Talk:Canon EOS D30

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Naming[edit]

The inconsistent naming of the D30, D60, 10D and 20D articles accidentally lead me to create a second article on the D30. I'll be merging these and redirecting the Canon_EOS-D30 article here.

I'll also try to fix the naming scheme. See Talk:Canon_EOS-20D for more info. Jkruis 21:25, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Gap[edit]

How could it be intended to occupy the gap between the Pro70 and a camera that wouldn't exist for another 15 months? Did it start out as a Canon's high-end/pro camera and become prosumer later, or did they really have that much foresight in their marketing? 76.235.158.66 (talk) 23:23, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand it, the 1D (or a hypothetical professional Canon digital SLR) had been in Canon's pipeline for some time before it was actually released. The D30 was always intended for the high-end amateur market, although it was used by professional photojournalists because it was less quirky than the Nikon D1 (the DPReview link has a second opinion from a working professional, and this is this famous case). Judging by the press release here - frustratingly, I can't find a properly-attributed official press release, although one is mentioned here - it was officially marketed as an affordable alternative to the D2000/D6000, although by that time the Canon/Kodak deal no longer applied, and so I suspect the 1D was busily in development at that time. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 14:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]