At the end of last week, Canon Korea teased a new camera in an ad that showed what seemed to be a DSLR hidden behind a semi-see through sheet. Now, adding fuel to the fire (albeit a small fire) that the Korean branch of the company started, Canon Japan has released a teaser video about the same camera.
As teasers go, this one is a bit on the sad side. No deep message, no man in the Scottish highlands on a "journey of self-discovery," just a pair of white lips wishing you a Merry Christmas. The title, however, does give something away.
The Canon Rebel DSLRs are known as the Kiss lineup in Japan, and so the video confirms this will be a new consumer-level DSLR (no $3,000 retro shooter from Canon..yet). The two main camera, and if you look at the photo at the top you'lll understand why.
Put together by dicahub, that image shows how the camera under the sheet in the original teaser perfectly fits the SL1's outline, with a few minor exceptions. Those exceptions could be the result of shooting angle, or hint at the fact that his is indeed a followup with some minor aesthetic tweaks.
The teaser videos keep coming. And that means your Christmas wish list may need some adjustments or it's going to be filled this year. Canon Watch seems to believe that this 'White Kiss" camera my just be the white version to the Rebel cameras already in production. But we know better, that with Japan...this could possibly be a high advanced version of the camera that may dazzle us for some time.