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

[StevenBrianSamuels]

Ditto.

Happy for those that want it...praying for the megamonster still. I doubt very much it will ever get close to a MF camera (in terms outside of MPs), but it would help in the studio. Maybe I wouldnt have to rent anymore...

Although personally I was hoping for a higher megapixel camera, I think a lot of people are going to be happy with this new 5D. For the most part, all 5D Mark II owners wanted was a camera with better AF performance and it seems like Canon has given them their wish.


It wasn't until we saw the D800 that we started to dream of 30+ megapixels, so Canon really did what they were supposed to do with the Mark III. And who knows, the Mark X may still be coming or Canon may have realized that 30+ megapixels is too much for a 35mm sensor and may give us a camera with a larger sensor.

 

[maass]

This images looks like the real deal guys!

Have a look at the second pic michaelrcruz has shown us, there are apparently 6 labels for the ports. The upper right port seems like a headphone jack to me. What do you guys think?

Upper left seems to say MIC, but if anything top right would be a USB port... although it doesnt look like one at all.... come to that... where IS the USB port?

Here's the side port labels :

It has a AV OUT Digital port...is it Mini USB ??

 

[Bucklers]

Very interesting.

 

[scott72]

Is it just me or does the "III" on the first pic look fake? Now the second pic looks more legit and on the third pic you really can't see it clearly. Either way I can't wait for March 2nd!!! Bring it baby!! 8)

I saw a similar comment earlier in the thread and frankly, I think this impression is just a result of some perspective distortion. When you look at the more straight on images, it is clear that the III slightly wraps around the curved edge of the body. Combine that curvature with the angles of both the imaged camera and imaging camera and that's probably what you get.

Well Played!

 

[wookiee2cu]

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.

Sounds like you need to go back to camera school - it's nothing to do with dust. It's for light leakage doing low-light long exposures. Star trails, Lee Big Stopper work especially. Read you camera manual about why it's useful, and in some cases required. Similarly it's why we use lens hoods. Not all light is good light.

Can't remember if it was on my 10D or 40D canon neck strap that came with the camera but there was a little rubber rectangle on the portion you thread through the loops. If you take the eye piece off the camera view finder that rubber rectangle has guides on it and you actually use it to cover the viewfinder and it caps it so there is no light leakage. It's kind of a nuisance to have to remove that cover but it works.

 

[DJL329]

This images looks like the real deal guys!

Have a look at the second pic michaelrcruz has shown us, there are apparently 6 labels for the ports. The upper right port seems like a headphone jack to me. What do you guys think?

Upper left seems to say MIC, but if anything top right would be a USB port... although it doesnt look like one at all.... come to that... where IS the USB port?

Here's the side port labels :

It has a AV OUT Digital port...is it Mini USB ??

Most likely. That's how it's labeled on some of the recent bodies, such as the 60D. I'm not sure why Canon stopped using the standard USB logo, in favor of calling it A/V OUT Digital. Perhaps some individuals were trying to plug in external devices, such as USB hard drives, and somehow causing problems/device failures.

 

[troy19]

I.E. a highly trained black ops extraction team flying in from Canon HQ tonight to disappear him and his lucky (while it lasted) friend early next morning.

;D ;D ;D

 

[hummingbird]

ah.....sleepless. cannot stop thinking about you MarkIII! Why do you torture me so? I don't know if I will make it three more days!!!

yours truly ;D ;D ;D

 

[ramon123]

where's the guy that posted these pictures? why doesn't he get hold of the person who sent them to him and try get a little more info for the all of us, thousands of people!

 

[wickidwombat]

where's the guy that posted these pictures? why doesn't he get hold of the person who sent them to him and try get a little more info for the all of us, thousands of people!

If you had your hands on a 5Dmk3 would you...
a) be sitting on the computer on a rumours forum or
b) using it and enjoying shooting with it
c) out swapping it for weapons of mass destruction...
?

 

[ramon123]

umm..

I'd be taking pictures like 80% and i'd be spending the other 20% giving info to people and making thousands and thousands happy!

 

[SebSic]

umm..

I'd be taking pictures like 80% and i'd be spending the other 20% giving info to people and making thousands and thousands happy!

the other 20%, i will do my job and enjoy my family ...

 

[ramon123]

1. What do you guys read into this mistake made by Canon Japan?

2. Why so many times do Canon and Nikon make this mistake on their very own website! I mean, does the web admin type in Canon EOS 5D Mark III then click upload/update and then only realize that it's live and therefore needs to put the page "down" asap?

The credibility is high here, we're talking about Canon Japan's website!

 

[dslrdummy]

I'm a novice when it comes to discussion about the 5Diii (I still own a 5D which as you will recall has no video), but did anyone notice that what I assume is the microphone on this camera has five holes? Does any existing canon dslr model at any level have five? The 1DX has only three, and the 7D four. If nothing else it indicates, lest there was any doubt, that this is a non-released model and if it's a fake, you have to love their attention to detail.

 

[wickidwombat]

1. What do you guys read into this mistake made by Canon Japan?

2. Why so many times do Canon and Nikon make this mistake on their very own website! I mean, does the web admin type in Canon EOS 5D Mark III then click upload/update and then only realize that it's live and therefore needs to put the page "down" asap?

The credibility is high here, we're talking about Canon Japan's website!

bored IT admin showing his collegues how quickly he can whip several thousand people into a frenzy of speculation and hype?
trying to break a record for crashing the rumours server?
I think this exact same thing happend around the time the 1Dx was announced too

 

[ramon123]

I think if those IT guys at canon did that on purpose/joke they'd get sent to prison by canon!!

Canon have been so tight lipped about the 5D3 - this seems to be a really basic mistake.

I'd like to hear the real story!

 

[ramon123]

@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?!

Wow, you have very keen eye! The cam is here in Dubai

MICHAELCRUZ: The cam is "here" in Dubai? That means it's close to you! Go and get us more pictures and details!!! We're only around 60-80 hours away from announcement (CR3)... so you can't go wrong now ;D

 

[jchl97]

@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?!

Wow, you have very keen eye! The cam is here in Dubai

MICHAELCRUZ: The cam is "here" in Dubai? That means it's close to you! Go and get us more pictures and details!!! We're only around 60-80 hours away from announcement (CR3)... so you can't go wrong now ;D

Updates have died for the past twelve hours or so... Can't wait for more pics and specs, and of course March 2nd!!!

 

[mkrimmer]

Updates have died for the past twelve hours or so... Can't wait for more pics and specs, and of course March 2nd!!!

it seems like the server died as well. now he is up again and ready for some more details/rumors

 

[pakosouthpark]

maybe the guy that posted the pics tried to put up some more info but the servers were down..
he might show up now the servers are back up again! (please do show up!! we are dying here for more info!!)