Canon EOS 5D Mark III

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is a DSLR camera launched on 22/05/2012.

Technically speaking, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III ranks in the best 10% of its category (and in the best 94 of all cameras in our database) scoring 65 overall. The Canon EOS 5D Mark III weights 950 gr and spans 152 x 116 x 76 mm. This means that it is one of the largest and heaviest cameras within its category.

Going into details, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III behaves better than average in its category for:

• Image Quality - Score 66, ranks in the category best 11%.
• Speed Performance - Score 54, ranks in the category best 10%.
• Versatility - Score 82, ranks in the category best 25%.

On the contrary, the performance of Canon EOS 5D Mark III is below the category average in:

• Comfort - Score 56, ranks among the worst 44% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Great, score 65, ranks in the best 11% of its category. Canon EOS 5D Mark III is perfect for Portrait photography, one of the best in its class.
• Landscape - Great, score 66, ranks in the best 11% of its category. Canon EOS 5D Mark III is perfect for Landscape photography, one of the best in its class.
• Sport - Great, score 64, ranks in the best 10% of its category. Canon EOS 5D Mark III is perfect for Sport photography, one of the best in its class.
• Street - Great, score 63, ranks in the best 22% of its category. Canon EOS 5D Mark III is perfect for Street photography, one of the best in its class.
• Everyday - Good, score 65, ranks in the best 24% of its category. Canon EOS 5D Mark III works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.