Are you happy with the 5D III Specs?

[ImageZone]

Quite frankly I personally am NOT happy with the 5DIII release. I strongly feel Canon has shot themselve in the foot. I have done a comparison with the Nikon D800 and well, I may be switching to Nikon.
1. What type shooting do you do?
2. Are you a Professional...(Make the major portion of your income with your camera)?
3. How do you feel about the 5D III ?
4. What do you feel should have been included but wasn't?

 

[briansquibb]

Made up your mind before the reviews have been done?

 

[wickidwombat]

Congratulations! you win the prize for starting the 1 millionth thread about changing to Nikon :

 

[Daniel Flather]

To answer your question, yes.

 

[ImageZone]

Made up your mind before the reviews have been done?

No, I just feel I like to do my own comparison. What is your opinion?

 

[ImageZone]

In answer to my own question:
1. Type Shooting: Studio still life, Studio Advertising, portraits, and personal landscapes.
2. Professional: Yes, I have been a photographer since 1961. Military News photographer, Civilian new photographer, Freelance photographer, Studio Owner.
3. Feel about the 5DIII: Canon blew it. The new specs are not worth the price.
4. What did they leave out: Swing and tilt back, 30MP, GPS location logging, WiFi connect,Uncompressed HDMI, Remote Microphone In port.

 

[briansquibb]

Made up your mind before the reviews have been done?

No, I just feel I like to do my own comparison. What is your opinion?

My opinion is that I would get a second opinion before taking a haircut on my Canon Kit. After all the Noink stuff will still be being produced in 3 months so unless it caused a financial disadvantage I would wait.

 

[well_dunno]

LOL @ noink, +1 Brian!

$3500 is kind of steep for the list of specs but low light performance and IQ might justify it... Reviews should give an idea...

Wonder how these cameras are going to score in DxO's sensor ratings compared to previous flagships...

 

[Orion]

In answer to my own question:
1. Type Shooting: Studio still life, Studio Advertising, portraits, and personal landscapes.
2. Professional: Yes, I have been a photographer since 1961. Military News photographer, Civilian new photographer, Freelance photographer, Studio Owner.
3. Feel about the 5DIII: Canon blew it. The new specs are not worth the price.
4. What did they leave out: Swing and tilt back, 30MP, GPS location logging, WiFi connect,Uncompressed HDMI, Remote Microphone In port.

Well as a professional, the list you make out should not be all that important as the things that are IN the actual camera as far as good specs go. As for the 30MPs, Maybe this isn't the camera for such high MP since they are comming out with new stuff to possibly cointend with that. This is a low light camera and with great AF and hits the sweet spot of MPs. . . . I don't know what you mean by "remote microphone in port," you can attach any nice professional mic made for a dslr when shooting video, along with a nice rig and 5" screen, etc (if you are serious/pro/semipro about video. . . . about the only real gripe is no HDMI out, really.

aside from the tilt/swing back (weather sealing issues?) and the MPs, I would also, though, suggest that if a company can add those other aspects relatively easily (as others do) then why the heck not add them. . . I am with you there. . . . I;m just saying that with the image quality (it is a stills camera first . . should be), it is hard to fault this camera, especaiully with thelatest raw files we have seen. . . and compared to the D4.

 

[dho81]

I'll play:

1. What type shooting do you do?
Mostly weddings/portraits. But a lot of other stuff for fun (architecture, landscape, fashion, abstract).

2. Are you a Professional...(Make the major portion of your income with your camera)?
I make about 1/3 of my income through photography (possibly shifting to full time next year)

3. How do you feel about the 5D III ?
Exactly what I wanted and a little more. I wasn't expecting them to put an AF close the 1DX one on it. But it is also priced at a higher premium than I wanted which is a bit of a bummer. Assuming IQ is not any worse and that the high ISO is good enough to make 6400/12800 usable for low light work, I'm still incredibly happy with it and put in an order for 2.

4. What do you feel should have been included but wasn't?
wish there was a way to trigger OCF without having to buy 3rd party items or their new and very expensive trigger. without increasing the MP count I would have expected that the IQ is of much better quality--the tests I have seen do not seem to show a marked difference. But none of these items are deal-breakers for me, as the IQ of the 5D2 was already good enough for me.

 

[callaesthetics]

Photography is my hobby and i get paid for a few projects and shoots here and there. I myself do a lot of portraits, high fashion, editorial looking stuff.

