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Canon EOS 5D Mark III: One of the best ever?
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BHPhoto had one a while back. A few other places.
Yeah the MP is the headline feature but it's so much more than that. It's my favorite overall 5 series, but the 5D III is a huge bargain. I like them both quite a bit.
The 3 is what the 2 should've been, mainly regarding focus. Shooting wide open with any fast lens on the 2 was asking for problems. I would've been totally fine with the 5d2 had it the 1Ds2 or 1Ds3 autofocus. For me, the upgrade 2 to 3 also was quite minimal - but now I could use my fast primes wide open on a small body, without needing to either take different shots and hoping to have one in focus, or taking the 1Ds series which are quite heavy.
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Sounds like you would definitely not need or appreciate the MKIII but that doesn't make others wrong, you just have a very limited use case scenario. The MKIII was a big step up in ergonomics from the MKII for me. I have never looked back.
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It's: "All your base are belong to us"
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It's: "All your base are belong to us"
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At least you have a list of actual features here.
Exactly why I bought the 1DX.
My 5D Mark II body survived several dozen hikes, climbing two mountains, and three trips to South America. Also the 1DX has better build quality than any 5D camera.
Yep, that's why I bought the 1DX.
Where?
Where?
How will this "refined" experience give me better photos?
Yes, a nice feature I got on the Mark IV.
Was it slowing you down?
It sounds like you were really struggling with the 5D Mark II interface.
These are a list of small incremental improvements.
Yes, it was up to me. What did I do? I bought 1DX that I'm still using today and I waited for the 5D Mark IV which had all these incremental features additionally ones that I found very useful that I use on every trip I take.
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Scott, you asked. I'm not trying to convince you. Personally I don't care what you choose so long as you are happy. You seem happy, so why continue to participate in discussions on the 5DIII?
Makes zero sense to me.
Scott Larson
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I'm trying to figure out what was so great about the 5D Mark III. The new features were primarily a good AF system, slightly faster FPS, and better image quality at high ISO. People seem to be telling me I should have bought a 5D Mark III instead of a 1DX which had all of these features and much more.
Oddly no one in this thread seems to have taken advantage of these features. Supposedly it's greatest feature is the powerful thrill you feel when you grasp it in your hand, something that I sadly will never experience nor ever understand.
Makes zero sense to me.
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5D III was a great camera. However, lacking was its low light focusing performance and low dynamic range sensor.
The Mark IV fixed both those issues. Having owned both, I sold the 5D III after much testing (low-light shooting and shadow lifting/highlight recovery).
Sometimes you gotta get your subjective opinions out of the way and let the objective data do the talking:
The Mark IV fixed both those issues. Having owned both, I sold the 5D III after much testing (low-light shooting and shadow lifting/highlight recovery).
Sometimes you gotta get your subjective opinions out of the way and let the objective data do the talking:
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Nah, its just as good as the 6D on it's "legendary" center AF point for almost all circumstances, better overall AF system than the 6D too.
DR fixed easy shooting in raw with HTP enabled. Plenty of raw headroom using that and only sacrificing ISO 100.
Meh. That data is only a reference starting point to real life shooting. I've owned mulitiple copies of both the Mark IV and III. Real life shooting circumstances, the gains of the IV are almost mimized. Built in wifi, touch screen, faster live view focusing, those Trump the III, but not normal shooting or raw performance with HTP enabled. Minimal gains at best real life.
Used market the Mark III is a much better bang for the buck.
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You must of had super good copy of a 5D III. My 5D III had poor performance in DR range and its low light focusing wasn’t even on par with my D700 body.
I also own a 6D. It’s low-light focusing is much better than the 5D III I owned, and the 5D IV is a tad quicker to lock in low light than it.
Having serviced much Canon lenses and bodies, I’ve seen enough to validate that not all of the camera bodies (of the same model) will perform the same.
I also own a 6D. It’s low-light focusing is much better than the 5D III I owned, and the 5D IV is a tad quicker to lock in low light than it.
Having serviced much Canon lenses and bodies, I’ve seen enough to validate that not all of the camera bodies (of the same model) will perform the same.
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Sample variation applies to lenses, not camera bodies, the only measurable differences come from bodies that aren't running the same firmware. There is also the variable of what lens you have attached to the front of the camera body. So firmware and lens type are the variables that create bottlenecks, not the camera bodies inherently.
As I previously stated, I shoot raw and engage highlight tone priority to increase the raw headroom and dynamic range of the 5D3. Most people don't understand what HTP can do for raw dynamic range, it's a huge benefit to Canons notoriously lower inherent DR performance vs the competitions sensors.
And again as I said, the 5D3 is NEAR as good in low light as the 6D on its center point, the rest of the 5D3s 60 autofocus points are superior to the 6Ds in every way, and it's AF system in general is so much better than the 6Ds (especially if you have it adjusted in the menu's correctly).
Sounds more like the full potential of your 5D3 wasn't being fully leveraged in the past is all.
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I just purchased a 5D Mk3 with 325 shutter activations, it feels perfect to me.
It's producing great images just as it did when it was brand new.
Right now, they're a total bargain to buy/
It's producing great images just as it did when it was brand new.
Right now, they're a total bargain to buy/
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Agree they are crazy cheap now. But the allure of almost no miss spot on af with ml is hard to deny.
The spot AF on the 5D3 is already quite accurate. I can shoot wide open with 50 1.4 and 85 1.8. What more would you want?
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