Yes, this sensor technology is very impressive, and I\'m not trying to rationalize anything away. But really, how many captures do we do where we have to push the shadows 4-5 stops, as in that example? (Which is vs. the 5D Mark II, BTW, not the 5D3.)
Being able to do this really says nothing about the pros and cons of these cameras in normal shooting situations. Having more dynamic range is a good thing, but if your work never involves such radical file manipulation, then it really is a theoretical advantage.
In the vast majority of work that I do the dynamic range of the 5D Mark III is more than sufficient. I know this because I have *never* needed to manipulate even my 5D2 files in this manner to create a finished image, nor do I feel my pictures suffer from excessive shadow noise and loss of detail.
I understand there are photographers who seek after the highest possible image quality and there is a pride of ownership in a having camera that can objectively be called \"the best\" from an IQ perspective. For those guys, Nikon wins this round (it would do so for resolution alone, even if DR was the same).
But I will tell you that after just a day with the 5D Mark III, as a total package it may just be the best camera I have used, and I have recently owned both Canon and Nikon pro gear. Heck, the Silent drive modes alone would be enough to compell me to upgrade for certain jobs, not to mention the autofocus, metering, lack of banding and pattern noise, and improved high ISO dynamic range and color accuracy. And anyone who shoots JPEGs for a living should be all over this camera (medium JPEGs at ISO 6400 are astonishing). But I digress...
It\'s not really so radical, you just think it is because you\'ve trained yourself to automatically not even think of shooting in all the tons of scenarios where that could come into play. That said, sure there are tons of other shots you can take where it won\'t matter but it\'s trivial to come up with scenarios where it helps all the same.
But yeah there are tons of nice improvements, even little UI things like the C1-C3 mode can no continuously auto-update, soo0 nice.
May 23, 2012 at 06:55 PM
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