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Information about the Canon 5D MkII
Posted: 18 Aug 2008
Leaked specifications of the Canon 5D MkII - Leaked specifications have got photographers talking about the release of the Canon 5D MkII.
Speculation surrounding the specifications of Canon's follow up to the 5D and its release date have once again got tongues wagging in internet forums.
The speculating began after a member of the DP Review forums posted what they believed to be the specifications for Canon's 5D MkII camera. Their post said the Canon 5D MkII will have:
- 16.7 MP FF sensor
- Single Digic MkIII Processor
- ISO100-3200 (Low: 50 + High 6400)
- 6-8 fps - depending on grip
- 3in High Resolution OLED LCD
- will accept EF Lenses, not EF-S
- 11 point AF
- 35 Zone Metering
- Viewfinder: 96 percent coverage .72 magnification
- Pop up flash
- New Lithium Ion Battery
- Weather Sealing slightly better than 40D
The same forum member also said: "A guy who works at our local camera store is in Kona and he made the same statement about it not being released until right before Photokina. He hasn't verified this, but a person on another forum mentioned their salesperson saying that the 5D replacement won't be out until right before Photokina." No prices were mentioned but the forum member did also say that a 50D and a few compact cameras will also be out towards the end of August.
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Cole
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008 - 16:27
Rumours and heresay from other forums appearing in the Epz news section. Slow day is it?
Matt Grayson
Hi, I hail from Sheffield, I'm 30 years old and I am married with 1 step son. I went to Bradfield Comprehensive and decided to get into Art school, so I failed all my GCSE's and they snapped me up. I wanted to bulk up my qualifications, so so I attended a GCSE Photogr...
Posted: 18 Aug 2008 - 16:37
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Rumours and heresay from other forums appearing in the Epz news section. Slow day is it?
Rumours and heresay from other forums appearing in the Epz news section. Slow day is it?
Sorry, would you rather we just stuck to press releases?
Posted: 18 Aug 2008 - 18:17
Are you suggesting you have a press release regarding the Canon 5D II that you cant release ?
Ian Andrews
October 2007 update.
After nearly 3 years accumulating images on here, I had a clearout so the images you see here have been taken in the last eighteen months or so.
If you look around the site, in places like 'Articles' and 'Techniques' you will find over twenty arti...
Posted: 18 Aug 2008 - 19:05
Nawww! he's suggesting that he's got nothing better to do than read the gossip on other forii!!
Ian
Ian
Posted: 18 Aug 2008 - 22:32
If they price it as stupidly as the plastic fantastic 1000d then you will need to mortgage the house to pay for it and lets hope they can eventually move towards a camera where the auto white balance actually works under artificial light !
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 - 10:34
This is all old news i'm afraid. I was told back in Feb about this by someone who had just visited the Canon factory.
No mention of the LF model then!!
No mention of the LF model then!!
Matt Grayson
Hi, I hail from Sheffield, I'm 30 years old and I am married with 1 step son. I went to Bradfield Comprehensive and decided to get into Art school, so I failed all my GCSE's and they snapped me up. I wanted to bulk up my qualifications, so so I attended a GCSE Photogr...
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 - 11:14
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Are you suggesting you have a press release regarding the Canon 5D II that you cant release ?
Are you suggesting you have a press release regarding the Canon 5D II that you cant release ?
If only! We've just got together a really strong team and we're capable of bringing you actual photographic news instead of just press releases.
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This is all old news
This is all old news
It keeps resurfacing and that's what we're reporting. And at least it got people talking!
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he's suggesting that he's got nothing better to do than read the gossip on other forii!!
he's suggesting that he's got nothing better to do than read the gossip on other forii!!
You were supposed to keep that to yourself...
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 - 12:36
This have been ongoing speculation for ages. The spec is pretty much what has been banded about for a while now - although the '11 point' AF is actually less than the current 5D.
Still sounds like you are sitting on news you cannot break yet Unless the news section is expanding into idle gossip as well?
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If only! We've just got together a really strong team and we're capable of bringing you actual photographic news instead of just press releases.
If only! We've just got together a really strong team and we're capable of bringing you actual photographic news instead of just press releases.
Still sounds like you are sitting on news you cannot break yet
Unless the news section is expanding into idle gossip as well?
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 - 13:20
"News is any new information or information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.", wikipedia.
So if recent rumour mongering on other sites is considered to be new information (nope) or current events (not really), I suppose you could class reporting on this news.
Personally I hope that reporting this as "news" doesn't result in ephotozine forums full of the rubbish you find on other sites such as DPR. If a collection of rumours is what people are after then sites with dedicated pages to that purpose are better suited i.e. north light images rumour pages. If on the otherhand jumping on the rumour bandwagon is being used to increase site hits, then I fear the end of my haven for real product news, guidance and advice which is Ephotozine
So if recent rumour mongering on other sites is considered to be new information (nope) or current events (not really), I suppose you could class reporting on this news.
Personally I hope that reporting this as "news" doesn't result in ephotozine forums full of the rubbish you find on other sites such as DPR. If a collection of rumours is what people are after then sites with dedicated pages to that purpose are better suited i.e. north light images rumour pages. If on the otherhand jumping on the rumour bandwagon is being used to increase site hits, then I fear the end of my haven for real product news, guidance and advice which is Ephotozine
Matt Grayson
Hi, I hail from Sheffield, I'm 30 years old and I am married with 1 step son. I went to Bradfield Comprehensive and decided to get into Art school, so I failed all my GCSE's and they snapped me up. I wanted to bulk up my qualifications, so so I attended a GCSE Photogr...
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 - 13:54
We just like to keep everyone on top of things. Some readers don't go anywhere except here and may be interested to know about the possibility of a new camera even if it's not confirmed. We're also trying to give a broad range of photographic news, so don't worry about a torrent of rumours being uploaded.
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 - 14:58
But the thing is Matt, if a new camera is just about to be released you will KNOW about it. You will either have the invitation to the launch event, or maybe even have a model for reviewing.
Barrie Harwood
Full time professional photographer running a 'general practice' photography business with my partner Neil Wardle from our base on the outskirts of Chester
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 - 23:54
I confidently predict that Canon and Nikon and Pentax and Sony and (yawn) everybody else will be releasing new cameras in the next day/week/month/year (please delete as appropriate)
Ian Andrews
October 2007 update.
After nearly 3 years accumulating images on here, I had a clearout so the images you see here have been taken in the last eighteen months or so.
If you look around the site, in places like 'Articles' and 'Techniques' you will find over twenty arti...
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 - 21:56
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and (yawn) everybody else will be releasing new cameras in the next day/week/month/year
and (yawn) everybody else will be releasing new cameras in the next day/week/month/year
Sigma only do it about once every three years!!
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You were supposed to keep that to yourself...
You were supposed to keep that to yourself...
Sorry Matt!!
Ian
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