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Benefits of the Canon 5D Mark III

Benefits of the Canon 5D Mark III

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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 stills sides is the revised auto-focus system. I'm not ... - 61 points! - I'm not gonna joke. This is the best auto-focusing camera I've ever owned. If you're doing sports, doing weddings, doing, you know, your kids running around the living room, this auto-focus system is amazing. In fact, there's a dedicated auto-focus menu. There's so many configuration options there. - Yeah, we're gonna explore that menu in just a second. I mean, for me, I actually often find myself using the auto-focus features with video. I'm not a big fan of continuous auto-focus although that's gotten a lot better through the years, but I freely admit, you know, if I'm on here and I don't…

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