Two weeks ago DXO posted an "Optic Modules Roadmap" mentioning several body/lens combinations to be released in Nov/Dec that included the Canon EOS 60D body. The day after the 60D modules was removed from the list again, but it was pretty much a confirmation of a very near 60D announcement. Now also pictures has emerged of a new Canon body which almost obviously must be the new 60D? It looks like an APS-C camera with pentaprism viewfinder, rotating LCD(!) and maybe a bit smaller body than the 50D? It also looks like it has fewer buttons and apparently no joystick? The mode-dial seems to have only one Custom-setting (compared with two on 50D and three on 40D and 7D), but is it a button in the middle of the dial, and if so what function does it have? And what about the center of the back-wheel, could it be that the inside of the wheel works as the new joystick?
If you already have the 7D you might not be that interested in details about the 60D, but maybe some exiting new lenses will be released together with the new APS-C body? Currently rumored release dates are 26th or 30th of August...(Update: or 24th, 27th or even 17th or 19th?... oh forget it. Just wait until it happens ;-))
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