5D MKIII specs

squig said:
Ok cool so it's a cashflow justification issue due to it only being an incremental improvement on your current setup. Hey I know man, I can barely scrape up the money for one. I just had a talk to the Mrs "Don't spend any money this month. No new school dress for the kid, I gotta get a new camera, I gotta pay for actresses airfare, I gotta hire a car. $33 for school photo's...wtf, they're always out of focus!...and get cheap lunches."

The thing is this cameras is really critical for me right now and will feed my kids for the next few years...if that isn't the case for you guys don't waste your money, the MKII and GH2 are really cool for a lot of stuff. Content is still king and always will be. Clients will say otherwise though.
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I think there is a saying for that. "Keeping up with the Jones's". In the stills world (and the video world), if my competition across town got a 80megapixel back and I still had the 45, I'm gonna lose work. FACT. Been there. One of my school buddies and still good buddy shoots for Apple and Sony and many more. He get's hired not only by his skill, but by his camera because his rep will push it. That rep, rep's maybe 40 other shooters. He had to buy a 1dsMK3 for a job because the REP sold that job with that camera. Luckily it was a $120,000 campaign and he sole the camera afterwords for $15 to a friend.
You can be OK with yesterdays. But if the client isn't, you lose the job. FACT! ANd you can't say "well, rent it" in the stills world, all the time. Now you have to factor in the rental to the estimate, which if you can eat if not approved, you lose money. You might even lose the job because client gives you this e-mail. "thank you for the estimate, but we've decided to go with another photographer". All because they required line item estimates. If you try and hide it, your budget will be out of balance with the competition. I've lost jobs over a matter of $100. It's a cut throat industry.
 
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Mate I don't give a sh@# about the Jones's, my car is 13 years old and the paint has all but peeled off...but it's in almost tip top mechanical condition. I really do need the camera because I tested the 5D at locations in my script and it just couldn't cut it. I'm building an escape pod with lots of intricate detailing, moire and aliasing would destroy the shot. There's a lot of low light stuff I have to shoot without permits too. You gotta work out the difference between wants and needs.
 
wow, this thread goes way too fast for me... and I've been busy with Flaat v 2.0 lately... but let me chime in on the Leica glass thing:
* great collection, squig!
* summicron f/2 is faster but not always better than elmarit f/2.8, case in point, 35mm: the elmarit is clearly sharper (and cheaper), that's the one I got, and it's my favorite lens
* vintage glass is always a lottery, but that "no infinity focus" issue is definitely fixable, and fixing it will get you not only infinity focus, but probably improved sharpness and bokeh too http://www.similaar.com/foto/lenstests/lenstestsc.html
* my Leitz collection: elmarit-R 35mm f/2.8, summilux R 50mm f/1.4, elmarit-R 90mm f/2.8, elmarit-R 135mm f/2.8, elmarit-R 180mm f/2.8
* see sharpness and bokeh tests here: http://www.similaar.com/foto/lenstests/lenstestsa.html http://www.similaar.com/foto/lenstests/bokehtests.html (some new lenses will be added to that soon, e.g. the nikkor 55mm f/1.2 AI, and summicron-R 50mm f/2.0)
 
What a thread... some of you guys should get together with your differences on spreecast or something...much more fun and informative then these one man bands.... i would tune in every week ? reminds me of topgear ;)
 
Hehe, the Leica freaks come out of the closet.

Don't bother with the nikkor, if you want sharp get a pentax f/1.2, they are sharp wide open unlike the nikkor (I saw a test from a German mag from the 70's). The nikkor bokeh might be a bit better though, but bokeh at f/1.2 is just mud anyway. If you have the summilux why get the other 50's? The summicron is a bit sharper at f/2 but at f/5.6 there's not much difference. Do yourself a favour and spend the money on a 60 macro.....one of the best lenses ever made!

