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 p.4 #9 · Image Quality: 7D vs 1D Mark III? | |
timbop wrote:
Impressive. I son't shoot kinglets, so don't know if the 7D is fast enough, but I suspect it absolutely is. For a frame of reference, until 3 weeks ago I owned a 1dm2 - so I am going to call myself qualified to judge AF speed. The perceptive will catch on to the fact that I repllaced the 1dm2 with the 7d, and so far am very pleased.
On e thing is right - threads like this will always bring out the worst. Those of you happy with the 1d3 will vehemently defend it, and not believe a camera half the price can compete with it. Those that have never owned a 1 series but own the 7 will say otherwise, but from an incomplete frame of reference.
I was hoping to see the same shots compared from both cams, but that seems unlikely. I think I'm out.........Show more →
Hopefully I can break the mold! 
I had a MKIII for a year and a half, and sadly sold it about 4 months ago right here on FM. I now have a 7D, and I can also state with certainty the following items:
1) I miss the MKIII much less now than I did when I had a 30D, 40D and 50D in lieu of the MKIII.
2) The high ISO noise, when resized down, post processes very similiarly to the MKIII images and is right on par with the MKIII, ISO 12800 on the 7D, after cleanup, actually come out better than the MKIII.
3) AF tracking is very good, not quite as good as the MKIII, but is probably the closest thing to almost any other body at this point. I have never had a IIN, but given that it was quite good and everybody compared the MKIII to it, I would expect that the 7D is slightly under the AF performance of the IIN as well.
4) Build is outstanding, a very tight and well balanced camera.
5) The MKIII images still have more "pop" than the 7D, most likely due to the slight changes of DOF from APS-H vs APS-C, just like the 5D has that magical "pop" as well.
6) The 7D has the best noise characteristic of any xxD at this point, except maybe the 20D. The random dispersion of color noise vs banding in the prior bodies is tremendously improved. It has been a while since I had a 20D, but I don't remember the banding issue so much with that camera, but it probably had it.
7) The MKIII has more features and configurations, still something I miss on the 7D, like multiple custom WB settings, 3 slots of CF settings, etc. I also miss the dual card slots.
These are my observations, but I am only a hobbyist that has had numerous xxD bodies, and only 1 MKIII. I don't shoot BIF, but shoot about every other kind of situation, from portrait to events to night performances to low light house shots. Others may find something different to my findings, and that is okay, your opinion and situation is very different than mine, and is to be expected.
One thing I have learned is to ignore anybody that throws in their opinion if they have not had both to compare. Period. Theory is just that, theory, practical experience from those that have had both supersedes theory. There are many armchair quarterbacks here it seems, that just assume they know where technology is now and is going in the future, but base all their speculation on what technology was in the past.
Needless to say, I will still watch for the MKIII successor with anticipation, and most likely will replace the 7D with that, because I expect, based on what Canon did on the 7D, the new 1D will just be phenomenal.
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What's a Kinglet for the non-birders? Think of a bird smaller than the size of a ping pong ball that won't stand still for more than 2 seconds hopping around from one branch to another.....underneath dense foliage. In upside down, right side up positions and orientations...