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p.118 #1 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Just read the white paper on the new mk111.........this camera is really something very special. Bravo Canon !

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Feb 22, 2007 at 08:45 AM

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p.118 #2 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

I hope we will hear from Canon again in the next days, concerning a 40D or else, it would be a big shock for me and everyone else. I seriously need to update. The 30D is just too close to the 350D.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 08:46 AM

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p.118 #3 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Damn, I wanna hear about something to replace the 1dsM2!

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Feb 22, 2007 at 08:50 AM

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p.118 #4 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

yea.......me too. I have owned the 1DSMK ll since it came out (replaced my 1DS)
I have to say this MKlll is very impressive. I need two 1series bodies & this is so tempting, epecially at the low price point.............However, if this is what they are coming up with in this unit what sort of monster can we expect in September. I will take a deep breath & try to hang out a little longer.

Cheers

Paul

www.studio58.com.au

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Feb 22, 2007 at 09:16 AM

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p.118 #5 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Despite 14 bits I am somewhat dissapointed:

"Dynamic range at low ISO speeds is about the
same with the 1D Mark III as it is with the EOS-1D Mark II and Mark II N despite the
1D Mark III’s increased resolution......"

Given the coolness of all features, I'm not conviced it is worth the cost to upgrade from a lowly 1D2..... but ISO 6400 not bad

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Feb 22, 2007 at 09:21 AM

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p.118 #6 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

I hope something about a 5D successor will be posted soon...

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Feb 22, 2007 at 09:35 AM

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p.118 #7 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

What are the chances that the 40D might be announced in the next few days?

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Feb 22, 2007 at 09:41 AM

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p.118 #8 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Im suprised this time round there weren't any leaks before the offical Canon press release. Theres still 2 weeks till PMA so who knows what else Canon has to offer.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 09:49 AM

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p.118 #9 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

EOS20 wrote:
Im suprised this time round there weren't any leaks before the offical Canon press release. Theres still 2 weeks till PMA so who knows what else Canon has to offer.

As was pre-photokina, Tsiphoto from dpreview was dead on with predictions that were made a couple days ago.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 09:51 AM

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p.118 #10 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

timbop wrote:
even better for birders: it has ISO 6400 and will AF at f/11, making 2x TC's much more useful on those slow lenses like the 400/5.6.

Nope. It's still f/8.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 09:58 AM

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p.118 #11 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Sam_S wrote:
What are the chances that the 40D might be announced in the next few days?

IMHO it's zero.
I don't recall Canon making two announcements in the same occasion.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 10:05 AM

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p.118 #12 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

what a nice wake up! just been reading the white paper on the 1dIII as well as the info on the new 580ex II. very nice, bit outwith my budget but a nice camera which should make a lot of sports pros and PJ very happy.

Unfortunately or as usual some of the gear heads on here are a bit dissapointed about the specs because it hasn't got 50 mega pixels, 20 frames in raw, in camera IS, and will whinge for weeks how canon will lose market share to Nikon because it doesn't compete with the D200. Maybe if they would take the time to read the white paper and discover the new features of the camera they would realise that this is a fantastic bit of gear which beats most cameras hands down without even trying.

And I'm pretty sure that this isn't everything canon is about to announce over the next few days

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Feb 22, 2007 at 10:06 AM

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p.118 #13 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

New sensor is actually smaller than before and is now a 1.28x sensor and thus if the new sensor was the same size as before it would have 10.5MP, not 10.1MP.

Today's useless factoid

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Feb 22, 2007 at 10:18 AM

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p.118 #14 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Well done, Canon.
I don't doubt, this 1D Mk3 will become the new reference for sport and nature photography. I think they will sell lots of them to photojournalists and amateurs of these domaines (nature, sport).

Sadly, as some of you, it's not the model I was waiting for...

But if they put out a 5D Mk2 with the same viewfinder, same new AF system, a 12-16Mpix FF sensor, Digic III and 4-5 fps, I will be the happier man in the world! (and let the built-in grip and 22Mpix for the 1Ds3)

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Feb 22, 2007 at 11:12 AM

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p.118 #15 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Anyone noticed that the Live View only supports manual focusing?

Focusing is manual only with Live View. Use the Multi-Controller to select the AF point aimed over the area you want to focus, then press the Magnify button to enlarge the image by 5x or 10x at the AF point's position. Press the button again to return to normal view. At 5x or 10x magnification, you can focus manually while looking at the LCD monitor. To make it easier to focus during the magnified view, image sharpness is applied at a higher setting than it really is.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 11:36 AM

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p.118 #16 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Geoff Costello wrote:
Drool.... I'll start saving for the 1Ds III or the high end 5D replacement now....

1DmkIII lends hope that improved auto focus and other things will trickle down to 5D and 30D replacements.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 11:40 AM

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p.118 #17 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Tijl Kindt wrote:
Anyone noticed that the Live View only supports manual focusing?

