I particularly like the additional DR. I am now doing mostly unblended images and pulling the shadow up. I sometimes have some noise which may or may not matter at print size, but I usually run sone NR in shadow or clear areas. The additional resolution more than makes up for the reduced detail.
It took me a while to get some shots worthy of printing, and now that I have a couple hanging on my walls, I can see the improvement. It is hard to define. At 16x24 it is hard to see more detail than the 5DS2 or 1DS3 prints, but when you stand back, there is more to see, more gradation, or more 3D or something. At 16x29 the difference is even more obvious.
But my shooting and processing had to change as well. I am shooting tighter brackets, and mostly to allow a choice for processing. I shot wider brackets for the 5D3 because I almost always blended them. Maybe I could have done this with the 5D3, but the 5DS-R made me rethink the whole business.
The WB and color accuracy are also better and the exposure is almost good enough to quit bracketing altogether, but old habits die hard.
This is the best bird camera I have ever owned, mostly because of the increased pixel density. But the AF is so much better than the 1DS3 I used prior for this purpose.
Oct 12, 2015 at 01:40 PM
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