*UPDATE* 5D Mark III Sighting?

[Canon-F1]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

You do realize that you are looking at two different cameras, do you not?

i don´t think they notice.. i wonder how some here can be photographer with such bad eyesight.... :

 

[andreasaberg73]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

Looks like fake...

You do realize that you are looking at two different cameras, do you not? The mystery camera and a 1DX.

AHA! OK! I missed that part! Better check to article again! Maybe there is some hope anyway???

 

[robt]

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Out of left field here guys. Theory----> The camera is a video oriented "C" version of (what) 3D... 4D...? As somebody here already mentioned. Why the wider LCD? and as for the duct tape covering Canon. It might just say more than Canon. WItH would somebody bother to cover up just "Canon" when the guy freely admits to working for Canon.

As much as I drool over the anticipation of the 5DM3, I have a slight hesitation... for a FF 22-24MP mirror-less Canon that will accept all my current lenses. Will I get +50K clicks on a M3 before Canon brings that out?
Oh, heavy sigh.
robt

 

[tt]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

In favor of the 7D comparison:
- On/off button placement is identical to the 7D, different from 5D.
- M-fn button on top identical placement on 7D, absent on the 5D II.
- Same lock button as 7D, different from 5D.
- Same layout text of the left side buttons on the back as 7D (different from 5D, where the text is next to the buttons)
- Two buttons left of viewfinder, as with 7D, only one for 5D
- Thumb ridge on the right of the back shaped same as 7D, different from 5D
- Start/stop button same as on 7D, absent on 5D
- Same placing "Canon" text on body bottom as 7D, different from 5D (scratched out in prototype model)
- Small white circle-line marking to the left of the top LCD panel, as with 7D (absent on 5D)
Why do so many of you think it's a 5D III?

Of these changes - which seem improvements? Eg is a move away from the 5D MkII's On/Off switch position good?
Does the lack of a pop up flash hint at a 580 EXII successor/move from Canon to have an alternative?

 

[msowsun]

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I was checking out the LCD screen. Looks like zooming on an image is done with the top wheel. This is a big departure from the 7D which had dedicated zoom buttons.

Naw... when you blow up the pic you can see the blue + and - with magnifying glass where it always has been.

Look closer awinphoto... Look into the LCD screen. There are icons on the LCD display underneath the white zoom frame. One icon is for the top wheel, and the other is the magnifying glass. Looks like you press the blue magnifying glass button on the left side of the body, then control your zoom using the wheel. The 7D and 5D used to have + and - buttons in the upper-right of the body, but these are now missing.

 

[Tijn]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

[Why do so many of you think it's a 5D III? I understand you want it to be, but... It just doesn't look similar at all, compared to the 7D...

the 7D MK2 will have a pop up flash.. i bet my 300mm F2.8 .....

But apart from that, in pretty much everything else that's visible of the body design, it's a 7D. So if this prototype is indeed a 5D mk3, then they've copied almost the entire 7D body, removed the flash, and put a fullframe sensor in it.

Somehow I find it equally plausible that this might in fact be a 7D mkII. I see pop-up flash as pretty worthless, and I'm not even all that serious in photography yet... Surely Canon and most serious photographers would notice that as well? Get a good flash if you're flashing...

 

[Ryusui]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

Why do so many of you think it's a 5D III? I understand you want it to be, but... It just doesn't look similar at all, compared to the 7D...

Don't forget, as drozz pointed out that the 5D MkII has pretty much become the staple for DSLR filmmaking. And putting a 16:9 LCD screen on it would also support the 5D MkIII theory.
Also, the 7D came out a year after the 5D MkII, so it's not inconceivable to think that many of the things put on the 7D would be brought over to the next 5D - especially since many of them were worthwhile add-ons/changes.

But apart from that, in pretty much everything else that's visible of the body design, it's a 7D. So if this prototype is indeed a 5D mk3, then they've copied almost the entire 7D body, removed the flash, and put a fullframe sensor in it.

And what would be wrong with that? Or why would that be less likely than the camera being a 7D MkII? Personally I found the 7D layout a bit more pleasing than the 5D MkII...especially with the dedicated movie switch.

