The new 5D Mark III ?!?! PICS!

[drs]

Thanks to everyone who replied. Very nice of you. Sorry that I missed the earlier question about the DOF preview button.
Take care.

Where is the DOF preview button? Please tell me it's lockable...

The DOF preview on the 5DII a terrible implementation that made it more or less useless.

this was asked a few pages back. Some have suggested that it may be the other side of the lens near the grip-similar to the 7D

The people suggesting that must not be familiar with the 7D.

The 7D has it on the same side as the flash button and lens release.

The 1DX however has various buttons on the other side.

Perhaps the 5DIII is similar.

 

[JohnUSA]

And I wonder where Michael Cruz went off to? He said that he was going to post more stuff, but now hes gone.

Michael now sleeps with the fishes.
-Yakuza

LMAO ;D ;D ;D But I thought revenge is a dish that tastes best when it's cold! 8)

In this case... revenge is a dish served cold... it's called Sushi... poor Michael!

 

[rgrphoto]

Why do some people want the DOF preview button to be "lockable"? What application would that be useful? Macro? When the lens is stopped down enough to really see a difference in the VF the image is so dark unless I'm in bright sunlight I don't find it usable to see the change in DOF, not that I've ever needed it to be so I might be missing something.

 

[kpk1]

The 5D3, on the specs, is one of the long awaited bodies that fulfills our requests as professionals.
Even the 1D X it's not that perfect due to its price.
The 5D had for each generation something innovatory. The 5D was the first low price FF. The 5D2 was the video DSLR that turned the world up side down. The 5D3 is not that innovatory maybe but it will be what photographers demanded for a long time.
Cross my fingers for the price.
I've already passed 24-70 to "at this price, no thank you" so a 5D3 hope to be the chosen.

Maybe the new "innovation" will be wireless transmission to your speed light or the new speed light coming out so off camera speed light(s) can be triggered from the camera w/o the use of pocket wizards and the like. I do not think any camera has this as yet and last year I was talking to a photographer who uses the Canon's ST-E2 transmitter who said that that piece of equipment might become extinct when the Mark III eventually came out.

That would be awesome; even that last month I've switched to a bunch of five PW TT5.

 

[EYEONE]

Why do some people want the DOF preview button to be "lockable"? What application would that be useful? Macro? When the lens is stopped down enough to really see a difference in the VF the image is so dark unless I'm in bright sunlight I don't find it usable to see the change in DOF, not that I've ever needed it to be so I might be missing something.

I think having a "Toggle DOF" option in the custom functions would be nice. Even for portraits sometimes it'd be easier to test the background for multiple shots in the same location.

 

[rgrphoto]

Why do some people want the DOF preview button to be "lockable"? What application would that be useful? Macro? When the lens is stopped down enough to really see a difference in the VF the image is so dark unless I'm in bright sunlight I don't find it usable to see the change in DOF, not that I've ever needed it to be so I might be missing something.

I think having a "Toggle DOF" option in the custom functions would be nice. Even for portraits sometimes it'd be easier to test the background for multiple shots in the same location.

I thought that's what the DOF preview button did in the first place...? press it to get the preview then release it to go back to normal.

 

[EYEONE]

Why do some people want the DOF preview button to be "lockable"? What application would that be useful? Macro? When the lens is stopped down enough to really see a difference in the VF the image is so dark unless I'm in bright sunlight I don't find it usable to see the change in DOF, not that I've ever needed it to be so I might be missing something.

I think having a "Toggle DOF" option in the custom functions would be nice. Even for portraits sometimes it'd be easier to test the background for multiple shots in the same location.

I thought that's what the DOF preview button did in the first place...? press it to get the preview then release it to go back to normal.

That is what it does. But I was suggesting a custom option where pressing it would toggle the preview on and the aperture would stay stepped down until you pressed the button again.

 

[necator]

That is what it does. But I was suggesting a custom option where pressing it would toggle the preview on and the aperture would stay stepped down until you pressed the button again.

But for what use? To always have a dark and unusable viewfinder?
But to be honest, I can live quite well without the DOF-preview. For me it's a nice feature for beginners, but if you have photographed a little, you'll know how it'll look (approximately).
But perhaps that just my fault having learned in the middle-ages where pictures still were analog ...

