privatebydesign said:
I stand by my point, indeed you make it very well for me.
Your 'tack sharp' results are in order of magnification, the 1D MkIV is enlarged least, the 5D MkIII second and the 5DS is enlarged over twice the size as the 5D MkIII and nearly three times the size of the 1D MkIV! Look at them all the same size, such that the subjects when shot with the same lens are the same size on screen, NOT MAGNIFICATION, and they will have the same 'tack sharp' rate.
I am not saying the 5DS is a camera you should buy, I am saying giving opinions to others based on failed methodology is silly.
P.S. If you look at downsampled 5DS files at high iso compared to 5D MkIII files the 5DS is actually a better performer. Yet another case of if you actually know what you are doing, and the best way of achieving it the Canon 5DS is performing very well.
You bring up an interesting point about photography in general.
There is an old saying: Ask 10 photographers a question and you will get 12 answers.
I am an old school, life long, newspaper shooter. I am pretty well published in a major market newspaper somewhere, every day of every week, year after year, for decades running now. All I care about is what I see on my screen. Charts, theories and perfect workflows mean nothing at the end of the day. What does my file look like. Not the guy next to me, the file on my card, the image on my screen, nothing else.
Is my workflow flawed? Probably!
Is my work flawed? No!
So I guess we have to agree to disagree. I shot with the s and handed it back. I was not in love with what I saw, for the way I work.
I have learned over the years that there is only ONE photographer out there whose opinion is solid enough that I will take it blindly without testing myself. One!
No one should be buying, or not buying, anything on someone else’s word. Looking at something they may want to test or try, maybe, but flat out buying or not buying based on an opinion of one fotog you don’t work with and trust blindly is insane.
I am off to shoot a portrait of a pro football player at home with his family, I bet I will break about a dozen “rules of photography” but the picture will be nice I have no doubt!
On another note, I see a bunch of posts about Canon better do this or that because Sony did XYZ.
People talk about how the Sony can/will do this and that, but when you have 300 2.8, 400 2.8, a bag full of lenses and 6 Canon flashes, you are not jumping to Sony or Nikon because of one new camera body. Sadly, Canon is very well aware of that fact.
I would bet the amount of brand jumpers is actually very low amongst people who have a substantial amount of gear. One body and 2 or 3 lenses, maybe it is a little higher. I looked at switching when Canon released the price of 200-400, but at the end of the day, I passed on the 200-400 and stayed with Canon.
have a good day guys,