You who has ALREADY upgraded your 5D Mark II to the new 5D Mark III are you happy?

[neuroanatomist]

I can't answer your question...but I can tell you that I have no regrets whatsoever that I upgraded my 5D Mark II all the way to a 1D X (and I also have a 7D, although honestly, it doesn't see much use now).

[Jon Ruyle]

I am absolutely happy with my 5DIII, though I wouldn't say IQ is considerably improved (except in very low light). The big difference is the autofocus. I loved my 5DII, but got tired of using only the middle af point (the others were not satisfactory IMO). I remember thinking that my dream camera would be a 5DII with a 7D af, and the 5DIII has gone far beyond that. I am 100% satisfied.

I did consider the 1DX, but I really don't need it. I just wanted a full frame camera with a decent af, and the 5DIII more than satisfies.

[ZoeEnPhos]

Absolutely worth it to me!! Used to have 5D2 for stills, 7D for sports coverage. 5D3 gave me the FF resolution I wanted with AF that blows 7D out of the water. Sold 2 pairs of 5D2 and 7D to get two 5D3's with a bit left over that went into the 600 flashes I picked up as well which adds yet another level of improvement over the other bodies. Occasionally I do miss the crop factor of the 7D but I definitely do not miss its noise levels.

Although I cover a lot of sports events in a professional capacity I don't find myself desiring a higher number of frames per second and seldom use burst mode. The 5D3 is plenty fast enough for my needs. Mind you I did start out using film with manual advance so may be more practiced at timing the moment of capture.

Thank you sir for this answer!
I am glad to hear and wish you all success in using your brand new 5DMK3!

Here in Europe I saw today that the price also has dropped a bit and yes I prefer full frame camera and yes the crop-factor I also can miss sometimes - however it is not entirely impossible to crop from a full frame .CR2-full-size-file if you are using excellent lenses to your full frame camera, and still get quite reasonable IQ for example for photos of BIF!

Wishing you a very good week-end!

//Charl

[clemmb]

I can't answer your question...but I can tell you that I have no regrets whatsoever that I upgraded my 5D Mark II all the way to a 1D X (and I also have a 7D, although honestly, it doesn't see much use now).

Its going to be heavily used this weekend isnt it?

[neuroanatomist]

Its going to be heavily used this weekend isnt it?

Yes, I bet it is...

[ddt0725]

Yes, I bet it is...

LOL! I just saw this! Yes, it was indeed

[cem]

I can't answer your question...but I can tell you that I have no regrets whatsoever that I upgraded my 5D Mark II all the way to a 1D X (and I also have a 7D, although honestly, it doesn't see much use now).

i am thinking about doing the same move too my only concern is i mainly take landscape photos shall i go with 5DIII or 1D X ? if i go with 5DIII i will have more money to spend on lenses... if only 1 DX had some more pixels....