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Rumors have been floating around for over a year re: the Canon 5D Mark II (see also: Canon 3D, 6D, and 7D). Earlier today, MacNN's generic electronics site and Gizmodo both published specs of the "forthcoming" Canon 5D Mark II. The source? Some bozo without a source or a real name on DP Review's forums.

C'mon. Some bozo on a forum isn't news.

Gizmodo pulled the supposed specs, which are:

• Will be announced April 22 and will ship on June 2.
• 15.3 MP, full-frame CMOS sensor with "vastly improved light-gathering capacity per pixel, improved micro lenses, miniaturized micro circuitry, enhanced signal/noise ratio"
• Weather sealing same as 1Ds Mark III
• Dual Digic III with all-new "CXR" NR system available as a Custom Function with four levels of customizable parameters
• 14 bit A/D conversion
• ISO 12800 (Custom Function up to 25600)
• 1 2/3 stop sensitivity improvement
• All-new 29-point TTL CMOS sensor with 12 cross-type for f/2.8 or faster lens
• Micro lens fine adjustment for up to 14 lenses
• 300,000 exposure shutter durability
• 6/3 fps for up to 68 frames
• 3" LCD with 922,000 pixels.
• Dust removal/cleaning system
• Live View (improved from 450D; latest generation)
• $3499 MSRP

Uhmmm, yeah. If all that's true, I might work really hard to find the cash to buy one. I'd then sell my current 5D and replace it with a 40D or something. Or perhaps a new lens. But c'mon, it's some random guy on a forum, and it's not even the famous tsiphoto.

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