skibum5 wrote:
Doesn't the OVF hump look too big for APS-C? So that leans it toward 2DX or 5DX I think. Maybe, maybe the new C3 special video DSLR.
Who knows? But I do not think so. The shown one C3 was in a 1D X body. That one is defently not. Its a small one with additional grip. It looks like a 7D without flash to me. So I would not wonder if it is a 7D II. I would not wonder if it is a 5D III, too. So many people cryed for a 5D follow up with 7D features.
If its a "3" it should be FF and have ECF. Else a "3" would not make any sense to me.
Ralph Conway wrote:
If its a "3" it should be FF and have ECF. Else a "3" would not make any sense to me.
A "3" wouldn't make sense to you if it didn't include FF and ECF? So if there were a new camera with an APS-H sensor (16-21mp), a 19/45/51 pt AF with, say, 9-10fps and it happened to be named 'EOS 3D' that wouldn't make sense?
M Vers wrote:
IF the badge was left off that's one thing but if it were on I highly doubt this individual would be walking around shading it with his hand the whole time--there would be at least a bit of tape involved one would think.
I didn't necessarily mean that the guy would hide it with his hand. And yes, tape is the easiest way to conceal it. That's actually what I was thinking.
M Vers wrote:
A "3" wouldn't make sense to you if it didn't include FF and ECF? So if there were a new camera with an APS-H sensor (16-21mp), a 19/45/51 pt AF with, say, 9-10fps and it happened to be named 'EOS 3D' that wouldn't make sense?
Didn't the EOS-5 also have ECF? So I guess that would mean the 5D and 5D2 doesn't make sense either. Maybe they don't exist - there just in our imagination.
And I'm not trying to be a jerk, just poking a little fun. Because after all that's what all this speculation about this unknown camera is - some good fun.
surf monkey wrote:
I didn't necessarily mean that the guy would hide it with his hand. And yes, tape is the easiest way to conceal it. That's actually what I was thinking.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that this appears to be a publicity stunt. Canon has been doing this sort of field testing for a long while--I'd think they would be clever enough not to get caught...and to add to it, not even a single shot of the badge area at all. Just seems odd.
Why not?
3D would be too misleading sounding since it is not a 3D camera and it if has better body specs than 5D and if they still don't like 4 then nothing left but 2 and it does shoot in 2D.
M Vers wrote:
I guess what I'm trying to say is that this appears to be a publicity stunt. Canon has been doing this sort of field testing for a long while--I'd think they would be clever enough not to get caught...and to add to it, not even a single shot of the badge area at all. Just seems odd.
Its shot at 400mm, we know canon have to get these things out in the wild to get shots with them and test them.
we know a new body is coming.
This in real terms tells us nothing apart from the 5dx thing has updated controls and grip.
M Vers wrote:
A "3" wouldn't make sense to you if it didn't include FF and ECF? So if there were a new camera with an APS-H sensor (16-21mp), a 19/45/51 pt AF with, say, 9-10fps and it happened to be named 'EOS 3D' that wouldn't make sense?
This new one would surely make sense, M Vers.
Calling it "3D" would (imo) not. 3 stands inbetween 1 and 5.
Canon stopped cropping for the 1s. 5 is FF. 2, 3 and 4 will be, too. Any future crop would imo be called higher than 5 (less in "pro" - and please, please do not start again that "pro" discussion with me. I would not react again). 6 is still free, 8 is and 9. In future crop will be extinct. It always was a choice of technical restrictions. Those do not longer exist. I would bet, in 5 years a "3000" and any XXX or XXs are FF, too.
skibum5 wrote:
Why not?
3D would be too misleading sounding since it is not a 3D camera and it if has better body specs than 5D and if they still don't like 4 then nothing left but 2 and it does shoot in 2D.
Nikon has no problem using the number '4' so I'd assume Canon wouldn't either, considering they are both Japanese companies and all. While a '3D' might confuse the dumb it would make more sense given the way Canon currently names each series line 1-'3'-5-7, all odd numbers. I'm not saying it can't be a '2D' or a '4D' or an '8/9D', I'm just saying it's a little left field/out of place considering the way Canon has the body line currently named.
Why not? 3D would be too misleading sounding since it is not a 3D camera and it if has better body specs than 5D and if they still don't like 4 then nothing left but 2 and it does shoot in 2D.
A 3D is not gonna happen for the obvious reasons. Forget about a 2 and 4 series. 5Dx is good enough to indicate where this camera fits, the 1Dx but lower spec'ed and more compact. Just like the 5D and 5DmkII have been models below and more compact than the flagship 1Ds models.
surf monkey wrote:
Didn't the EOS-5 also have ECF? So I guess that would mean the 5D and 5D2 doesn't make sense either. Maybe they don't exist - there just in our imagination.
And I'm not trying to be a jerk, just poking a little fun. Because after all that's what all this speculation about this unknown camera is - some good fun.
Eos 5 had ECF - and for me it worked great. It was new. Like Eos 5D was. And 5D MK II.
Canon stopped ECF, because of to many problems. But its a decade ago (or 15 years now?) and they have to bring out smething new. ECF (working for anybody) would be another "new" feature that gives them stand alone. It will come. But for that they keep the name, I guess.
Schlotkins wrote:
Since we are speculating... what if the 7D MKII is 1.3x crop?
Then I'd be very happy indeed. I don't own EF-S glass, so bring it on.
Canon's language in the interviews they had after 1D X announcement weren't encouraging though for future of APS-H, so this would be a very remote possibility IMO.
Lets not discuss "names". Point is the offered picture shows a new Canon camera, that was not reported - not existing except in rumors - before. It EXISTS.
And because it was shown to us I am pretty sure it will be the next model announced.
It is more than 7D! Maybe the 5D MK III. Maybe something else. Is that really important?
RobDickinson wrote:
Its shot at 400mm, we know canon have to get these things out in the wild to get shots with them and test them.
And you think a safari open to non-Canon employees is an ideal choice? There are plenty of other places Canon can choose where there is zero chance of being 'caught'...unless, of course, they wanted to be. My point is Canon doesn't use those ridiculous black boxes for nothing and they sure as hell wouldn't risk an unreleased, unannounced product to be seen by anyone outside 'the know' if they didn't want to. A 'mistake' like this doesn't just happen--it's designed to happen.
2DeAnn wrote:
I'm seeing 2 different cameras, in their series of photos. Check image 3, and image 6. The controls around the lcd screen are in different areas. Image 3 (below the lcd) and image 6 (to the left, of lcd).
So is everyone else. Clearly two different camera models. The 1st one is the 1DX while the 2nd one is an as of yet unreleased model. Perhaps a 5DIII/5DX/7DII or 3D(x).
Because the enormous white lens hanging off the front isn't a dead give away 
Eos 5 had ECF - and for me it worked great. It was new. Like Eos 5D was. And 5D MK II.