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Benefits of the Canon 5D Mark III

Benefits of the Canon 5D Mark III

From the course: Video Gear: Cameras & Lenses

Benefits of the Canon 5D Mark III

- Now, I don't want to spend a lot of time on the still side-- - Yeah. - But it's a great stills camera. 22 megapixels, huge full frame sensor, the DIGIC 5+ processor, so it's very clean, great at noise reduction... - Yeah, they got, I mean they really amped up the processing in this camera, but the biggest thing to me on the still side is the revised autofocus system. I'm not... - 61 points. I'm not going to joke. This is the best autofocusing camera I've ever owned. If you're doing sports or doing weddings, doing, you know, your kids running around in the living room this autofocus system is amazing. In fact, there's a dedicated autofocus menu. There's so many configuration options there. - Yeah, we're going to explore that menu in just a second. I mean, for me, I actually often find myself using the autofocus features with video. I'm not a big fan of continuous autofocus, although that's gotten a lot better through the years, but I have to really admit, you know. If I'm not here…

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