EOS 5D Mark lll

[greg_hemming]

<p>I just bought a 5D Mark lll and it seems to capture images at 1 1/5-2 stops below my 7D. Has anyone noticed the same thing?</p>

[esfishdoc]

<p>I've got both... no. I read a bunch of stuff on forums... and no. <br>

I'd do a very careful side by side eval. Post pictures with same iso and exposures so others can see what the differences are.<br>

Richard</p>

[wm._reed_lovick]

<p>Yes and meters the same on my Sekonic L-358.</p>

[lonsdale]

<p>I have two 5D MKIIIs and the meters are right on.</p>

[nathangardner]

<p>How are you determining this? LCD? Histogram? Maybe your LCD's are set to different brightness levels.</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>You are using a fixed-location tripod and ensuring that the area being metered is <em>exactly the same</em> and the <em>same</em> lens is being mounted on both, right?</p>

 

[alioffe]

<p>Cannot tell about 7D, but I compared 5D and 5D3. I've been using 5D for 6 years and recently started to use 5D3. The difference in metering is very noticeable. Evaluation metering in 5D3 is definitely worse: often underexposed 1 and even 2 stops. Of couse the grey card test does not demonstrate the problem, but in practical life situations 5D3 fails more often than 5D.</p>

[greg_hemming]

<p>Found same underexposure problem. I thought it may have to do with the full frame sensor as opposed to the D7 C size sensor. I also wondered if it had to do with the 61 point metering system and that it gave greater emphasis to the brighter points.</p>

[hjoseph7]

<p>How do you like the 'Rate' button ?</p>