The design first came about in the mid sixties, was repeated in the 80's with the Canon F1 and Nikon F3 variants, then again in the 90's with a couple of Eos film models.
By the very nature of the design it had massive advantages for action photographers, but like many specialist kit, it also had major dissadvantages.
A pure guess on my part is if this design ever surfaces again we're more likely to see it on mid then top end model rather than entry level models.
I can't much see a pelix design becoming a big seller for any manufacturer for reasons above...in the past they were only made in small numbers, but manufacturers don't make as much profit from any top flight models to purely justify there own existence....The likes of 300,350 and 400D for canon have enabled that investment and in some cases features to be implimented into their mid and top end models. By pure economics the 400d's will make more money for a company than any 1d's will.
I suspect that as mirrors have got much smaller, drives faster anyway, the pros for a pellicle design dim very slightly too. a shame really as it'd have advantages with a good processor and high capacity memory card
Incidentally the EOS RT sold out in no time at all...can't get one at the right price for love or money then!...in my view the demand was higher than production at the time
The posting I made earlier first mentioning it was just an idea.......most of us will never know the reasons and decisions in the boardrooms of the major camera manufacturers..........
Maybe we shall see a gold plated Eos camera one day too?!! (hell knows ...Contax kept pushing those pieces of jewellery out in the past! LOL)
Last edited by Joe; 25-02-07 at 23:57.
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