Production of the EOS 5D Mark III Finished? [CR2]

[Canon Rumors]

We’re told that some retailers are seeing “ETL” (End of the line) warnings on ordering systems in various parts of the world. In a few places, the estimated arrival time of new Canon EOS 5D Mark III retailer orders has gone from 2 to 5 days and at least one retailer has seen “unknown” for arrival time. Stock levels for the camera have been fine for years, so this change is noticeable.</p>
<p>These sorts of things generally start happening a couple of months ahead of a replacement product announcement, as one of the same sources has said this happened recently with the EOS-1D X, as they started seeing stock availability changes in December.</p>
<p>The time frame in this case puts an announcement coming after NAB 2016 which runs from April 16 – April 21.</p>
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[livingunique]

Exciting stuff. I'll be pre-ordering it, I'm sure.

 

[Diltiazem]

Hope this is true. No fingernails left to bite.

 

[rrcphoto]

or it could be that canon's going to announce it like they did at focus on imaging / photography show 2016 - which is in a few weeks time and like the 5d Mark III, start shipping in april / may.

Keep in mind that the 5D Mark III actually shipped before the 1DX, so it's not as if canon worries about that.

That would make much more sense than NAB. Has canon ever announced a camera at NAB? I'd suspect NAB is when they will do the C500 Mark II, since it's already been speculated that will be their first 8K Cini-EOS.

and if it is - it would certainly be what canon wants to focus on (no pun intended) at NAB.

unless the 5D Mark IV and C500 are 8k cameras

 

[wtlloyd]

You can get a new 5DS, warranted, for $2300 USA. Why would you buy a 5D3?

 

[privatebydesign]

You can get a new 5DS, warranted, for $2300 USA. Why would you buy a 5D3?

Because you don't want 50MP?

 

[Hill Benson]

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

You can get a new 5DS, warranted, for $2300 USA. Why would you buy a 5D3?

you need a usable RAW buffer for action? more fps? RAW video with various necessarily video usability features, RAW stills histogram (thanks only to ML)

 

[H. Jones]

You can get a new 5DS, warranted, for $2300 USA. Why would you buy a 5D3?

Because you don't want 50MP?

+1

On assignment at the White House this week and Lawrence Jackson was talking about how the White House just got some 5DS to shoot with, but they've been using the 5D3 because the files are so much more manageable day-to-day. And it's not like their memory/computer budget is limited!

 

[Hill Benson]

You can get a new 5DS, warranted, for $2300 USA. Why would you buy a 5D3?

Because you don't want 50MP?

+1

On assignment at the White House this week and Lawrence Jackson was talking about how the White House just got some 5DS to shoot with, but they've been using the 5D3 because the files are so much more manageable day-to-day. And it's not like their memory/computer budget is limited!

Agreed. If the 5DS was to be everything the 5DmkIII is but better then it would probably have been named the 5DmkIV.

 

[Tiderace]

We will make graded improvements and make sure to cripple all video components. We are in denial about the shrinking DSLR market. We do not realize that cameras are already producing images of such detail and quality most people cannot see the difference analogous to 4K vs HD on a large TV.
We are blind to Sony stealing the game away from us in many respects with the A7RII and the FS5 and FS7, and now their lower priced Mirrorless cameras, which are improving rapidly. Oh but our lenses are so fantastic.

What a shame the dual pixel focus good skin tones and lenses could have been a foundation for massive innovation. NOPE. I bet either no 4K or crippled 4K. and very low bit rate HDMI out and maybe not even with audio. Too bad. Loved Canon for years and years. It is not just for my end of the market I feel sad about it is the shrinking DSLR market in general they are not moving to embrace the changes in this market.

 

[H. Jones]

We will make graded improvements and make sure to cripple all video components. We are in denial about the shrinking DSLR market. We do not realize that cameras are already producing images of such detail and quality most people cannot see the difference analogous to 4K vs HD on a large TV.
We are blind to Sony stealing the game away from us in many respects with the A7RII and the FS5 and FS7, and now their lower priced Mirrorless cameras, which are improving rapidly. Oh but our lenses are so fantastic.

What a shame the dual pixel focus good skin tones and lenses could have been a foundation for massive innovation. NOPE. I bet either no 4K or crippled 4K. and very low bit rate HDMI out and maybe not even with audio. Too bad. Loved Canon for years and years. It is not just for my end of the market I feel sad about it is the shrinking DSLR market in general they are not moving to embrace the changes in this market.

Not quite sure what you're talking about, the 5D4 has been widely rumored to have DPAF + 4K along with C-Log, and there's no reason that it won't have HDMI audio. DR is vastly improved as far as I've seen on Canon's newest sensors, so I really don't see how Canon is lacking anywhere in these upcoming cameras.

