5D Mark III is in-stock!!

[simonxu11]

Someone just posted this in another forum, he took the picture in a camera store in China.
You guys who ordered from Amazon or B&H shouldn't wait much longer.
The seller said the retail price for body only is 20800RMB which is $3287 according to today's exchange rate.

 

[rwmson]

Sweet! Hope those aren't fakes. :

 

[simonxu11]

Sweet! Hope those aren't fakes. :

why?? Because the word "China" = fake??????

 

[iso79]

Wow those are huge boxes!

 

[xROELOFx]

Wow those are huge boxes!

it takes quite a lot of space to put a camera body + 24-105 lens inside

 

[Pierre]

Just received an e-mail from Amazon:

Hello, We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on March 02, 2012 (Order# ): "Canon EOS 5D Mark III 22.3 MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera with EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens"

Estimated arrival date: April 05, 2012 - April 09, 2012.

 

[Pierre]

I ordered the kit. Not sure if that matters.

 

[Abraxx]

I'm wondering why Amazon Germany is not accepting pre orders for the mark II yet.... ???

EDIT Mark III I meant of course

 

[mkrimmer]

I'm wondering why Amazon Germany is not accepting pre orders for the mark II yet.... ???

which city are you from?

 

[jalbfb]

CR: "There was a lot of confidence from a couple of the retailers that initial preorders would be filled very quickly and that Canon had a lot of initial inventory of the camera."

Boy do I hope this is true! 9 days and counting! ;D

 

[mkrimmer]

i preordered mine on one of the biggest (if not the biggest) retailers in munich, germany. I'm on list #6. i do hope they'll get at least 6 boxed right at the beginning

and i also hope march, 22nd is also our first date for the Mark III

 

[Jamesy]

Wow those are huge boxes!

it takes quite a lot of space to put a camera body + 24-105 lens inside

Interesting - I had read somewhere that the initial shipments would be bodies only and that the kits would perhaps be delayed until June - that is good news.

 

[Dylan777]

Just received an e-mail from Amazon:

Hello, We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on March 02, 2012 (Order# ): "Canon EOS 5D Mark III 22.3 MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera with EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens"

Estimated arrival date: April 05, 2012 - April 09, 2012.

Music to my ears....I put my pre-order through BH at 9AM california time. I'm not sure if I'm lucky enough to receive 5D III in the 1st shipment. Even though I don't have any big events coming, but still I want that 5D III in my hand NOW NOW NOW

 

[Lloyd50]

This is good news, hopefully pre orders start to roll in next week. *fingers crossed*

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

China always seems to get them first. They have a embargo date to release them, but it is usually ignored.

US sellers stick to the embargo date, because its not ignored by Canon North America.

 

[grahamsz]

I ordered the kit. Not sure if that matters.

What shipping method did you use?

I got this email from them:

"Canon EOS 5D Mark III 22.3 MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera with EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens"
Estimated arrival date: April 03, 2012

Though I picked next day delivery, so that should be a 4/2 ship. It'll be interesting if they are already planning different ship dates because they know they have multiple shipments coming in

 

[xROELOFx]

Wow those are huge boxes!

it takes quite a lot of space to put a camera body + 24-105 lens inside

Interesting - I had read somewhere that the initial shipments would be bodies only and that the kits would perhaps be delayed until June - that is good news.

i don't know about this. my comment was purely based on the box in the picture itself, wich says it's a 24-105 kit. it reminded me of the box where my 5D mk II with 24-70 was in, that was also a pretty large one.

 

[Raddy]

I'm wondering why Amazon Germany is not accepting pre orders for the mark II yet.... ???

EDIT Mark III I meant of course

It's not even listed there. Plenty of other shops do offer pre-ordering for quite some time now.
Very strange indeed and pretty unusual...

 

[Jamesy]

... it reminded me of the box where my 5D mk II with 24-70 was in, that was also a pretty large one.

I didn't know there was a 24-70 offered as a kit lens. Was it in North America?

 

[Seamus]

Great news! Any news that supports the March release date is awesome. Less than two weeks to go! ;D