Canon 3D?

[TheBiles]

I wondered if anyone would actually discuss the real (or not) possibilities.
Canon has been hinting at this camera for a quite a while now. You are absolutely right in that it may be a hoax based on that part #, but my gut tells me it's coming and soon. WHY? No friggin' idea. I just think it is.

B&H is also on holiday right now.

 

[Big Mike]

I haven't looked at the fake/real/rumored specs...but I wonder if it's going to have all the other "1 series" accoutrement...or, if like the old EOS 3 film body, it will be a slight step below the pro bodies, but with otherwise great quality.

If the name will be 3D, it would stand to reason that it's not on the same level as the 1 series...and when the 1D & 1Ds go away, leaving only the 1Dx at $6800. It would be hard to price this one higher than that....well, maybe not.

 

[Overread]

Thing is the 5DMIII is kind of already the "sub" 1D body and its kind of the position that the 5D line has had for a long while now. I know Canon likes to break its market up more and more, but as you go higher and higher isn't there a risk that something that fits between 5DMIII and 1D line is just - not going to be better enough compared to one to make it worth going up and not cheap enough than the other to make it worth stepping down?

 

[jaomul]

Can any current canon lens even resolve this kind of detail. Seems wasted if not

 

[Big Mike]

Thing is the 5DMIII is kind of already the "sub" 1D body and its kind of the position that the 5D line has had for a long while now. I know Canon likes to break its market up more and more, but as you go higher and higher isn't there a risk that something that fits between 5DMIII and 1D line is just - not going to be better enough compared to one to make it worth going up and not cheap enough than the other to make it worth stepping down?

Ya, who knows. It seemed they were consolidating the 1D lines into the 1Dx to simplify the top of the line up. But it's typical for them to make it more convoluted. Maybe they will put out a 3D (in between the 5D and 1D) and then downgrade the next 5D, like they did on the XXD line with the 60D (super Rebel).

Can any current canon lens even resolve this kind of detail. Seems wasted if not

Maybe, maybe not...but for whatever reason, the megapixel arms race has flared up again, after being quite for a couple years. It's not the engineers who decide to put out a 46MP camera...it's the marketing 'geniuses' who just tell them to "make it happen". :roll:

 

[MLeeK]

I haven't looked at the fake/real/rumored specs...but I wonder if it's going to have all the other "1 series" accoutrement...or, if like the old EOS 3 film body, it will be a slight step below the pro bodies, but with otherwise great quality.

If the name will be 3D, it would stand to reason that it's not on the same level as the 1 series...and when the 1D & 1Ds go away, leaving only the 1Dx at $6800. It would be hard to price this one higher than that....well, maybe not.

I think that's where it's going to fall. Below the 1Dx and the 5d3.
1-5 are pro and the lower the # the higher the grade of camera.