Why the new 5D will be cheaper than the current 5D

[yellowkamper]

I think the 5D 3 replacement will be £3000. nothing gets cheaper

 

[Loswr]

I think the 5D 3 replacement will be £3000. nothing gets cheaper

Except the 5DII, which was launched at a lower price than the 5D.

 

[Cannon Man]

In my opinion the new 1Dx is what the 5D III should have been and there should be a medium format 50mp 1Ds III replacement at 13 000$

And a whole new range of lenses? Unless your willing to shoot with a tilt. None of the current lenses will work with mf?

I would love to buy new lenses, i would like an 85mm and a 135mm lenses for mf format.
And i could use my old lenses on 1D IV and the coming 1DX.

 

[Joseph]

Me personally , I cant wait for Canon to create a Medium Format sensor , at least 35x46mm - It would be perfect for me - I am in love with Canon lenses and color , but really want to witness it qualities in sexy 40MP package !!!

 

[dr croubie]

Me personally , I cant wait for Canon to create a Medium Format sensor , at least 35x46mm - It would be perfect for me - I am in love with Canon lenses and color , but really want to witness it qualities in sexy 40MP package !!!

Except that none of your EF-mount lenses will work with a MF sensor. The TS-E might cover the image circle, but once you put in a bigger mirror the lens won't focus to infinity because it'll be too far away from the sensor.

And then if canon do release an MF camera, and people have to upgrade body and lenses in one go, they then face competition from the very nice and portable Leica S2, Hasselblads, Pentax/contax/mamiya 645, and both Leaf and Phase One have 80 MP backs to compete with. (personally, if i had the cash, i'd be on a Leica S2 tomorrow).

And for all the people i've read whingeing about the sealing, AF and fps on the 5D2, so what? 7D is the sports camera, 1D4 is the better sports camera. 5D line has been and always will be low-fps, and lesser AF.

Give me the 1DX (or even 5D2) sensor in a cardboard body, 1 AF point, 3fps, no video, as long as it's got Live View. Because i'll be setting it up on a tripod and taking landscapes, star-trails, indoor low-light portraits with fast lenses, studio-benchtop-macro, all the things that my 7D is not built for. And price it the same as I paid for my 7D, that's about fair.
(i'd be so happy with a 5D classic, if it had live-view. or does it?)

Once you add in more features that everyone wants for the new 5D, it gets more expensive. 19AF points like the 7D, sealed like a 1D4, 8fps like the 7D, RAW Video, see-in-the-dark sensor. You can't have it all. Or you can. It's called the 1DX, and it costs $6800.

Bring on the 6D baby-FF please.

 

[Joseph]

Me personally , I cant wait for Canon to create a Medium Format sensor , at least 35x46mm - It would be perfect for me - I am in love with Canon lenses and color , but really want to witness it qualities in sexy 40MP package !!!

Except that none of your EF-mount lenses will work with a MF sensor. The TS-E might cover the image circle, but once you put in a bigger mirror the lens won't focus to infinity because it'll be too far away from the sensor.

And then if canon do release an MF camera, and people have to upgrade body and lenses in one go, they then face competition from the very nice and portable Leica S2, Hasselblads, Pentax/contax/mamiya 645, and both Leaf and Phase One have 80 MP backs to compete with. (personally, if i had the cash, i'd be on a Leica S2 tomorrow).

And for all the people i've read whingeing about the sealing, AF and fps on the 5D2, so what? 7D is the sports camera, 1D4 is the better sports camera. 5D line has been and always will be low-fps, and lesser AF.

Give me the 1DX (or even 5D2) sensor in a cardboard body, 1 AF point, 3fps, no video, as long as it's got Live View. Because i'll be setting it up on a tripod and taking landscapes, star-trails, indoor low-light portraits with fast lenses, studio-benchtop-macro, all the things that my 7D is not built for. And price it the same as I paid for my 7D, that's about fair.
(i'd be so happy with a 5D classic, if it had live-view. or does it?)

Once you add in more features that everyone wants for the new 5D, it gets more expensive. 19AF points like the 7D, sealed like a 1D4, 8fps like the 7D, RAW Video, see-in-the-dark sensor. You can't have it all. Or you can. It's called the 1DX, and it costs $6800.

Bring on the 6D baby-FF please.

I didn't even think about the lenses and MF sensors , good point - in the same scenario though , maybe Canon would have no problem creating some extremely nice High Res lenses for a Medium Format line - it's not as if they don't have enough feedback to decide the best lenses to re-create - and if you are someone about to drop the price of a medium format camera , I don't think you'd be worried about backwards compatability either. It would deffinitely be a entirely new breed . What it really comes down too - is when the time comes that I need MORE than FF sensor , I just want Canon standing right there saying - "Here you go" LOL - love these forums - get the opportunity to dream out loud

 

[wtf1234567]

Don't u think its too complicate to hv an extra ff body? to me i think there's no point to start a low cost ff...because when u ready to spend large money for a ff, u might as well spend bit more to get the 5d...besides, its difficult to lower the specs for a low cost ff...i mean..if a low cost ff specs is like 60d woth ff, i will buy it rather than a 5d..

 

[rocketdesigner]

Canon 5D2 Body - $2499
Canon 5D3 Body - $2799

Seems reasonable to me...a modest increase, but well under the 3k mark.
But no 1080/60p ... sigh ... I still cannot quite comprehend the problem with slo-mo at full HD res :-[...