Announcement Soon [CR3]

[CatfishSoupFTW]

holy jebus! i am very excited! hopefully a new replacement camera for moi.

 

[DarkKnightNine]

The excitement around the Nikon D800 has most Canon shooters either scratching their heads or drooling with envy, so it was a no brainer that Canon has to make some significant announcement of their own very soon. The next most likely candidate for such an announcement would be the FF 5D Mark (III? X? whatever Canon wants to call it).


I shoot a lot of magazine, beauty and fashion portraits, so I'm really hoping for a large megapixel studio camera to give me lots of detail for cropping. I even wish (though I know it's not going to happen) that Canon could give us a camera with a sensor larger than 35mm Full Frame and yes I would be willing to buy more glass for a camera like that.

 

[DarkKnightNine]

My credit cards are burnin'.
I'll be getting one but does any body know any more about the video, still h.264? Or a version of H.264 with different compression?

I read a while back that Canon was working on a new video RAW format that could be recorded to CF Cards. This would be a great time to announce it along with a new FF 5D camera. Let's be hopeful.


Here's the link:
http://www.eoshd.com/content/6976/canon-developing-4k-raw-video-format

 

[AlicoatePhotography]

When are they going to start the preliminary advertising? Remember the silhouette of the 5D mkII and the cryptic slogan.

 

[V8Beast]

I have a D800 on pre-order, so a February 28 announcement will give me plenty of time to cancel it if the 5DIII is up to snuff.

 

[Martin]

Hope they annoucement will bring smth which let me stay with canon. Otherwise i will go back to my trusty old friend nikon. I really keep my fingers crossed for good af, better built quality, slighty better iso and better dynamic range. A lot of expectations to meet, i know but i wait a long time to see what both companies finally bring. I was not happy with 5d2 but have invested already a lot in lenses, so for me the annoucment will be almost a a decision maker, hope the first reviews will come asap.

 

[pakosouthpark]

exciting times for sure in the next 3-5 months!! can not wait for it - all i know is that i need a really good camera for a festival im shooting in may!!!!!! probably a 5dmk3?

 

[shuttersound]

I've sold off my 60D since last year Jun and been waiting for the 3 year cycle announcement since Oct...delayed....Nov...delayed...Dec...delayed...Jan...delayed...and i really hope that its this month and soon to be avail in stores. I've been missing out too much precious time on honing my skills.

 

[waving_odd]

We’re still unsure if it’ll be a 5D Mark III or a 5D X

Bring both to us Canon!

I will hit the "Put in Cart" button for both the 22MP 61-pt AF 5D III and 36+ MP 5D X...

Oh wait, where is the pre-order button?? Please don't say "Estimated availability in April May June July 2012!!!"

 

[BlueMixWhite]

Great blow to Nikon if canon can announce and shipment the next 2 days.
I would like to see that happen.

 

[briansquibb]

It will interesting to see if it has:

- increased DR
-1DX type metering to help jpeg shooting

 

[Lawliet]

sell a 5Dmk2

Sold mine quite a while ago, not that many UWW shots to warrent them just for that reason

 

[Macadameane]

Been waiting for the mk 3 for a long time. Hoping for pixel binning 22MP sounds great

 

[EOBeav]

Looks like I got my 5DmkII just at the right time! ;D

 

[RedEye]

I shoot a lot of magazine, beauty and fashion portraits, so I'm really hoping for a large megapixel studio camera to give me lots of detail for cropping. I even wish (though I know it's not going to happen) that Canon could give us a camera with a sensor larger than 35mm Full Frame and yes I would be willing to buy more glass for a camera like that.

Right me too.

 

[BDD]

"...unsure" if it will be a 5D3 or a 5DX?? Hope that just meant there's no confirmation. IF Canon ends up only putting out one model...a 5DX (high MP/low ISO) I guess I'll be buying a chunky D3s or D4...or maybe (BIG maybe at $7k) 1D-X. But if they offer what I'm looking for...guess I'll bite the bullet.

 

[maxxevv]

There is a chinese webby stating the supposed specs for the 5DIII that reads :

26.4MP, 19pt AF, Digic V, 4.9fps, 63 zone Metering , 1040K LCD, 100% viewfinder

http://detail.zol.com.cn/240/239857/param.shtml

 

[Bennymiata]

There is a chinese webby stating the supposed specs for the 5DIII that reads :

26.4MP, 19pt AF, Digic V, 4.9fps, 63 zone Metering , 1040K LCD, 100% viewfinder

http://detail.zol.com.cn/240/239857/param.shtml

Don't tell me that the Chinese have copied it already!!

 

[BDD]

There is a chinese webby stating the supposed specs for the 5DIII that reads :

26.4MP, 19pt AF, Digic V, 4.9fps, 63 zone Metering , 1040K LCD, 100% viewfinder

http://detail.zol.com.cn/240/239857/param.shtml

More rumored specs. Great. Close to the last rumored specs for the 5D3. I'd be happier with the other list of rumored specs. Too bad there's no mention of the native ISO range this time.

As for the Chinese "copying"...HAH!! Don't quit your day job Benny...the way things are going the Chinese will be the new owners of Canon.

 

[htjunkie]

According to the picture here: http://detail.zol.com.cn/picture_index_628/index6276988.shtml

26.4 MP
ISO expandable to 102,400
19 point AF system, 3 cross type points
DIGIC 5
4.9 (?) fps continuous shooting

No idea what the source is. Looks like a screengrab of an english/US website.