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So today we are testing out the Canon EOS R versus the 5d Mark iii. Two legends of photography going up head-to-head
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So we have model Mel Marie here, I'm in Litewave Studios, I'm Mel Marie and I've shot with Chris
here, what twice now? Yeah. From Belgium raised in the Poconos and I work at a dance studio. So if you're shooting with me
I'm gonna be dancing and kinda can't keep a straight face cuz I'm like
All the time. I was 18, I wanted to rebel a little bit and I was like mom you don't like tattoos? Guess what
I'm gonna get? Tattoos.
First we're gonna see what the EOS R can do on the beach at sunset.
We've got three of my favorite lenses, the 50mm 1.2, the 85mm 1.2, and the 135
F/2. We're gonna be shooting with the Profoto b1x strobes and the 2x3 Profoto softbox.
Now, let's see what these lenses can do on the EOS R. Here's the 50mm 1.2.
Here's the 85 1.2.
And the 135mm F/2.
For me I enjoy shooting on the EOS R. It wasn't quite as fast as the Canon 5d Mark iii for me,
But part of that may be just that I'm less familiar with the menus and the system of the EOS R
Now having the photos pop up in the viewfinder as I was shooting was a bit distracting on the EOS R
I was able to disable that function in the menus. I also noticed on the EOS R
I was accidentally touching the control bar here and the control ring as I was shooting and
adjusting the settings by accident. I ended up disabling the touch features on the EOS R
So I didn't have to worry about touching them while I was shooting.
I also felt like I couldn't get into as much of a groove shooting on the EOS R that I could on the 5d Mark iii
The autofocus would sometimes go haywire or I would fumble on the touchscreen and knock one of my settings off
I feel like I had to be more careful with what I was doing and that
distracted me from shooting and getting into the zone. I really did enjoy shooting on the EOS R though.
It felt like it was a whole new way of shooting and I think I just need a bit more practice
to get comfortable at some of the settings
Autofocus between the two cameras is interesting
It takes a bit of time to get used to the autofocus tracking on the EOS R
But once you get used to it, and you trust it, it's pretty accurate and fast. For some setups on the EOS R
I also use the single point autofocus where you can touch the back of the screen and adjust your auto focus points
This is a feature
I like a lot but it is easy to slip and move one of those points of focus,
but the more I shot with it the more familiar it became when I switched back to my Canon 5d Mark iii
The little joystick to adjust the focus points definitely felt slower and you have a lot less points to select your autofocus with
We went out to the beach we took some photos out there, now we're in the studio
Next we have the fog machine. I'm super excited for that because I've never used a fog machine before. It might look crazy
might just cover you in fog and we don't see you but I'm hoping that it kind of like
Adds like a cool texture to the scene
Now we also wanted to do more of a pixel pixel comparison of the 5d Mark iii versus the Canon EOS R
So we shot a photo with the same lens, same lighting and same basic pose with each camera. Here's the EOS R
And here's the 5d Mark iii
I feel like the EOS R is a great companion camera to my 5d Mark iii
But I wouldn't want to exchange it for the 5d Mark iii
I feel like the EOS R has some certain limitations that hold it back
Whereas the traditional DSLR style for me still feels like the best and fastest way to shoot
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