Canon announced the new 5D Mark III on March 2. I say that in the past tense because they annoucned in Asia and Europe and that was last night to us so I've been able to read a lot of blogs about the camera. As you can see in the pictures, the 5DIII has been put into basically a 7D body with 7D controls.
The two biggest surprises are the 5DIII is not a big jump in technology (no recording in raw, no clean HDMI, etc.) which make the Nikon people very happy with their super fast 36MP D800.
The other big surprise is the price: The 5DIII is $3500 bucks, which is a thousand dollars more than the Mark II and only $1000 less than the price of an FS100, considering to have a functioning video camera you still need a $400 Zacuto VF. When the 5DIII is available at the end of March the street price will be around $3200 bucks but still a pretty steep jump. So, what do you get for that extra $1000 bucks?
A lot of things... if you're a still photographer. For the video person here's the list:
Headphone jack
Time code
Dual card slots
Better image quality with new processors
Faster by 2 stops: Noise level on MIII at 6400ASA same as MII at 1600ASA
Video clips are now 30 minutes instead of just 10 minutes.
I've only had heating issues with 7D's but now with the body switch and the 30 minute recording the camera might even get "hot" even faster.
Here's the official Canon press release:
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/about_canon/newsroom/press_releases?pageKeyCode=pressreldetail&docId=0901e024804686e2#
The two biggest surprises are the 5DIII is not a big jump in technology (no recording in raw, no clean HDMI, etc.) which make the Nikon people very happy with their super fast 36MP D800.
The other big surprise is the price: The 5DIII is $3500 bucks, which is a thousand dollars more than the Mark II and only $1000 less than the price of an FS100, considering to have a functioning video camera you still need a $400 Zacuto VF. When the 5DIII is available at the end of March the street price will be around $3200 bucks but still a pretty steep jump. So, what do you get for that extra $1000 bucks?
A lot of things... if you're a still photographer. For the video person here's the list:
Headphone jack
Time code
Dual card slots
Better image quality with new processors
Faster by 2 stops: Noise level on MIII at 6400ASA same as MII at 1600ASA
Video clips are now 30 minutes instead of just 10 minutes.
I've only had heating issues with 7D's but now with the body switch and the 30 minute recording the camera might even get "hot" even faster.
Here's the official Canon press release:
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/about_canon/newsroom/press_releases?pageKeyCode=pressreldetail&docId=0901e024804686e2#
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