Here's the translation from Bablefish: Innovations Gun: it left! Remember; it was in July... Hunter of Images gave a report on the insistent rumours concerning the numerical innovations of Gun, planned for the re-entry. Eh well they arrive! Here what we write in Chasseur of Images number 246, last July: "Last play �.la.mode in Japan, to hide the infos with the press longest possible, so qu.aucun article is not published before the products are on sale: is necessary fourguer stocks d.abord!" "Obviously, we are not d.accord with this design of journalism and we thus refuse systematically the presentations under embargo of which l.unic goal is to muzzle us." "Of the blow, one demene to know what is woven and to put to you as soon as possible in the confidence, with the precautions d.usage so that nobody confuses information and rumours. At Canon, for example, that does occur in this moment? As everywhere, one prepares Photokina (September 25-30), with his batch of small innovations (these foreseeable products intended to stop the holes in the current ranges) and some paving stones in the pond." "On the side of the products purely marketing, nobody will be surprised d.apprendre that l.Ixus DIGITAL arrives into 3 Mpix, always also compact and with a small zoom x2." "One will discover also A200 mono-focal distance 2 Mpix at price d.enfer and, more interesting, PowerShot G3, identical to l.actuel G2 but equipped d.un new converter A/D 12 bits (instead of 8), a pretty body money and a zoom x4." "But l.info most resounding - which should not leave qu.en September. - a new reflex camera numerical for pros and intended concerns to shoulder l.actuel EOS 1D and which could s.appeler EOS D-120. With the program, 12 Mpix, obtained in raboutant. two sensors Cmos 6 Mpix, which will make it possible to d.obtenir a surface d.image near to the 24x36." ... Good news: we had not been mistaken! ACT 1: the "small innovations" were already announced, in the current of the summer. ACT 2: here so much awaited the G3 Gun! It will be revealed officially in Photokina but, roof of irony, it is already in publicity on a German site of mail order trading: http://www.foto-lambertin.de On this site, which undoubtedly released information a little early considering the presentation with the press was not yet to make, one discovers before the hour all the specifications of the G3 future: It is seen that the small new one preserves the sensor 4 Mpix of G2: ouf! We will n.aurons to deplore neither the rise of the noise, nor diffraction related to l.utilisation of ridiculously small pixels (hardly more than 2 micrometers on side). G3 is very pretty with its non-skid handle and its d.objectif barrel metal (see photo). An at the same time elegant and technical look. Principal characteristics: Objective: zoom X 4 equivalent 35-140 mm ultralumineux (f/2.0-3.0). Development: by multipoint AF. Free selection of the active collimator. Flash: compatibility multiflash without cords by claw EX and specific corrector integrated flash. Synchro "2nd curtain" (translate: at the end of the exposure). Optical complements: X 0,7 (equivalent 24 mm) and X 1,75 (245mm equivalent). Fast assembly by bayonet. Price: of l.ordre of 1.000 E in Germany. To follow to France! ACT 3: Ben... read again what one wrote in July!
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