The scariest part is that Canon is the one behind this :)

People most likely thought we would be crazy saying we can get clean ISO1600 shots, let alone ISO 102400!

Things like this make me wonder how outlandish ISO 102400 would have sounded 20 years ago.

What is it we would need to worry about if the 'wonder camera' was not currently sci-fi?

LensWork said:
That new Canon bears a very striking resemblance (shape & style wise) to a point-n-shoot film camera Canon had about 25 years ago http://www.collection-appareils.fr/canon/images/canon_autoboy.jpg.

It actually reminds me of the nikon pronea in appearance with a little canon rebel and apple (no buttons!) tossed in. I doubt it can do f/1.4 throughout that range...

The concept doesn't seem too far off actually considering the superzooms we have now (who would of imagined Sigmas 50-500mm auto 20 years ago and that is in the interchangeable lens department, the FinePix HS10 has the equivalent to 24-720mm and Nikons P100 isn't far behind). Also optical zoom is becoming quite common in most lower end cameras, making glass elements obsolete...

Also the gigapixel trend, the "framerates" that DSLR's are adopting, and the rising mpx can account to the idea being taken seriously in a decade or two... A hasselblad with a phase 5 65mpx back is often claimed to not need any lens longer than an 80mm because you can just crop and crop and crop. I could believe that they will have 200-300mpx 35mmish or smaller sensors in 30ish years If newer technology doesn't change the way cameras capture images again, and with the rise of optical zoom could make a camera like this possible...

Why does this look familiar??? hmm toilet brush holder and mirror???

That new Canon bears a very striking resemblance (shape & style wise) to a point-n-shoot film camera Canon had about 25 years ago http://www.collection-appareils.fr/canon/images/canon_autoboy.jpg .

Yes. I probably need one of those in twenty years for I won't be able to handle anything above 100mm. They just too heavy by then.

Oops - sorry, wrong forum. If someone could move to the appropriate forum (weird/fun?), that would be cool :)

Check this out:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/

No specs or anything like that, just a bit of fantasy from Canon really. I'm not suggesting it's necessarily a good idea. I just found it an interesting concept and I like gadgets and crap like that, so I thought I'd share it with you guys :)

The video also features a Panasonic 'life wall', which I don't need at all, but feel like I do, if just for potential coolness factor. A bit like the iPhone 4 then, which I still don't own ....(yet?) :)