anyone get a 5d mk3 ?

Phate said:
What James said.

I shoot primarily people/weddings. Constant moving targets, MF just isn't an option :)

I was thinking last night that I'd sell my Mk2 then buy a Mk3 and a 2nd hand Mk1 to have purely as a backup. It would never ever get used, but it'd help stomach the costs of the 3 :p

I can afford to keep the 3 and the 2 but it'd seem pointless considering how little the 2 would get used in comparison.
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I have a 5D mk1 that I use along side other cameras for weddings. It gets used just as much as any of the others. I am a mk1 fanboi though, it would be a shame for it to sit and never get used! :)
 
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I've done the dual camera thing at weddings before, it does my head in! :p

Rather just have one, then another in the bag incase it goes 'canon says nooo' :p
 
wakayoda said:
Seems very strange to me spending that much on a camera just for auto focus, would have thought if you were that into photography you would have mastered on manual focusing :S
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Seems very strange to me spending that much on a car just for ease of use, would have thought if you were that into travel you would have mastered on riding a horse :S
 
Personally for weddings, I'm going with 2x D700's + 35 & 85, attached to a dual camera strap, and a 20mm in a lens pouch, might not even carry a flash until evening. For anything else though.. one camera + couple of lenses in belt pouch.

If I was a zoom lens kind of guy, I'd just use one camera for weddings...
 
Phate said:
I've done the dual camera thing at weddings before, it does my head in! :p

Rather just have one, then another in the bag incase it goes 'canon says nooo' :p
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haha, fair enough - it is great to have one camera and work with it. More time shooting less juggling settings on two cameras!
 
Phate said:
I've done the dual camera thing at weddings before, it does my head in! :p

Rather just have one, then another in the bag incase it goes 'canon says nooo' :p
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Did you have dual same camera?

And was it a solo effort?

I shoot by myself, dual cameras (same body) is invaluable. I.e. I will be walking around shooting candids with my 85 in the hand and then I get a tap on the shoulder by a guest or the bride to take a photo of a small group shot. I just sling the other camera on my shoulder with the 35mm on and take it, and then return to what i am doing.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Did you have dual same camera?

And was it a solo effort?

I shoot by myself, dual cameras (same body) is invaluable. I.e. I will be walking around shooting candids with my 85 in the hand and then I get a tap on the shoulder by a guest or the bride to take a photo of a small group shot. I just sling the other camera on my shoulder with the 35mm on and take it, and then return to what i am doing.
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40D and a 5D MkI

I stopped using the 40D and used the 5D.

Annoyed me so much carrying around 2 cameras, purely from the additional weight.

I can totally see the benefits of using 2. But in reality, I'll only use one.

I have my ShootSac, so changing lenses quickly isn't an issue, if I didn't have that, I'd probably push for carrying 2 cameras more.
 
Mixing FF and crop would annoy me no end.

I would have to put a 24(crop) and 85(FF) to get the same effect. Then I would have to worry about the ISO discrepency of the 2 in low light conditions.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Mixing FF and crop would annoy me no end.

I would have to put a 24(crop) and 85(FF) to get the same effect. Then I would have to worry about the ISO discrepency of the 2 in low light conditions.
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It wasn't even that.

It was just annoying having 2 camera swinging from my shoulders all day :p

Well one, then carrying the other, before you get picky :p
 
i can see the benefit of having two cameras that are the same .. but still a pita if you can manage with one

sounds like using a zoom, one camera.
use primes, two cameras
 
I like having 2 cameras for weddings if I'm working on my own. Although my 5D1 is currently being repaired as it broke at my last wedding, I hope it's back for my next one.
 
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