March 2, 2012 The Day for an Announcement?

[BDD]

If The specs the of the 5D MkIII are 22mp, 61AF points, 6.9fps it is possible that Canon builts the Nikon D700s I´m waiting for;-)

Exactly - Canon will have snatched the market Nikon didn't build for.

And if Canon then has the audacity to release a 30+mp with 4k video - that'll be the Nikon D800 market severely put under pressure.

For me, personally, the 22mp rumour is the best option, though i know people who are desperate for 30+mp, and who will use them.

I think Canon will own this market segment only if they go by recent rumors. That that there will be 2 vlersions of the 5D (Nikon has 2..though, in the case of the D800 the only difference is one has AA). I'm hoping for the 5D3 with the rumored specs mentioned here at CR. Along with high ISO increase (love to see a native ISO of 100-51,200...if not then a stop more than ISO 6400). For the rumored asking price of $2700.00.

Will we hear the announcement on the 28th or early March? Either way it doesn't matter. Just give us what we want. In my case a 5D3. Surprised Canon hasn't leaked any specs yet. Make us happy CANON!!

 

[fsu_dan17]

If march 2 is the announcement date, what can we realisticly expect for a shipment date? Will it be available by first part of May?

 

[Loswr]

Will it be available by first part of May?

Thanks, I needed a laugh to brighten my morning.

We'll have to wait and see if Canon announces an expected availibility. Then add two months. Then one more. Then factor in limited initial supply and heavy pre-order demand. Maybe you can open the box on Christmas...

 

[moreorless]

For what it's worth, and based on no inside knowledge whatsover, just my experience in sales, my money is on two DSLRs being announced next week. First up, the 650D. The 25th anniversary of the EOS 650 launch is just too good a marketing opportunity to pass up. Then we get into more interesting territory. At a guess, I'd say the 5DX will be announced next week, probably at 22MP. And then in time for Photokina in the Autumn (or fall if you prefer) a 3DX at 45MP. Or just possibly vice versa.

My concern though is not much leakage yet, which seems odd.

The waiting is driving me nuts ... just like the rest of you.

If the 650D is a reheated 600D I'd say it would certainly make sense to launch it at the same time as the new 5D, get a bit of reflected glory and bypass any criticism.

My guess with the high megapixel body is that Canon has been working on something but hasnt desided whether to release it yet. If reaction to the D800 isnt favourable(E.G. if even Nikons best lenses don't live up to the sensor) and a 22MP all rounder 5D is selling better they may do without it.

I do have a sneaking feeling that Canon is going to look to have something a bit mroe eye catching to annouce beyond the specs we've seen which seems like more of a perfection of existing standards than anything radically new, 4K video? very low price point?

 

[awinphoto]

If The specs the of the 5D MkIII are 22mp, 61AF points, 6.9fps it is possible that Canon builts the Nikon D700s I´m waiting for;-)

Exactly - Canon will have snatched the market Nikon didn't build for.

And if Canon then has the audacity to release a 30+mp with 4k video - that'll be the Nikon D800 market severely put under pressure.

For me, personally, the 22mp rumour is the best option, though i know people who are desperate for 30+mp, and who will use them.

I think Canon will own this market segment only if they go by recent rumors. That that there will be 2 vlersions of the 5D (Nikon has 2..though, in the case of the D800 the only difference is one has AA). I'm hoping for the 5D3 with the rumored specs mentioned here at CR. Along with high ISO increase (love to see a native ISO of 100-51,200...if not then a stop more than ISO 6400). For the rumored asking price of $2700.00.

Will we hear the announcement on the 28th or early March? Either way it doesn't matter. Just give us what we want. In my case a 5D3. Surprised Canon hasn't leaked any specs yet. Make us happy CANON!!

This is the one thing that I cant quite wrap my head around the nikon camera announcement... If they just had the regular D800, that alone would have been a great camera, but then they release the second one with no AA filter with "Increased" resolution and yada yada yada... Sooo... is the regular D800 going to look softer because of the AA filter and NR applied, or is the non AA D800 going to be sharper but noisy as hell for an additional premium. I suppose only time will tell but it is an interesting proposition. While I dont know what they market would be for a non AA 5d3(x) but I think perhaps while canon may not find it worth while to release a seperate camera with and without, I think Canon should have it as a separate "option" much like the mode dial lock on the 5d2... you mail it in, give them and check and they'll do it on their end.

