Rumour surfaces of Canon 5D mk III bodies being field tested

Well there is a lot of talk about video on DSLR's if it should or not be a feature.
For me I welcomed the 7D having video as it saved me from buying a decent Hand Cam of apx £500.
Plus I do not have to carry around another piece of equipment or battery charger !
I still think if you are a photographer purist then the video option on a DSLR just will not get used.
Nikon and Canon are turning out some amazing camera at the moment and the other manufactures are slowly catching them up.
So the race to cram more into the DSLR body is really on for Canon & Nikon.
With HD video aside I still hope that Nikon and Canon improve the AF, noise, burst rate to name but a few areas.
Any one of us should be able to produce good shoots what ever level of spec DSLR we are given. As already mentioned in the thread how did the old school photographers cope with out all the tech !
I learn a lot on my 400D as it's ability and technical scope was limited when compared to a friend of mine who owns a D300. So I had to use skill and knowledge to take as good shots with my 400D, which I loved using.

As long as the whole DSLR tech is improved I will be happy in the future to up grade to the 7D Mk3, 4 or 5 when I feel ready to do so.
 
The thing is the "tech" has always been there. It was just a lot more simple (to us) back in the day. There were high fps film cameras, there was high ISO film, there was automatic metering etc. etc. You made do with the confines of the tools that were available to you, just as we do today. It just happens that the tools are far more feature rich than before.

Plenty of photographers using fully manual systems back in the day jumped on the new tech when it was available. It is as it was and will be as it is ad infinitum.
 
bigredshark said:
Just implying stupidity because people don't agree with you then?

You think that's less true of you by the way?

You keep repeating the same statement without any basis or evidence, the 5DII is a fantastic camera, the 5D was a fantastic camera too and was mighty popular despite it's lack of video. Yet you appear to be arguing that the 5DIIs popularity is completely and inextricably linked to it having video.

Have they sold a few more units because it has video - yes I suspect they've sold maybe 10% more units because of that features at least. BUT if you take that 10% of the sales figures then it would still be massively popular camera (the second most popular on Flickr - for a camera which was £2k at release that's incredible). It's popularity isn't as linked to video as you're making out - that's the sole point you seem unable to discuss, let alone accept.

The House episode doesn't really tell you anything about a £2k camera that you don't know already, that professionals can achieve decent results with consumer level equipment. Same as they could 5 years ago with Canon DV gear at the same price point. Now technology has moved on and it's in HD on a larger sensor, that's the innovation, that it's in a DSLR body today isn't actually important, that's an economy for Canon (and ergonomics nightmare for the user) but a DSLR equipped to shoot video isn't much usable as a still camera anyway, so it's not a dual purpose device in practice, it's just one product they can sell to either market.
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Wasn't going to reply, but after reading your comment, I'm going to agree with your first sentence.

I keep repeating the same things because you're not getting it. Go do your own research, there is no point in me trying to prove anything to you if you are so stubborn. You might get frustrated at yourself when you've read a few articles about the the 5D2 though, and I can tell you, the star of the show isn't the 21MP or low ISO capabilities...
 
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Started a Poll on another forum, it will be interesting to see the results after a few days, and to see if this early trend continues.

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Rojin said:
Start one on a video enthusiasts forum as well, you'd get just as meaningful a result.
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Well there you go, photographers who buy the 5d, don't buy it for video or at least it isn't high priority.
I wonder how popular the 5D is with videographers, and how large that market is?
 
Well, it doesn't really cost anything to them.

Lens - check, its already there
Sensor - check, it can capture picture
R&D and software - check, Canon does digital video already

Just put it together. Easy.
 
Exactly, if it's easy for them do, and doesn't cost much to implement, then why not.
I just don't think video was the main reason for the 5D's success...
 
I don't think people will bother with using DSLR's for video until the autofocus is as good as a handheld camcorder. Once the autofocus improves I bet it will become more popular.
 
Ejizz said:
Exactly, if it's easy for them do, and doesn't cost much to implement, then why not.
I just don't think video was the main reason for the 5D's success...
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It's not.....

It is the entry level FF camera for Canon. The alternative is the 1Ds, D700 or D3.

And people forget that Canon has a bigger market share.

http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2011/04/canon-destroyed-nikon-in-2010-dslr-market-share-yir-6.html

Thats 45% market share. Those people already have Canon glass, so they can only upgrade to 5Dii. 45% share immediately translate into more sales.
 
Ejizz said:
Exactly, if it's easy for them do, and doesn't cost much to implement, then why not.
I just don't think video was the main reason for the 5D's success...
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To clarify, I don't either. However it is seen as bit of a landmark camera where video capabilities are concerned.
 
Raymond Lin said:
It's not.....

It is the entry level FF camera for Canon. The alternative is the 1Ds, D700 or D3.

And people forget that Canon has a bigger market share.

http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2011/04/canon-destroyed-nikon-in-2010-dslr-market-share-yir-6.html

Thats 45% market share. Those people already have Canon glass, so they can only upgrade to 5Dii. 45% share immediately translate into more sales.
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I know lots of people who upgraded to 5DII in the last 12-18 months or so.
Where as the people i know who own Nikon state they havn't had anything juicy to stick their teeth into for quite a while now..
True? maybe .. or maybe typical Nikon shooters are just more attached to their current equipment .. mm
 
Rojin said:
To clarify, I don't either. However it is seen as bit of a landmark camera where video capabilities are concerned.
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Ok fair enough.
Thanks for contributing to my Poll btw, I never new you were passionate enough about video for it to be your main reason to buy a 5D mkii?
May I ask how your finding it, and is the AF fast enough to keep up with your sports photography like your 7D does, or do you just use it for video?

Anyway, below is how the trend is progressing...

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