Canon EOS 5D Mark III | First Thoughts

[Alan]

Inferred I suppose, but you posted a lackluster "real world" review in a thread based on 5DIII observations. Am I to assume it's mot to inflame rather to retort? With a history of anti-gear head rhetoric, somehow not surprised.

I don't usually reveal what I own, but this time I will. Only to dispel your bias and presumption about being "anti-gear":

This is the gear I own:

5D
5DII
7D
2-40D's
1-30D
2 HD Canon camcorders
3-580EXIIs
EFS 10-22
70-200 f/2.8
70-200 f/4 IS
24-105 f/4
100-400 L
70-300 L IS
EFS 15-85
24 f/2.8
35 f/1.4 L
50 f1.4
17-40 L
400 f/5.6 L
70-300 DO
EFS 17-55 2.8
EF 85 f/1.8
100 f/2.8
135 f/2
1.4 and 2.0 extenders
20-16 Gb CF cards
10-32 Gb CF cards
3 Manfrotto tripods
Monopod
5 ballheads
15 assorted B+W UV filters
5 CP filters
3 ND filters
8 camera bags of assorted sizes
6 Alien Bees strobes
several softboxes
assorted light meters, specialized gear
30, 1-2 Tb hard drives for storing pictures
3 computers capable of handling everything

More stuff that I can't even begin to list.

Nuf said.