form wrote:
I am finding only two decent benefits to the 5d3: The shutter has a quiet mode and the autofocus is generally more accurate with outer points as long as the light allows them to actually lock onto something. I suppose it may also lock center point in one-shot mode on slightly darker subjects than the 5d2, but this is debatable...
The focus system is NOT magically a lot better than the 5d2. I don\'t know what kind of stupid drug Canon sent a bunch of reputable photogs along with their 5d3 purchase...it\'s better of course, with outer cross-type points, but it isn\'t worlds better. I remember reading some people calling it a \"mature product\" and I guess that could be said for it...mostly because it hasn\'t improved all that much on the last iteration.
Incidentally, this is coming from a wedding photographer. I\'ve used it for two weddings now and it has been used for fairly high demand situations, e.g. nighttime reception outdoors with very little available light (had to use flash focus assist to lock onto anything), moving subjects, static subjects, daylight tracking and locking...
The perceived magnitude of any given improvement in a new product reaches its peak in the week before it is available, sustains for some months or years after that, and then declines as reality sets in and the things is largely just...
... another fine lens, camera, etc. It is probably better than the old thing in virtually all cases, but most often is not quite the life-changing event that we might imagine it will be.
Again, as almost always, gear seduction seems to create some very strange thinking patterns.
(For those who may reply, please note that I think the 5D3 is a very fine camera and that it is better than the 5D2 that came before. It is the magnitude of the difference and how it is perceived that I\'m writing about.)
form wrote:
I am finding only two decent benefits to the 5d3: The shutter has a quiet mode and the autofocus is generally more accurate with outer points as long as the light allows them to actually lock onto something. I suppose it may also lock center point in one-shot mode on slightly darker subjects than the 5d2, but this is debatable...
The focus system is NOT magically a lot better than the 5d2. I don\'t know what kind of stupid drug Canon sent a bunch of reputable photogs along with their 5d3 purchase...it\'s better of course, with outer cross-type points, but it isn\'t worlds better. I remember reading some people calling it a \"mature product\" and I guess that could be said for it...mostly because it hasn\'t improved all that much on the last iteration.
Incidentally, this is coming from a wedding photographer. I\'ve used it for two weddings now and it has been used for fairly high demand situations, e.g. nighttime reception outdoors with very little available light (had to use flash focus assist to lock onto anything), moving subjects, static subjects, daylight tracking and locking...
The perceived magnitude of any given improvement in a new product reaches its peak in the week before it is available, sustains for some months or years after that, and then declines as reality sets in and the things is largely just...
... another fine lens, camera, etc. It is probably better than the old thing in virtually all cases, but most often is not quite the life-changing event that we might imagine it will be.
Again, as almost always, gear seduction seems to create some very strange thinking patterns.
May 19, 2013 at 09:03 PM
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