*UPDATE* 5D Mark III Sighting?

[JR]

I now vote for a 5DX!  Darn you are right lbloom this is so exciting.  We finally have something more concrete to go on!!!

Bring it on Canon!

[tooslick2k]

I now vote for a 5DX!  Darn you are right lbloom this is so exciting.  We finally have something more concrete to go on!!!

Exciting indeed. I like the sound of a 5DX, just sounds more sophisticated, hopefully it will be just as good as it sounds!   

[Justin]

what if this camera was neither 5dmk3 or 7dm2 but in fact a 5dx
Personally I think a lot of people would love a full frame 7d and hopefully this new camera will be it, I don't care what they call it as long as it's a beast! 

This makes sense to me. A merging of the 7D and 5D lines. Hope it doesn't share the 1Dx's 18mpx sensor, but I fear it might.

Or...

It could be a 7DX. Full frame version of the popular 7D. Same sensor as 1Dx. Less rugged. Small body. Lower fps (8 vs 1Dx 12/14).

Reserving room for the C to be the true movie successor and a 5D3 to be the high megapixel monster to compete with Nikon's 36mpx offering.

[Axilrod]

It could very well be a EOS Movie prototype.  I'm sure they are out there. 

As to pricing of the 5D MK III, Nikon Rumors has a price estimate of $3K for the D800, which is where the D700 started.  I doubt that a 5D MK III will be far off this price.

Nothing about the pictures looks like a video shoot, no tripods, no stabilization, guy is always looking through the viewfinder, etc.  I think stills when I think of a safari. 

[wayward]

The good news Canon 5d mk3 is scheduled for release on Feb 9th in Australia. The bad news is they have kept the shitty AF system

[aRodriguezPixL]

I vote 1ds mk4 do I know what I'm talking about? No, but hey it's possible right? Maybe Canon has took all the qualities of the 1d bodies mixed them with the 1DX, 5d 7d sized body to allow max portability! Is this even plausible who knows, but I'm just a realistic talking fish head.

[Dylan]

Man, we really need to get Philip Bloom in here to tell us what camera this is!   

[doug13]

ORIGINAL LINK:

http://blog.apertureacademy.com/2012/01/canon-200-400mm-and-600mm-prototype.html


PS: PIC THERE HAVE A HIGHER RES THAN THE ONES HERE.

[DJL329]

Wow, so many responses in such a short amount of time!  What a great day for the rumor mill!

Maybe a 4DX or 2DX?

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I have to say - this is looking less like a 5DII replacement and more like a 3D/4D/6D/etc. - something in the $4K price range, not a $2.5-3K 5DIII.

It is doubtful that there would ever be a "4D" from Canon, because in Japanese, the word "four" sounds like the word "death."  It is considered unlucky.  That being said, the next 5D is "overdue," so I doubt it would be anything other than a 5D III or 5D x.  I also think that something "above" the 5D line, such as the mythical 3D, would not have the dial on top.

Has a joystick on the battery grip...

The addition of the joystick on the vertical grip means that the batteries will no longer load via the back.  This annoys me on the BG-E6, because it makes the finger hold on the grip thicker and squared off, which is difficult to hold.  Hopefully, this means the batteries will go in the side, similar to the 1D line, perhaps with a tray that holds 2 of the LP-E6 (or newer) batteries.  This would allow the vertical finger grip to be rounded off, just like the horizontal grip!

[aRodriguezPixL]

 Hey this means more people can afford a gluttony of full frame  coveted 5D mkiis and the already affordable fantastic 7D! For me that means a buyer for my nearly new canon 5d mkii that has less than 1k photos due to my damn urge to switch and since I fall in the Romney 15% bracket despite earning just $72k this year?! Hopefully I won't need to pay much and therefore buy this new toy and enable a real photographer the ability to afford a real decent 5D MKII! I am an enthusiast but I pride myself in trying to achieve high quality fully capable photos when possible, and despite my like of manual focus lenses, and caffeine induced hands, I think I do pretty well, will I ever shoot a award winner, or national geographic photo with my high end toys, no, but dang it I still try! Fwiw I feel having high quality gear is very crucial even if you are not capable as I think it's designers did very well in making sure most people can achieve excellent results. Does this mean that a Leica in the hands of the novice could shoot pulitzers? No not really, but if they try just a little they can achieve high quality results! I have owned many Zeiss lenses after selling and buying back due to their high abilities, and I know that zeiss is highly capable even if I'm not, just ask the resident Dr. Here and they'll share zeiss lab stories. I'm off to save more to get another Zeiss back, but in the mean time my samyang 35mm 1.4 is really nice for its price! I do need an autofocus ASAP, plus learn how too use the other settings aside from m mode all the time!

[doug13]

Axilrod:
Not cool man, I think this guy has had enough invasion of privacy for one week.  You never know what kind of trolls will see this, you're familiar with trolling...aren't you?


No but it seems that your are.
BTW: This info is on the guy's website, so even for no trolls like me it wouldn't be that hard to find that.

[tooslick2k]

Maybe they will announce it during the CP+ show in Japan next month? Could this be a possibility?

[doug13]

Maybe they will announce it during the CP+ show in Japan next month? Could this be a possibility?

At the moment i think is more plausible to say that the 5dmk3 will be there, then the d800.

[Angryoak]

http://blog.apertureacademy.com/2012/01/canon-200-400mm-and-600mm-prototype.html

So help me out, in this original blog he is shooting with two different cameras. If one is the 5DX or 7Dmkii, what is the other one he is shooting with?

[kapanak]

http://blog.apertureacademy.com/2012/01/canon-200-400mm-and-600mm-prototype.html

So help me out, in this original blog he is shooting with two different cameras. If one is the 5DX or 7Dmkii, what is the other one he is shooting with?

As stated several times in this thread alone, the other body is in fact the Canon 1DX ...