 

[ashmadux]

We will make graded improvements and make sure to cripple all video components. We are in denial about the shrinking DSLR market. We do not realize that cameras are already producing images of such detail and quality most people cannot see the difference analogous to 4K vs HD on a large TV.
We are blind to Sony stealing the game away from us in many respects with the A7RII and the FS5 and FS7, and now their lower priced Mirrorless cameras, which are improving rapidly. Oh but our lenses are so fantastic.

What a shame the dual pixel focus good skin tones and lenses could have been a foundation for massive innovation. NOPE. I bet either no 4K or crippled 4K. and very low bit rate HDMI out and maybe not even with audio. Too bad. Loved Canon for years and years. It is not just for my end of the market I feel sad about it is the shrinking DSLR market in general they are not moving to embrace the changes in this market.

Sad post is sad.

Man, someone pass this guy some sunshine flakes.

Enjoy your sony i think.

 

[slclick]

We will make graded improvements and make sure to cripple all video components. We are in denial about the shrinking DSLR market. We do not realize that cameras are already producing images of such detail and quality most people cannot see the difference analogous to 4K vs HD on a large TV.
We are blind to Sony stealing the game away from us in many respects with the A7RII and the FS5 and FS7, and now their lower priced Mirrorless cameras, which are improving rapidly. Oh but our lenses are so fantastic.

What a shame the dual pixel focus good skin tones and lenses could have been a foundation for massive innovation. NOPE. I bet either no 4K or crippled 4K. and very low bit rate HDMI out and maybe not even with audio. Too bad. Loved Canon for years and years. It is not just for my end of the market I feel sad about it is the shrinking DSLR market in general they are not moving to embrace the changes in this market.

It hasn't been announced, you can put your doomsday party on hold.

 

[candc]

You can get a new 5DS, warranted, for $2300 USA. Why would you buy a 5D3?

Because you don't want 50MP?

That's the thing. its great to have when you want it but you don't always want to be stuck with it. If canon would make a hi res camera that also had higher frame rate and buffer at a lower res then you wouldn't need anything else.

 

[YuengLinger]

Waiting to hear 50mm 1.2 is ETL!

And now back to our topic...The 5DIII will leave huge shoes to fill!

 

[x-vision]

We’re told that some retailers are seeing “ETL” (End of the line) warnings on ordering systems in various parts of the world.

If true, this means that we are likely going to see the 6DII announced this year as well.

The 5DIV is most likely going to be priced at $3200.
Thus, there will be huge gap between the currently discounted 6D and the brand new 5DIV (5DX?).

Such a gap cannot be maintained for long without loss of business.

Canon could discount the 5DIII to fill this gap until the 6DII arrives (at likely $2200).
But if they are planning to do that, the 6DII will likely arrive not long after the 5DIV.

 

[YuengLinger]

We’re told that some retailers are seeing “ETL” (End of the line) warnings on ordering systems in various parts of the world.

If true, this means that we are likely going to see the 6DII announced this year as well.

The 5DIV is most likely going to be priced at $3200.
Thus, there will be huge gap between the currently discounted 6D and the brand new 5DIV (5DX?).

Such a gap cannot be maintained for long without loss of business.

Canon could discount the 5DIII to fill this gap until the 6DII arrives (at likely $2200).
But if they are planning to do that, the 6DII will likely arrive not long after the 5DIV.

Pretty sure Canon has been through this process many times.

 

[slclick]

We’re told that some retailers are seeing “ETL” (End of the line) warnings on ordering systems in various parts of the world.

If true, this means that we are likely going to see the 6DII announced this year as well.

The 5DIV is most likely going to be priced at $3200.
Thus, there will be huge gap between the currently discounted 6D and the brand new 5DIV (5DX?).

Such a gap cannot be maintained for long without loss of business.

Canon could discount the 5DIII to fill this gap until the 6DII arrives (at likely $2200).
But if they are planning to do that, the 6DII will likely arrive not long after the 5DIV.

Pretty sure Canon has been through this process many times.

I guess they read the forum before making any decisions then.

 

[TeT]

We will make graded improvements and make sure to cripple all video components. We are in denial about the shrinking DSLR market. We do not realize that cameras are already producing images of such detail and quality most people cannot see the difference analogous to 4K vs HD on a large TV.
We are blind to Sony stealing the game away from us in many respects with the A7RII and the FS5 and FS7, and now their lower priced Mirrorless cameras, which are improving rapidly. Oh but our lenses are so fantastic.

What a shame the dual pixel focus good skin tones and lenses could have been a foundation for massive innovation. NOPE. I bet either no 4K or crippled 4K. and very low bit rate HDMI out and maybe not even with audio. Too bad. Loved Canon for years and years. It is not just for my end of the market I feel sad about it is the shrinking DSLR market in general they are not moving to embrace the changes in this market.

Sad to see you go, don't let the door hit you in the $%&...