CMOS wrote:
Canon is looking at a marketing disaster here. Charging $500 more for a camera that has 10Mpix fewer than the comparable Nikon is a non-starter.
If you didn\'t have a bunch of Canon glass to use, why would you buy the 5D3? Sure, gear heads might like some features on the Canon over the Nikon, but most people won\'t see that.
This camera will be at $2,999 soon. For the sake of Canon, I hope it is
I would have loved for this camera to have been $500-800 less than the asking price but to compare it to the Nikon D800 based on it having 10MP more is naive.
Why would you want the Canon? Shoot with one and it will answer your question. The new AF system is the best they have ever offered and 22MP is more than enough for just about any kind of shooting except the hardcore Landscape shooters and the D800 will fit their need fine.
High ISO performance is markedly better than the D800 so why would you want the D800 except for the 10MP that most just don\'t need. The features you think only gearheads might like are actual a necessity for most photographers.
The difference in price has nothing to do with what each camera has to offer it\'s user. Personally I don\'t think either one of them should be more than $2500 but you have to choose which one meets your needs and pay the price for admission or don\'t. I certainly wouldn\'t change just because one had 10MP more and was $500 cheaper.
I even considered the D800 but once the 5D MK3 became available, and I could use one and compare it, I found the Canon to meet my needs better than the D800. Based on that comparison and my needs the $500 difference was worth it since that I what I had to pay to play.
Jim
Apr 16, 2012 at 03:13 PM
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