Canon 5D III is released.

[DiploStrat]

Very, very nice picture. Congratulations! (And I'll bet it was a lot of fun to take it.)

 

[Every Miles A Memory]

Very, very nice picture. Congratulations! (And I'll bet it was a lot of fun to take it.)

Thanks, any day out with the dolphins is a good day!! I've got an entire gallery of dolphin shots. Each tour we take folks on I think I get at least 1 or 2

 

[DiploStrat]

Seen a lot of dolphin, but never been on the right boat/right time/right angles, to gift pictures like you got. Gives us a reason to head back to the Keys one day!

 

[haven]

Fred Miranda has a review comparing the new Canon with the equally new Nikon D800. Each has advantages, but it looks like the D800 raises the bar for resolution in a meaningful way.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/5DIII-D800/index.html

 

[taco2go]

Was planning to share that link myself wonderfully detailed with plenty of practical examples specific to landscape photography. Also had great general tips on squeezing out resolution etc.

 

[zigsrig]

Im by no means an expert, but being that my wife is a photographer (children, newborn, families, maternity, engagement... basically anything but weddings) and recently picked up a 5DmIII to add to her toolbox here are my (secondhand) thoughts. She has been using the 5DmII for some time (got one new when they were released) and also has a 1DmIII. She LOVES the new 5DmIII. The autofocus is amazing, the low light abilities has allowed her to use her flash less (which is a blessing when working with children) and the RAW image quality is the best of any of her cameras. The new processor allows her to shoot high speed (again a blessing with children) and never have to wait for the camera to write to the card. While 6 fps isn't fast for the sports world (or the dolphin world ) it is plenty fast for portraiture photography. I know a lot of people use the 5DmII (and now the III) for video, I can honestly say that I don't think my wife or I have ever even switched one of the 5D's into video mode. We have a Canon VIXIA HF G10 for that... Comparing the 5DmII and 5DmIII side by side, I can tell a difference. Mainly in the colors, sharpness of background focus, and the awesome lowlight abilities. Again, im not an expert (just an underpaid assistant) but for someone using it for photography, it a great new camera.

As a side note, my wife prefers the 5D body over the 1D body as she has small hands. Now that she has her 5DmIII, I think the 1DmIII is going to sit around in the bottom of her gear bag for a while.

If she could swing the extra $3000 for the 1Dx (and find one for that matter) I think she would have gone the route more then anything for the dual CF card slots. The "dual" card slots on the 5DmIII are pointless as she hasn't used a SD card in forever.

 

[Lost Canadian]

Fred Miranda has a review comparing the new Canon with the equally new Nikon D800. Each has advantages, but it looks like the D800 raises the bar for resolution in a meaningful way.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/5DIII-D800/index.html

His conclusions with respect to the sensors seems to backp DxOMarks sensor tests. Resolution aside, I am a bit surprised that the 5D III is giving up almost 3 full stops of dynamic range to the D800, that's significant, especially for a landscape shooter.

 

[taco2go]

I am a bit surprised that the 5D III is giving up almost 3 full stops of dynamic range to the D800, that's significant, especially for a landscape shooter.

Guess I'll be hanging on to those nd grads for a while.

I was also particularly impressed at the difference in shadow noise at low ISO. Nikon's sensor "cleaned up" on this comparison as well. C'mon Mark IV...

 

[JeepTreeHouse]

A friend of mine just picked up the 5dmkIII. I'm looking forward to seeing it first hand!