lexvo wrote:
I meant speculations about the specs.
they'll give you the needed info when they leak it through the proper channels. i don't have time to speculate on its specs. i do know it will be an upgrade from the previous model. it will be 14bit. it will be FF. it will be a higher pixel count. self cleaning system. it will support live view. and of course improved metering and AF as each generation usually does. the obvious key words are bigger. better, and improved.
While it is interesting to see this in their popup menu, it probably isn't all that meaningful or all that big of a deal.
The designation on the popup doesn't necessarily tell us what the camera will be called. In the absence of a real name, this could simply how they chose to refer to it. (Sort of like in these forums, right? :-)
And, as others pointed out, the idea that a "5DII" might be coming isn't exactly a surprise.
But kudos to you for noticing this in their menu. That was fun.
shirozina wrote:
I can assure everyone that I have no connection with either corporation other than as a customer/end user of their products. But then if I was planting a 'viral' ad I would deny it wouldn't I. But there would be no point not denying it either as by now it's probably doing the rounds on photo sites all over the net. Maybe Canon and Phase One should pay me for doing their PR - I'd better send them an invoice!
Plausible deniability is such a nice thing
Could this be viral marketing? Yes. Then again, it could be an innocent mistake. Even if it is viral, it could have been left in the pull-down menu, to be discovered by an independent and observant user. It could have been whispered to you shirozina. But like you said, if it were, you would deny it.
End result? It has a lot of people talking about it. Good luck sending that invoice
Interesting. I was at a local dealer yesterday having a "Canon Expo". There were there with all the Canon equipment including several 1Ds Mark IIIs. When asked about the 5D Mark II, the Canon guy in charge said "not anytime soon". When he was asked about February, he didn't say anything but shook his head slightly to say "no" to one of the store employees. May be nothing or that he didn't know, but I sure got the impression that it was going to be awhile before getting anything. And it wasn't like they were trying to sell more 1Ds Mark IIIs, the store already has a list 100 long for it and not expecting that many anytime soon.
bcaslis wrote:
Interesting. I was at a local dealer yesterday having a "Canon Expo". There were there with all the Canon equipment including several 1Ds Mark IIIs. When asked about the 5D Mark II, the Canon guy in charge said "not anytime soon". When he was asked about February, he didn't say anything but shook his head slightly to say "no" to one of the store employees. May be nothing or that he didn't know, but I sure got the impression that it was going to be awhile before getting anything. And it wasn't like they were trying to sell more 1Ds Mark IIIs, the store already has a list 100 long for it and not expecting that many anytime soon.
Not suprising considering how close-mouthed Canon has been in the past. Doesn't mean it's not in the hands of several beta-testers somewhere that have signed ND agreements.
I'd expect a "Canon Guy" to be particularly close-mouthed lest the company find out he leaked the info and can him.
shirozina wrote:
At least we now know the name - could have been 6D, 5Ds etc
It would never have been 6D. Firstly that would imply a lower spec model and second they have never used even numbered single digit model names - EOS 1, 3, 5, 7.
Maybe canon got phase one to put it in to start all this speculation...... Maybe they will release a totally new model line instead to get everyone really surprised..... or maybe it's just the 5d coming to the end of it's life cycle!
Everyone knows a 5d replacement will come at some point. Is this really that much new?
bcaslis wrote:
Interesting. I was at a local dealer yesterday having a "Canon Expo". There were there with all the Canon equipment including several 1Ds Mark IIIs. When asked about the 5D Mark II, the Canon guy in charge said "not anytime soon". When he was asked about February, he didn't say anything but shook his head slightly to say "no" to one of the store employees. May be nothing or that he didn't know, but I sure got the impression that it was going to be awhile before getting anything. And it wasn't like they were trying to sell more 1Ds Mark IIIs, the store already has a list 100 long for it and not expecting that many anytime soon.
Well, considering how Canon mishandled the communication (or lack thereof) regarding the 1D Mark III AF problem leads me to conclude the odds are greater that this sales rep is either a) lying; or b) an idiot, rather than telling the truth.
bcaslis wrote:
Interesting. I was at a local dealer yesterday having a "Canon Expo". There were there with all the Canon equipment including several 1Ds Mark IIIs. When asked about the 5D Mark II, the Canon guy in charge said "not anytime soon". When he was asked about February, he didn't say anything but shook his head slightly to say "no" to one of the store employees. May be nothing or that he didn't know, but I sure got the impression that it was going to be awhile before getting anything. And it wasn't like they were trying to sell more 1Ds Mark IIIs, the store already has a list 100 long for it and not expecting that many anytime soon.
Well, considering how Canon mishandled the communication (or lack thereof) regarding the 1D Mark III AF problem leads me to conclude the odds are greater that this sales rep is either a) lying; or b) an idiot, rather than telling the truth.
Couldn't it be that Phase one is leaving a "placemark" in their menus and since they don't know the actual model name they're calling it "5D MkII" for now?
IFeito wrote:
Couldn't it be that Phase one is leaving a "placemark" in their menus and since they don't know the actual model name they're calling it "5D MkII" for now?
That's more or less my guess. (I noted this earlier.)
This is complete non-news. First, the existence of this designation in a popup menu on a third-party web site doesn't prove much of anything. (As you point out, it could simply be a placeholder.) Second, pretty much everyone is already expecting such a camera - its not like this menu label indicates the existence of a surprising new camera.
Place holder in a pull down menu? Maybe if it was being coded by a high school student in 1990.
When is Capture One expecting to release the software? They expect (perhaps incorrectly) that it will include support for the 5D replacement. Any indication that Canon gives them beta RAW files? Considering all that has happened in the second half of 2007, it seems that Canon would release the new camera in January. But considering their inability to deliver product, who knows.
Canon 5D II
$3000
3 fps
16 mp
All the current gen. goodies
When selecting 5D II, can you infer anything about the cameras specs? I don't have the software, but one can frequently observe the specs linked to a choice. A common example that many of us here know is the DOF Master software. When you choose your camera type from the pull-down, you can quickly observe what settings it is using to calculate the DOF.
Haha - I love how the above photo was once the Mark II, then the Mark III, and now the Mark IV...just wait till they actually include those features, then what? Huh?! THEN WHAT?!
