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Wedding photography all-star Jeff Ascough reviews the Canon 5D Mark III

Jeff Ascough, one of my favorite wedding photographers, has reviewed the 5D Mark III camera and found it incredible.

He writes:

"As good as it is, there have always been certain areas of the 5D Mark II’s performance that could do with some improvement and I’m pleased to say that the camera that I have had for the past two weeks is not only a worthy successor to the 5D Mark II, it is in my opinion just about as perfect a camera as you will ever handle. The new Canon 5D Mark III may look similar to a 5D Mark II but in all honesty this camera is so different in virtually every aspect that it could be called a different model number and nobody would have even noticed. "

"The body is much more solid than the 5D Mark II. It is slightly more chunky in the hand and has a new ‘grippier’ material covering it."

"Chimpers will love the new LCD (as will the video guys). It is bigger, more defined and matches the ratio of the sensor. It is staggeringly good to look at - almost like an iPhone retina display."

Of the autofocus, he writes, "I couldn’t make it miss."

"So are there any negatives to owning this camera? Maybe just one. You will lose the ability to blame the camera for any shortcomings in your own photographic ability."

Read full review here.

5D Mark III pre-order information

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Fake Chuck Westfall offers his take on the Canon 5D Mark III

Fake Chuck Westfall has chipped in with his rapid contributions on the release of the Canon 5D Mark III. For those of you who aren't familiar with the moniker, Fake Chuck Westfall is Real Chuck Westfall's more blunt alter ego and he has been posting insightful (if profanity-laced) comments for awhile now. In particular, he circulated a petition earlier asking Canon to address many of the issues on the Canon 5D Mark II, including its deliberately stunted autofocus.

Fake Chuck Westfall writes, "The time has come for Nikon, Sony, RED and pretty much the entire industry to shit their pants. Yes people, the 5D Mark III is finally out. And boy does it fucking rock!!!! If Jesus Christ were to make his second coming today, this is the camera he’d have around his neck to document his journey.

In previous posts I referred to this camera as the 5DX, because really, I think it deserves that name. Giving it the name “5D Mark III” doesn’t do it justice. That makes it sound like some kind of crappy update to the 5D Mark II, which we all know was shit. This camera is such a big departure from the 5D Mark II on so many levels, that only a 5DX name (X for eXtreme, eXtraordinary) can really do it justice."

Pre-order at Adorama.

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