Made a huge mistake. Went into John Lewis and handled the Mk3 for the first time. What a mistake to make! Will now be buying one very shortly.
Made a huge mistake. Went into John Lewis and handled the Mk3 for the first time. What a mistake to make! Will now be buying one very shortly.
Just thought I would post my finding here.
I have just bought a Sandisk Extreme Pro16GB 160MB/S CF card.
In my 5D MkIII the results were as follows.
All Sandisk 16 GB CF cards
60MB/S Max RAW 13. Frames before FPS slowed 17. Time to clear buffer to Max RAW of 13 again 5.5 secs.
90MB/S Max RAW 13. Frames before FPS slowed 21. Time to clear buffer to max RAAW of 13 again 4.0 secs.
160MB/S Max RAW 13. Frames before PFS slowed 25. Time to clear buffer to max RAW of 13 again 3.25 secs.
so the 90mbs are the best value for money looking at that
This is something I've definitely found since using the Mkiii, it seems to take much less time for me to get an image 'finished'. Whether this is a general Canon thing I'm not sure, but I certainly spend less time PPing images now than when I shot with Nikon.5d3 , what a camera. did a proper photo shoot for a client and most of the images only need a minor bump in PP.
This thread was opened Apr 2 last year. I am wondering if anyone has moved on from the 5d mk3 and if so, why?
why would anyone move on?This thread was opened Apr 2 last year. I am wondering if anyone has moved on from the 5d mk3 and if so, why?
why would anyone move on?
there is no 5d4
Where do people buy theirs from? I think I need to invest.
I've kind of moved on, I've still got my 5D3 and still use it for some jobs, mainly long exposures, but my main tool now is a medium format digital back.
Although it is the same resolution as the canon it has no AA filter so files are sharper straight out of the camera, it has a greater dynamic range, files are 16 bit native so you can push and pull them more and finally I can use it on a variety of cameras, including a Mamiya 645 AFDii which is just like using a big SLR, and a linhof Technikardan view camera which gives me movements which far surpass those on my 24mm TS-E. Finally the files have a certain something, a film like smoothness which you don't get with the smaller sensor cameras like the 5D3, maybe it's the lenses, I don't know but there is definitely something special, like the difference between listening to vinyl and a CD. Sensor cleaning is a breeze.
The downsides are native ISO is 25 so everything is a long exposure, but a 32 second exposure limit. No high ISO, no liveview or on screen level and the LCD display is like an SLR from 10 years ago.
As I say I still use my 5D3, and it always brings a smile to my face, it is just such a good camera.
Mark hi, I have a 645 AFD, which back are you using and what did it cost (if you dont mind me asking).
I remember the feeling I got when I went 645 from 35mm film, sounds very similar to what you have experienced digitally.
Matt
Lol, you wont be dissappointed, use mine all the time!!Made a huge mistake. Went into John Lewis and handled the Mk3 for the first time. What a mistake to make! Will now be buying one very shortly.
The Canon 50mm f1.4 is a lovely lens, you can pick a decent one for £200 ish, in fact I think I spotted one one here for under 200 !Looking for a 50mm Prime to put on the 5d mkiii without having to spend 1k on the canon 1.2
Wondered if anybody had shot with the Sigma 1.4
Thanks Jim for the info
The reviews I have seen put the Sigma f 1.4 ahead of the Canon f1.4 both on build quality and Bokeh .