For the past year or so, I have been waiting for a new Canon SLR model that was lighter, smaller, and had better image quality than my 4+ year old, 21M pixel Canon 1Ds Mark III. When the new 5D Mark III was announced a few months ago, I was initially very bummed that it was effectively the same image quality as my 1Ds3 (albeit it did have better noise characteristics at high ISO). But the 5D3’s 1+ pound lighter weight, video capabilities, and improved user interface caused me to take the leap and buy it early this summer. And after a couple of months of using the camera I am now loving it. But I would still love to have the same camera but with 30+M pixels and with better dynamic range — effectively a Canon answer to Nikon’s new D800 model. I suspect that Canon will respond in the near-ish future and therefore I will have a very difficult (and somewhat expensive) decision to make.