RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: The Long Awaited Canon 5D3 FF is Coming, Very Soon!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The Long Awaited Canon 5D3 FF is Coming, Very Soon!

As confirmed in the last official interview with the Pentax head, Pentax is not going to give us any Full Frame body in the foreseeable future. :-o

Today, it is leaked that the Canon 5D3 is actually around the corner! It might be announced on March 2nd, very soon!

http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/02/more-5d-mark-iii-images/

Well, the pictures look quite real to me. My new "affordable" FF dream could finally be completed, unfortunately not in the Pentaxland, since it only arrives at Canon's! :-(

Btw, the Canon EF-mount system is the only viable DSLR system that could adapt Pentax film lenses with infinity focusing but without any major mount surgery required (and it is reversible for the temporary removal of the aperture coupler of the lenses).

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Raist3d · 683 weeks ago

The most interesting news here is that it seems the Mark III is a small camera. BTW that Pentax is not giving us one- big deal. Really. There was an interview where they said they may be working on one. Did it occur to you that they don't release more info on unannounced products? And really if they don't so what.

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nobody · 683 weeks ago

The body size looks same as 5D and current 5DII. And it won't be cheaper either....

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RiceHigh 110p · 683 weeks ago

It *seems* to be a bit smaller. Still no built-in flash, though.

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Raist3d · 682 weeks ago

Built in flash or not is no biggie in this class of camera honestly. We'll see when it gets announced but the mount and the button look big compared to the body. It really seems smaller than the MK II.

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Simon · 683 weeks ago

Canon can :) Pentax ... yawning. :D

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RiceHigh 110p · 683 weeks ago

What Pentax could do is to cut and get rid of the viewfinder, but achieved nothing else! >:-(

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Raist3d · 682 weeks ago

Yeah, poor Pentax. All they could do was the award winning, best APS-C sensor, only certified APS-C weather sealed, IBIS, probably best photographer centric ergonomics APS-C camera ever- the K-5. That's all they could do!

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King Don · 682 weeks ago

Let's talk about auto focus award winning eh? lol
Anyone with any sense would have dumped Pentax long ago they don't have the vision to release a FF body