The little brother of the 1DX and the better MK2

Before I get started here. I have previously had the 7D and wanted to 7D have a full frame camera. I have the 5D Mark 2 tried but when 7D users I felt that the 5D Mark 2 a little outdated for my needs was. Of course, the 5D Mark 2 is a great camera but only if it is not to fast moving objects. The focusing system is a little too slow. That is why I have now bought the 5D Mark 3. I'll often compare the test the 5D Mark 3 with the 7D. Many will probably say you can not compare apples with pears. I think the 7D is an outstanding camera like the 5D Mark 3 also. It is always depends on what you shoot. In my case it would be a lot of sports (mainly heavy fighting). There's a fast focus and quick fps a great advantage.

Test Objective: 24-70 2.8L USM, 24mm 1.4L

Processing:

The processing at Canon is as always top. Especially with the professional equipment has hardly anything to complain. The housing is approximately 1 kg (Body only) not a flyweight. But who had ever the 7D or the 5D in the hand will feel right at home. It's like getting a good grip and perfect for larger hands. From the outside, hardly anything has changed. Canon remains at the tried and true. The button layout is similar to the 7D. It has changed some keys but to get along well even as a beginner. What I find good is that the dial lock was acquired by the Canon 60D. In my 7D always had the problem that the mode dial has always changed in his pocket his own business in a different modes and is the only noted after having photographed. Another novelty was the touch SET button. You can set the aperture, sound etc so in video mode silently. The viewfinder is large enough and with 100% field of view an APS-C DSLR user Augenweide.Als I always got a crop of 1.6 times in the viewfinder. With the 5D I do not know where I should look a. Everything is so big and you have to get used only once. Thus one has to make in any case, other options a photo. I find a little pity that no flash is installed. Many will probably say that anyway has a separate and better lightning in his pocket. The display is large and very detailed. Even the colors are well reproduced. Supported cards include CompactFlash and SD cards. It has always been just so that the correct expensive models have both cards. It has advantages and disadvantages. The CompactFlash is faster but the SD card is accepted by many devices.

Image Quality and Video Quality:

I am glad that Canon has not joined the Megapixelwahn. The flutes goes only in the image quality. 22 megapixels in small picture format I find optimal.
Canon promises that noise less photos. That's true also. Now I can take pictures up to ISO 6400 without any problems. Even with HighISO it is usually tolerable. Everything under ISO 50000 you can still accept then you should really think about whether it is still worthwhile. Of course, one should not "bottle bottom" buy. It would have been high-quality lenses (eg L lenses) are purchased so that you can exploit the potential. Otherwise you have to be having trouble with chromatic aberrations and vignetting. But in my test I had lenses with no problems. It could also be because the camera automatically wegkorrigiert. Pictures with the camera are really great. However, some are blurred. What now not so much bother me but if you want to oppose the one should put the focus a little higher. A nice feature is also the HDR function. I do not use it so often but it is done with a few clicks and Easy. The camera shoots in burst mode at the photos and then sets together.
The Canon 5D Mark 2 was famous for his video. There were already shot a few episodes and movies with the camera. Among others Dr. House and Marvel's Avengers. Since I am more of the photographer as a filmmaker I can here only give a few impressions. The video feature can be accessed via the button above the joystick (Like the 7D). The menu has a wide variety of settings. In particular, the tone setting is in contrast to the 5D Mark 2 has improved. For this you can select the aperture and shutter speed in the manual mode even. The camera can record up to 1080p and 60fps. Which is very helpful for fast movements. The color reproduction of the video is very natural.

Focus & Burst mode:

By 61 focal areas of focus sitting as you want it. It focuses faster than you can see. The AF system is the same as that in the 1DX. Therefore, he may be called the little brother. In One Shot mode, the camera really focused in milliseconds and almost always fail that one already makes almost afraid. But also in the AI ​​Focus and AI Servo mode makes the Focus safely. The approximately 6 images (exactly 5,6B / s in perfect conditions) are enough for my needs. Of course, there is the more the better. But that's enough for me. It comes almost ran to the 7D and am very satisfied. What might be a little bothers me is the buffer. The could be a little bigger. In a series of buffer is full fairly quickly and then it is only once waiting.

Conclusion:

The semi-professional camera par excellence. But also for ambitious amateur photographers, the camera is great fun. But the price of fun then stops. 3299 you would have to shell out for the good piece. Since everyone has to decide for themselves whether it is worth or prefer to buy the 2 mark still good 5D. For me personally, the camera's but worth every penny. ***** From me 5 stars