 

[unfocused]

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I'm just curious as to how many people here actually bothered reading the article this post materialized from? The photographer clearly states that he (Stephen Oachs) was on a shoot in Africa when he ran across the other photographer also doing the same. That photographer identified himself as a Canon employee (Stephen is not) who was field testing two new lenses. According to said employee, the 200-400 will be release in March or April.

The camera was not discussed and Stephen didn't notice the irregularities until later. Seriously guys, before you go down the rabbit hole, at least read the original post if for no other reason than there are more photos of the new gear.

What? You think facts might actually be more important than wild speculation.

Of course this means the 5DIII is right around the corner, after all, the photographer was field testing a lens that was announced...let's see...just under one year ago with a promised delivery date in 2011 and still hasn't been released.

 

[gmrza]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

Looks like fake...

That's two different cameras in the two shots, that's why they look different.

Absolutely - straps are different, LCD layouts are different, button layouts are different, and as has been pointed out, one is being used with the 600mm and one with the 200-400 1.4xTC. Unfortunately we can't see the rear button layout of the 1 series body.

With the gripped body, the size of the bulge on the top would seem to indicate full frame. It would probably not make sense building a crop frame body without a popup flash, because there is less space required by the pentaprism.

 

[Canon-F1]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

But apart from that, in pretty much everything else that's visible of the body design, it's a 7D. So if this prototype is indeed a 5D mk3, then they've copied almost the entire 7D body, removed the flash, and put a fullframe sensor in it.

and why not.... the 7D is the newer design.

 

[awinphoto]

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I was checking out the LCD screen. Looks like zooming on an image is done with the top wheel. This is a big departure from the 7D which had dedicated zoom buttons.

Naw... when you blow up the pic you can see the blue + and - with magnifying glass where it always has been.

Look closer awinphoto... Look into the LCD screen. There are icons on the LCD display underneath the white zoom frame. One icon is for the top wheel, and the other is the magnifying glass. Looks like you press the blue magnifying glass button on the left side of the body, then control your zoom using the wheel. The 7D and 5D used to have + and - buttons in the upper-right of the body, but these are now missing.

thanks for pointing out the screen... after blowing up and brightening the screen I could see what looks like a magnifying glass and the click wheel for the top of the camera... I'm not sure what's going on with the rectangle next to it... If it is the image with the perspective zoomed into, it looks like a different 4:3 perspective but vertical.

 

[Stu_bert]

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I believe this is a Canon employee being shot by another Canon employee (with a 5D mk III as well) for a controlled leak to hype up the camera. Why would Canon charter a safari outing with the public when they could just easily go on private outing?

The shots of the employee weren't taken by an employee.
http://blog.apertureacademy.com/2012/01/canon-200-400mm-and-600mm-prototype.html

yup exactly, even on the most expensive camps in the mara (assuming this is where they went), then you are out in the field with all the other camps. Hiding isn't easy The person taking the shot had a 100-400mm, so I suspect they took the shots without the tester realising. And I guess as soon as he made contact, the tester decided to come clean as frankly the annoucement is imminent on both the lens availability and perhaps even the well-disguised body.

 

[tt]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

Bit distorted, but you can see a little of what the photographer was looking at.

 

[EYEONE]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

Quick & dirty comparison for 7D, 5D Mark II, and this spotted model.

Judging from that picture, it looks much more like a 7D II than a 5D III.

Of this new model:

In favor of the 7D comparison:
- On/off button placement is identical to the 7D, different from 5D.
- M-fn button on top identical placement on 7D, absent on the 5D II.
- Same lock button as 7D, different from 5D.
- Same layout text of the left side buttons on the back as 7D (different from 5D, where the text is next to the buttons)
- Two buttons left of viewfinder, as with 7D, only one for 5D
- Thumb ridge on the right of the back shaped same as 7D, different from 5D
- Start/stop button same as on 7D, absent on 5D
- Same placing "Canon" text on body bottom as 7D, different from 5D (scratched out in prototype model)
- Small white circle-line marking to the left of the top LCD panel, as with 7D (absent on 5D)

In favor of the 5D comparison:
- Shape of body at the top part (near the shutter button) more similar to 5D than 7D (ridge wise)
- No pop-up flash

Why do so many of you think it's a 5D III? I understand you want it to be, but... It just doesn't look similar at all, compared to the 7D...

