity to come back with something less juvenile. Don't let me down!, d'you hear?! >>> >> Thanks Rich. That explains why some months ago I was getting nowhere >>> >> with Canon trying to get a review unit out of them for this camera. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Don't let me down!, d'you hear?! He's getting better - a month ago "fuckhead" was the best he could come up with. >Thanks Rich. That explains why some months ago I was getting nowhere >with Canon trying to get a review unit out of them for this camera. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Blog and Podcast http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/ >Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/ Didn't matter anyway. The camera was a ripoff and not very effective. Astro-photogs are FAR better of sending a Rebel/XT to Hutech for modification. -Rich >Thanks Rich. That explains why some months ago I was getting nowhere >with Canon trying to get a review unit out of them for this camera. >They would have known back then even though only now making the >announcement. The explanation is straightforward. When camera manufacturers announce that a product is discontinued, its manufacture often ended months or even years before. A good example is the Nikon F3. The F3 was on Nikon's list for just over 20 years. However, it had not been manufactured for about two years when its discontinuation was announced in 2000. With the 20Da, which has a very limited market, I suggest that Canon probably made one small batch of this camera, and that Canon no longer has stocks. |
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