 

[briansquibb]

Will it be available by first part of May?

Thanks, I needed a laugh to brighten my morning.

We'll have to wait and see if Canon announces an expected availibility. Then add two months. Then one more. Then factor in limited initial supply and heavy pre-order demand. Maybe you can open the box on Christmas...

Looks like my tactical purchase of the 1Ds3 was right then : : :

 

[awinphoto]

Will it be available by first part of May?

Thanks, I needed a laugh to brighten my morning.

We'll have to wait and see if Canon announces an expected availibility. Then add two months. Then one more. Then factor in limited initial supply and heavy pre-order demand. Maybe you can open the box on Christmas...

Haha. I remember when the 5d2 was announced, there was like a 3 months wait list at my local camera shop. And even with that, people who had money to plunk down immediately and pre-paid were bumped to the top of the line and others who wanted to pay at the time of delivery had to wait after that. You could also have gone the adorama/bh photovideo, but you never really know where you stand and have to wait by your in-box/doorstep hoping your camera arrived/shipped/delivered. All the things we have to look forward to.

 

[CatfishSoupFTW]

whatever this camera may be , im pumped. im in much need of an upgrade

 

[JonJT]

650D feb 28 and 5D Mark III on 2nd.
And then iPad 3 about a fortnight after?


An expensive tech month!

Darn right... now I need to gently explain to my wife why my 5 month old 5d mark II is going up for sale shortly haha.

Maaaaaannnnnnnn, it is good to be single.

Shoot, if i was single, I could just imagine all the gear I'd have... but... but...

but.... but.... ?

Haha, I know. Well, I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too.

 

[awinphoto]

but.... but.... ?

Haha, I know. Well, I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too.

I tell ya I did my best to forewarn her how expensive camera gear is and being with a photographer can take it's toll... I dont think she fully understood until well after the nuptials ahaha. Oh well it's worth it in the end, or at least when i'm not trying to buy more gear haha.

 

[Kernuak]

but.... but.... ?

Haha, I know. Well, I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too.

I tell ya I did my best to forewarn her how expensive camera gear is and being with a photographer can take it's toll... I dont think she fully understood until well after the nuptials ahaha. Oh well it's worth it in the end, or at least when i'm not trying to buy more gear haha.

P'raps you should have written it into the pre-nup .

 

[well_dunno]

Will it be available by first part of May?

Thanks, I needed a laugh to brighten my morning.

We'll have to wait and see if Canon announces an expected availibility. Then add two months. Then one more. Then factor in limited initial supply and heavy pre-order demand. Maybe you can open the box on Christmas...

Haha. I remember when the 5d2 was announced, there was like a 3 months wait list at my local camera shop. And even with that, people who had money to plunk down immediately and pre-paid were bumped to the top of the line and others who wanted to pay at the time of delivery had to wait after that. You could also have gone the adorama/bh photovideo, but you never really know where you stand and have to wait by your in-box/doorstep hoping your camera arrived/shipped/delivered. All the things we have to look forward to.

LOL! indeed! Before the journalists have gotten their 1DX's for the Olympics, we can probably forget about availability of 5D series... It would be very nice to have the cam available the day after announcement though

 

[awinphoto]

but.... but.... ?

Haha, I know. Well, I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too.

I tell ya I did my best to forewarn her how expensive camera gear is and being with a photographer can take it's toll... I dont think she fully understood until well after the nuptials ahaha. Oh well it's worth it in the end, or at least when i'm not trying to buy more gear haha.

P'raps you should have written it into the pre-nup .

haha hindsight is 20/20 my friend haha. From what I hear from a lot of pro's, it really IS difficult being a photographers spouse... especially a pro photogs spouse. oh the price we pay for love 8)

 

[Kernuak]

but.... but.... ?

Haha, I know. Well, I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too.

I tell ya I did my best to forewarn her how expensive camera gear is and being with a photographer can take it's toll... I dont think she fully understood until well after the nuptials ahaha. Oh well it's worth it in the end, or at least when i'm not trying to buy more gear haha.

P'raps you should have written it into the pre-nup .

haha hindsight is 20/20 my friend haha. From what I hear from a lot of pro's, it really IS difficult being a photographers spouse... especially a pro photogs spouse. oh the price we pay for love 8)

Mind you, hearing some of the people at work, you'd think they want to escape their husbands at times . I think that wives (or the relatively few husbands) of pros do need to have a certain amount of acceptance though and not everyone is able to do that. Probably in some cases, there is a certain element of guilt felt by the photographer too, which some may also not be able to handle. It's the same for a lot of jobs, lorry drivers come immediately to mind. Now I'm getting a bit deep though .

