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Its here! The Canon EOS 5D Mark III !!! Well at least it is on my blog courtesy of a little photoshop work. And it could be coming out soon if you watch the forums and my favorite rumor site…. Canon Rumors . I am guessing that there is a slight chance that we will hear about it in March/April 2011 (forum based) and a more likely time would be later in the fall 2011
Of course I want it now. I was spoiled with the fast frame rate and excellent AF system on the 7D. But I did not like the ISO noise performance at higher ISO’s in less well lit subjects. The full frame 5DMarkII has a slow frame rate and an AF system that is just ok. I think its 9 vs 19 focus points. And I have found that the center focus point on the 5DMkII is really good. The other points are not so good and occasionally I have to go back to just using the center.
So guess what I want in my new Canon 5D Mark III. Well here is my list.
1. Keep the full frame 2. Increase ISO performance (acceptable noise up thru ISO 800. How about acceptable to 3200) 3. Give me that 8f/s frame rate 4. 19 good AF points with the other 7D AF selection scheme 5. No more MP’s… I don’t think more is better and I think it creates noise 6. Price not higher than $3000
Other Nice to haves…but I would be OK if they did not do these
1. Larger Buffer for longer fast frame shooting
2. Two CF card Slots
3. Total Weather proof (I want to stand in rain and take pictures without fear)
4. Articulating LCD Viewer
Update: I got one!!! It had most of what I wanted. And I am loving it!!
eli February 18, 2011 also full 100% viewfinder coverage, better gps support, no more rolling shutter or jellying, Better dynamic range in-camera so as not to have to futz around so much in post processing, video af, 60fps 1080p, USB 3.0, iso limits in auto modes and more stops for hdr. Get rid of the crosshatched banding at ISO 100 and 200 at least. 9-11/12+ stop dynamic range, 3 stop iso improvements, I dont care about higher pixels Locking for the mode dial. I know that they are now offering this as an upgrade on the 5d2 and it should be standard. Reply
also full 100% viewfinder coverage, better gps support, no more rolling shutter or jellying, Better dynamic range in-camera so as not to have to futz around so much in post processing, video af, 60fps 1080p, USB 3.0, iso limits in auto modes and more stops for hdr.
Get rid of the crosshatched banding at ISO 100 and 200 at least. 9-11/12+ stop dynamic range, 3 stop iso improvements, I dont care about higher pixels
Locking for the mode dial. I know that they are now offering this as an upgrade on the 5d2 and it should be standard.
More more July 19, 2011 What are you talking about? ISOs are just fine up to 3200 on the mark II, we need to see acceptable ISO at 12800 on the Mark III. The 5D is a landsacpe/studio camera and will never get 8fps, we dont’ need it. 5-6 would be more than good enough. Better autofocus is needed yes. But give us: USB 3.0 capable of handling the speed of the Digic V 4K movie resolution in RAW mode Agree on the MPx count, 24-26 is more than enough. Don’t care about the price, give me the specs I want! Reply bobkeenan July 19, 2011 I do a lot of non-studio microstock. There can be NO noise in the images at 100%. I have found that I always have noise at ISO 800… even sometimes down to ISO 400. I probably help to generate some of the noise as I always do a curves adjustment on my raw image. The good news is that its easily fixable with a noise reduction software. The noise performance is much better than the 7D where at ISO 800 the noise is so bad that it cannot be fixed without taking detail out of the image. But I need to use at least ISO 800 for many of my shots….. so I want better. Reply
What are you talking about? ISOs are just fine up to 3200 on the mark II, we need to see acceptable ISO at 12800 on the Mark III.
The 5D is a landsacpe/studio camera and will never get 8fps, we dont’ need it. 5-6 would be more than good enough.
Better autofocus is needed yes.
But give us: USB 3.0 capable of handling the speed of the Digic V 4K movie resolution in RAW mode
Agree on the MPx count, 24-26 is more than enough.
Don’t care about the price, give me the specs I want!
bobkeenan July 19, 2011 I do a lot of non-studio microstock. There can be NO noise in the images at 100%. I have found that I always have noise at ISO 800… even sometimes down to ISO 400. I probably help to generate some of the noise as I always do a curves adjustment on my raw image. The good news is that its easily fixable with a noise reduction software. The noise performance is much better than the 7D where at ISO 800 the noise is so bad that it cannot be fixed without taking detail out of the image. But I need to use at least ISO 800 for many of my shots….. so I want better. Reply
I do a lot of non-studio microstock. There can be NO noise in the images at 100%. I have found that I always have noise at ISO 800… even sometimes down to ISO 400. I probably help to generate some of the noise as I always do a curves adjustment on my raw image. The good news is that its easily fixable with a noise reduction software. The noise performance is much better than the 7D where at ISO 800 the noise is so bad that it cannot be fixed without taking detail out of the image. But I need to use at least ISO 800 for many of my shots….. so I want better.
More more July 19, 2011 And give us REAL UDMA7 capable speed write to UDMA7 capable memory cards!! (100MBps++) Reply
And give us REAL UDMA7 capable speed write to UDMA7 capable memory cards!! (100MBps++)
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