So much for megapixel wars ending anytime soon. Wish they had kept it at 16MP or even at 12.8 MP and simply updated other features.
Now Nikon will be forced to provide for a 24MP SLR.... the Sh&^ never stops....
Regardless, I think Nikon seems to have the edge for now...The sensor alone does not make the camera a winner.
By sticking to 12MP, the image quality on the D3 is exceptional. I wonder how the 5D Mk II will compare in terms of ISO 3200 or ISO 6400 performance.
As per RG writeup it seems to have the same mirror assembly as the 5D so will likely have the same issues with some alt lenses. I guess my Rokkor will have to stay as a <infinity lens. Like the LV/screen for alt lenses though.
I don't think the "5D" series, now and in the future, calls for high-end features that are found in the D700.
The specs of the original 5D showed that this series is not meant to have a million AF points, or weather sealing, or high-speed FPS. It was an economical way of creating a camera with a full-frame sensor with a good MP count. Period.
What it probably will offer is top-notch image quality from the new sensor. And I'm not talking about 21 megapixels.
I hope another camera is announced though... 3D? Pretty please!
I'll be waiting to see if Nikon is going for 20+mp as their lenses ( 24mm shift and 12-24) are of more interest and relevence to my work. My main tools 24mm TSE and 16-35L still can't resolve properly on a 12mp sensor so upgrading to 21mp on a Canon platform would be pointless to me at the moment.
I'll take the pixels. The shoddy AF and half-hearted weather sealing is disappointing though. That said, I am hoping that this will depress the price of the D700, which has real AF and real environmental protection.
I'm a big fan of the 1080p, but more attention to some of the camera fundamentals would've been nice... indeed, Canon might've been well served to take the Nikon D700's "mini D3" approach to developing this product. As it stands, while I think the upgrade is a decent one, I am still coveting a D700 enough to consider a move to Nikon.
But you know what..we've all shot with the 5d and with all taken great pictures..some for fun, some for work.
The new 5d is the same size, same batteries, just a better sensor for better image quality, sensor cleaning and live view. Those three things were possibly the biggest things an improved 5d could need, and at a very good price over the similar image quality from a 1dsIII.
So now a pro shooter, like myself, who used the 5d over the 1 series as I had no need for weather sealing, fast this and that, etc can have basically the same camera but with better and cleaner images with better precise focussing, and my old 5d can stay as a back up body and both cameras will share the batteries, L plates, etc, etc.
For my speed of work I can even live with the non mlu button.
So looked at in that way it's a very positive upgrade!
All that said the wide lens options still mean I'll probably be shooting with a nikon body very soon!
edwardkaraa wrote:
I'll be very eagerly waiting for the complaints about which lenses do not workwith 5DII That's easly answered - 'most Canon wides' as they will be shown to be even more inadequate on a 21mp sensor. Luckily Zeiss seem to have the answer with almost perfect timing.
It is - they have their own frenzied thread that will soon take up the whole server capacity of the FM site. A new 5D is totaly relevent to this forum as it will be the body on which alternative glass will be fitted
Tariq Gibran wrote:
...I would not trust the weak weather sealing anymore than what was in the original 5D. It's not up to 1D weather sealing by any means...
I don't know about this. With all the gripes about the 5D's lack of "weathersealing", has any of the complainers actually ever gotten their 5D wet? I actually gave mine and the mounted 17-40L a full dunking (totally immersed) in Havasu Creek a few months back. The gasket at the lens mount did its job, as well as the CPL on the lens. Didn't have any water in the CF or battery compartments either. I'll admit, after reading all the complaints about the 5D's so-called inability to prevent the ingress of moisture, I thought for sure that the camera was toasted. Not the case...still works great. I wouldn't advise submerging it in a creek, but a little bit of light rain probably won't do it any harm (provided you're using an L-series lens).
Will I upgrade to the Mark II? Probably...but I could really do without the video.
Alas, I agree, TY. I would trade pixels for features on this new model. 
are we ever gonna see any change here?
