New 5D MarkIII, is this what we've been waiting for?

[nigelbb]

The reason that professional cameras like the Canon XF305 have really excellent auto-everything modes (even face detection auto-focus) is so that you don't need to be a great doc shooter in order to use them. They are extensively used by journalists & others working alone who don't need to learn how to be camera operators in order to do their job.

 

[gonzo_entertainment]

I could think of a lot of times it would be a nice feature to have (war zone, natural disaster, etc...) as a doc shooter. I'd just rather not have them increase the price substantially by putting it in my narrative camera.

 

[HansSteinert]

5D II with VAF5DII AA filter installed vs 5D III. No ML installed.

3200 iso for each. Neutral settings, sharpness/contrast all the way down, saturation -2.

http://i.imgur.com/QDykX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4s9tx.jpg

What you guys think? Which one belongs to which camera

 

[PappasArts]

5D II with VAF5DII AA filter installed vs 5D III. No ML installed.

3200 iso for each. Neutral settings, sharpness/contrast all the way down, saturation -2.

http://i.imgur.com/QDykX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4s9tx.jpg

What you guys think? Which one belongs to which camera

In the thread link below I posted the links to the COF ( camera original files ) in one of the above screen captures.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthrea...n-1080-25P-24P-90Mbit-all-I-mode-for-download

The footage looks very clean for 3200 & 5000iso. Impressive.

Pappas
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[HansSteinert]

5D II with VAF5DII AA filter installed vs 5D III. No ML installed.

3200 iso for each. Neutral settings, sharpness/contrast all the way down, saturation -2.

http://i.imgur.com/QDykX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4s9tx.jpg

What you guys think? Which one belongs to which camera

Better comparison:

http://i.imgur.com/PnuqV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ChHfn.jpg

Focused on the stuffed animal's nose. Vimeo is uploading now.

edit.

http://vimeo.com/38755130

 

[PaPa]

Looks incredibly soft.

 

[gonzo_entertainment]

The Teddy Bear shot is indeed pretty soft, but for a lot of narrative work, there would be nothing wrong with that level of softness.

 

[HansSteinert]

http://philipbloom.net/forum/threads/5dmk2-next-to-5dmk3-frame-still.1261/

5D III looks softer than the 5D II in this particular comparison.

http://philipbloom.net/2012/03/22/5dmk3/

 

[Liszön!]

Lets play a game, in that particular post above, how many of Philip Bloom's faces you can count on the second link?

 

[JoeJITSU]

 

[Chris Santucci]

I can almost be 100% sure that no professional working in the industry as a Camera operator working with Video/Digital Film uses auto focus. That is a feature for point and shoot cameras as well as photo cameras.

In my almost 20 year long career as a cameraman and DP, I've never seen or heard of anyone using autofocus in a professional setting, period. And that includes news, documentary, reality, etc. It just does not happen.

 

[nigelbb]

There is a difference between continuous autofocus & a push to focus assist button. Pros do use the latter but never the former.

 

[ROCKMORE]

Lets play a game, in that particular post above, how many of Philip Bloom's faces you can count on the second link?

I was wondering as well.