The new 5D Mark III ?!?! PICS!

[hummingbird]

ah.....sleepless.  cannot stop thinking about you MarkIII!  Why do you torture me so?  I don't know if I will make it three more days!!!

yours truly

[ramon123]

where's the guy that posted these pictures? why doesn't he get hold of the person who sent them to him and try get a little more info for the all of us, thousands of people!

[wickidwombat]

where's the guy that posted these pictures? why doesn't he get hold of the person who sent them to him and try get a little more info for the all of us, thousands of people!

If you had your hands on a 5Dmk3 would you...
a) be sitting on the computer on a rumours forum or
b) using it and enjoying shooting with it
c) out swapping it for weapons of mass destruction...
?

[ramon123]

umm..

I'd be taking pictures like 80% and i'd be spending the other 20% giving info to people and making thousands and thousands happy!

[SebSic]

umm..

I'd be taking pictures like 80% and i'd be spending the other 20% giving info to people and making thousands and thousands happy!

the other 20%, i will do my job and enjoy my family ...

[ramon123]

1. What do you guys read into this mistake made by Canon Japan?

2. Why so many times do Canon and Nikon make this mistake on their very own website! I mean, does the web admin type in Canon EOS 5D Mark III then click upload/update and then only realize that it's live and therefore needs to put the page "down" asap?

The credibility is high here, we're talking about Canon Japan's website!

[dslrdummy]

I'm a novice when it comes to discussion about the 5Diii (I still own a 5D which as you will recall has no video), but did anyone notice that what I assume is the microphone on this camera has five holes? Does any existing canon dslr model at any level have five? The 1DX has only three, and the 7D four. If nothing else it indicates, lest there was any doubt, that this is a non-released model and if it's a fake, you have to love their attention to detail. 

[wickidwombat]

1. What do you guys read into this mistake made by Canon Japan?

2. Why so many times do Canon and Nikon make this mistake on their very own website! I mean, does the web admin type in Canon EOS 5D Mark III then click upload/update and then only realize that it's live and therefore needs to put the page "down" asap?

The credibility is high here, we're talking about Canon Japan's website!

bored IT admin showing his collegues how quickly he can whip several thousand people into a frenzy of speculation and hype?
trying to break a record for crashing the rumours server?
I think this exact same thing happend around the time the 1Dx was announced too

[ramon123]

I think if those IT guys at canon did that on purpose/joke they'd get sent to prison by canon!!

Canon have been so tight lipped about the 5D3 - this seems to be a really basic mistake.

I'd like to hear the real story!

[ramon123]

@MichaelCruz  I lived in the Middle East for years. Call me crazy, but I think I'd recognize that rubble and sky anywhere. Do you know if these pics were taken in the Persian Gulf region?  Funny, everybody focused on the camera, but my mind kept saying "that looks like Bahrain or Qatar or UAE (Couch pattern is also very ME). I hope that doesn't give someone away, but it is interesting if they are testing there. Or maybe a rich Sheik already has one and that's where the pics came from?!

Wow, you have very keen eye!  The cam is here in Dubai

MICHAELCRUZ: The cam is "here" in Dubai? That means it's close to you! Go and get us more pictures and details!!! We're only around 60-80 hours away from announcement (CR3)... so you can't go wrong now 

[jchl97]

@MichaelCruz  I lived in the Middle East for years. Call me crazy, but I think I'd recognize that rubble and sky anywhere. Do you know if these pics were taken in the Persian Gulf region?  Funny, everybody focused on the camera, but my mind kept saying "that looks like Bahrain or Qatar or UAE (Couch pattern is also very ME). I hope that doesn't give someone away, but it is interesting if they are testing there. Or maybe a rich Sheik already has one and that's where the pics came from?!

Wow, you have very keen eye!  The cam is here in Dubai

MICHAELCRUZ: The cam is "here" in Dubai? That means it's close to you! Go and get us more pictures and details!!! We're only around 60-80 hours away from announcement (CR3)... so you can't go wrong now 

Updates have died for the past twelve hours or so... Can't wait for more pics and specs, and of course March 2nd!!!

[mkrimmer]

Updates have died for the past twelve hours or so... Can't wait for more pics and specs, and of course March 2nd!!!

it seems like the server died as well. now he is up again and ready for some more details/rumors :-)

[pakosouthpark]

maybe the guy that posted the pics tried to put up some more info but the servers were down..
he might show up now the servers are back up again! (please do show up!! we are dying here for more info!!)

[ramon123]

we're all waiting here... refreshing our browsers waiting for new stuff..

someone step up to the plate and bring us info!! 

[melbournite]

Ok everybody, let's take a deep breath and say
'I must stop refreshing my browser every 2 minutes,
I must stop refreshing my browser every 2 minutes,
I must stop refreshing by browser every 2 minutes,
because I will bring the server down again'