*UPDATE* The Next 5D on March 2, 2012 [CR3]

[RobS]

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

now this crown i'm sure will go to nikon

[awinphoto]

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

now this crown i'm sure will go to nikon

And i'm sure we are all waiting on baited breath to hear your explanation why

[distant.star]

I, for one, am waiting neither with "baited" nor bated breath.

Please do not presume...

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

now this crown i'm sure will go to nikon

And i'm sure we are all waiting on baited breath to hear your explanation why

[Daniel Flather]

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

now this crown i'm sure will go to nikon

Who cares, why does it bother people so much?  I guess I best toss my Grado earphones and buy some Dr. Dre Beats.

[Arkarch]

The previous 20+ pages summed up:

"$3500?! INCONCEIVABLE!" - 23%
"Blah blah look at how much I make as a photographer, check me out dooods" - 17%
wild, pointless speculation on other features - 8%
"But the Nikon blahblah is sexier/cheaper/makes me coffee" - 18%
"I want a second hand MK2 / 7D for cheap / free" - 20%

Actual interest and discussion on awesome new features - 13%

YOU'RE WELCOME, INTERNET.

Whats the other 1% ?

Whoops, wrong forum

[awinphoto]

I, for one, am waiting neither with "baited" nor bated breath.

Please do not presume...

Awww come on... where's your sense of humor... it's morning, i got a cold, and could use a good laugh from this tool.  =)

[KeithR]

now this crown i'm sure will go to nikon

Five posts in, and this is the first where you're not actually specifically saying you're jumping ship.

Just do it, will you? Nobody cares about what you might or might not do if Canon doesn't build your own perfect personal camera.

[AJ]

Well suppose those specs are true.  It seems to me that you get most of a 1Dx for half the price.  61 pt AF, a few more megapixels, dual card slots.  Sounds like a true pro camera to me, not just prosumer.  IMO $3500 is not a bad price at all to start with.

Seems to me that, unless you need high fps or the extra build quality, there's really no need for the 1Dx.

If I were Canon I'd put in 19 point AF to distinguish the product lines more.  But I'm not Canon.

[Astro]

now this crown i'm sure will go to nikon

5 postings and in every one of them you sound like an nikon troll...

[HTCahHTC]

20+ pages in less than 24 hours... I smell the awesomeness of Canoners.

Anw, chill the crap out guys! Relax! $3500 is a RUMORED price, RUMORED. Even if it's this price, I'm pretty sure Canon has specs and such to justify it.
Less than a week to go to a long-awaited Canon breakthrough, so hold your horses and we'll see the announcement together with the price tag.

It's not about the money, money, money... 

[Drama79]

20+ pages in less than 24 hours... I smell the awesomeness of Canoners.

Anw, chill the crap out guys! Relax! $3500 is a RUMORED price, RUMORED. Even if it's this price, I'm pretty sure Canon has specs and such to justify it.
Less than a week to go to a long-awaited Canon breakthrough, so hold your horses and we'll see the announcement together with the price tag.

It's not about the money, money, money... 

I was with you right up to that point.

[astrocrab]

let see... 5d3 $3500 VS $1800 5d2

It's really is depend on much more detail about the 5d3...

on this message i'm stop of reading this looong 24 pages thread =)

[HTCahHTC]

20+ pages in less than 24 hours... I smell the awesomeness of Canoners.

Anw, chill the crap out guys! Relax! $3500 is a RUMORED price, RUMORED. Even if it's this price, I'm pretty sure Canon has specs and such to justify it.
Less than a week to go to a long-awaited Canon breakthrough, so hold your horses and we'll see the announcement together with the price tag.

It's not about the money, money, money... 

I was with you right up to that point.

HAHAHA I was just trollin' man. Jessie J just came to my mind at that point of time.

[stilscream]

Did Peter Jackson release "the Hobbit" early, because there are a whole lot of trolls up in here lately.

Did anyone expect the best parts of the 1D series line for the price of a 7D? Really? Everyone was talking about how these specs weren't true because they would decrease 1dx sales... $3500 is exactly where I expected it to launch. Ask any sales person, and if a customer is comfortable at price $Z, then a good sales person wants to sell them $Z + X. There's a splurge factor on things we really really want. This sounds like a more well rounded camera than the mk ii or d800. Niche markets are great, but widespread appeal is often better. By Christmas, it will be $3100.

[DzPhotography]

I am surprised everyone is so focused on the high price increase.  Has anyone been paying attention to food and commodity prices for the past 3+ years when the Mark 2 first hit the market?  You really shouldn't be surprised.  Inflation is rising rapidly.  Our US dollars are becoming useless.

Instead of complaining with your voice, use the most powerful tool you have and don't buy it if you feel it is too high.  If consumers stop placing so much demand on the markets, the markets have to eventually come down to what is feasible to the consumer.  Too many bitch and moan, yet go out and buy the product as though their business cannot still thrive without the latest and greatest gear. 

How did all of the great masters of photography thrive before all of these "great" gadgets and doohickeys?  They adapted to their abilities and mastered them.  How many of you even still use a lightmeter?

Spend your dollars wisely and you won't need to NEED any upgrade everytime a new "latest and greatest" model or piece comes out.  Shoot, I still use PS3, LR2 and shoot with the original 5D.  The only reason i ever upgrade is if something breaks or there is something that is more efficient and can make me more $$.

Master what you have and you will never have to worry about what the dude next to you has.

I think it's not the rumored price tag itself but the fact that Nikon has a better specification to a lower price that is the problem. If this specification is true 5D3 must be cheaper than D800.

Dude please