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Canon designers must be getting penis envy over that Hasselblad 31-megapixel super-camera we showed you last week (or its 39-megapixel bro), because now we're hearing rumors that Canon might at least approach that pixel count with a 22-megapixel digital SLR in the works.

If the scuttlebutt is true, the upcoming 1Ds Mark III will add resolution over the current top dawg at Canon, the $6800 17.2-megapixel EOS-1Ds Mark II (pictured over there), and it'll deliver all these extra pixels in a body that's half the size of its large, heavy predecessor. Now all Canon has to do is create some lenses that can feed such a hungry beast.

Don't be planning any of those high-end shoots of yours around this highly capable shooter just yet, because those in the know say the camera won't be announced until PhotoPlus Expo 2007 in October. – Charlie White

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>> Anonymous
>it'll deliver all these extra pixels in a body that's half the size of its large, heavy predecessor

This is the real development here, not any more unnecessary megapixels. Hopefully the ergonomics will improve beyond making it smaller.

Also, end to the 5D's raison d'être as a more luggable full-frame camera? Or will the price difference be enough to still warrant the inclusion of a 5(6?)D in Canon's line-up?
>> Anonymous
Who the hell needs all those Megapixels, I could shoot at 6 for the rest of my life and be fine with it, I never print bigger than 20x30, So what would the point be.
Sure some people want to print larger, But 12 - 16 MP should be pretty much all 99% of professional photographers need. The few that do can buy the 32 MP Hassleblad's
>> Anonymous
>>61477
I would like them, not that I'd pay that much at this time in my life.

Mostly because I'm crop monkey and rather dislike small prints