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EOS Bodies / Re: NO 5dM3 On Friday * CONFIRMED By a canon Rep Today

« on: February 29, 2012, 02:59:25 AM »

If there is no 5D3 announcement on 2rd of march... than maybe will be a 7Dmk2  .

Judging by the new photos of the new 5D series, its called Mark lll .... so..... the 5D series IS NOT combined with 7D in a 5DX. Soon enough we will hear about the 7D replacement. In my opinion in the next 2 months (the Olimpics are getting closer and closer)

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EOS Bodies / Re: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEW 5D ISO RANGE WILL BE?????

« on: February 24, 2012, 07:10:09 AM »

i hope the native ISO will be 100-25600 and H1,H2 to 100k

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 5D Mark III/X Ideal Price???

« on: February 23, 2012, 02:10:45 PM »

From the start, I must say that some heavy assumptions are being made in this analysis, and I do understand these shortcoming of my analysis, this must state that this is for speculation and fun ONLY.

Taking the price of the historical "big brother" of the 5D line, the 1Ds (due to FF) and determining the price index between them over three generations of cameras, one can estimate an index based price of the 5D. Due to the fact that  the 1DX has an MSRP of $6800, and staying true to its historical index, the next gen 5D would be priced at $2714. This is assuming that no other factors are involved in pricing (features, tech, inflation, exchange rate, etc.).

If we strictly take into consideration the current price of the YEN vs. USD over time (as some on this forum are prognosticating), we can expect the price of the 5D3 to properly reflect the historical prices of the 5D (with respect to the 1Ds prices) at $4064 adjusting for ERs. This would be the MSRP IF Canon wanted to continue the exact margins/index as the last generation of 5D/1Ds.

HOWEVER, I repeatedly hear justifications for price increases of the 5DmkIII base on solely exchange rates. I believe that this is a misnomer and not the driving MSRP factor for canon due to the fact that the MSRP of the 1DX was set at $6800! The price of that camera went DOWN compared to its last generation even with a YEN increasing in value by 50%. I do understand that the 1DX is not a true offspring of the 1DsmkIII, but with the combination of the two lines and addition of new features to boot, I believe my point to still be valid.

...don't foget that the new generation of 5D will be much closer to the 1D flagship compared with older modeles ( 5D vs 1Dsmk2 and 5D2 vs 1Ds3) somehow is justified the price to be at $3000 or beyond 3k

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EOS Bodies / Re: The Next 5D on February 27/28, 2012 [CR3]

« on: February 23, 2012, 11:44:58 AM »

22 megapixels?

I don't buy it.

Talk of a high-megapixel D800 killer aside, why would Canon ever make two different kinds of full frame sensors? They never did in the past.

Speaking of the past.....  nobody anticipate the release of 5D back in 2005. the company strategy can change, .radically influenced by the market.

PS 5DMK2 was the best seller upper lvl camera that canon ever had.

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EOS Bodies / Re: The Next 5D on February 27/28, 2012 [CR3]

« on: February 23, 2012, 07:20:12 AM »

perhaps something that caters more to those who need higher resolution will be released by end of year.

The 1Dx and the 5D (III/x) are both the right cameras for the Olympics and the Euro 2012 (soccer). Later this year there is the Photokina. The right place to launch a professional high mp camera (and maybe a prosumer-grade APS-C Body).

You are right regarding a high MP body......

regarding of a semi-pro APS-C body i believe launching after the Olympics and euro 2012 will be a huge mistake.

Many people (regular people) wants to take pictures at the Olympics and they want a APS-C sensor camera to have the reach. using the new 5d they will need a very expensive lens to match in reach a 7D with an 70-300mm attached.

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EOS Bodies / Re: The Next 5D on February 27/28, 2012 [CR3]

« on: February 23, 2012, 04:14:38 AM »

If the specs and price are true... then i will order a 5Dmk2 for $2200 ( where i live ) for studio work and a 7D for outdoor.

The final result will be $3650... for a 5Dmk2 and a 7D..... HMMMMMMM

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EOS Bodies / Re: March 2, 2012 The Day for an Announcement?

