

Now, while the HDR from ML is nice, it won't solve the softness concern. It's still a great camera its pre-lauch hype just disappointed some people.

Still owners seem to be happy, and I'd put it right alongside the new A99 in terms of being the most optimized-for-video of all DSLRs.

Other complaints were about the absence of video-centric features like focus peaking, external recording, and increased framerates. III were about its soft image and lack of dynamic range improvements over the Mk. I would hope no one considers the camera outright irrelevant. Link: Second alpha for 5D Mark III - Magic Lantern You can try out this new firmware and also read about the other intracacies of the release using the link below. While this doesn't affect the actual recording area, it is still useful if you don't have an external monitor capable of correcting. One of the other big features, anamorphic lens correction, gives you a proper picture to judge the frame when you're using anamorphic lenses. The clean HDMI is now available for all Canon cameras that use Magic Lantern ( except for the 7D, but it's coming), but with the Mark III, the HDMI preview does not completely fill the screen, so you'll have to enlarge in post to fill a full 1080. Autoboot, HDR photos, timelapse, and long exposures are still disabled, but we should be getting them soon enough as the firmware becomes more stable and more of the kinks get worked out. The HDR mode is particularly impressive, and even though it may not work correctly in all shooting situations, it can make a huge difference in a pinch when you don't have complete control of your environment. These new additions make this a far more fully-featured camera than Canon ever intended.