It was pretty hard to predict what they would do to the 5D, but i love what im seeing. The price is steep based on previous models but i think what it has evolved into is justifiable. Coming from a 7D and playing around with the 5D3 RAW's im very impress by the image quality.

I find it suspicious that the Nikon D800 has been announce one month ahead of the Canon 5D3, yet the 5D3 has a ton more sample and reviews out already.

 

[Fleetie]

Yes, I am happy with it. It looks awesome.

Contrary to what I said here some days ago, I am now going to pre-order it. It's a high-ISO demon, from what I can see on that "Comparometer".

And we in the UK will be paying the equivalent of about $4700 for it (apparently). I can't believe some people in America are complaining at a $3500 price tag, which I guess is equivalent to just £2000 here. We're paying £3000! And I am still ok with paying that, given the low-light performance. But I'd much rather be paying $3500 for it!

The 5D line has, at its 3rd generation, become an undeniably mature product. I'm glad I'm buying into it now.

 

[YellowJersey]

I, for one, am happy with the 5D3 specwise. It suits my needs quite well. It's a bit pricey, but I still pre-ordered one.

 

[NutsAndBolts]

Only problem that I cared about was the weak focus system on the MK1&2 (I hated the focus system on my 30D which is probably close to what 5D 1&2 had). Canon has fixed that, so I pre-ordered. As for the MP issue people have brought up, 20 some mega pixels is plenty. If the IQ is there, I do not need more mega pixels. I have seen some samples, less noise at higher ISOs (I saw the samples at 12k ISO, it is looks awesome!). I am sold!

 

[awinphoto]

Quite frankly I personally am NOT happy with the 5DIII release. I strongly feel Canon has shot themselve in the foot. I have done a comparison with the Nikon D800 and well, I may be switching to Nikon.
1. What type shooting do you do?
2. Are you a Professional...(Make the major portion of your income with your camera)?
3. How do you feel about the 5D III ?
4. What do you feel should have been included but wasn't?

#1 product, architecture, commercial, aviation, etc
#2 yep 100%
#3 So far I'm impressed. Would need more tests and reviews but I'm buying one
#4 wireless commander

 

[jalbfb]

#1 landscape/nature, portrait, family activities & travel
#2 just started side photography business but not my primary job...yet
#3 very satisfied, more than I expected. Pre-ordered (couldn't hold out until the reviews on released camera)
#4 wi-fi connection would have been nice

 

[Pyrenees]

And we in the UK will be paying the equivalent of about $4700 for it (apparently). I can't believe some people in America are complaining at a $3500 price tag, which I guess is equivalent to just £2000 here. We're paying £3000!

Wow, Fleetie. I sense a conspiracy to charge Mother England and *all* of its colonies a premium over the rest of the world (here is Australia, we are similarly screwed with pricing, as you may have gauged). Funny thing is, it's not like they need to convert the darn thing to right-hand-drive.

 

[Meh]

Yes, I am happy with it. It looks awesome.

Contrary to what I said here some days ago, I am now going to pre-order it. It's a high-ISO demon, from what I can see on that "Comparometer".

And we in the UK will be paying the equivalent of about $4700 for it (apparently). I can't believe some people in America are complaining at a $3500 price tag, which I guess is equivalent to just £2000 here. We're paying £3000! And I am still ok with paying that, given the low-light performance. But I'd much rather be paying $3500 for it!

The 5D line has, at its 3rd generation, become an undeniably mature product. I'm glad I'm buying into it now.

Fleetie, are there hefty import duties or any additional taxes built into the sticker price that would account for the apparent difference in the sticker price?

 

[ssrdd]

not at all

 

[Radiating]

Quite frankly I personally am NOT happy with the 5DIII release. I strongly feel Canon has shot themselve in the foot. I have done a comparison with the Nikon D800 and well, I may be switching to Nikon.
1. What type shooting do you do?
2. Are you a Professional...(Make the major portion of your income with your camera)?
3. How do you feel about the 5D III ?
4. What do you feel should have been included but wasn't?

I am not satisfied with the 5D Mark III, mainly because low iso banding should truely not be an issue in this day and age.

1. Still Life & Portraiture
2. Semi-Pro
3. Low iso banding needs to be gone.


I would honestly switch to Nikon in a heart beat if they had a better selection of glass. However I'll take low iso banding which only impacts me very occassionally because Canon has the 24-70mm II, the 85mm 1.2 II L the 24mm TS-E L and the 70-300mm L.