Deal: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Body Only – $2970

[shoplink 12399 ebay]EOS 5D Mark III[/shoplink]

Since the price of the EOS 5D Mark III jumped up to $3499 I am constantly looking for good deals. And here you are: Top rated plus eBay seller getitdigital (>41000 ratings, 99.6% positive) has Canon EOS 5D Mark III body only on sale for [shoplink 12399 ebay]$2,969.99 (click here)[/shoplink]. Well, not bad: more than $500 off the regular price. Sounds like a very good deal! :-)

Product description:

22.3 megapixel full-frame sensor
61-point AF
6 fps continuous shooting
ISO 100–25,600 sensitivity, expandable to ISO 102,400
Full-HD video with manual control
14-bit DIGIC 5+ processor
Weather sealing
8.11cm (3.2-inch) 1,040,000-dot screen
HDR mode

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Canon Patent: Three Layer Image Sensor

Canon Patent

Indefatigable Japanese site Egami (translated) spotted another Canon patent. It concerns a 3-layer image sensor that appears to be particularly sensitive to light. No idea where such a sensor could be employed, maybe in a future generation of high-end cameras?

Patent description (machine translated):

  • Patent Publication No. 2013-93553
    • Publication date 2013.5.16
    • Filing date 2011.10.4
  • Imaging element of three-layer structure
    • Photodiode deep layer (hereinafter, PD) in the charge is diffused into the substrate
    • Thus sensitivity is poor red
  • Canon patent
    • I as a photonic crystal of irregular shape, the boundary surface of the PD of red or green,
    • In the periodic structure of uneven spacing, less than twice the 1/4 times or more the wavelength of light, or I shall be two times or less 1/2 times or more
    • Irregular shape has the properties to be spatially-localized or resonant light
      • The incident light is diffracted, it combines with the light of the boundary plane, the resonant
      • Prolonged exists than normal, the light becomes easy to be absorbed by the PD Thus

Canon CN-E 14mm T3.1 L F Cinema Prime Lens In Stock And Ready To Ship

Canon CN-E 14mm T3.1

B&H has the Canon CN-E 14mm T3.1 L F Cinema Prime Lens in stock and ready to ship for whooping $5,220 (click here), but then: this is a high grade professional cine lens.

The Canon CN-E 14mm T3.1 L F Cinema Prime Lens is an ultra wide-angle prime lens for the full-frame sensor format, which makes it an ideal lens for the Cinema EOS series and all Canon DSLRs. The maximum aperture is T3.1, and the 11 blade iris ensures beautiful, rounded bokeh. The lens features markings on both sides of the barrel, making it easy to read settings from behind or on either side of the camera. In order to make lens changes quicker and easier, the 14mm T3.1 is designed to share similar dimensions with other CN-E lenses.

Full-frame imaging circle
11-blade aperture diaphragm
Designed to fulfill 4K production standards
Markings on angled surfaces on both sides of the barrel
Focus markings can be switched from standard labeling to metric
Control rings engineered to maintain consistent operating torque
Glass construction counteracts temperature induced marking discrepancies
Shares gear position, diameter, and rotation angle with other CN-E lenses
114mm front diameter matches other CN-E lenses
Ideal for Cinema EOS cameras and all EOS DSLRs

Canon EOS 70D Set To Be Announced In July?

EOS 70D
Canon EOS 70D mock-up (not the real one)

That’s what the latest Canon EOS 70D rumor suggests. The successor of the Canon EOS 60D [shoplink 335](price & specs)[/shoplink] could be announced in July 2013. For the time being the EOS 70D is undergoing final tests by some selected Canon Explorers of Light. Commercials are also said to be produced in different spots on this planet of ours.

Canon EOS 60D price check: [shopcountry 335] [via CR]