Twitter index: Canon unveils 5D Mark III DSLR, 'Despicable Me 2' trailer
Microbloggers are excitedly tweeting about the launch of Canon’s EOS 5D Mark III digital SLR camera.
The $3,499 high-performance device is the successor to Canon’s popular EOS 5D Mark II and features an all-new 22.3MP full-frame CMOS sensor, a faster image processor, and enhanced full HD video.
“Good, solid specs although slightly pricier than I had hoped,” said Twitterers, adding that with the “iPad 3, new MacBooks, iPhone 5, and now this? I'm going bankrupt this year.”
The first trailer for the second Despicable Me film has landed on the web and microbloggers are posting links to the clip, which features four minions singing.
Microbloggers are surprised to hear that 75-year-old British pop singer “Engelbert Humperdinck” will represent the UK in the 2012 Eurovision song contest.
Tweeps report that American publisher and conservative blogger “Andrew Breitbart” has died aged 43.
Tweeps are sharing one thing about themselves, posting honest facts, asking their followers to describe them in one word and listing ugly things with the terms “#1ThingAboutMySelf,“ “#SinceImBeingHonest,” “#SantaiauraDescribemeConunaPalabra” (Spanish for “Santa Iaura describe me with a word”) and “Cosas Feas” (Spanish for “ugly things”). Spanish Tweeps are also starting jokes with the phrase “Melon y Melames.”
The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on March 2 at 7:30 AM GMT are:
#1ThingAboutMySelf (new)
#SinceImBeingHonest (new)
#SantaiauraDescribemeConunaPalabra (new)
Engelbert Humperdinck (new)
Cosas Feas (new)
Dr. Sheldon Cooper (new)
Despicable Me 2 (new)
Melames (new)
Canon 5D Mark III (new)
Andrew Breitbart (new)
