Canon posts teaser ad for new dSLR--most likely the EOS 5D Mark II

Titillating stuff from Canon.

(Credit: Canon)

Rumors of a successor to the Canon 5D have been circulating for a while and now the digital-imaging blogsphere is churning again--this time with a brooding ad Canon has posted on some of its Web sites featuring the murky outline of mysterious dSLR and the phrase "Destined Evolution." Everybody thinks its the Canon 5D Mark II because it appears to lack a pop-up mount and has some design features that harken to Canon's other high-end EOS dSLRs.

A next-gen 5D--the current model retails for about $2,300 (body only)--has been a long time coming, and advanced amateur shutterbugs (and some professionals) have been waiting not so patiently for the rumored 5D Mark II to arrive--so much so that they barely batted an eye at the just-announced $1,400 EOS 50D.

Anybody waiting to pull the trigger on buying a 50D until you see the 5D Mark II?

(Via Roger Galbraith Digital Imaging Insights via Canon)

[gferdinandsen]

For those of us who like full frame and wide angle, the 50D holds nothing. My existing 5D is 12.1MP v the 50D at 15MP. These two cameras are in completely different classes. I don't think that there are many people who would weigh the two against each other. One is Full Frame, the other is APS-C. Totally different, and there can be no real comparison between the two. That being said, I'll probably get the 5D Mark II as soon as it becomes available.

There are also rumors circulating that the 24-70 F2.8/L lens will be upgraded with better glass (it's hard to get much better than what it has now) and will include IS. If that is true, it looks like I'll be getting a new lens also.

[canberra_photographer]

It's a well known fact in the industry that Canon will release the 5D mkII on the US market in fall/autumn.
That teaser image definitely shows a camera with a mirror box larger than those on an APS-C camera so I'd say this is confirmation of the buzz within the industry being true. Word also has it (though much less certain) that the 5D mkII wil inherit the full frame sensor previously used in the 1Ds mk2 which was 16.7MP which would place it slightly above the 50D in resolution but a comfortable margin below the 1Ds mk3.

[surf_gal49]

There's been a lot of information floating around the net for weeks about this and I can't wait to upgrade! I saw the first pics from the www.bgpictures.com/blog site

[fadetosepia]

I actually have the 5D. It's an awesome machine and amazingly it's held it's value over the last couple years that I've had it. Most people in the dSLR word just don't understand the power of a full frame camera. Once you get one in your hands, you'll love it and never go back to the smaller sized sensors with a 1.5 magnification. I don't have money to upgrade just yet but an upgrade is long overdue on the 5D.

[medstrom]

The minute they came out with the 5D I knew I had made the wrong decision in buying my 1dmarkll. So I'm not too suprized to hear the mark3 with all it's issues has done poorly. Everyone is waiting.
I hope that canon doesn't pull a short supply - high demand game with the 5Dmarkll (or whatever they will call it) . After waiting this long they better have some around for people to actually buy. I have lost my sense of humor as far as this new camera goes. And it better be everything and a bag of chips when it does get here! (sorry for the 80's slang) The 50D looks good, but it's not for me.

[jbaviera]

$2,300 ? Body ONLY! Holy Crap! I don't have that much tied up in my AE-1 system. (Four CANON lenses, two CANON flashes) I don't think that even in 1982 dollars it equates to that much!

I for one will stick to film for as long as it's made!

[Allan Ziskey]

Update, like the monolith in 2001 a Space Odyssey, the teaser has been updated to show more detail....but not enough...

[Allan Ziskey]

Update, like the monolith in 2001 a Space Odyssey, the teaser has been updated to show more detail....but not enough...
Wow...for it IS THE Kwisatz Hader- ach!
i.e. the 5D!
screenshot the teaser page, open in Photoshop, and adjust the levels down to view the dark areas and viola, you'll see the same left hand dial with the same profile used in the 5d.
Folks, I for one, welcome our new Canon overlord!