5DII Vs 5DIII for my needs

[briansquibb]

The 5d2's AWB is abysmal.

Can't agree with that. I shoot hundreds of AWB shots every week and they take very little tweaking, until you get into a particularly low light tungsten situation.

Compare that to my friends d3s and it's night and day as the d3s is truly dreadful.

+1

I always have it set to AWB and sort it out in pp. Setting wb when shooting candids is never going to be accurate anyway

Who cares about white balance.... You guys should be shooting raw, the quality of the WB from the camera is totally irrelevant.

 

[te4o]

I have been using a 40D since 2008. As you, I was in that dilemma. I went for the mark 3. Imagine the price difference spread over four years and compared to your income. Does this help? It did for me. The MarkIII is not worse than the II.
Good luck,
I feel relieved now not to look for a new camera for many hopefully healthy years to come. (at least four

 

[PhilDrinkwater]

The 5d2's AWB is abysmal.

Can't agree with that. I shoot hundreds of AWB shots every week and they take very little tweaking, until you get into a particularly low light tungsten situation.

Compare that to my friends d3s and it's night and day as the d3s is truly dreadful.

Who cares about white balance.... You guys should be shooting raw, the quality of the WB from the camera is totally irrelevant.

I am. What concerns me is the extra 1/2 to 1 hour per wedding I need to spend in post if the WB's are all off.

This is a time concern not a quality concern. Every pro should care about the amount of time they need to spend.

 

[risc32]

racing... yeah, you are better off with the mk3 for sure. I feel that the 5d does fairly good with AF but ONLY with the center sensor. the mk3 is worlds better in that regard. Sure it still feels like a slow poke with it's operations, but the mk3's AF is very good. the question i guess is how important are those racing photos to you, because otherwise the mk2 will get it done.

 

[the-ninth]

Hi,

What made you wait for the 5D3 in the first place?

I was coming from a 30D as well, wanting to upgrade to fullframe and I was not happy with the 30Ds AF. I figured the AF of the 5D2 was not much better, so I waited, Canon delivered with the 5D3, which I am now shooting happily.

Cheers

 

[briansquibb]

I am. What concerns me is the extra 1/2 to 1 hour per wedding I need to spend in post if the WB's are all off.

This is a time concern not a quality concern. Every pro should care about the amount of time they need to spend.

That could explain why as an amateur I get such positive comments because to me quality is the overiding priority.

I would expect to take an hour for each of the key photos in the wedding.

 

[Lance James]

Well, I wanted newer and better but I wasn't expecting the price difference. That's what sparked the whole issue of which to buy. I was figuring on the new one coming it at the same price point. I thought wrong =)

What made you wait for the 5D3 in the first place?

 

[the-ninth]

Well, I wanted newer and better but I wasn't expecting the price difference. That's what sparked the whole issue of which to buy. I was figuring on the new one coming it at the same price point. I thought wrong =)

I'd take the AF as differentiator then. If you want a state-of-the-art AF, suitable for low-light and action, then you need the 5D3. In all other aspects both 5D2 and 5D3 will both be a big step up from the 30D, while the difference between them is comparably small. There is a lot of little things that the 5D3 is better in, but none of them weighs up the nice lens missing in your line-up that you could buy for the money saved.

Cheers, Robert

 

[briansquibb]

If you want a state-of-the-art AF, suitable for low-light and action, then you need the 5D3.

Not quite correct as the 5DII has class leading AF on the centre point in low light.

 

[prestonpalmer]

I am. What concerns me is the extra 1/2 to 1 hour per wedding I need to spend in post if the WB's are all off.

This is a time concern not a quality concern. Every pro should care about the amount of time they need to spend.

That could explain why as an amateur I get such positive comments because to me quality is the overiding priority.

I would expect to take an hour for each of the key photos in the wedding.

Exactly. And remember, you can adjust WB post processing in bulk after they are in LR. Fix one photo and apply the WB correction to the others. Takes 10 seconds. You should never waste your time with WB in camera. Just leave it as AWB and go shoot. All else post processing.

 

[cpsico]

If you want a state-of-the-art AF, suitable for low-light and action, then you need the 5D3.

Not quite correct as the 5DII has class leading AF on the centre point in low light.

I agree the center point is golden in low light

 

[the-ninth]

If you want a state-of-the-art AF, suitable for low-light and action, then you need the 5D3.

Not quite correct as the 5DII has class leading AF on the centre point in low light.

I agree the center point is golden in low light

Yes, you guys are right. I myself make heavy use of the outer points, that's why the center point alone never made me happy. But if the center point suffices, already the 30D was not bad and I am sure the 5D2 isn't either.

Cheers, Robert

 

[april]

As the old saying goes "Its better to have something and not need it then to need it and not have it" although you may not need the 5d mark iii upgraded features over the mark ii im sure youll eventually run into situations where the new features will help with those tricky af and hi speed shots.

that's a good point!

 

[Michiel]

Ryan, thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I bit the bullet tonight and ordered the Mark III =)

Can't wait to get it now and start learning how to use the dang thing. My next posts will be questions about how to use it.

Thanks everyone for your input.

Lance

Hi, so that was april... Are you happy with it ?