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EOS Bodies / Re: AF might be way better, sensor barely at all, video mode only half fixed(?)

« on: March 23, 2012, 07:10:30 PM »

Only AF is improved
No way...

Check this 25600 ISO Image.
Look at the Tanzania flag some much detail left...

http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/3202320681/download/1829153

Not bad, but I've never had to shoot above ISO 3200 and that was in a dark bowling alley. So I don't understand the ISO performance over better sensor (color, DR). D800 with 14.4 stops of DR!

Except at ISO 3200 you aren't getting 14.4 stops of DR, it's closer to 9.7. Check DxOMark, although we don't have the 5d3 numbers in yet, and it will (based on what I've heard/seen historically) be less than the D800 at the same ISO.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Does f/4 work for 5DmkIII in low light?

« on: March 23, 2012, 05:12:46 PM »

I'm a bit confused by your post. f/4 has always worked fine on the 5d2 for me, although as Fooleryl mentioned, sometimes I did wish for that extra stop between the 24-105 & 24-70 a few times. But, the IS & extra 35mm on the long end were useful a lot more often, for me.

For the 5d3, you likely can go up a stop in ISO and get similar results to the 5d2, but you'll have that extra stop of shutter speed/aperture to play with.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Questions - 5D Mark III Silent Shutter Mode

« on: March 23, 2012, 05:08:53 PM »

lol, agreed, anyways anyone have any information pertaining to the silent shutter mode?

In the same position. I'd like to use it all the time if there is no disadvantage other than fps. 3fps is plenty for me. I'm single shot most of the time. Street/wedding photography.

There is, from what I understand (saw on another thread here on CR, forget which one) it does slow down the responsiveness of the shutter by a little bit.

In terms of reducing the live of the shutter, if anything I'd say it might help make it last longer. Reason being, it's going slower, so not quite as much wear. I'm not saying it actually will help, just if anything I'd think it would. I'd still only count on the 150K actuations.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Will the 5DIII require 1 or 2 wireless receivers for my 580EXII

« on: March 22, 2012, 04:58:01 PM »

Ah, far as I know, the 5d3 has no built-in wireless flash trigger, RF or IR. It was just that the RF master speedlite was announced at the same time.

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EOS Bodies / Re: What's the frequency of shipments from Canon?

« on: March 22, 2012, 04:57:05 PM »

Yea, certainly seems so, lots of places seem to have the kit in stock, but no body. All of us 5d2 users rushing wanting to upgrade!

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EOS Bodies / Re: What's the frequency of shipments from Canon?

« on: March 22, 2012, 12:36:14 PM »

Ok, cool. I just wasn't sure if they had a weekly thing, or just as they fill up the container/pallet space they book a spot on whatever transportation they have arrangements on. All of the above makes sense, so I imagine that if the smaller stores are getting in some (albeit small number) pretty frequently to start with, I'll be able to order mine pretty soon

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EOS Bodies / Re: (Yet Another) "Got My 5D3" Thread - And First Impressions

« on: March 21, 2012, 08:35:23 PM »

Can't wait for mine to arrive tomorrow. I'll take half day off from work tomorrow- just to wait for UPS guy

You can't get it delivered to work? Although I do agree the time off as soon as you get it would be nice so you could start to play with it immediately

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EOS Bodies / Re: Hi-speed continuous drive mode

« on: March 21, 2012, 08:34:02 PM »

Well, if you want the absolute fastest, probably the 1D-X, although you certainly will pay for it. Even the 1D-X can't shoot continuous RAW indefinitely though, although it probably can do JPEGs forever like the 5d3 can do onto a UDMA7 card. I think the 1D-X is 12fps, with 14fps JPEG only w/mirror lockup (means no servo auto-focusing between shots).

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EOS Bodies / Re: Stock Thread 5d Mark III

« on: March 21, 2012, 08:31:17 PM »

I'm not really worried about it, but it does seem to be really mis-leading to someone who doesn't know the actual, real msrp and might think they're getting an awesome deal, when in fact they are just getting what everyone else is getting. I'm more irked by it than anything else.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Stock Thread 5d Mark III

« on: March 21, 2012, 05:54:26 PM »

Check out camera.com they are a local supplier near me, they do a lot of ebay and amazon business, they are very reputable and many times allow you to order at the store and pick up at there warehouse.

They did not do preorders and advised me when they get stock they will go live and be in the show room, if its on the sitre they have stock, they usually pull or list clearly out of stock.

www.cameta.com

http://www.cameta.com/index.cfm?fa=display.search&page=1&keywords=5d%20mark%20III

Also berger-bros.com changed from yesterdays call for availability and previously preorder to in stock

http://www.berger-bros.com/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III-24-105mm-kit--CAN5260B009.htm

Huh...the cameta page shows list price of $5,300, "Our price" as $3,499. "You save $1,801.00". That doesn't fill me with a lot of warm & fuzzies. Granted, the price they're selling it for is 100% accurate, but showing that list price? Really? As far as I know that's a flat out lie!

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EOS Bodies / What's the frequency of shipments from Canon?

« on: March 21, 2012, 04:25:18 PM »

So, according to the front page post that just went up,

B&H has said they should be able to fill all preorders with their first 2 shipments of cameras.

So my question is, how frequently will they get in shipments from Canon? Is it every once a week? So it'll be another 1-2 weeks before the B&H pre-orders are fulfilled? Or is it more frequent? Or do we just have no idea since this is a brand new release?

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5DM3: What speed/brand cards?

« on: March 21, 2012, 01:52:23 AM »

its been a wile since i purchased new cards, are sd cards a better value?  I have a lot of good quality low capacity CF cards, had an issue with data loss and now prefer to use multiple small cards incase i lose some shots, or atleast result in less time recovering data in the event i have an issue. 

I always felt like SD were better value plus i never have to worry about broken pins and replacing card readers.  I never used transcend, anything good or bad?  How does SDHC compare to 400x CF card?

Transcend 32GB SecureDigital Class 10 (SDHC) Ultra-High-Speed Card - $39

or

Transcend 16GB 400X CompactFlash (CF) Card - $49

Amazon has the Transcend 32GB 400x CF card (blue) for $51 right now.  That's why I bought it.  I've only used Transcend cards, 2 SDHC Class 10 32GB and I haven't had any problems with them.

I've got 2 of the Transcend 32GB 400x CF cards in my 5d2, and they work great. Had to upgrade to a USB3 card reader so I could actually take advantage of their speed when downloading my images

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Lenses / Re: Best third-party lenses

« on: March 21, 2012, 01:48:21 AM »

I've heard some good things about the Sigma 50-500mm, aka the Bigma is actually quite good. Maybe not the absolute best in terms of sharpness/IQ throughout the entire range, but quite good for being basically a superzoom. I'm quite tempted to rent one once it warms up here in SoCal and hit the beach

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5DIII pre-order thread

« on: March 20, 2012, 08:22:57 PM »

decisions, decisions...local camera store has 5d m3...I preordered thru b&h, mar. 12, pay tax or wait until order fulfilled?

Cancel your B&H, I want them to get through all of their pre-orders faster so I can buy one w/out local tax

Even with next-day UPS air it'll be cheaper than local + tax.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5DIII pre-order thread

« on: March 20, 2012, 08:15:17 PM »

Just noticed Samys (big local camera/video shop) has a St Patricks day special, pay no sales tax in store...but in the fine print its says except 5d3. LOOOL