Focusing is manual only with Live View. Use the Multi-Controller to select the AF point aimed over the area you want to focus, then press the Magnify button to enlarge the image by 5x or 10x at the AF point's position. Press the button again to return to normal view. At 5x or 10x magnification, you can focus manually while looking at the LCD monitor. To make it easier to focus during the magnified view, image sharpness is applied at a higher setting than it really is.

I posted this to the 1D MkIII specs thread:

The live preview is manual focus only because the camera "only" uses the normally located AF sensor which doesn't receive anything during mirror lock-up. This is fine for macro work and I guess is acceptable for studio work. (Even though this is not primarily a studio camera, it doesn't lack much in resolution compared to current top Nikon camera.)

MF for live preview has some use in PJ work, over the head level and so on, but it in practice requires you to preset the focus, so there we are close to the good old "no focusing aid" era of e.g. Minox 35.

There are now 2 options for above the head level shooting with this camera: blind AF (as this far) or visual composition but manually preset focusing. I have used both methods (with 5D and Minox), and both yield reasonable keeper rates with shortish lenses.

For remote work, it would be very useful if the live preview would include SW controlled manual focusing, but I don't know whether that is possible in practice.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 11:45 AM

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p.118 #18 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Thanks to everyone who sent me emails overnight to update the Northlight rumours pages :-)

Since it was a new 1Ds(3) I wanted, the page will keep going!

Do have a read of the 63 page pdf white paper that Canon have produced - lots of pointers to what can be expected.
[url=http://www.jirvana.com/pdfs/EOS_1D_Mark_III_WP_070221.pdf ]http://www.jirvana.com/pdfs/EOS_1D_Mark_III_WP_070221.pdf

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Feb 22, 2007 at 11:52 AM

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p.118 #19 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

this new camera is beautiful. it is everything i wanted and more - i am speechless.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 11:59 AM

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p.118 #20 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

It took a while, but yesterday our Nikon shooting colleagues at FM got into the spirit of things and started their own rumour thread...
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/510754 - A little over 7 pages in 14 hours - way to go - and they are just getting into the swing of it..

And theirs is the more general "New Nikon Gear" title so that if they don't get what they want at PMA, they can just keep going... Come to think of it - that's not such a bad idea... ( What about it Jeff?)

Oh and they have their own generally very generous comments on the EOS 1D Mark III here http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/511043

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Feb 22, 2007 at 12:04 PM

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p.118 #21 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

The 1DMKIII looks great...but one rumor I wish were true is that it was going to be smaller. It's still a brick.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 12:21 PM

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p.118 #22 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

I have doubts.

There are some very nice features that I would like to have. F.e. I could use the live view for my astrophotography, I like the extra detail in the whites and more little stuff. I'm just not so happy with the 10mp which is a 'marginal' 25% upgrade from 8mp. No more DR and we have to wait for the noise behavior. I think I will switch, but I am certainly not in a hurry to get one from the first batch. I may even wait for the 1ds3 specs before I decide.

I do like the 16-35 lens. Hopefully it is a real improvement of the current version.

I also like the 580 AW, however also I had to buy a type 1 very recently. Still worth the upgrade. I really hope they have a decent off-shoe cable this time. The old one was/is plain rubbish.

Now I wait 'patiently' (NOT) for the 1Ds3 and this 100-400/4..... what is taking them so long

Cheers

Peter

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Feb 22, 2007 at 12:29 PM

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p.118 #23 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Tijl Kindt wrote:
Anyone noticed that the Live View only supports manual focusing?

That WOULD be the case since the live preview mode requires the mirror to be lifted and the AF sensors would then be devoid of data.

Edited by jray on Feb 22, 2007 at 04:57 AM GMT

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Feb 22, 2007 at 12:52 PM

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p.118 #24 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

Yakim Peled wrote:
Sam_S wrote:
What are the chances that the 40D might be announced in the next few days?

IMHO it's zero.
I don't recall Canon making two announcements in the same occasion.

Well, the 20D was announced in Aug 04, and the 1DsMkII in Sept of 04, both in time for Photokina. So it's not exactly without precedent. I think they are going to release in tranches to increase the buzz. The 1DMkIII is quite an announcement, worthy of the stage by itself for a couple days at least. I would be shocked if there were no 30D replacement this spring, and PMA is too important a show for them not to announce it if it's here.

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Feb 22, 2007 at 12:55 PM

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p.118 #25 · 'Un-Official' pre-PMA Rumor Thread

mg7726 wrote:
this new camera is beautiful. it is everything i wanted and more - i am speechless.

My wife and bank manager will also be speechless.....

Edited on Feb 26, 2007 at 06:15 PM

Feb 22, 2007 at 12:57 PM


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