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

[jalbfb]

Is anybody else as crazy as I am, and keep coming back to this site every hour to see if there is any new mentions? :

more like every couple of minutes!! ;D

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

I have to say I'm a little disappointed. Canon still don't have a built-in eyepiece cover for the 5D line like the Nikon D700 - making you use that S___ty little rubber eyepiece cover that might be attached to your neck strap, if you use a neck strap.

First chink the armor.

GRRRRRRR!!!!!

ummm... are you serious? As a professional, I cant say i've ever in the last decade thought in the back of my mind... I wish my camera had an eyepiece cover... Never... Not once... I think it could be a nuisance more than anything else... when I want my camera ready to shoot, it better be ready to shoot... If any dust gets in the peice, I'll take a qtip and clean it... done.

It's bad for metering when not using it up to your eye.

These days I tend to do most of that sort of shooting with liveview so it's not so much of an issue.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

Ahhh, looks like the server is running better! ;D

Perhaps it was a DDOS from the non-believers of this site

I can't believe how addicted I have come to CR - LOL...

DoS from Canon HQ I think

 

[jalbfb]

I have to say I'm a little disappointed. Canon still don't have a built-in eyepiece cover for the 5D line like the Nikon D700 - making you use that S___ty little rubber eyepiece cover that might be attached to your neck strap, if you use a neck strap.

First chink the armor.

GRRRRRRR!!!!!

ummm... are you serious? As a professional, I cant say i've ever in the last decade thought in the back of my mind... I wish my camera had an eyepiece cover... Never... Not once... I think it could be a nuisance more than anything else... when I want my camera ready to shoot, it better be ready to shoot... If any dust gets in the peice, I'll take a qtip and clean it... done.

It's bad for metering when not using it up to your eye.

These days I tend to do most of that sort of shooting with liveview so it's not so much of an issue.

+1. I have not noticed a problem. I do meter with my eye up against the eyepiece, and for most of my landscapes when on a tripod-I'm in liveview and a 2 second timer so the mirror locks up and I have already focused (sometimes manual sometimes from the back of the camera) and metered just before taking the shot. But then again I am more of an enthusiast than a pro photog.

 

[Drizzt321]

Is anybody else as crazy as I am, and keep coming back to this site every hour to see if there is any new mentions? :

Yes, I'm as crazy. I'm doing the same thing!

 

[Dylan777]

Is anybody else as crazy as I am, and keep coming back to this site every hour to see if there is any new mentions? :

YEAP...me too ;D

 

[Bennymiata]

I can see that Canon have included the button on the top of the mode dial to prevent accidental rotation of the mode dial like they have on the 60D.
Great idea.

Can't wait for the full specs.

 

[awinphoto]

I have to say I'm a little disappointed. Canon still don't have a built-in eyepiece cover for the 5D line like the Nikon D700 - making you use that S___ty little rubber eyepiece cover that might be attached to your neck strap, if you use a neck strap.

First chink the armor.

GRRRRRRR!!!!!

ummm... are you serious? As a professional, I cant say i've ever in the last decade thought in the back of my mind... I wish my camera had an eyepiece cover... Never... Not once... I think it could be a nuisance more than anything else... when I want my camera ready to shoot, it better be ready to shoot... If any dust gets in the peice, I'll take a qtip and clean it... done.

It's bad for metering when not using it up to your eye.

These days I tend to do most of that sort of shooting with liveview so it's not so much of an issue.

+1. I have not noticed a problem. I do meter with my eye up against the eyepiece, and for most of my landscapes when on a tripod-I'm in liveview and a 2 second timer so the mirror locks up and I have already focused (sometimes manual sometimes from the back of the camera) and metered just before taking the shot. But then again I am more of an enthusiast than a pro photog.

That's how I shoot... however live view use is mainly on tripod, when I want to evaluate the full frame (xxd and 5d VF isn't 100% at this time) When I use the 7d, because it's 100%, i hardly ever used LV to be honest unless shooting video or when i needed an angle where I couldn't be using the VF... I've never really had light meter problems as I either independently meter, use an educated guess based off of sunny 16, compensation, and experience, or if I need the camera meter, gray card and bring up the exposure to middle.

 

[awinphoto]

I can see that Canon have included the button on the top of the mode dial to prevent accidental rotation of the mode dial like they have on the 60D.
Great idea.

Can't wait for the full specs.

That makes that camera worth it's weight in gold haha. That mode dial rotates so easily out on the field... Even bit me in the butt on a job for a client this weekend... caught it in time and only had to do a quick reshoot, but still a bad design.

 

[Takuma]

About the customisable buttons: I think I see a M-Fn Button above the shutter on the 3rd pic, like the one on the 1DX

 

[awinphoto]

About the customisable buttons: I think I see a M-Fn Button above the shutter on the 3rd pic, like the one on the 1DX

And on the 7d... I loved that button... Cant wait for the new customization...

 

[Ricku]

The guy who posted the leaked pictures of 5D3, what happend to him?

He said that he would return shortly with more info, but hes been quiet for many houors now. Maybe Canon told him to shut up?

 

[Studio B]

The guy who posted the leaked pictures of 5D3, what happend to him?

He said that he would return shortly with more info, but hes been quiet for many houors now. Maybe Canon told him to shut up?

I believe he's in Dubai where it is currently 2:45am. He said he had a shoot in the morning so I doubt we'll hear back from him anytime soon. If he only knew what's been going on while he sleeps. LOL

 

[marekjoz]

"MFn" at the shutter suggests AF 7d alike?

 

[Studio B]

"MFn" at the shutter suggests AF 7d alike?

I hope with assignable buttons too.

 

[briansquibb]

For now, I will simply suggest that one day they will do away with that big clunky wheel on top of the camera. . .

They did....it's called a 1Dx. It does not have a mode dial on top of the camera.

Or a 1d3/1d4/1ds3 .....

 

[pakosouthpark]

Is anybody else as crazy as I am, and keep coming back to this site every hour to see if there is any new mentions? :

i've been doing that a lot in the last few days, and today was one of the days I didn't and this amazing post was here!!! thanks so much mr cruz!

 

[marekjoz]

This forum seems to be about 5dmk3 with some other topics discussed, when there is nothing about 5d3 meanwhile.

 

[chengpenguin]

"MFn" at the shutter suggests AF 7d alike?

Yes the MFn button is to cater for the newer AF system on new bodies like 7D, 1DX and etc.

 

[flanniganj]

"MFn" at the shutter suggests AF 7d alike?

Yes the MFn button is to cater for the newer AF system on new bodies like 7D, 1DX and etc.

Does anyone else chuckle a little when they read, “The MFn button”? I do. Like, “Push the MFn button already!”
"What's your MFn problem?”