-The 5D II has a AF-ON button and the 5DC does not
-The 5D II's top LCD light button is in a totally different place as the 5DC's
-The 5D II has a Live view button and the 5DC does not.
-The 5D II has different buttons on the left side from the 5DC
-The 30D has buttons on the bottom of the screen and the 40D's are on the side.

Button layouts change all the time. the 7D is newer than the 5DII and thus has a more up to date control layout that Canon would want to carry over to the 5DIII. The grip for one, as the 7D is much more comfortable to hold than the 5DII.

Oh and,
-The 7D has a pop up flash but the 7DII will not?

This is the 5DIII.

 

[K-amps]

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thanks for pointing out the screen... after blowing up and brightening the screen I could see what looks like a magnifying glass and the click wheel for the top of the camera... I'm not sure what's going on with the rectangle next to it... If it is the image with the perspective zoomed into, it looks like a different 4:3 perspective but vertical.

Those controls are super imposed upon the picture/preview of the bird's head. Is this the touch screen control of sorts?

 

[Tijn]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

But apart from that, in pretty much everything else that's visible of the body design, it's a 7D. So if this prototype is indeed a 5D mk3, then they've copied almost the entire 7D body, removed the flash, and put a fullframe sensor in it.

and why not.... the 7D is the newer design.

It's absolutely possible. But I'm merely pointing out that body/layout wise, this is nothing like a 5D, and very much like a 7D. This can mean either that they consider this layout to be "superior" and they have copied it to the next 5D version, or it can mean that this is not a 5D but a 7D. (Or an entirely different unknown new model).

 

[K-amps]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

But apart from that, in pretty much everything else that's visible of the body design, it's a 7D. So if this prototype is indeed a 5D mk3, then they've copied almost the entire 7D body, removed the flash, and put a fullframe sensor in it.

and why not.... the 7D is the newer design.

It's absolutely possible. But I'm merely pointing out that body/layout wise, this is nothing like a 5D, and very much like a 7D. This can mean either that they consider this layout to be "superior" and they have copied it to the next 5D version, or it can mean that this is not a 5D but a 7D. (Or an entirely different unknown new model).

Yes but look at the top, it is larger than a APS-C Camera's pentaprism housing. Infact the shape of it is identical to the 5d2.

 

[EYEONE]

Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

But apart from that, in pretty much everything else that's visible of the body design, it's a 7D. So if this prototype is indeed a 5D mk3, then they've copied almost the entire 7D body, removed the flash, and put a fullframe sensor in it.

and why not.... the 7D is the newer design.

It's absolutely possible. But I'm merely pointing out that body/layout wise, this is nothing like a 5D, and very much like a 7D. This can mean either that they consider this layout to be "superior" and they have copied it to the next 5D version, or it can mean that this is not a 5D but a 7D. (Or an entirely different unknown new model).

Ok, I'll give it to you that this might be a new model all together. But I'd bet a huge mound of money that this is not the 7D2. Mainly because of the pop up flash and the top head of this camera is very similar to the 5DII's FF OVF (much larger than the 7D APS-C's OVF)

 

[Tijn]

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Those controls are super imposed upon the picture/preview of the bird's head. Is this the touch screen control of sorts?

I think it's just the indication of which part of his photo he's zoomed in to. Namely, somewhere in the top left (the small rectangle inside the big one in the corner). And it'd be a portrait-oriented picture including at least some bird.
The magnifying glass would indicate that he's zoomed into the picture. The thing next to it, I don't know. I don't think it's a touch screen, just an indication of where he's zoomed in.

 

[Gothmoth]

i think a 7D MK2 will have a pop up flash... i see no reason why it should not.

of course when it is a strange new FF model.... it could be.

but isn´t it more presumable that this is the long waited 5D MK3?!