Canon 5D MKIII official owners/users thread, anything related to the 5D MKIII

just got the 5d mk3 used at £1600 with only 800 shutter count very pleased with price
can you tell me which is the better lens the canon 24 70 f4 is or tamron 24 70 f2.8 is
i shoot usually my kids running about and a lot of portrait shots, also which is the sharper lens

Thanks
 
Good price, and a fantastically low shutter count. Seems a shame that a camera like this wasn't used more.
I cant help with the lens question, although i will say i felt the Tamron was a bit slow (compared to all my other lenses, other than the Pancake) to keep up with AI Servo.
It is a nice sharp lens though.
I like the idea of the f/4 having a macro mode though, but if it was me (and it was last year) id seriously look at a secondhand 24-105 and save for a 24-70 f/2.8 mkII ;-)
 
dave_bass5 said:
Good price, and a fantastically low shutter count. Seems a shame that a camera like this wasn't used more.
I cant help with the lens question, although i will say i felt the Tamron was a bit slow (compared to all my other lenses, other than the Pancake) to keep up with AI Servo.
It is a nice sharp lens though.
I like the idea of the f/4 having a macro mode though, but if it was me (and it was last year) id seriously look at a secondhand 24-105 and save for a 24-70 f/2.8 mkII ;-)
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ive had the 24 105 with my canon 6d and wasn't impressed with it maybe a bad copy
 
im looking for the canon 24 70 f2.8 mkII panomoz have it for £1433 thinking about just going for it n my 0% interest card :)
 
slas said:
im looking for the canon 24 70 f2.8 mkII panomoz have it for £1433 thinking about just going for it n my 0% interest card :)
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I know what you mean about the 24-105. I've had 3 over the years. Good work horse lens but not an interesting or inspiring lens IMO.
The reason I suggested it is the long focal length at f/4 will be better for portraits than the 24-70 f/4, the Tamron has the narrower DOF but is slower to focus.
I'd be careful with Panamoz. I've not looked for a while but just after I sent my first Tamron back to them their prices went sky high and there were a lot of rumours going around about them getting busted or trying to lay low.
I'm not saying they are risky, but now I'd rather (and did) use Digital Rev or HDEW.
IME it's worth spending the money now, rather than buying something you may well want to replace sooner rather than later. Assuming you might of course.
 
Willid1 said:
Indeed an epic effort in this heat :thumbs: look forward to seeing the photos.

David
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Yup. drank lots of water, cocknails, espresso's and smoothies while i was at borough market and on the way home i saw a friend in the same train back home and he thought i went somewhere abroad as he said i was well tanned LOL.

dave_bass5 said:
Nice one.

It was really too hot for me yesterday. I was supposed to be out of London but didnt get any further than the Southbank/Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden (all fairly close to me).

I too have been using a new bag. I brought a Vanguard UP-Rise 33 last month. Its not much bigger than my old Lowepro Classified AW160 but it does make changing lenses without taking the bag off a bit easier, as each can fit in its won section and be pulled out without taking the bag off. Its top loading as well as having a flap for better access.
And yes, its very comfortable when its full.

On this subject i was wondering if anyone here also owns a Canon M camera?
Im really not using my 60D these days so im going to sell it, but I do want a spare camera, and at the current price (£300 inc cash back) im looking at replacing the 60D with something even smaller. It will also be good to have this with me for extra reach. Im familiar with the 650D's IQ so i know ill be happy with the M as well.
I know its not the best of its class, but at least i wont need to buy any new lenses, as it comes with the EF adapter.

Right, back on topic, i took this today, at the Royal Festival Hall. Ive been itching to get a faster zoom, but im really happy with this ISO3200 shot, taken with my 70-200 f/4. The lighting was tricky (particularity the reds) but i think the camera did well.
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Yes it was hot yesterday but enjoyed it. i am use to it as i went philippines a few months ago and trust me that place is EVEN HOTTER. where talking close to 40c during the day and i manage to climb a tall little hill/mountain in flip flops with the same fstop loka bag and must have lost a lot of weight lol!

Anyways to answer your question about a camera, i highly recommend you get the canon 100d. it is such a cracking little camera!
 
dave_bass5 said:
I know what you mean about the 24-105. I've had 3 over the years. Good work horse lens but not an interesting or inspiring lens IMO.
The reason I suggested it is the long focal length at f/4 will be better for portraits than the 24-70 f/4, the Tamron has the narrower DOF but is slower to focus.
I'd be careful with Panamoz. I've not looked for a while but just after I sent my first Tamron back to them their prices went sky high and there were a lot of rumours going around about them getting busted or trying to lay low.
I'm not saying they are risky, but now I'd rather (and did) use Digital Rev or HDEW.
IME it's worth spending the money now, rather than buying something you may well want to replace sooner rather than later. Assuming you might of course.
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Thanks for the good advice, i'll stick with HDEW :)
I also noticed panamoz put there prices up to silly prices a month ago or so
 
Poste dthis on another thread but possibly of more interest her.

