*UPDATE* 5D Mark III Sighting?

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#41
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bchernicoff said:
To me, the MFN button indicates the camera has AF area selection as it does on the 7D. If so, this would argue for it having enough AF points to make AF area selection desirable. Hooray!
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Hope your thoughts will become true ! I think that this could be a new 5D Mk III as there is no pop-up flash and bothe 7D and current 5D Mk II looks different.

Fingers crossed for new 5D Mk III ! Bring it on Canon !
 
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#43
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Hummm...this lens look very sexy! It is very exciting to finally see more and more info getting down to Graig about the 5D mkIII...let hope this puppy is right around the corner.

(wonder if the sensor has anything to do with the new sensor in the patent post Graig just put!?!?!)
 
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#44
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DzPhotography said:
KacperP said:
One novelty is separate switch photo/movie mode on right to viewfinder. I don't think there were any switches like that before in Canon DLSR :)
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7D has that switch too ::)
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Yep, my mistake. ::)
Indeed that camera is very similar in layout to 7D, but there are many differences.
I don't count locking dial... I my memory serves me, it is possible to have 7D and 5D2 equipped with such dial.

Hmmm... 5D3 or 7D2 without pop-up flash and (CA) mode on dial....
 
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#46
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KacperP said:
DzPhotography said:
KacperP said:
One novelty is separate switch photo/movie mode on right to viewfinder. I don't think there were any switches like that before in Canon DLSR :)
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7D has that switch too ::)
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Yep, my mistake. ::)
Indeed that camera is very similar in layout to 7D, but there are many differences.
I don't count locking dial... I my memory serves me, it is possible to have 7D and 5D2 equipped with such dial.

Hmmm... 5D3 or 7D2 without pop-up flash and (CA) mode on dial....
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Locking dial was not default but an optional upgrade for $100
 
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#47
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JR said:
Hummm...this lens look very sexy! It is very exciting to finally see more and more info getting down to Graig about the 5D mkIII...let hope this puppy is right around the corner.

(wonder if the sensor has anything to do with the new sensor in the patent post Graig just put!?!?!)
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...I was also wondering about that sensors, but I think they will at first put them in 1D line. But, who knows, maybe this gonna be a low light monster :-D
 
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#48
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not a 7D that's for sure (even if mine wasn't sitting right here the differences are obvious) but that widescreen LCD looks pretty sexy (16:9 ? if so that would be amazing, but it could just be the odd perspective of this photograph). nice new battery grip design too! but... if he has the grip why is he using the normal shutter release if he's shooting portrait, does this mean the grip is a prototype just for show?

this can't be anything else but the new 5D III with new battery grip, of course it could be the 3D or 7D II but I highly doubt that.
 
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#50
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lonelywhitelights said:
nice new battery grip design too! but... if he has the grip why is he using the normal shutter release if he's shooting portrait, does this mean the grip is a prototype just for show?
this can't be anything else but the new 5D III with new battery grip, of course it could be the 3D or 7D II but I highly doubt that.
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I'm guilty of almost never using the portrait controls on the battery grip unless i'm shooting portrait for an extended session (though it looks like he is). And even then I often forget.
 
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#51
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lonelywhitelights said:
not a 7D that's for sure (even if mine wasn't sitting right here the differences are obvious) but that widescreen LCD looks pretty sexy (16:9 ? if so that would be amazing, but it could just be the odd perspective of this photograph). nice new battery grip design too! but... if he has the grip why is he using the normal shutter release if he's shooting portrait, does this mean the grip is a prototype just for show?

this can't be anything else but the new 5D III with new battery grip, of course it could be the 3D or 7D II but I highly doubt that.
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On the first one, it appears he is just reviewing an image or using live view... the second, which looks like a 1d body, dunno... maybe he's more comfortable shooting that way...
 
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#52
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What are the arguments for this being the 5D mkIII over a 7D mkII? It hasn't been a full three years since the 7D release, but I can see how the 7D might get refreshed early...
 
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#55
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Let's check the WAYBACK machine, boy Sherman...

"There’s word that Canon is sending out test bodies of the next 5D to various key photographers. ...There is apparently a couple of different prototypes in existence." May 2, 2011

"Reports that a few select photographers in Australia have been testing prototypes of the replacement to the 5D Mark II." January 11, 2011

I'm not sure how long prototypes are tested before a product is announced. Worth noting is that the first quote above is from someone who also seems to have been right about the merging of the 1D and 1Ds lines...
 
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#56
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awinphoto said:
lonelywhitelights said:
not a 7D that's for sure (even if mine wasn't sitting right here the differences are obvious) but that widescreen LCD looks pretty sexy (16:9 ? if so that would be amazing, but it could just be the odd perspective of this photograph). nice new battery grip design too! but... if he has the grip why is he using the normal shutter release if he's shooting portrait, does this mean the grip is a prototype just for show?

this can't be anything else but the new 5D III with new battery grip, of course it could be the 3D or 7D II but I highly doubt that.
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On the first one, it appears he is just reviewing an image or using live view... the second, which looks like a 1d body, dunno... maybe he's more comfortable shooting that way...
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I know when I am shooting with a collar and grip I will snap a landscape then quickly rotate for a portrait without taking my hands off the controls. Taking your hands off the camera is a good way to miss a decisive moment or lose framing despite the fact it might be more comfortable to use the grip.
 
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#57
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neuroanatomist said:
Let's check the WAYBACK machine, boy Sherman...

"There’s word that Canon is sending out test bodies of the next 5D to various key photographers. ...There is apparently a couple of different prototypes in existence." May 2, 2011

"Reports that a few select photographers in Australia have been testing prototypes of the replacement to the 5D Mark II." January 11, 2011

I'm not sure how long prototypes are tested before a product is announced. Worth noting is that the first quote above is from someone who also seems to have been right about the merging of the 1D and 1Ds lines...
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Well once again this is all speculation until the darn thing gets announced... I wouldn't start breaking our piggy banks yet but it is fun to guess.
 
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#59
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My bet is that it's not a 7D II. I can't see a 7D II without a pop up flash for wireless function.

If you notice there is also a piece of black tape over the bottom of the screen to cover the model I would guess. But looking at my 7D it only says "Canon" there. Do some other Canon's have the Model below the screen? I know Nikon's do.

I took a screen grab of the back LCD panel and lightened it up. I thought it would reveal something interesting. I don't really think it does. It kinda looks like the head of a bird but it's not oriented in portrait.
Not that interesting but I attached it anyway. (Maybe PS would be better. All I have at work is Picasa)
 

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#60
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http://blog.apertureacademy.com/2012/01/canon-200-400mm-and-600mm-prototype.html

More pix & comments from the source of the images.
Shooter is Japanese, works for Canon.
Mostly lens prototype work.

[edited: oops, I see now links were previously on the main page]
 
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