*****The Official Canon 5DMK3 Thread*****

Better weather sealing and ergonomics, better metering, better in low light, 100% vf, dual card slots (if that floats your boat), better LCD, faster burst rate.

You're getting 80% of the 1DX for at least grand and a half less if you shop around, so I don't see why the price is too high. The price will drop over time anyway as history shows.

jonneymendoza said:
1. price point is way too high
2. only killer feature it has is 1dx AF system
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Bearing in mind that it's RRP and it'll come down a bit fairly quickly once released, I think £3k is a perfectly understandable price for what this camera offers. The perfect merging of the 7D and 5D2 with some extra features added in or, looked at another way, most of what the 1DX offers but at a significantly lower price.

No offence, but I feel many who are moaning about the price being "too high" merely mean the price is "too high for them". Yes, we'd all love cameras like this to be £1k but that's fantasy for the moment. If you want this level of quality and features then this is the going rate I'm afraid.
 
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Of course it's 'to high for them', even people who can afford it don't like to feel ripped off. Considering it is basically 5D mk2.5, or what the mkii should have been, it should only be around £2k imo, especially considering the competition...
 
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Better weather sealing and ergonomics, better metering, better in low light, 100% vf, dual card slots (if that floats your boat), better LCD, faster burst rate.

You're getting 80% of the 1DX for at least grand and a half less if you shop around, so I don't see why the price is too high. The price will drop over time anyway as history shows.
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better weather selaing because canon told you so? wait till we see proper user reviews to see how well this camera stands when its pouring down in rain.

Better in low light? proof? because many of the test samples shows that this camera is only "marginally" better in low light.

Also, tell me why is the d800 £400-£600 cheaper then this? the d800 has far more MP, only "slightly slower then the mk3" but has great AF , metering and low light features just like the mk3 but for a lot less money

You can buy a 7d and a 5dmk2 together rigth now cheaper then a single 5dmk3 and still have money left to book yourself a holiday somewhere abroad and take pics with your two bodies

An Exception said:
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Of course it's 'to high for them', even people who can afford it don't like to feel ripped off. Considering it is basically 5D mk2.5, or what the mkii should have been, it should only be around £2k imo, especially considering the competition...
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+1. this is a 5dmk2.5. if i had a 5dmk2 i would feel more ripped off as all they are giving me and all 5dmk2 owners is a slightly faster camera and better AF system and for the price of two of my 5dmk2's?
 
Vertigo1 said:
Bearing in mind that it's RRP and it'll come down a bit fairly quickly once released, I think £3k is a perfectly understandable price for what this camera offers. The perfect merging of the 7D and 5D2 with some extra features added in or, looked at another way, most of what the 1DX offers but at a significantly lower price.

No offence, but I feel many who are moaning about the price being "too high" merely mean the price is "too high for them". Yes, we'd all love cameras like this to be £1k but that's fantasy for the moment. If you want this level of quality and features then this is the going rate I'm afraid.
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At 4fps it is no replacement for a 7D. If the D800 was also £3k then the 5D3 price wouldn't seem as bad, but it's not. The D800 is priced as expected at £2.4k the 5D3 isn't at £3k.
 
Sorry typo, (fat finger small phone :D). 6 fps is not 8 fps, it does make a difference in sports and is one of the reasons I really didn't like using a 40D over a 7D. That the 5D3 finally has decent AF doesn't really make it a 7D replacement, the res at 1.6 crop isn't comparable either.
 
Really the 5dmkiii is looking like what the 5dmkii should have been, a nicely balanced camera in terms of features. The 5Dmkiii looks like a good challenge to the D700 and will offer more resolution perhaps with equal high ISO performance. That makes a great camera, except Nikon have moved the goal posts and by all accounts so far seem to offer an extra 1.5 stop of high ISO performance and extra resolution, 1-1.5 stops more DR, 600gbp less and the interesting option of a version without AA filter for those wanting ultimate resolution and sharpness.


What is also strange is Canon seems to have dropped the ball with video. The raw uncompressed video out over HDMI is a major feature in Nikon's favour and anyone that was using a canon dslr for video in the past will almost surely drop canon for Nikon in a heart beat, let alone the extensive collection of lovely Nikon f mount MF glass.

I'm selling off some of my DX lenses before I preorder a D800
 
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