 

[awinphoto]

but.... but.... ?

Haha, I know. Well, I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too.

I tell ya I did my best to forewarn her how expensive camera gear is and being with a photographer can take it's toll... I dont think she fully understood until well after the nuptials ahaha. Oh well it's worth it in the end, or at least when i'm not trying to buy more gear haha.

P'raps you should have written it into the pre-nup .

haha hindsight is 20/20 my friend haha. From what I hear from a lot of pro's, it really IS difficult being a photographers spouse... especially a pro photogs spouse. oh the price we pay for love 8)

Mind you, hearing some of the people at work, you'd think they want to escape their husbands at times . I think that wives (or the relatively few husbands) of pros do need to have a certain amount of acceptance though and not everyone is able to do that. Probably in some cases, there is a certain element of guilt felt by the photographer too, which some may also not be able to handle. It's the same for a lot of jobs, lorry drivers come immediately to mind. Now I'm getting a bit deep though .

Agreed... I haven't been to but have heard of seminars/classes just for the spouses of photographers just to cope/relate/encourage their partner, etc... I dont know if it's better or worse now that we are in the digital age, it used to be that we were out in the field shooting throughout the day, come back, develop the film in the dark room, print contact sheets, choose what pics you want to process, etc... Hours spent in the dark room vs time we sit on our computers working on our photos... Photography is a labor of love and may be hard to understand by those who aren't photographers.

 

[BDD]

I haven't heard any mention of what Canon plans (or is NOT planning) to do about AA and the 5D. Having a menu option sounds like a great idea (assuming that's possible).

What I have heard about photos taken w/ and w/o is that the difference isn't obvious to most. I guess you'd have to have "trained eyes" to spot the improvement in a photo shot using the D800 w/o AA. I could be wrong.

In the end we'll have to wait for the test reports. Any how, I won't be buying a D800. Whether Canon does deliver 2 versions of the 5D or not. If not (and there's only a high MP/low ISO...ISO 6400 max native ISO)...then I'm going to have to consider the 1D-X (dread...due to the heft of the body and cost...prefer to spend around $3000 on my next DSLR on a body the size of the 5D2 with the features I'm hoping for) or the D3s or D4.

And as for how long we will have to wait to get the cameras in our hands...it should only be a few months after the announcement. Not the end of the year. LOL! Nikon announced the D4 when? Early this year? The D4 is due some time next month. Canon will do something similar.

 

[DzPhotography]

Quite honestly, I don't get why you guys are so impatient. I never buy something which has been recently released, and surely no cams. My reasons:
1. avoid child diseases
2. wait a bit until the way too high launch price goes down

 

[fotoray]

Making an announcement is one thing, but how many times in the past 12 months have Canon failed to deliver product within an even remotely reasonable time? The 500 & 600mm must be comming up for their anniversary soon, and now the 1Dx has been postponed to a TBA date.

What is the use of an announcement of a new camera that won't make it into the shops for months?

NDA = non-disclosure agreement. Agreement to keep secrets.....

 

[Drizzt321]

Quite honestly, I don't get why you guys are so impatient. I never buy something which has been recently released, and surely no cams. My reasons:
1. avoid child diseases
2. wait a bit until the way too high launch price goes down

I'm debating this myself for this 5d3(x) or whatever it is. At least, if it's something I'll want. I want it now, but at the same time if I wait for 4-6 months after actual availability and all of the pre-orders are fulfilled, it likely will go down a few hundred dollars.

But I like cake. And I like to eat cake. So why can't eat it right now!

 

[BDD]

Quite honestly, I don't get why you guys are so impatient. I never buy something which has been recently released, and surely no cams. My reasons:
1. avoid child diseases
2. wait a bit until the way too high launch price goes down

I won't be buying till the end of the year. Xmas gift to myself.

And regarding price drops...that won't happen (in Toronto) for at least a year after the camera hits the market.

The 5D2 debuted up here at around $2500 CAD...several weeks ago sold for the best price I've seen it ($1999.95)...and just recently Canon Canada decided to raise the selling price back up to $2500.

How long can any of us really wait for the 5D3/X? Or should we? I say buy when we can afford one and need one.