Yeah the f/2.8 Leica's are sharper, lighter, and cheaper. The f/2 35mm does come in handy when you want shallow dof.
 
dustylense said:
I'll match my 6400 ISO to your 1250 ISO and up you a still photograph. Make it 6 stills taken in 1 second raw with 61 points for AF while writing to 2 cards and with a monitor I can judge fairly. I too have the mk2. I had the 1ds, 1dsmk2, 1dsmk3, and the 5d. This mk3 is better than all off them combined.
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Whilst I find it amusing the amount of penis swinging, I really must say - taking 6 photos at 6400 ISO within 1 second in a studio with strobe lighting is... excessive and retarded. Are you trying to bully me into buying features I'd never use? Hahaha!

I'm not a landscape photographer - I do plain ole background work with products, actors, business people etc. In that regard, a 5D2 is more than ample for now. Although admittingly, a hasselblad would be better for more bigger gigs but they're a rarity for now so dropping £40,000 is out of my league... so far.

Apples and oranges dude. Aronofsky still loves shooting 16mm, Terry Richardson uses old point and shoots, GF1, and Nikon D3. Whatever works.
 
once I moved to Leica and saw the difference in look, I sold most of my vintage lenses; now I only have a few modern lenses (mostly for stills), the leicas, and a huge carl zeiss jena 300mm f/4 that's way too impractical but just beautiful to look at :) - the new additions to the tests (like the nikkor 1.2 and the summicron) appear from time to time thanks to a deeply lensaholic friend who just can't have enough lenses in his hands (this guy: http://vimeo.com/groups/124159/videos/35879585)
 
squig said:
Hehe, the Leica freaks come out of the closet.

Don't bother with the nikkor, if you want sharp get a pentax f/1.2, they are sharp wide open unlike the nikkor (I saw a test from a German mag from the 70's). The nikkor bokeh might be a bit better though, but bokeh at f/1.2 is just mud anyway. If you have the summilux why get the other 50's? The summicron is a bit sharper at f/2 but at f/5.6 there's not much difference. Do yourself a favour and spend the money on a 60 macro.....one of the best lenses ever made!

Yeah the f/2.8 Leica's are sharper, lighter, and cheaper. The f/2 35mm does come in handy when you want shallow dof.
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hey, HEY!! Cut that out w/ the Nikkors you elitist sumama-bi--- *LMAO* jk'ing

Soooo, I woke up this morning after tossing and turning ALL night and wanted to make sure I wasn't dreaming this all up.
Reopening Premiere, applied the USM formulas on the 5DIII and 60D footage.
Yup...it's really happening. I can see hair follicles and skin bumps. Alright....time to work on the big color grading screen in an hour.
 
hehe Kahl you crack me up...next time I'm in new york you gotta crack some beers over my head....and let me sleep it off on your lounge...oh yeah it's a couch there right?...sofa?

Sam I've given up my lensaholism for featureism which has brought on a bit of alcoholism. I'm waiting for some dude to pay for my 21mm Leica before I can pay for my MKIII...hurry TF up man!
 
squig said:
hehe Kahl you crack me up...next time I'm in new york you gotta crack some beers over my head....and let me sleep it off on your lounge...oh yeah it's a couch there right?...sofa?

Sam I've given up my lensaholism for featureism which has brought on a bit of alcoholism. I'm waiting for some dude to pay for my 21mm Leica before I can pay for my MKIII...hurry TF up man!
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Done deal, bro. We can meet at Showtime Cafe' with some partners of mine and talk shop.
Just showed my girlfriend footage of her and she said, "my hair looks so stringy!!" after the USM methods were applied. Mind you, her hair is THICK as hell and absorbs light like a sponge. So that's saying quite a lot.
 
KahL said:
Actually, we have a UK/Aussie corner bakery on the West Side. I'm sure we can find some hahah
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screw that

u talking about the strip joint?....that's a crackers home away from home.

I want some sick pizza or check out the soul food cafe...I just wanna come to eat...and shoot. I almost jumped on a plane last Sept when I saw the cops beating on the occupy girls....Stayed and shot them beating on them here instead.
 
squig said:
screw that

u talking about the strip joint?....that's a crackers home away from home.

I want some sick pizza or check out the soul food cafe...I just wanna come to eat...and shoot. I almost jumped on a plane last Sept when I saw the cops beating on the occupy girls....Stayed and shot them beating on them here instead.
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HAHA I'm sure we can work somethin out for places to eat. I wouldn't mind being a tour guide for the best eats in the city, honestly. :)
 
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