60D or 8D??

Just had a look and saw that the Canon 50D is selling for ~R8000. This is such a good price! Makes me wonder if they just not selling very well. I still think its such a good camera for that price. Makes me wonder if its because of the 7D? So what are canon going to do. Will they carry on making a 60D and a 8D or will they develop one of these lines?  Had a look at the canon release dates:


  • 550D (Digital Rebel T2i) (Feb 2010)
  • 1D Mark IV (Oct 2009)
  • 7D (Sept 2009)
  • 500D (Digital Rebel T1i) (March 2009)
  • 5D Mark II (Sept 2008)
  • 50D (Aug 2008)
  • 1000D (Digital Rebel XS) (June 2008)
  • 450D (Digital Rebel XSi) (Jan 2008)
  • 40D (Aug 2007)
  • 1Ds Mark III (Aug 2007)
  • 1D Mark III (Feb 2007)
  • 400D (Digital Rebel XTi) (Aug 2006)
  • 30D (Feb 2006)
  • 5D (Aug 2005)
  • 1D Mark II N (Aug 2005)
  • 20Da (June 2005)
  • 350D (Digital Rebel XT) (Feb 2005)
  • 1Ds Mark II (Sept 2004)
  • 20D (Aug 2004)
  • 1D Mark II (Jan 2004)
  • 300D (Digital Rebel) (Aug 2003)
  • 10D (Feb 2003)
  • 1Ds (Sept 2002)
  • D60 (Feb 2002)
  • 1D (Sept 2001)
  • D30 (May 2000) 
August seems to be the release date for the 50D line. So are we going to see a new camera soon? The 7D was also released almost a year ago... So one of these are due any day. Can't wait to see! I also see that Nikon just released a camera with autofocus video. I'm sure this is the way to go. But what else are we going to see?

Any minute now....

(timeline came from http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/NIK_CAN.HTM)

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