The Canon 5D Mark III was announced on March 2, on the 25th anniversary of the EOS system and the first EOS SLR camera. Photography and the EOS system has come a long way since then as evidenced by Canon's line of DSLRs and while Canon wasn't the first manufacturer to incorporate video into a DSLR (that honor goes to Nikon with its D90), the 5D Mark II and its 1080p video was the first to be widely adopted by photographers who were (and are) increasingly being tasked with creating video, as well as still images, for their clients and employers. While the 5D Mark III's video enhancements such as a headphone jack aren't as extensive as that of the Nikon D4 (which we are in the process of reviewing), the 5D Mark III and its predecessor remain solid solutions for DSLR videography, as well as still imaging.



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