I have a PDF of Arthur Morris's guide to the 5D MKIII showing how he sets it up for BIF. Not as good as his 1D MkIV guide but worth a read.

Anyone who wants a copy then get in touch and leave me your e-mail add and i will send it.
 
Have e-mailed PDF to all who asked for it. If you have not received yours then just drop me a line again and i will send another one.
 
The following tests were carried out using a 8Gb Udma 7 CF card (800x) and an 8Gb SD card (400x) with shooting set at max speed (max fps). Manual exposure and auto Iso.
Card 1 (CF) set to max Raw file, Card 2 (SD) set to small Jpeg. Shutter pressed and held down until the buffer couldn’t keep up and write speed slowed.

Without the SD card installed
Standard card writing,
Buffer indicated 10 shot burst possible,
shooting slowed when 16 images were sent to the card

Record Seperately (even though only 1 card fitted)
Buffer indicated 7 shot burst possible
Shooting slowed when 7 images were sent to the card

AutoSwitch
Buffer indicated 10 short burst possible
shooting slowed when 16 images were sent to the card

Record multiple
Buffer indicated 10 short burst possible
shooting slowed when 16 images were sent to the card


With the SD card installed
Standard card writing,
Buffer indicated 10 shot burst possible,
shooting slowed when 16 images were sent to the card

Record Seperately
Buffer indicated 6 shot burst possible
Shooting slowed when 5 images were sent to the card

Record multiple
Buffer indicated 10 short burst possible
shooting slowed when 10 images were sent to the card

I am aware that if you use Jpegs the buffer size is related to card size and the frame rate doesnt slow at all right up until the card fills up, at least with a single CF card that has been my experience so far.

Anyone else done any write speed checks, care to share your findings as I do feel 16 frames is "limiting".

Matt
 
In case anyone was thinking of buying a 5d Mark iii - Dale Photographic currently have it with a half price battery grip AND free copies of Lightroom 5 and Elements 11 :)
 
dave_bass5 said:
I know what you mean about the 24-105. I've had 3 over the years. Good work horse lens but not an interesting or inspiring lens IMO.
The reason I suggested it is the long focal length at f/4 will be better for portraits than the 24-70 f/4, the Tamron has the narrower DOF but is slower to focus.
I'd be careful with Panamoz. I've not looked for a while but just after I sent my first Tamron back to them their prices went sky high and there were a lot of rumours going around about them getting busted or trying to lay low.
I'm not saying they are risky, but now I'd rather (and did) use Digital Rev or HDEW.
IME it's worth spending the money now, rather than buying something you may well want to replace sooner rather than later. Assuming you might of course.
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I've took your advice and bought the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM from pro camera shop as they are based in carlisle only 28 miles from where i live
and went for the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Thanks
 
Hi all i have a quick question about this camera. how do you setup multiple exposure bracketing? i tried the suggestions instructions on this link https://www.inkling.com/read/canon-...s-perello-1st/chapter-10/bracketing-exposures and when i am on the bracketing menu, it wont let me use the main dial to select and set the exposure stops. All i can do in this menu is select the main exposure compensation settings for a single shot.

Thanks in advance
 
jonneymendoza said:
Hi all i have a quick question about this camera. how do you setup multiple exposure bracketing? i tried the suggestions instructions on this link https://www.inkling.com/read/canon-5d-mark-iii-from-snapshots-to-greatshots-perello-1st/chapter-10/bracketing-exposures and when i am on the bracketing menu, it wont let me use the main dial to select and set the exposure stops. All i can do in this menu is select the main exposure compensation settings for a single shot.

Thanks in advance
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Might be wrong, but saw a demo once of it and it was done through live view. Take any picture then turn on live view, press the paintbrush button, scroll across to multiple and choose some options and choose the picture you just took. Then press menu and you'll see the photo faintly on the screen which you can then shoot the next shot and it'll combine then however you chose it to merge them
 
I'm not with the camera at the moment, but can't you access that through the Q menu?
 
guys ive gotta say the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art in unbelievably sharp
and puts my sony rx1 to shame it's a must have lens ive sent my canon 50mm f1.2l back to amazon as i find my sigma better and £800 cheaper
 
I'm almost ready to push the button on a mk3 with grip, am I right in thinking the batteries go in from the end now instead of the back of the grip?
 