 

[Mooose]

But for what use? To always have a dark and unusable viewfinder?

When I take pictures of the sun midday I burn my eyes looking in the viewfinder.

 

[EYEONE]

That is what it does. But I was suggesting a custom option where pressing it would toggle the preview on and the aperture would stay stepped down until you pressed the button again.

But for what use? To always have a dark and unusable viewfinder?
But to be honest, I can live quite well without the DOF-preview. For me it's a nice feature for beginners, but if you have photographed a little, you'll know how it'll look (approximately).
But perhaps that just my fault having learned in the middle-ages where pictures still were analog ...

But for what use?? Of course it has a use. It steps down the aperture so you can see how out of focus the background will be at f5 or f8 or any F stop. Shooting at f3.5 on a f2.8 lens and need to see if you have enough DoF to see if the subject's eyes and nose are in focus but still make sure the trees in the background are acceptably out of focus? Use the DoF button. Want to see how low of an F stop you can get away with on a landscape shot? Use the DoF button.

This is simple stuff. All DSLRs have them. And every film SLR I've used has DoF button too so it isn't anything new on a camera.

 

[Arkarch]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the OP is either dead, in prison, or is being threaten with one or the other by the canon black-ops guys...

I'll say intentional link. The photographs were fairly well positioned with high value lenses + the 1DX and just the right level of interesting but not revealing detail cropped in. Could be part of a marketing shoot that got "diverted".

The Africa picture also felt a bit intentional - maybe just a "look over here at this time and you might see something" phone call. As media, I have seen that by divisions or departments - not underwritten by corporate - to wage internal politics.

Even if its totally uncleared, at this time I would be surprised if anything came down. Really, what did they divulge? Existance? That its a camera? That it has a headphone jack? What damage was caused?

Now, we got to get details. That is harder.

 

[Jamesy]

But for what use? To always have a dark and unusable viewfinder?

When I take pictures of the sun midday I burn my eyes looking in the viewfinder.

"My eyes, the goggles, they do nothing....."

 

[zackck]

Does anyone thinks the camera shown in these pics looks a bit cheap? I prefer the "5D" logo plate on the Mark II better than this print plastic thingy. Maybe the new body won't be made of magnesium alloy anymore?

 

[pakosouthpark]

we getting too close to friday 2nd, and not much yet.. at least pics of the hard body have been leaked.. but no press invitations!

for example Apple on Tuesday emailed invitations to members of the press for what is expected to be the launch of the iPad 3 on March 7..

 

[gbchriste]

How's this for a consipiracy theory. Canon intentionally leaks the photos and "release" date knowing they will stir the blogosphere into a wild feeding frenzy. Then when the sharks are circling in for the kill, they clamp down really hard to seal off any more info getting out and let the "release" date pass with no announcement. One week goes by, two week, maybe a month. By then, all credibility in CR as a reliable source of Canon product information has been uterly destroyed. Canon can now continue to operate securely in to the future knowing that anything that comes out on CR, regardlss of confidence level, will be completely dismissed out of hand. (I don't really believe any of that. Just thought I would throw a little blood in the water )

 

[astrocrab]

How's this for a consipiracy theory. Canon intentionally leaks the photos ...

Then (Canon, I know you are reading this, so listen to me carefully) I will go to nearest shop and buy a Nikon.

 

[Nikon]

Then (Canon, I know you are reading this, so listen to me carefully) I will go to nearest shop and buy a Nikon.

Yup, I am with you there.

 

[astrocrab]

Yup, I am with you there.

You are already a Nikon =)

 

[gputah]

How's this for a consipiracy theory. Canon intentionally leaks the photos ...

Then (Canon, I know you are reading this, so listen to me carefully) I will go to nearest shop and buy a Nikon.

The D800 is the first Nikon camera to tempt me in a while... If canon were to do something like this, I would have to indulge temptation this time

 

[astrocrab]

Does anyone thinks the camera shown in these pics looks a bit cheap? I prefer the "5D" logo plate on the Mark II better than this print plastic thingy. Maybe the new body won't be made of magnesium alloy anymore?

Yes, label looks kinda cheap. but i think what a camera of $3.5k would not be made of plastic.