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How many lenses could you mount on a 5DMkIII?
kubelik:
--- Quote from: Edwin Herdman on October 29, 2010, 12:21:13 PM ---Re: How many lenses could you mount on a 5DMkIII?
The answer is...one at a time!
--- End quote ---
haha, this is probably the most accurate answer of all. people are currently using lenses on their 5D and 5DII's that aren't capable of resolving at the necessary level ... doesn't mean you can't go out shooting with those lenses. I've even grabbed shots with my clunky old Sigma 70-300 Macro on the 5DII when I didn't have anything else at hand ... not the best shots, but far from terrible.
a lot of people on this forum will recommend less pixel peepeing, less stressing over is-my-gear-good-enough?, and more thinking about is-my-photography-good-enough? ... I'm one of those people. use whatever lenses you got and make something of it
richy:
Plenty of lenses will work just fine. Re the 'awful' AF, thats just daft. Sure it isn't as great as a 1 series but it doesnt cost as much either. AF issues are more likely due to a lack of skill.
On corner sharpness, very true, the way round it is to work to a larger image circle if its very important. TS lenses have larger image circles and un tilted / shifted they are some of the sharpest lenses across the whole frame you can get.
Flake:
The 70 - 200mm f/2.8 MkII IS L is an amazing lens, but having bought the 100mm IS L Macro to replace the previous non IS one, well I'm not so sure it's worth the extra cost. Optically it's not really any better than the old one and the H-IS is largely ineffective at macro distance. The hood only leaves a 5cm gap at macro causing shading and scaring insects away. It's completely unuseable. Then there's the issue of attaching macro flash, you need the 67C adaptor which for reasons best known to Canon is the most expensive one in the range even dearer than the 72C. Just to make things worse the filter threads on the lens are plastic (plastic threads on an L lens??!!!!!) So if the adaptor is cross threaded it ruins the lens itself! and the adaptor has to be attached & removed everytime the lens is used as the lens can won't fit without. Then there's the tripod ring which costs a whopping £130 but it won't work on a macro plate if you have a battery grip or a 1D series camera.
Optical excellence is one thing but surely the external design of a lens what's included and what's not, and the pricing of basic accessories count towards the whole?
If I was asked to advise if an upgrade from the 100mm f2.8 macro to the IS L version was worthwhile I'd have to say no.
neuroanatomist:
--- Quote from: Edwin Herdman on October 29, 2010, 12:21:13 PM ---Re: How many lenses could you mount on a 5DMkIII?
The answer is...one at a time!
--- End quote ---
I think two...
(Ok, I know they're not both directly mounted on the body, but you get the idea...)
Also, technically an extender is a lens, right?
that1guy:
I'm not too worried about it on a full frame yet. Now please no one ream me a new one if I'm not saying this exactly, scientifically, correctly, but I believe the pixel density of the current 5DII is the same/similar to a 20D. That was only 8mp on a crop sensor. Considering lots of lenses work perfectly fine on the 7D which is an 18mp crop sensor (the most densely packed sensor currently) I would say that Canon probably has a little headroom over 21mp on their full frame sensors. Basically, I wouldn't worry about it ;)
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