Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Introduced in 2012, the 5D Mark III is a 22.3-megapixel full-frame DSLR. Its combination of resolution, 6 frames-per-second continuous shooting, and weather sealing made it one of the most widely adopted cameras among professional fashion, editorial, and documentary photographers of the 2010s.

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Artists who use this(7)

Nick Knight

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Knight has used Canon digital cameras for SHOWstudio productions and fashion campaigns; his participation in Canon promotional work and use of Canon equipment is documented in multiple interviews about his digital image-making practice.

Gregory Crewdson

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Crewdson's production team uses Canon digital cameras among the multiple cameras deployed on each shoot; his cinematographer Richard Sands has discussed the use of Canon full-frame digital bodies alongside large-format equipment in interviews about the production of "Beneath the Roses" and "Cathedral of the Pines" (2014).

Michael Mann

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Mann has been a persistent advocate for digital video cinematography since "Ali" (2001) and has used Canon digital cameras among multiple systems on his productions. His cinematographers Dion Beebe and Stuart Dryburgh have discussed the use of Canon and other digital cameras in interviews about "Public Enemies" (2009) and "Blackhat" (2015), where the digital image's texture in available light was a deliberate formal choice.

Ryan McGinley

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McGinley uses Canon digital cameras for his road-trip and landscape photography of youth in the American landscape. His use of Canon is documented in published interviews.

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Errol Morris

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Morris uses Canon digital cameras for his documentary filmmaking, complementing his Interrotron interview system. His equipment choices are documented in interviews about his production process.

Wolfgang Tillmans

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Tillmans uses Canon digital cameras alongside his analog practice; he prints and installs photographs in varying sizes and formats. His equipment choices are documented in exhibition interviews.

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Stuart Dryburgh

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Used alongside the ARRI ALEXA on Blackhat (2015) for specific shots requiring the Canon's compact form factor and distinctive digital texture in available-light conditions