OFFICIAL: Canon 5D Mark III Announced

Gregg.Siam wrote in post #14004049
And what is the expected delivery date?

Sites are saying end of March

still crappy 4:2:0 h264?

Fricks wrote in post #14003674
There is no way I'm sleeping tonight!!! and no sleep means I'm going to have to sleep in school tomorrow

But you will be dreaming of your future 5D3. Just don't stand up right away when you wake up.

Shadowblade wrote in post #14004031
Not impressed. The ISO 800 shot looks noisy for a relatively low ISO (particularly chroma noise), while the ISO 6400 shot looks smeared by NR.

I'd like to see samples posted on http://www.imaging-resource.com, to compare them directly against D800 and D7000 shots (the D7000 being the proxy for the D800, given the identical pixel density - the fact that the D7000 is 18 months older means the D800 won't be any worse) before making any judgment.

This guy is really working for Nikon.

mritchy wrote in post #14004044
I can understand a strong case for either side of the "success/failure" argument. It's $1,100 more than a current 5D II. To me though, a $1,000 is worth the noise reduction and auto focus. I shoot close to 100 weddings a year, and the autofocus on the MKII has been a killer more times than I would like to admit. For my line of work, $1,000 doesn't seem like much.

Great points from an actual working photog, plus the 5d iii comes with the snazzy Wide Neck Strap EW-EOS5DMKIII

I'll say it again - be very careful making judgments based on JPGs. I want to see RAW images and for that matter RAWs from the 1D X and D800.

Shadowblade wrote in post #14004031
Not impressed.

You're lucky. Some of us had to click the link and wait for the file to download before we could make our conclusions.

And they look pretty darn good. Anxiously waiting for 3rd party samples, but so far it's looking like the new 5D is going to be playing in some rarified air.

Hmmm... I like it... soo.... who's pre-ordering?

mafoo wrote in post #14004053
Really? Your not? I NEVER would have guessed.

Ok, camera sucks, please move along, and go find one you like.

Thanks for your input. Take care!

g0bl0k wrote in post #14004064
This guy is really working for Nikon.

hahaha.. ive been thinking that for weeks!

K6AZ wrote in post #14004066
I'll say it again - be very careful making judgments based on JPGs. I want to see RAW images and for that matter RAWs from the 1D X and D800.

Yeh this..

The samples look interesting..promising to me

That said im a bad person to evaluate, Im shooting a 7D, and as we all know, its a noisy POS that cant take a sharp clean image at all...

LowriderS10 wrote in post #14004032
I'm not gonna go through all 23 pages...what's the MSRP?

There are only 8 pages so far

themadman wrote in post #14004073
Hmmm... I like it... soo.... who's pre-ordering?

I personally am on way way to preorder disorder as soon as i list my mint Canon 5D MKI and a mint 85mm 1.8,32gb card, and lord knows what, in order to raise the missing funds, im thinking to start at 1300 and ship worldwide, my camera is very well taken cared of!

aSalazarPhoto wrote in post #14004065
Great points from an actual working photog, plus the 5d iii comes with the snazzy Wide Neck Strap EW-EOS5DMKIII

Lol, thanks! While more megapixels would have been a nice touch at this price, I have no reason to believe that this is going to be a failure. When they said they took the AF system right out of the 1DX and put it in the 5D III, I was shocked. Aside from weather sealing, what is the 1D series known for? SUPER AWESOME AUTO FOCUS. Well, here you have it at half the price.

themadman wrote in post #14004073
Hmmm... I like it... soo.... who's pre-ordering?

A ton of people in this thread already have...

Whilst comparing invoice numbers, seems like there are a couple hundred between each order. This thing is flying off the shelves.

Drozz119 wrote in post #14004075
hahaha.. ive been thinking that for weeks!

I hope he gets good commission or free D800