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justsomedude:
Picked her up at noon, shot with her at 5:30 (still have lots to learn about the menu-ing system).  However, I can say the ISOs really are amazing, and I can report that she works just fine with PocketWizard FlexTT5s...

(pardon all the post work - trying out some new presets I've been toying with in LR4)

cps_user:
To be honest, I don't see anything that couldn't have been shot with the 5d2.

But the good thing is that at first sight I'm just thinking "damn awesome shots!"

 ;D

Nice to see some real, good shots instead of all the crap they've thrown at us so far.

im sure it performs up to par! How you like af and metering?

Getting mine today, sold the 5d2 yesterday.

justsomedude:

--- Quote from: cps_user on March 22, 2012, 02:21:08 AM ---To be honest, I don't see anything that couldn't have been shot with the 5d2.

But the good thing is that at first sight I'm just thinking "damn awesome shots!"

 ;D

Nice to see some real, good shots instead of all the crap they've thrown at us so far.

im sure it performs up to par! How you like af and metering?

Getting mine today, sold the 5d2 yesterday.

--- End quote ---

Thanks, CPS.  Much appreciated!

Regarding the AF and metering, it's hard to give a 100% honest review after only 2-hours of shooting with it, but I will give my first takes:


* In good light, the AF is noticeably faster to lock on - and lock on correctly.  Also, the AI Servo is SICK at tracking (at least running humans - all I've tested so far).
* In low light, the AF is noticeably slower, and seems to either lock on correctly after a bit of a delay - or hunt and give up.  This was a gripe many had with Nikon - slow to lock but at least you got a sharp image.  I actually prefer this to the old "quick lock - hope you get the proper focal plane!" approach of the old 5D2.  It seems like now we either have proper focus after a delay, or no focus at all (visible through viewfinder).  I prefer this to the unreliable AF of the MKII, as now I have better confidence in whether the focus-lock indicator is real and not just guessing at some random focal plane.
* The metering is phenomenal - and while some have complained of the DR, it seems I'm able to recover a heck of a lot more highlights than I could from my 5D2 images.  Whether this is improved functions of LR4, or better metering of the 5D3 is hard to tell at this point.
I'll post up more info as I continue to use it, but so far I'm thrilled with the 5D3 performance.  Oh, and one last bit of info... while every shot I posted probably could have been done on a 5D2, I would say the first one could not.  That was shot at 12800 ISO with no external flash.

Honestly, and I mean this sincerely... the noise of the 5D3 at 12800 seems similar to the 7D at 1600.  It's TOTALLY usable/workable, and will totally change my approach to low-light photography.  The ISOs are one of the most amazing upgrades to this line - they are just mind blowing!!

DanielG:
I am jealous, my 5D Mark III was supposed to be delivered today but it's tied up in the post because somehow it "missed" it's flight.

I wasn't aware there was a Ferris wheel downtown Denver right now. What's that all about?
(Just realized that's probably 6 flags and I didn't know it was open already)

Nice shots by the way.


-Another Denverite.

awinphoto:
Very nicely done and congrats on the new camera... Just out of curiosity..  What lens/shutter/f-stop was used on the first shot?  The exif info doesn't look like it was saved/carried over.  Any image quirks we should be prepared for such as slightly soft from the preproduction models or someone yesterday said their copys images seemed "blotchy" and not smooth... How do you feel the detail of the image is like and with the newer controls, is it easy/comfortable to pick up and start shooting or would you say the new features takes a bit to get used to and feels foreign at first and has a learning curve like the 7D had compared to the rest of the XXD series cameras? 

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