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JCFindley
ParticipantYeah, and ya know, neither my original 5D or the new ones have that little running guy symbol on the mode dial so how can I shoot sports?
It is really the high ISO without noise that is most appealing to me with the new bodies. Most of the advantages for the MKIII really are not a big deal for what I do.
ParticipantThanks…
ParticipantSince we have already hijacked the thread, what does the extra 1500 get you with a MKIII over a 6D?
Reading reviews the 6 seems to have some pretty incredible ISO/low noise capabilities in and of itself. I am not all that big on auto focus points, and the increase in fps is a non player for me. I know the MKIII will write to the card faster too but what are the other benefits if anyone out there has used both….
ParticipantYupp, and that is where the value added would come from for me.
The higher MP would allow me to offer 60 inch prints in addition to 48 inchers. 60 inch prints don’t sell all that often but they are 1.5 times larger (surface area) so I would offer them at $150 more than a 48 inch print. So, to justify a 5DMKIII on MP alone I would need to sell 20 sixty inch prints. The number would be more like ten or twelve to justify a 6D. But, I am not even sure I have sold 20 at 48 inches yet so it would take a while to pay for itself based strictly on increased MP.
ISO/Noise benefits might be a bigger factor, but I shoot 95% of my stuff via a tripod/cable release/mirror lockup so faster shutter speeds are not really needed except to reduce noise. That benefit is a little harder to calculate how it would help pay for itself.
Or, I could get my private investigator license and buy a 1DX w a 300mmf2.8 and am pretty sure at the gazillion iso it has I could actually shoot cheating spouses through a cheap hotel wall on an over cast night with no streetlights in sight.
ParticipantYeah, if you can afford that to shoot your kids, it is one heck of a lens. I shot with a buddy of mine during an NCAA basketball game and got to “play” with his, so to speak, along with his 1DX.
At some point I will get a new body but on a cost benefit analysis it just isn’t the priority that glass is. Since I do art photography and what I would gain upgrading my classic 5D would take a while to pay for itself where as new glass pays for itself pretty quickly.
ParticipantThe smack talk about glass on a page that has both amateurs and pros doesn’t seem necessary to me at all.
Sure, a Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS L is well worth the investment if you shoot weddings. If you are wanting to shoot your son’s basketball game it is about 2 grand too much.
Will it hurt their business? You just never know.
ParticipantNever been in that thread myself.
ParticipantThe 100mm L is also weather and dust sealed where as the USM is not.
At half the price, I went with the USM myself, but I shoot almost everything via tripod, cable and mirror lockup so IS is useless for me.
ParticipantOh, thanks for the video alarnold, WELL worth the ten minutes.
ParticipantIt probably should have that title Abville but that is not the name they choose.
There are actually more than a few very knowledgeable and helpful pros on here that will spend a lot of time helping people out but the newbs have to want to listen first.
ParticipantPM them as said above.
Or as a friend of mine once told me, this one just doesn’t seem up to your normal standards. She was right but by God I had crawled through a cotton mouthed water gator infested swamp to get that shot and was too proud of what I went through to get the shot to notice how bad it sucked….
(Though, PMs are still best for such things)
ParticipantIHF is straight on target imo.
On the flip side, if I shoot on assignment, I charge 200/hour for my time and tbey can have all the images, but that time includes travel and edit.
ParticipantI actually have a Galaxy S2 myself and it does take a pretty good picture. I do have one shot on my art site done with it.
While it can take a pretty decent shot in the right hands, the noise inherent in that size sensor, will degrade the image pretty quickly if you print the image much beyond ten inches unless the image was created in near perfect conditions.
But charging people to take pictures with your S2 is a serious step up in the faux world.
ParticipantYeah, after 100 or so comments, she deleted it. Sorry to get anyone’s hopes of a fun read.
Basically, if the “client” didn’t have a camera she would charge full price, $25 bucks, and shoot it with her Galaxy S2 camera phone but it was OK because you could choose the focus point.
ParticipantIt is easy enough to avoid by simply bookmarking the forum, but thanks.
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