Canon TX1 replacement

Any news about the new model?
Canon TX2 perhaps?
What's the product lifecycle for Canon?

Planning on buying a TX1 before May, but I'd like to not buy an instantly
obsolete camera ...

 

did you ever buy a computer ??
Instantly obsolete the minute you plonked down your hard earned, the
question you need to be asking is "Will the Camera do what I want it to do?"

 

Oh ... I thought it was a reasonable question in the circumstance. The TX1
has been out for about a year now. If Canon have a consistent(ish) release
cycle of 12 months then I'd likely wait.

Yeah ... too often. How crazy has that market been of late? When speccing
up a high end machine you've almost got to rethink the strategy on a daily
basis! I recently bought an all purpose rig that has to cope with some CPU
& graphics intensive tasks and the price for parts was dropping by several
$$$ per day whilst I was waiting for the last part to become available.

That's a given in the PC marketplace though. Very frequent release cycles,
lots of individual components, etc
A camera is a single fixed entity though. Nothing has changed on this model
since it's release. That's the difference. Not obsolete until there's a
better product on offer.

Well that's always the tough one isn't it I've got to replace a P&S
(IXUS 500) as it's dying and I'm about to need a reliable P&S for work. The
500 WILL fail when I'm out in the bloody jungle... I've also got to replace
a very old camcorder ... embarrassingly old ... rusty in fact. Does the job
though. No real special requirements on either device. Basic, raw imagery
is all that's required.

The TX1 looks like it'll fill both bills nicely. The video aspect of it
will be loads better than the old camcorder. The P&S will also be better.
7MP vs 5MP, same size body (almost to the mm), slightly larger screen.
Definately an upgrade all 'round. I know I'd be better off with a better
P&S or possibly basic DSLR and a dedicated camcorder. The substantial cost
savings available by choosing the TX1 'compromise' may just pay off though.
Moreso if there's a 'version 2' available soon that addresses some
shortcomings (and adds some too no doubt).

Cheers,
OppyLock

 

perfectly reasonable, I believe that its a 2 year cycle for Canon but I'm
prepeared to be corrected

part of the reason I got out of that game a couple of years ago, plus the
stress factor of working for myself in an already overcrowded market.

I'm not farmiliar with the TX1 but I have found that, in general, most
*multi purpose* devices dont do either job outstandingly, but for plain raw
imagery I suppose your not looking for the output of something like a 40D


If it were me, I would probably go for it and stock up on a few SD cards and
a spare battery as well

Waiting for the next big thing has its down side as well, I have a friend
who is looking to upgrade to a flat panel TV, he has been waiting for the
last 4 years because every time he finds something that he likes a new
technology is announced or a *better* model is released, so far he has
annoyed millions of electrons researching on the net but is still watching
his old CRT 68cm 4:3 TV.
Cheers,

 

The upside is that he has saved a shedload of money though
And if he bought one 4 years ago, it would probably be just about ready to
fail anyway :-(

MrT.