5d2 vs 5d3 for landscapes ?

Ladies and gents, advise me on this choice,plz!
I'm looking to get a new camera ;all i like to shot is hobby nature landscapes, capturing good quality travel memories; The difference in price for kit with 24-105mm is over 1000$.Does it really worth ? or better to get the D2 and extra lens? Does the advanced focus in D3 make a difference for landscapes photography? What other advantages offers D3 vs D2 for this job?
Sorry if this sounds stupid question, i keep reading about both cameras, see great shots with both and it's hard to decide.
Thx , any replies would be appreciated !

The main difference between the III and the II is the AF. For landscape, you don't really need the AF of the III, so save your money would be my advice.

Yes.. get the 5D II/24-105, and with the savings.., grab a 17-40. You'll be set for landscapes. Tripod as well, if you don't already have a decent one.

I agree with the excellent advice already given. If you're going to shoot primarily landscapes (static subjects), then the 5D Mark II is the wiser choice...especially with the new lower price of $1,799. Take the savings and invest it into more glass.

Bryan

If I were in your shoes, I'd get the Nikon D600. Much better dynamic range, a necessity for landscapes.

5d2 actually has more DR than the 5d3 at iso 100. Crazy huh?

Electronic levels would be nice, but not +$1700 nice.

D600 has the most crippled live view ever. You can't even adjust aperture in live view. On top of that you have to manually open it up out side of LV just to get critical focus. Canon doesn't have aperture driven by the mirror mechanism, like Nikon. So all of them can adjust aperture at any time.

I pretty much agree with the others for what you need, the MkII is perfect. IQ wise it's a wash and if you are not needing the fancy new AF of the MkIII, then why pay for it.

Have you thought about waiting a couple of months and seeing what's up with the 6D? Sounds like it is going be a replacement of sorts for the 5d Mark II.

Some other minor benefits of the 5D3 for landscape are bracketing up to 7 shots, In camera HDR, slightly better high ISO for night photography.

With that being said a 5D2 + extra lenses/accessories is good enough if you're on a budget. The extra $ you save can get you a nice tripod/head if you don't already own one, various filters, pano setup, $ towards more lenses, etc...

Although we all have different needs depending on what we shoot, it really boils down to your budget now and in the future.

If I'm in your shoe, I'll rather to get some fancy lens for T1i or even 5Dc 1st - lens over body all the way.
BTW I own both 5D3 & 5D2 and I LOVE to shoot landscape & portrait. 5D2 does all jobs as good as 5D3.

I think 5d2 and 5d3 doesn't have much difference in terms of producing good photos for landscape.

Less banding in mkIII.

Having had both....get IID if that is all the budget allows. Get IIID if budget allows.

jannefoo wrote in post #15111377
Less banding in mkIII.

Source? All the reviews/articles/sampl​e pics and pics here seem to show that other than the stronger AA filter leading to a bit more softness in the MkIII and the stronger use of software noise settings, the raw performance of the sensors are pretty much identical. If the MkIII has really sdolved the banding and pattern noise problem, I'd love to know as I am ready to pick one up and just looking for an excuse to do so other than the fantastic AF the MkIII has. For landscaped AF is a don't care.

gjl711 wrote in post #15112838
Source? All the reviews/articles/sampl​e pics and pics here seem to show that other than the stronger AA filter leading to a bit more softness in the MkIII and the stronger use of software noise settings, the raw performance of the sensors are pretty much identical. If the MkIII has really sdolved the banding and pattern noise problem, I'd love to know as I am ready to pick one up and just looking for an excuse to do so other than the fantastic AF the MkIII has. For landscaped AF is a don't care.

It's sort of true. At low iso the 5d3 has banding in one direction, not two like the 5d2. 3 does have rather clean shadows at high iso though.