Calumet were doing an offer with a free grip!
 
digitalfailure said:
I'm almost ready to push the button on a mk3 with grip, am I right in thinking the batteries go in from the end now instead of the back of the grip?
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When the grip is fitted the batteries go in the carrier which then goes in from the bottom left hand side. Like the 1 series cameras. You also get a seperate carrier that takes AA batteries.
 
Sod's law struck and its a 5d and Lightroom / elements bundle now.

I can get a 5d and grip from hdew and a genuine battery from drev for sub 2200 delivered. That's still a hundred cheaper than a uk body.
 
Just thought I'd share what I think is a really useful feature, which maybe you all already know about, but I've just discovered :)

I've set the AF-ON button so that I can change my lens to Manual focus from Auto when I hold it down. I've found this really useful if my lens is struggling to focus and I don't want to take my eye from the viewfinder or fiddle trying to find the button on the lens.... Useful when taking pics of birds/butterflies when any movement might disturb them.

No good if you use this button for back focusing of course :)
 
That's what I've been doing for a while now. I don't use the button for AF, but do like using it to stop AF. I just find its a bit easier to hold down if I'm focusing and recomposing than the shutter button.

I've just been watching the Gadget show and there is a section about camcorders vs mobile phones, that was recorded with the 5Dmkiii, as well as a brief article about it.
I know, it's the gadget show so take with a pinch of salt, but its nice to see our beloved camera getting some air time.
 
Well got my new camera from HDEW and well pleased with some of the improvements already on it - one that jumps out at me is the "locking" system on the Mode Dial - the times on old cameras I knocked it around accidentally !!!

First shot of photos show a good colour balance with decent contrasts.

Im still reading the manual but a couple of questions have jumped out at me so far:

1) Is there a document with the recommended camera settings as opposed to default settings anywhere

2) Im finding the shutter release quite sensitive in comparison to previous cameras - is there anything that I can do for this


cheers
Andrew
 
Mystery57 said:
1) Is there a document with the recommended camera settings as opposed to default settings anywhere
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There are so many settings in the camera, is there anything specific you're interested in? I haven't found a single document (because a lot of the settings are going to be personal preference) but when I find something I'm not sure of a quick look through the manual (which you can get in PDF form from the Canon website here), which makes searching easier) or Google yields useful information in no time at all. The manual is very comprehensive.

Mystery57 said:
2) Im finding the shutter release quite sensitive in comparison to previous cameras - is there anything that I can do for this
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I haven't noticed this personally, half pressing has caused me no issues at all. This isn't a fix (assuming there's a problem at all) but back button focusing using the AF-on button might help.
 
Nice one, you will love it.

There are a few links, and suggestions posted in this thread to documents that help with the settings.

Here's one all about the AF system to get you started (let me know if the link doeskin work as im new to all this Google drive stuff)

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7ty0EKfS4G6R1ZLYUF1RVBxT1k/edit?usp=sharing

As far as slowing things down a bit, you do get used to it, but using silent shutter mode will slow things down until you are used to it.
Then again, i think most of use use this mode most of the time anyway.
 
Mystery57 said:
Just been going through my pics closer - wow is the only word I can see why people enthuse over this camera.

Question on the back button which confused me previously -- do I continue to hold the back button down until I have pressed the shutter

Thanks for the links Dave
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No problem. hope they help.

If you are using one shot AF mode then you press the back button to achieve focus then let go. This will lock the focus and you can then take the shot at your leisure, without the camera re focusing when you press the shutter button (make sure you turn off AF on the shutter button for this to work, otherwise it will activate the AF again).
If you are using AI Servo then keep holding the back button down and it will continue to focus.

One setting a lot of people use is to have the DOF button on the front set to switch between AI Servo and One shot AF. You do need to hold it down to get in to the other mode but its a great time saver.
 
Why do I always see these great tips when I'm at work and my camera is at home?

*writes note to self*
 
Number45 said:
Why do I always see these great tips when I'm at work and my camera is at home?

*writes note to self*
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Its your penance for leaving it at home lol.

The 5DMKIII has so many features, and is very configurable, dont rush it. It will take a while to get used to it and find what works best for you.
Try and read this thread as i think we have covered almost every aspect of this camera so far.

Heres another one You can have the camera remember a different AF point depending if its held landscape or portrait, and you can even register two AF points for each orientation.
I tend to use the centre most AF points when in landscape mode, but i have the second down (its more sensitive than the upper one), centre column AF point set for portrait mode, as this seems to get closer to the head without focusing and recomposing.
If shooting people (for example) in landscape mode i also tend to use the second point down rather than the top point, as this is even more sensitive.
 
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