The Big Megapixel Body in 2013?

[Stephen Melvin]

If they want to price it higher than the 5D Mk III, they'll need to put two DIGIC processors in it and make the SD slot UHS compliant. If they do that and keep the Mk III's speed, it should sell reasonably well. Now if they can fix the low ISO pattern noise and increase the DR, it will sell very well indeed.

[BDD]

I would be okay with a high MP version of the 5D3, with a hit in the FPS...BUT I don't want to loose stops in native ISO. If we loose one and the max native ISO is 12,800 I'd be content. Can Canon pull this off? As it is I think the 5D3 will be my next DSLR..AFTER Canon comes up with a fix for the light/exposure change problem and eliminates it from future production cameras.

[LetTheRightLensIn]

If they want to price it higher than the 5D Mk III, they'll need to put two DIGIC processors in it and make the SD slot UHS compliant. If they do that and keep the Mk III's speed, it should sell reasonably well. Now if they can fix the low ISO pattern noise and increase the DR, it will sell very well indeed.

if they did that and kept it 5D3-sized and gave it the cropped video mode without aliasing/moire than yeah that would something indeed. I can't see them doing it (and if they get much above 36-38MP it might not even be possible, maybe even 30-32MP could be the limit if they also maintain a small body, hard to say) but it would be something.

[ukasheq]

And copying RAW photos from card will take milion minutes...

[StORM48]

There’s a big price gap between the 5D Mark III at $3500 and the 1D X at $6799 that I think needs filled. APS-H is dead, so something has to go in there around $4500-$5000. Judging by the initial sales of the 5D Mark III, people are willing to pay a lot of money for high end digital SLRs.

What?!!! 

Jesus Christ!

The best way to inform Canon that we will pay them as much as they want, is bidding prices like this, as we did for 5d mk3 past years, which is why it costs so much now. Don't think that Canon staff don't follow forums. They do. Oh yes, they do!

$5000 for high-res body?! That would be insane! $3500 for mk3 are already excessive compared to what d800  offers. Anything above that would be just idiotic for non-1D(s) body.

[lol]

And copying RAW photos from card will take milion minutes...

About time you got a USB 3 card reader perhaps. Even my older CF cards can sustain over 60MB/s which is in the ball park of one raw per second of a hypothetical higher MP Canon camera.

[hhelmbold]

Chances are ... 2014 ... with Canons history.

No... it will be announced in 2013 and "rushed" released end of 2014

[briansquibb]

Roll out the APS-H again to resolve the issues

[Caps18]

If it is in the 40-50+MP range and a medium format sensor...then it might be worth upgrading...

I better start saving now though.

[Pierogo]

What I want most is image quality. I don't need video capability, so if that's adding a significant amount of money to the price of the camera, leave it out. If a price gap needs filling, I'd prefer to see Canon going between the 7D and the 5D3, like where the 5D2 is, assuming the 2 is going to be put out to pasture.
No video, just  stills.

[Astro]

so something has to go in there around $4500-$5000

nikon offers a 36 MP camera for under 3000$ and canon for 5000$.... well... i don´t know about you but that idea sucks.

[zim]

Take a 1Dx spec camera and up the MP to say min 36 but probably 40 I wonder what that would give the top fps to be? and who knows maybe they've throttled the digic processors back a little knowing the road map. That would give them the reason for the high price as Nikon et al would not have a direct equivalent. If there's going to be one it won't be a 5D derivative would be my guess

[Daniel Flather]

Where is the camera sans mirror, 24*36, 50mm f1.8, eh?

[Hulk]

Before I purchased mine I did think about switching to Nikon due to Canon's high pricing.

But you didn't switch, which demonstrates Canon was right.

[psolberg]

2013 is being optimistic. If there is one, it will be the 1DsMKIV and it will upwards of 7 thousand bucks if the prior one was any indication. As far as full frame goes, I think canon is done with the 5DmkIII and any increases in MP will have to wait 4 years for the MK4.

Take a 1Dx spec camera and up the MP to say min 36 but probably 40 I wonder what that would give the top fps to be? and who knows maybe they've throttled the digic processors back a little knowing the road map. That would give them the reason for the high price as Nikon et al would not have a direct equivalent. If there's going to be one it won't be a 5D derivative would be my guess

honestly who gives a crap what the fps are. if you're shooting in studio or landscape scenarios (the audience for a big mp body), 4-5 fps is more than enough.

so something has to go in there around $4500-$5000

nikon offers a 36 MP camera for under 3000$ and canon for 5000$.... well... i don´t know about you but that idea sucks.

+1 . the OP's gap is pointless to fill. If canon has a gap to fill is the 2-3K gap I disagree with CR's take that people will pay more. Many are locked in to the lens system for now. Rip them off constantly with more overpriced glass and bodies and things may turn from a small trickle of migrants to an exodus away from the brand.

If it is in the 40-50+MP range and a medium format sensor...then it might be worth upgrading...

I better start saving now though.

it would require brand new lenses and very expensive to say the least. canon will never get into the medium format arena.

I would be okay with a high MP version of the 5D3, with a hit in the FPS...BUT I don't want to loose stops in native ISO. If we loose one and the max native ISO is 12,800 I'd be content. Can Canon pull this off? As it is I think the 5D3 will be my next DSLR..AFTER Canon comes up with a fix for the light/exposure change problem and eliminates it from future production cameras.

that's just silly. the audience for such camera is not those that care about crappy high ISO images done under crappy light with crappy dynamic range that is associated with high ISO values. the audience for this camera are light lovers. people that shoot in studio or landscape with buckets of beautiful light and not the inside of their closets with the lights off. I'd much rather see LOWER ISO capabilites. how about ISO25 for a change and 14+ stops of DR. The D800 already proved that downsampling big MP to 22MP more than matches what the 5DmkIII can do in low light, so who cares for more? If so, don't buy it. Stupid high ISO can be hand with the 1DX if that's your boat. I see no reason that every camera has to chase the ISO values as if that was the only priority.
http://mansurovs.com/nikon-d800-review#iso_performance
(click next at the bottom to see the D800 match the 5DmkIII at high ISO)

The religion of low light is honestly getting old. We need to move past that. this is after all PHOTOGRAPHY, not DARKography.