So much negative Canon and 5D MK III chatter. 35+ "Real" world photos to show otherwise.

Indeed Mike! Great to see someone know a bit about "proper" exposure. Not sure why we are getting different histograms for the same shot. Perhaps uploading to DP does something? I think the reason we (you and I) see my photos a little different is because we do not have the same calibration. I actually ordered what I will call "calibration" prints from bayphoto through smugmug. After I calibrated my editing monitor, I noticed that there was something a little off when I received the prints. It was not much but just enough and after I got the "calibration" prints from them, I played around with the contrast and brightness a bit and now my print monitor is 99.9% in accord with the prints UNLESS metallic prints are ordered. Then the photos look even better! Had I know that exposure would be the dominant topic throughout this post, I would have skipped it altogether. I just made the horrible assumption that most of us out there have calibrated equipment.

Happy shooting,

Rudy