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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon 5D Mk3 Reliability

« on: May 23, 2013, 11:11:20 PM »

wow an amazing camera
upgraded from the 5DC which is also a very good camera only lacking in the AF Dept for moving subjects.
the silent shutter mode is the best for not spooking wildlife on the 5DIII
The only improvement would be faster frames per second but that is what you pay for in a 1DX
6 FPS is still pretty good especially for 22MP
I have to say when I do my part right the image quality is excellent.
I cannot fault this camera and I have used it vigorously since it was launched.

Higher FPS isn't the only thing the 1Dx better... Faster lens focus drive, much better metering, Much better sealing and construction, Dual CF cards ... list goes on. I do like the 5D3 silent shutter for weddings and events where the 1Dx shutter makes too much noise, like shooting golf.

Be invited into a tennis match to shoot between two courts at the net.  Shoot a few frames with the 1Dx and see how long you last!  I luckily had my 5D3 on me, promptly switching to silent shutter mode 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Why is my 5D3 so noisy???

« on: May 23, 2013, 11:05:36 PM »

Now, the alternative here cayenne is to not shoot at ISO 5000 with a 2/3 stop overexposure, but rather shoot where the camera sees 0EV and shoot at ISO 3200.  It would have been a tad dark still, and I would have had to raise the exposure in post.  Looking at how bad that first file is, what do you think would have happened?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Why is my 5D3 so noisy???

« on: May 23, 2013, 10:46:02 PM »

Better examples:  Photo 1 is the unedited RAW file converted straight to jpg.  I've then included two versions of edited photos.  You can edit it them any way you'd want, I just applied two presets I happened to have to illustrate the point.  This shot is at ISO 5000 and shot about +2/3 at this end of the court.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Why is my 5D3 so noisy???

« on: May 23, 2013, 10:31:25 PM »

Just a quick example.  I totally overexposed this shot, because it was so damn dark down there and midcourt was so damn bright.  Much easier and cleaner to bring down in post vs. underexposing and lifting:

can you show the unedited shot for reference
also i'm guessing you shot with the 1Dx which will be even better than the 5dmk3

Well, shoot yeah, that's right I did.  I will grab the RAW file anyways, if I've got it, let me look.

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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx

« on: May 23, 2013, 10:18:14 PM »

Thanks, I didn't submit the first one, because it's not framed right, too much, even just a tad, on the left, at least I think.  2-4 I did submit though.  Thanks for the nice replies.  Let's keep getting better, right?   

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Why is my 5D3 so noisy???

« on: May 23, 2013, 10:14:08 PM »

Just a quick example.  I totally overexposed this shot, because it was so damn dark down there and midcourt was so damn bright.  Much easier and cleaner to bring down in post vs. underexposing and lifting:

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon 5D Mk3 Reliability

« on: May 23, 2013, 07:35:16 PM »

I got my 5D III from 1st patch and still running with original firmware - SOLID -

Dylan

Do you ever upgrade firmware?   I tend to keep current but not sure if it is worth the risk (camera gets locked up just at the wrong time).

Still using original firmware(ver: 1.0.7) and original "Light Leak" issue

Me too.  My lens cap shots are just terrible.  And EWP, I agree with the 1Dx's exposure vs. the 5D3.  I confirmed it today.  I would say, and I'm speculating, that this is designed such that at 0EV, there are no highlights blown, in evaluative mode.  I don't know for sure though.  The 1Dx has some added sophistication to its metering system.

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Lenses / Re: Disappointed with 50 f/1.2 sharpness @ f/1.2

« on: May 23, 2013, 07:19:46 PM »

I can't chime in here because I don't go that wide.  Heck I was nervous with my 135L going to f/2.2 in basketball 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Why is my 5D3 so noisy???

« on: May 23, 2013, 07:18:04 PM »

Ok, next question.  Why did you use ISO 4000?  Your settings were 1/125, f/9, ISO 4000.  You don't need f/9 here.  I'll let the 1/125 go, because that's reasonable, but my gosh if you had shot at f/4, think what your ISO could have been.  800.  You could have then ETTR'd with 1000 or 1250. 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Why is my 5D3 so noisy???

« on: May 23, 2013, 07:14:11 PM »

As we've seen, sensor amplification is better than post-processing amplification.  If you underexpose a noisy shot, that's worse than raising the ISO to 5000 and getting more noise.  At least this is what I've seen in indoor sports.  I did way better at EC +2/3 at ISO 6400 than I did shooting -1/3 EV at ISO 6400.  I don't know, I did better with ETTR, I don't know why.

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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx

« on: May 23, 2013, 06:59:47 PM »

Thanks guys.  Thank goodness I had time to edit the shadows, but didn't get too much time to nitpick 1000 photos from proper framing/cropping etc.  I need to get better at that in-cam so that I don't need to worry so much.

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Lenses / Re: 300 f/2.8L and 400 f/2.8 at f/2.8

« on: May 23, 2013, 06:52:42 PM »

Just to give an update, the lens goes to Canon tomorrow under CPS gold membership.  I'll let you know what they find, but the guy was pretty adament about sending it in and the mount needing replaced asap.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX and 5D3 RAW files

« on: May 23, 2013, 06:50:09 PM »

Joking aside and to wocka's credit, I know he's right.  At least I have found some individuals who see the same things I do and agree with me.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX and 5D3 RAW files

« on: May 23, 2013, 06:33:01 PM »

This is the thing. There is nothing really to clear up.

What are you going to do with the information once you have it... become engineers?

We become smarter. Asking questions is what it's all about.

Apple use a different one now and it's not the same.

Apple is gay and the users don't ask questions. We all know. 

But it doesn't matter.  You don't NEED to know.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D3 and 24 1.4 II L owners please read!!!!!!!!!!!!

« on: May 23, 2013, 03:38:27 PM »

Hello everyone, fisrt time poster here.
The phenomenon described by the OP is related to the strong metering bias that the 5DmkIII has on the selected AF point in evaluative metering.
This is the first thing I noticed coming from a 40D, and is my main complain about 5DmkIII metering algorithm.
When I shoot at night in urban environment, I always switch from evaluative to mean to avoid any strange behaviour of the camera.
In AF mode the level of brightness of the portion of the scene that is caught in the selected AF point area determines the bias in the exposure value.
When "all points" is selected, or when MF selected, this doesn't happen because the camera has no clue about what AF point will be actually used to focus.
This happens on every lens, and is not a flaw in the body, but a choice of the designers of the evaluative metering algorithm that I personally don't like at all.
I'll provide evidence later.
Bye for now.

I also believe that the 1Dx's algorithm is different too, than the 5D3, and I have plenty of evidence to at least suggest that as a possibility.