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5D Mk III vs D800/E, is the 5D3 better at anything?
commercialshooter:
Funny that Ken Rockwell is a Nikon guy and he flat out thought the 5D3 was a better camera then the Nikon D800. Basically if you read his article he states that there are better cameras out there for any one thing. The beauty of the 5D3 is that it does everything well. If you are after a camera that you can have with you and it will do any type of shooting well then there is no better option then the 5D3. That's what he is saying. You want higher res and dynamic range for landscapes then there are better options...but those options will not be better at almost anything else. He also said that ease of use and the ability of the camera to get the job done efficiently were more important then pixel peeping. I agree.
The 5D3 is a great camera that takes amazing pictures. All of the people whining that Canon is losing the battle to Nikon are wasting their time. Canon is not going away and they will not change their pricing because Nikon wants to low-ball them. Personally I find these discussions laughable because the people that are all complaining about how the 5D3 has terrible dynamic range probably don't do anything with a camera that would justify more dynamic range. Go ahead and print a 24" x 36" poster print of a 5D3 image and a D800 image and see if you could blindly tell the difference. I bet you couldn't. How many of you actually EVER print bigger than that?
You don't like the direction Canon is going? Go buy a Nikon. I DON'T CARE. Have fun. I'll be doing my job and getting paid for shooting with my Canon. Oh..and by the way...not one client has ever said, "You might want to think about changing cameras. That one seems to have poor dynamic range." I went from a 1DS2 to the 5D3 and no one knows the difference except me.
D_Rochat:
--- Quote from: commercialshooter on July 06, 2012, 08:31:55 AM ---Funny that Ken Rockwell is a Nikon guy and he flat out thought the 5D3 was a better camera then the Nikon D800. Basically if you read his article he states that there are better cameras out there for any one thing. The beauty of the 5D3 is that it does everything well. If you are after a camera that you can have with you and it will do any type of shooting well then there is no better option then the 5D3. That's what he is saying. You want higher res and dynamic range for landscapes then there are better options...but those options will not be better at almost anything else. He also said that ease of use and the ability of the camera to get the job done efficiently were more important then pixel peeping. I agree.
The 5D3 is a great camera that takes amazing pictures. All of the people whining that Canon is losing the battle to Nikon are wasting their time. Canon is not going away and they will not change their pricing because Nikon wants to low-ball them. Personally I find these discussions laughable because the people that are all complaining about how the 5D3 has terrible dynamic range probably don't do anything with a camera that would justify more dynamic range. Go ahead and print a 24" x 36" poster print of a 5D3 image and a D800 image and see if you could blindly tell the difference. I bet you couldn't. How many of you actually EVER print bigger than that?
You don't like the direction Canon is going? Go buy a Nikon. I DON'T CARE. Have fun. I'll be doing my job and getting paid for shooting with my Canon. Oh..and by the way...not one client has ever said, "You might want to think about changing cameras. That one seems to have poor dynamic range." I went from a 1DS2 to the 5D3 and no one knows the difference except me.
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It's better to just save your breath. The complainers just want to complain no matter what sort of logic you throw at them. Besides most of the ones that are bitching have never even touched a 5D Mark III or D800.
paul13walnut5:
It is like what's better an s class or a 7 series. A few of us might have an opinion, some might even base it on having driven an E class or a 3 series. But how many of us will actually buy a brand new s class or 7 series?
It's more fun going for a drive than talking about hypothetical cars, it's also more fun taking photos than talking about hypothetical cameras.
Canon have lost it. Finished. Blah blah blah. How come the same voices keep coming back? If you're going to Nikon, begone, and give us all peace.
RLPhoto:
--- Quote from: commercialshooter on July 06, 2012, 08:31:55 AM ---Funny that Ken Rockwell is a Nikon guy and he flat out thought the 5D3 was a better camera then the Nikon D800. Basically if you read his article he states that there are better cameras out there for any one thing. The beauty of the 5D3 is that it does everything well. If you are after a camera that you can have with you and it will do any type of shooting well then there is no better option then the 5D3. That's what he is saying. You want higher res and dynamic range for landscapes then there are better options...but those options will not be better at almost anything else. He also said that ease of use and the ability of the camera to get the job done efficiently were more important then pixel peeping. I agree.
The 5D3 is a great camera that takes amazing pictures. All of the people whining that Canon is losing the battle to Nikon are wasting their time. Canon is not going away and they will not change their pricing because Nikon wants to low-ball them. Personally I find these discussions laughable because the people that are all complaining about how the 5D3 has terrible dynamic range probably don't do anything with a camera that would justify more dynamic range. Go ahead and print a 24" x 36" poster print of a 5D3 image and a D800 image and see if you could blindly tell the difference. I bet you couldn't. How many of you actually EVER print bigger than that?
You don't like the direction Canon is going? Go buy a Nikon. I DON'T CARE. Have fun. I'll be doing my job and getting paid for shooting with my Canon. Oh..and by the way...not one client has ever said, "You might want to think about changing cameras. That one seems to have poor dynamic range." I went from a 1DS2 to the 5D3 and no one knows the difference except me.
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I like reading Ken's stuff. Its good information but like all things, You have to sift thru the crap to get the good information.
D_Rochat:
--- Quote from: RLPhoto on July 06, 2012, 10:58:04 AM ---I like reading Ken's stuff. Its good information but like all things, You have to sift thru the crap to get the good information.
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Better bring a big a** sifter! ;D
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