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A Nikonian Reviews the Canon 5D Mark III

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<strong>A Nikonian loves the 5D Mark III


</strong>Nikon wedding photographer Ryan Brenizer took the 5D Mark III to a wedding to discover it’s a pretty good camera. It’s a good review, as he does point out a few weaknesses.</p>
<p><strong>Ryan’s conclusion</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Right now, Canon is primarily competing with the Nikon D800. At $500 cheaper and with a high-resolution, high dynamic range sensor, the D800 will be a tempting option for most users. For someone like me who takes more than a quarter million photos a year, the idea of a sensor that only shoots 36MP is a non-starter.</p>
<p>More importantly, Canon has built a near-perfect wedding camera. Great at high ISOs, accurate and customizable autofocus, speedy and quiet operation and with versatile RAW resolution, this camera is finally a worthy companion to Canon’s huge array of lenses. On either the Nikon or Canon side, you can’t use the camera as an excuse anymore.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong></strong>Read the <a href="http://www.ryanbrenizer.com/2012/03/a-nikon-users-review-of-the-canon-5d-mark-iii/" target="_blank">entire review</a> and check out his great photography <a href="http://www.ryanbrenizer.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><em>Thank Sara</em></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>
<p><em>Buy the 5D Mark III at <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/847545-REG/Canon_5260B002_EOS_5D_Mark_III.html/BI/2466/KBID/3296" target="_blank">B&H</a>, <a href="http://www.adorama.com/ICA5DM3.html?kbid=64393" target="_blank">Adorama</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007FGYZFI/canorumo-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></em></p>
 
I totally agree with this review, I'm a wedding photographer and I shot with the 5d Mark 2 for 3 years till last December when my 5d mark 2 got stolen. I just started shooting with the 5DM3 and been able to shoot with a usable ISO of 12800 makes a big different. Also remember a real good fast L series lens helps your image quality.

I'm still running tests on the 5DM3 to tweak camera to my use.
 
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It's a reasonable and fair review I'd say.

It would appear that in some ways it's better than the d3s and in some ways worse. Clearly pushing an image 4 stops it's worse. I push my 5dii 2 stops though and that's just about acceptable. I would probably throw away something which needed 4 stops pushed. However, cleaner shadows would be useful at times - there's no denying it.

The AF system seems to be winning a real battle! Canon have pulled it out of the bag with that :) People do seem to be complaining about the visibility of the AF points though. That's a concern / annoyance.

Generally though - I think we can all relax. Canon haven't completely messed up. It's not the camera everyone wanted - that much is very clear - but it's a worthy upgrade from the 5d2.
 
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Great review. I found the description of "pushed" exposures the most valuable bit. I don't expect perfection from either camera and I still plan on getting the 5DIII!

250k frames per year! whoa, no wonder his photography is at such a level.

Thanks again for sharing.
 
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XanuFoto said:
He shoots everything with fast primes. How does he manae to switch even if he has 2 boides. In the pics he used a 135mm F2, 50mm f1.2, 85mm f1.2, 24mm f1.4...

A top tier wedding photographer can have that paid off half way through the first engagement shoot. (only a slight exaggeration)

Oops, misunderstood. You probably meant switching lenses, not Nikon -> Canon.
 
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Hill Benson said:
Great review. I found the description of "pushed" exposures the most valuable bit. I don't expect perfection from either camera and I still plan on getting the 5DIII!

250k frames per year! whoa, no wonder his photography is at such a level.

Thanks again for sharing.

Yeah it's huge! He must outsource his processing!
 
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A fantastic neutral review, for me much better than all the clinical geek trials that going on at the moment.

As for the pushed image showing banding I wonder how the HDR mode would have faired? (Natural or Art Standard of course)


I love the intimacy of his photography.
 
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