Just bought 5D mark III - heard Nikon D800E is much better image Quality? did i make a mistake?

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antoineb
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In reply to birdseye212, 4 months ago

birdseye212 wrote:

Hello photographers !

i know everyone has different opinions about brand and camera type..be cause we are fan of nikon or canon dslr ..or sony.

i am a theater,dance performance photographer and shooting HD performance video often. and studio modeling, dancers and portraits.. and enjoy landscape and architecture photos. which means i love taking many type of photos in extreme low lighting situation and outdoor as well.

I used to use 5D mark II now i purchased 5D mark III..

mainly because i shoot long shooting time HD performance video (5dmk II has- 12 min limit ancd it stop each clip )

so far i like the quality although haven't try shoot studio photography with model yet. or theater performance hd video shooting.

i heard Nikon D800E is amazing like a Medium format camera .. and also heard sony A99 is image quality is stunning. i own 6 beautiful canon L lenses and i am always have been Canon camera user..

sharp and clean image both jpeg and raw photos clean less noisy photos and HD video good fast focus and options - which camera is better for my desire ?

someone talk to me about youe experience and if i change to Nikon D800E will worth it for my work? of course i have to seel camera and all these canon EF lenses..

thanks for reading and let me know anyone has opinion...

i really appreciate that..

thank you

I'm sorry, but you do not sound very genuine.

I you have such buyer's remorse then probably you can't afford the camera.

If you indeed do studio photography and video, then you should know that the IQ of both cameras is about equivalent for stills, while the Canon is better at video.

And you should know that neither camera can actually do "fast focus" while filming - actually neither of them can focus fast enough while filming so the only serious option is manual focus.

And you should know that properly feeding (technique, lens, shooting situation) the 36mp of the D800 is so challenging that it makes those extra pixels of very little use, while the camera has slow continuous shooting because of the large files.

And if you really own "6 L lenses" then why would you even bother considering Nikon?

But if despite the weird things you say, you ARE genuine, then:  do not bother, the 5D3 is fine.

What am I missing?

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