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Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake
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Review Date: Aug 14, 2012
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $197.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Small, light, inexpensive, decent build quality, excellent IQ
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Cons:
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Vignetting on FF, would have preferred F/2
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When this lens was first announced I had no real interest...partly because of the F/2.8 aperture. After folks started posting samples praising the IQ I thought for the price I might give it a go just for fun.
After owning it for a while I'm stunned at the IQ considering the price/size/weight. It's super convenient to have in a pocket or camera bag side-pouch for the occasional wide shot when I'm out with just the 70-200/2.8 II IS on my 5D3. Overall an amazing value and a little gem of a lens!
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III
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Review Date: May 30, 2012
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $3,425.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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AF, IQ, AF, great user interface, AF, High ISO performance, AF...did I mention AF?
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Cons:
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Price
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I think many of us were hoping for the successor to the 5D2 to be something with at least equivalent IQ and much improved AF. IMO the 5D3 delivers that and more.
Since switching to digital I've owned a few other Canon dSLRs including the 40D, 7D, 5D, 5D2 and 1D3. The 5D3 is by far my favorite digital body so far. The AF is excellent...very customizable and very accurate (even better than the 1D3 IMO). The camera is much more responsive than the previous 5D models and IQ in upper ISOs is the best I've seen from any Canon camera while low ISOs are still excellent. The camera has a very intuitive interface and is just a joy to shoot with...I actually get excited to use it. It's also simplified my gear bag now...I can cover all of my photographic needs with one camera body (something I was having a tough time doing since switching to digital).
Canon really got this one right IMO.
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