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

[Loswr]

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.

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.

Uhmmm, Are YOU serious? The eyepiece cover is to be used shooting on a tripod. It prevents light leakage through the viewfinder.

This is a huge issue for landscapers when shooting panoramas or long exposures.

FWIW, I just hang the lens cap on the eyecup, and that does a fine job of blocking the light. BTW, when the mirror is up (i.e. during the exposure) that blocks light entering the VF from affecting the image. So, the only thing light entering the VF affects is the metering before the exposure.

 

[DeepShadows]

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.

Uhmmm, the eye piece cover is to be used shooting on a tripod in bright daylight. It prevents light leakage through the view finder.

This is a huge issue for landscapers when shooting panoramas or long exposures with ND filters.

Certainly light leakage can occur when shooting in auto exposure mode. However, shooting in manual mode gets around this: you always get the exposure you set! Any light leaks never reach the sensor. This is a very practical approach, especially when working on a tripod when landscape images are taken at a more deliberate pace. This technique also works very well when shooting panoramas. I just don't miss having a built-in eye piece cover.

Tell that to my files ruined from me forgetting to cover the eyepiece on my 5d2, 40d, and 1d3!!! Why do you think a professional camera would include a viewfinder shutter like the 1 series have?

 

[fotoray]

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.

Uhmmm, the eye piece cover is to be used shooting on a tripod in bright daylight. It prevents light leakage through the view finder.

This is a huge issue for landscapers when shooting panoramas or long exposures with ND filters.

Certainly light leakage can occur when shooting in auto exposure mode. However, shooting in manual mode gets around this: you always get the exposure you set! Any light leaks never reach the sensor. This is a very practical approach, especially when working on a tripod when landscape images are taken at a more deliberate pace. This technique also works very well when shooting panoramas. I just don't miss having a built-in eye piece cover.

Tell that to my files ruined from me forgetting to cover the eyepiece on my 5d2, 40d, and 1d3!!! Why do you think a professional camera would include a viewfinder shutter like the 1 series have?

Do you use auto or manual exposure mode? Manual mode delivers the whatever exposure your meter recommends while you're looking through the viewfinder. Give it a try!

 

[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.

I could be wrong, but I think he means it would be useful to prevent light from entering the viewfinder rather than using it for protection.

Edit - CR is dreadfully slow today for obvious reasons and Ricku beat me to the reply. I'm not trying to repeat what he said ;D

To be honest, i've shot with large format cameras, 6x7's, 645's, 2 1/4 squares, DSLR's, SLR's... I've never had any reason to think any of my photos had any light leakage, assuming this is what you are referring to, on long exposures... If you are worrying about light affecting exposures or meter readings... Way back when people always carried external meters with them... People have gotten away from that with modern digitals... I am guilty of that, but in the end, when I'm using the in camera meter, my eye is right up in the vf so not much light gets to influence the shot... It's just never really been a problem for how I shoot.

 

[jalbfb]

Ahhh, looks like the server is running better! ;D It was interfering with me getting any work done at the office. I had to make sure the page loaded you see ;D

 

[wockawocka]

Usually my eyesocket covers the eyepiece when I take a shot. I always thought it was there for long exposures?

 

[simon_gledhill2000]

Forgive me if this has already been covered, but dof preview button? Are we possibly getting customisable buttons on the other side of the lens mount 1dx style?

Simon

 

[Jamesy]

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...

 

[tt]

Fstoppered, engadgetised, and probably gizmodo'd.
Looks like the new server(s) are up and running - it's pretty darn zippy now!

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

All I need to do is to convince him to give me the specs

or an actual undoctored image from the body ? ;D

or the actual body to keep ;D

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

Coming on to midnight here... how am I going to sleep?

you aren't!

lol, you're absolutely right!

Especially since you need to stay awake until midnight EST March1st/2nd transition.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

It's on great authority that March 2 is the announcement date. Unless, they decide to out it tonight because everyone has seen it already.

This happened with the 7D launch, we had pretty much everything out. However, they still held it to the planned release date and added "as anticipated Canon is pleased to announce" (or something like that) to the beginning of the press release.

Seems like Canon seals the leak pretty tight this time... :-\

Not really, if it is 22MP, 61pt AF then we knew those specs way earlier than usual. And the safari leaked photos would also be about the earlier a legit body shot has ever been seen.

if it has 60MP and 2 pt AF then you may have quite the point though ;D.

 

[tooslick2k]

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? :

 

[Orion]

Can't wait for all the specs and samples from this thing. . . Praying for April availability!

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

 

[sublime LightWorks]

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.

 

[alfa_schumi]

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 think I am crazier, I am refreshing this page every 5 minutes. That is probably why the site has been so slow.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

deleted. already saw the answer a few posts down

 

[piotr.c]

There is no aperture preview button on the left side of the camera like there has been for ... how long now?

Have Canon removed it becaus they think that people no longer use it?

Or just moved it?

I wonder...

I hope just moved it. I can't imagine they would remove it.

Seriously?
Take a look at 60D and 1D X ...

 

[jalbfb]

Forgive me if this has already been covered, but dof preview button? Are we possibly getting customisable buttons on the other side of the lens mount 1dx style?

Simon

Some have mentioned that it might be on the other side of the lens nearer to where your right hand is on the grip-similar to the 7D.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

@MichaelCruz I lived in the Middle East for years. Call me crazy, but I think I'd recognize that rubble and sky anywhere. Do you know if these pics were taken in the Persian Gulf region? Funny, everybody focused on the camera, but my mind kept saying "that looks like Bahrain or Qatar or UAE (Couch pattern is also very ME). I hope that doesn't give someone away, but it is interesting if they are testing there. Or maybe a rich Sheik already has one and that's where the pics came from?!

It must be the test of the weather (in this case the dust) protection of the camera ;D

They want to make sure no more failures on the trips to Antarctica again.