« on: February 22, 2012, 08:15:50 AM »

i hope in feb.28 will be the 7Dmk2 and in march the 5Dmk3....

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Lenses / Re: Just how important is IS?

« on: February 17, 2012, 01:03:30 AM »

In the case of the 70-200/4, the IS version is also sharper, and is weather-sealed.

You mean that the 70-200 f/4L (without IS) is not weather sealed???

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Landscape / Re: Post Your Best Landscapes

« on: February 16, 2012, 02:49:46 AM »

My favorite landscape

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Lenses / Re: What lens for 7D EF-S or L

« on: February 15, 2012, 01:50:41 PM »

I normally enjoy shooting landscape etc and want to get some lens, I currently have an XSI and want to upgrade to 7D or 7D2 or 70D depending on how much I can save up.. But figured I needed glass first.    So for a crop sensor what do most people like to use?   Since the wide L lenses are 28mm or equivalent to a 35mm EF-S I don't know if they will be wide enough.   Any thoughts?

Thanks

I strongly suggest 17-40 f/4 L USM lens... very good IQ and at a good price. for shallow DOF i suggest 50mm f/1.4.

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EOS Bodies / Re: No 7D Mark II? [CR1]

« on: February 15, 2012, 06:32:19 AM »

Again, no. the whole idea of the EF-S lens is that the rear element is *really really* close to the sensor. Just how you intend to tweak a mirror so that it becomes smaller but still covers the same area is beyond me.

EXACTLY like Nikon have done.....

You do realise Nikon's DX doesn't work the same way as Canon's EF-S?

i meant in technology point of view....

...and is not very hard ( in terms of technology) to adapt the APS-H mirror to be compatible with EF-s lenses.

You aren't guaranteed the EF-S lenses will cover a full image circle.  That pretty much kills the discussion, I think.

Personally, 1.3X might not be a totally terrible compromise, though it would alter the field of view I get out of my lenses.  So long as any change meets the criteria I laid out above I'm down with it...but only if it meets ALL of them.

No one says to keep the full resolution of a APS-H sensor when an EF-S lens is used. I mean when you will use a EF-s lens on a... say... 20MP APS-H sensor you will have 12-13MP effective resolution ( the camera will crop the 1.3 sensor to 1.6).

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EOS Bodies / Re: No 7D Mark II? [CR1]

« on: February 15, 2012, 05:31:03 AM »

Again, no. the whole idea of the EF-S lens is that the rear element is *really really* close to the sensor. Just how you intend to tweak a mirror so that it becomes smaller but still covers the same area is beyond me.

EXACTLY like Nikon have done.....

You do realise Nikon's DX doesn't work the same way as Canon's EF-S?

i meant in technology point of view....

...and is not very hard ( in terms of technology) to adapt the APS-H mirror to be compatible with EF-s lenses.

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EOS Bodies / Re: No 7D Mark II? [CR1]

« on: February 15, 2012, 04:04:45 AM »

Again, no. the whole idea of the EF-S lens is that the rear element is *really really* close to the sensor. Just how you intend to tweak a mirror so that it becomes smaller but still covers the same area is beyond me.

EXACTLY like Nikon have done.....

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EOS Bodies / Re: No 7D Mark II? [CR1]

« on: February 14, 2012, 07:59:37 AM »

We are surely missing the full picture here no?  There is a still market for pro-level APS-C, does it?

Jacques

A very big one...

If 7D had  1 stop better ISO quality at ISO 100 and 200 a had chose  7D. but IQ is more important than every other think that a Canon bodies can have.

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EOS Bodies / Re: No 7D Mark II? [CR1]

« on: February 14, 2012, 07:20:10 AM »

As I said before... 7D was and still is one of the best sellers that canon ever had. WHY they discontinue a very, very well selling body???

OK they will '' rise in class '' with the 70D; same performance like 7D and many improvements..... BUT what about the Nikon D7000 VS 60D!!! do you really think Canon will allow Nikon to be alone in a DSLR category??? especially when we talk about a $1000 camera model.

PS. don't mention that the new Nikon D400 is around the corner.