Yesterday, the long awaited Canon EOS 5D Mark III was announced. The successor to the widely used 5D Mark II includes many significant upgrades. Along with these upgrades include a significant increase in price. The 5D Mark II retailed at , while the 5D Mark III costs a cool $3499 USD. The key feature upgrades included in the new Mark III include a brand new 22.3MP full-frame sensor, up to 102,400 ISO, a 61-point autofocus system and up to 6fps continuous shooting.
Along with many of the rumors leading up to the announcement of the 5D Mark III were rumors of a new consumer level DSLR the Canon EOS Rebel T4i / 650D. The Canon T4i is the follow-up to the excellent consumer level Rebel T3i DSLR.
Both the Rebel T3i and the 5D Mark II were the first consumer level and professional or prosumer level DSLRs that provided excellent DSLR Video quality.