Announcement 18 October: merging of 1D and 1Ds lines?
 

That is the latest.

1D/1Ds line is about to be amalgamated. (Name Unknown)
Full Frame
18mp
12 fps
61 AF Points
New Battery
Available in March
Price unknown, suspected to be more than the 1D Mark IV

the latest from where?

I don't believe it for a minute, certainly not with those specs which are extremely similar to the 1D MkIV which has been out nearly 2 years

photorumors

[URL="http://photorumors.com/2011/10/12/new-canon-dslr-on-october-18th/"]http://photorumors.com/2011/10/12/new-canon-dslr-on-october-18th/[/URL]

It will be the 1D X. [url]http://www.canon.com/news/2011/oct18e.html[/url] It is mentioned down the release.

(specs not confirmed at time of posting)

Canon EOS-1D X

Full Frame
18.1MP
Dual DIGIC 5+ – 17 Times The Processing Power of DIGIC 4
ISO 100-51200 Native
100,000 Pixel RGB Metering Sensor
EOS iSA (Intelligent Subject Analysis)
61 Point AF
21 f/5.6 Cross Type Sensors
20 f/4 Cross Type Sensors
5 f/2.8 Cross Type Senors
EOS iTR AF (Intelligent Tracking & Recognition Auto Focus)
12 Frames Per Second
14 Frames Per Second JPG Only
400,000 Shot Rated Sensor
Ethernet Connection
March Availability

I see there's a story at Tech radar:

[url]http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/canon-announces-eos-1d-x-professional-dslr-1034579[/url]

I can see users of the 1DS family being quite disappointed with this if it is the end of the DS range

It is the end of the 1Ds line. They are merging into one line now. Maybe that means the long rumoured 3D may come about (3D only being the name, not the functionality).

Oooooh I'll buy two one to keep in the car and one to pop in my pocket;)

It is a shame the 1d and 1ds are being merged really as there was a nice price gap between the two not that I could ever afford or justify either of them unless I turned pro which I may just be ready for on my 70th birthday;)

We are of course due a refresh of the 7D and 5D now as well the DSLR cameras are now trailing the new Powershots which have Digic 5 processors.