Contax RTS III

Advantages: Optical and build quality, size and features.
Disadvantages: AE and AF lock cannot be set independently.

...The last, best and smallest picture taker of the TVS series. The optics are much improved from the previous models incorporating 2 aspheric and an extra low dispersion glass element. The optics are so good that performance is near optimal wide open and stopping down mainly improves corner light falloff. AF is very accurate especially in the spot mode. Like it's sibling, the T3, there is no electronic rangefinder for manual focus assist, just manual focus settings. The biggest failing related to this is that unlike the T3, you can't independently lock AE and AF settings but intead they are linked together on the TVS III. The T3 gives you the additional option to lock focus with a special spot AF hold button and then lock exposure with the shutter button. This allows for recomposition of the shot without losing desired focus or exposure... Read review

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Advantages: Lenses, Build, Feel
Disadvantages: Viewfinder, Flash, Auto focus, noise

...I was excited about this camera. I wanted a light system that I could take anywere and I had read many good things about the lenses and build quality. I sold by Nikon N90s and most of my lenses to buy the G2 with 45mm and flash. I also purchased the 28mm and the 90mm and got a $700 rebate from Contax. Great deal! I wanted to love this camera- I really did. And there was much to love- superb lenses. fantistic build, great feel. But after using it for about two years, there were two things I could not get used to. The viewfinder was terrible- small and dark. I expected more for a camera the size of the G2- perhaps the view similar to a Leica M. It was more like the view that a point and shoot would have. The second problem was the flash. I was used to the wonerful fill flash Nikon produces, so the limits of the TLA 200 were... Read review

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Advantages: In my view the main advantage is this product capture 5 pictures per second.
Disadvantages: But the pictures can't write to memory cards that fast

...In my view Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III is the best Canon product, i ever had. The Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III has never create any question in any mind that Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III produces the best quality images in the market. The Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III has on almost instantly and it's very responsive as well, with this cheaper Canon bodies it's not tangling with 25 MB raw images. The best thing in my view of this camera is the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III can capture 5 PICTURES per second, with superb quality. Isn't it good. The thing i fall down how fast it capture the pictures but Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III can't write them to memory cards that fast. After all this Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III is very easy to operate. The menus are deeper. There are more button in Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III. The Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III camera includes a fast processor... Read review

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