There were as many as 20 viable contenders of varying strength, with films like Flight, The Impossible, The Dark Knight Rises, Holy Motors, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Master, Cloud Atlas, Moonrise Kingdom, Skyfall, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Anna Karenina, and several others jockeying for Best Picture consideration and having pretty solid chances.

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Although Canon's powerful EOS-1D Mark III has priced itself right out of consideration for a large sect, the niche that has been waiting in tense anticipation to see a solid review of the unit need wait no more.

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