If you haven't already heard the news, Canon has announced that it will release a firmware update to the Canon 5D Mark III that will allow uncompressed HDMI output (article here). Nothing to get too excited about just yet since the release date is expected to be released on April 2013.
Still, even without this feature the camera is amazing and shines especially well in dim lighting. If you've been eyeballing the camera, there's another $400 dollar discount on the Canon 5D Mark III (Body Only) via eBay Daily Deals (Click Here)
Canon 5D Mark III (Body Only) Daily Deal
Dan Eckert
This camera was over priced from the start and should have been called the 5D mk2.5 but my old mk2 has 750k acuations and will soon be my backup camera. At $2,800 I think it's worth it.
apostolos
I'm absolutely certain that this is Canon's strategy to start slipping the price of the mk3 unofficially because it is obviously not selling. With those markdowns the price has already unofficially slipped to the 2700-2800 level. And firmware for uncompressed HDMI out! Like they could have done it on the first place! Obviously their pricing strategy didn't work and they totally misread the market that the dSLR revolution created for them. Let's all thank Blackmagic for that. But is 8-bit 4:2:2 really uncompressed, or just "less compressed?" Isn't RAW really uncompressed? And 12-bit at that, like Blackmagic has?
Dan Eckert
Mine shipped out of NY today...it's legit. Unless the 4.5lbs. box sent is full of marbles.
sigmund
im waiting for the $600 mark down now since I missed the last one
Emm
Post author@Joel - The listing says 'Brand New Factory Sealed with Full USA Warranty', ships from New York, and seller has good feedback. Seems pretty legit.
Joel
Gray market? I've put an order in for mkii years ago by a ny co. only to find out they were not legit. Just wondering how legit this is.
scottrellwi
So what's Cannon's deal with this camera. It seems to be on sale every other week now. I hope this isn't the future of Cannon. Charge way more than last year, then discount it after the initial rush of orders are filled.
Dan Eckert
I've been waiting to pull the trigger on this camera, today is the day.
Trung
They just dropped it another 100 dollars. Down to $2800