wickerprints wrote:
Interestingly, despite some predictions, no lenses were announced in conjunction with this body. Rather disappointing, but oh well. *shrug*
Maybe Canon doesn't seem to think the 24-70 needs an update with IS right now.
EyeBrock wrote:
Well done Canon Rumours!
I wouldn't exactly give Canon Rumors much more than a wink of credit.
They were probably given a leaked spec sheet or something to that effect, and it was a few days prior.
It certainly doesn't outweigh all of the drek they've been posting.
Something that just occurred to me. The price of admission to canon's pro AF has just gone up, way way up. Now the 5D3 can continue with the same AF as the 5D's before it and the fanboys can say 'but if you want pro AF then you have to pay 1DX prices for it'.
well the bar for AF has been raised; a new 5D will certainly have a system that's not as good as the X, but at maybe 7D level. That would be enough of an improvement for 95% of the users.
evertdoorn wrote:
well the bar for AF has been raised; a new 5D will certainly have a system that's not as good as the X, but at maybe 7D level. That would be enough of an improvement for 95% of the users.
Yup, 7D body and AF in the 5D3 would be good, responsive AF and a very ergonomically comfortable body to hold, wish my 5D was a fraction as comfortable in the hand.
Beni wrote:
Um, am I the only one who is saying WTF about an announcement of availability in only 5 months time (03/12)? Very un-canon like is it not? Almost sounds like they are pushing a press release long before the camera would have reached a stage which would have warranted it.
I suspect they want to catch as many Olympics shooters as possible and they don't want the camera not being ready for release to stop that happening...
BennyR wrote:
They only put the rumor out a few days in advance. That isn't that good.
I dunno, they have been pointed in this direction for quite a while now and they got the right gen before anybody else, even if it was just a few days before the announcement.
I don't see why some of you get so rabid about CR. It's just a bit of fun. Kinda like threads on camera boxes.
I'll hang on to the 1Ds3. I don't see anything worth paying for. I've never had any issues with the AF so I've never saw reason to whine about it and the increased ISO is pointless to me. It would've been nice to see Dynamic Range increased, this is the only step forward I hope for. Until then I'll still be burning film for detail specific work.
evertdoorn wrote:
well the bar for AF has been raised; a new 5D will certainly have a system that's not as good as the X, but at maybe 7D level. That would be enough of an improvement for 95% of the users.
7D level? That's nowhere near "enough of an improvement." Why would Canon put an already-existing AF system from a lower-tier product into an upper-tier body? The 7D AF system is hobbyist-level stuff, not suitable for a high pixel count full frame sensor that is often used with fast-aperture primes.
No. Such suggestions are damaging if Canon thinks consumers will be happy with that. One f/2.8 point in the center does not make an adequate AF system for a 5D-series body. It will need peripheral f/2.8 AF sensors, something that the 1Ds-series bodies have had for ages now.
If the 1D X is the future flagship body designed for high DR, low noise, high ISO, moderate resolution, and high frame rate, then the 5D3 may need to be geared toward high resolution, medium DR, medium noise, and low frame rate, to satisfy the portrait and landscape shooters who don't need the hair-trigger responsiveness of the 1D X. But if that's the case, the 5D3 will also need an AF system that can function for fast-aperture primes, and won't be crippled with f/5.6 sensors. Because it's not an "action" body, it doesn't need 61 AF points. It only needs a few points with very high precision. And that's not what the 7D has.
I can't stand how people somehow think the 7D AF is the cat's ass. It's like some of you have never seen what a 1D-series AF system is capable of doing. If your idea of "good" AF is the 7D...then buy a 7D.
Seems like a great update for the 1d series except for price but I think most 1ds series users wanted more MP. If nikons D4x is going to be 36 MP where is that going to leave Canon. I don't get it. There must be more to come.
For me I'm waiting for the 5Dm3 but as a landscape shooter primarily and hoping for Mps in the 30 range.
Beni wrote:
If Nikon goes ahead with a 36 megapixel D800 and then starts releasing immediately then can we assume the boardrooms have swapped?
This is hilariously accurate.
