EOS 5D Mark II Displayed on Canon Germany Website
Written by Eric on April 19th, 2008 | 33 Comments
This screenshot has popped up on web, which shows the Canon EOS 5D Mark II on the German version of Canon’s website. The story goes that the camera appeared on the page for a little while and was then taken down. There has been a number of debates in various forums regarding the authenticity of this screenshot. I’m inclined to think that there may have been some Photoshopping done on it as well. Below, I’ve zoomed in and cut out the portion which references the 5D Mark II.
If you have any thoughts or insights on this screen capture, feel free to fire away in the comments below.
If you’d like to know more about rumors and speculations of the 5D Mk II, you can read up on it via Photography Bay’s Canon EOS 5D Mark II Rumor page.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Nice! Thanks for sharing this. If this info is correct, the 5D mk II looks like it’s going to be a decent upgrade.
April 19th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
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April 19th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
This will be a great addition to my 5D with which I make my living. The 5D is already Canon’s best bang for your buck so this next model is going to be even more appealing to me. I’m buying it more for the antidust and speed then the resolution. My clients are quite happy with the results I provide for them.
Giulio Sciorio
http://www.giuliosciorio.com
April 19th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
[...] Photography Bay, it seems Canon’s German site posted some information for a short period of time, and though [...]
April 20th, 2008 at 1:31 am
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April 20th, 2008 at 5:17 am
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April 20th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Nice fake.
April 20th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Must be a fake, or the guy writing the text next to it should be fired. That has definitely not been written by a professional copy writer. Maybe it was done by an intern…
April 20th, 2008 at 8:32 am
It looks like a fraud to me. And not a very well done one at that. The 5D thumbnail spreads a bit too far off to the right. It looks like the other cameras have 8 to 10px of space to the left of the checkbox, the 5D MK II image is well into the checkbox space.
The specs sound just about right though. Same as the other rumors and fakes. :-)
April 20th, 2008 at 10:55 am
For what it’s worth, the websites of both B&H and Adorama -two major camera retailers- indicate that the 5D is “Out of Stock.” Yesterday, when I visited Calumet in Los Angeles, I was told that their store is currently sold out of the 5D. That information, combined with rumors of an imminent 5D Mark II announcement make me wonder; has there been a run on the 5D by full-frame enthusiasts, or have sales of the current 5D been intentionally halted in preparation for an upgrade?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:13 am
A very good point by Peter. In the design the thumb differ from all the other ones, and that’s a bit too strange.
With that said, I really hope the fake text is true ;-)
April 20th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
i agree with adminblogger it evidently looks like a fake… but come on canon surprize us!
April 21st, 2008 at 2:53 am
[...] Photography Bay berichtet, hatte ausgerechnet die Website von Canon Deutschland Informationen zur 5D Mark II [...]
April 21st, 2008 at 4:50 am
i just visit the site of Canon in Germany, and there is not news about 5d markII…nice fake
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April 21st, 2008 at 5:21 am
it’s fake.
I’m german an Canon would never announce this camera as “small, lightweight, understated”, especially if they would use the same body as the 5D as shown in the picture.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:53 am
[...] are rife that Canon’s German site has accidentally released information about the upcoming EOS 5D Mark [...]
April 21st, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Obviously a fake! Look at the photos of the cameras. All the others are clear and crisp, the 5 mk 2 is fuzzy, and is taken from a different (incorrect) angle.
Want it to be true, though.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:16 pm
for my german friend here:
“EOS 5D - mit Vollformat-CMOS Sensor und ca. 12,8 Megapixeln! Klein, unauffällig, leicht, handlich und mit reichlicher Auflösungsreserve auch für anspruchsvolle Bildreportagen.”
thats what you can read for the 5D at the moment…
April 21st, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I was looking for the link with the screenshot, I did a search engine search and look what I found:
http://www.pbase.com/johannes_hoffmann/image/95921772/original
April 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Something is rotten in the State of Denmark…
I’d say it’s a fake. The text is kind of wierd, there’s a minor spelling error, and there are unusual expressions for that kind of product description. Also there might be punctuation errors.
A company like Canon would have a professional write this…
I wish it’ not be a fake though…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:30 pm
[...] Mehr zum Thema und dem Gerücht gibt´s HIER. [...]
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
[...] Filed under: 数码相机 5D Mark II出现的谣言总没少过，毕竟5D也出了颇久的时间，摄影爱好者等得也够久啦。在德国的Canon网站，突然放出了相关消息。还被网友抓图放大。虽然不懂德文，但可以看得到重点规格为16MP的CMOS，采用DIGIC III引擎。这次到底是不是要出5D Mark II呢？不管啦，反正总有水落石出的一天。先来看看之前提到的传说规格，除了16MP DIGIC III之外，还有以下：‧14 ibt RAW‧sRAW格式‧3吋LCD‧Live View‧改良后的眼控对焦‧防尘防水机能‧4-5 FPS到底是应了多少，还是有多了多少、少了多少的规格，届时就知道了。[原文连接]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [...]
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:25 am
[...] to the rumor mill Canon is going to release a new full frame camera. Canon.de allegedly showed the EOS 5D Mark II on their site and the Italian Canon site is rumored to have shown a EOS 3D… I still highly [...]
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:16 am
It’s a FAKE!
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Today is 23 April already. Where is the annoucement?
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
[...] rumours about the obvious 5D replacement from [...]
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Me Being fluent in German, the description does mention the fact that it will be available as of June 2008. Not necessarily fake.
April 24th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
“EOS 5D Mark II - verfügbar ab Juni 2008
Die EOS 5D Mark II mit Vollformat-CMOS Sensor mit 16 Megapixel. 6,5 Bilder pro Sekunde und innovativer DIGIC III Prozessor. Klein, unauffällig, leicht und handlich jedoch robuste, wetterfeste Konstruktion.”
The whole text sounds weird to me. Not what I would expect from a professional copywriter. Especially the last sentence doesn’t sound good to me. There is a least one “.” or “,” missing, too.
If the 5D II gets released I assume the text on the German website will not be the same. ;-)
April 25th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
[...] rumores sobre a nova Canon 5D Mark II, com 16 Mp e 6.5 fps e processador Digic III. Segundo o site Photography Bay, a Canon da Alemanha colocou no no site deles a fotos e as especificações do novo modelo. [...]
May 8th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Why would someone feel it necessary to take a screensnap of this if they actually saw it on an official website? This screensnap is most likely bogus, but the person concocting it had some pretty technically aligned hopefulness.
Another fact is that the DIGIC IV chip is coming. The screensnap states that the annoucement is for the DIGIC III 5D Mark II. This is right off of of DPreview.com
“Canon senior engineer, Taki Somoishe, stated today in Las Vegas that the new Mark III Ds will ship in November in time for Christmas season. A 22mp full frame sensor with a new high speed chip coded Digic IV model. The camera will have a burst rate of 7 frames per second. The camera will not have a view screen similar to the 10 frame D model. The Mark III Ds will capture images in Jpeg, Raw and now tiff. More info to be announced in March”
see it here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1032&message=22279082&changemode=1
May 11th, 2008 at 5:23 am
Hello, Text is very surprising for anyone fluent in German. It does not sound right. Call a full frame camera light etc… in this market segment is surprising. I’m a potential buyer, but do not want my 3.5k€ camera to be prised as “small en light-weight”…
But, until Canon makes an announcement, we won’t know for sure, will we ?
It’s hard to be patient, though …
Cheers !
pH
June 4th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
rumors, rumors, it’s unbelievable, we are all waiting this camera since months, and still nothing new..
August 4th, 2008 at 2:29 am
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