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...well almost, it arrived yesterday morning actually but I haven't yet had the time to play with it 
I invested in a factory refurbished 5D Mk II from Canon UK's eBay outlet as an upgrade to my trusty old 400D/Rebel XTi. This is the first 'Full Frame' digital SLR that I've owned and it's a purchase I've been hoping to make for a while now.
Quick specs:
* 21.1 Megapixel Full Frame (35mm) sensor
* Full HD 1080 resolution movie recording @ 24p, 25p & 30p frame rates.
* 3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
* DIGIC 4 processor
* 3.0" VGA (920k dots) Clear View LCD
* ISO 100-6400 (expandable from ISO 50 up to 25,600)
* 9 AF points + 6 Assist AF points
Apologies about the stock pics...trust me when I say you don't want to see the camera-phone shots I took of it :ugh: :lol:
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The viewfinder is very bright and absolutely HUGE! coming from a crop-sensor camera it blew me away when I first put my eye to it. The quality of the rear LCD is fantastic - bright and very sharp with excellent contrast and color saturation, it's like having a HDTV in the back of the camera :lol:...it makes it really easy to see if you've focused and exposed correctly or not which is handy. The low-light/high-ISO performance of the camera was a big selling-point for me so I'm looking forward to seeing how it copes at a wedding I'm shooting next weekend. The build quality is solid (the body is magnesium alloy) and makes my 400D feel like a bit of a toy, and although it lacks the weather sealing and snappiness of the 1D/1Ds series it's a different animal built for a different purpose - the 5D's all about image quality and should partner well with the L series lens that I currently have (24-70mm f/2.8L USM).
I haven't tested the video functionality yet, but apparently the entire season finale of House was filmed with one which looked pretty good example below:
...and finally, a couple of little test shots that I snapped in the garden this morning...tomorrow I'm going to put this thing through it's paces :metal:
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That's pretty much it. I'll add to the main photo thread when I've taken some proper shots with it. For now though, based solely on first impressions and a couple of test shots, I cautiously deem the Canon 5D Mk II to be chock full of WIN :yesway::wub:
(I'm half expecting Canon to announce the 5D Mk III next week :roll2
I invested in a factory refurbished 5D Mk II from Canon UK's eBay outlet as an upgrade to my trusty old 400D/Rebel XTi. This is the first 'Full Frame' digital SLR that I've owned and it's a purchase I've been hoping to make for a while now.
Quick specs:
* 21.1 Megapixel Full Frame (35mm) sensor
* Full HD 1080 resolution movie recording @ 24p, 25p & 30p frame rates.
* 3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
* DIGIC 4 processor
* 3.0" VGA (920k dots) Clear View LCD
* ISO 100-6400 (expandable from ISO 50 up to 25,600)
* 9 AF points + 6 Assist AF points
Apologies about the stock pics...trust me when I say you don't want to see the camera-phone shots I took of it :ugh: :lol:
The viewfinder is very bright and absolutely HUGE! coming from a crop-sensor camera it blew me away when I first put my eye to it. The quality of the rear LCD is fantastic - bright and very sharp with excellent contrast and color saturation, it's like having a HDTV in the back of the camera :lol:...it makes it really easy to see if you've focused and exposed correctly or not which is handy. The low-light/high-ISO performance of the camera was a big selling-point for me so I'm looking forward to seeing how it copes at a wedding I'm shooting next weekend. The build quality is solid (the body is magnesium alloy) and makes my 400D feel like a bit of a toy, and although it lacks the weather sealing and snappiness of the 1D/1Ds series it's a different animal built for a different purpose - the 5D's all about image quality and should partner well with the L series lens that I currently have (24-70mm f/2.8L USM).
I haven't tested the video functionality yet, but apparently the entire season finale of House was filmed with one which looked pretty good
example below:...and finally, a couple of little test shots that I snapped in the garden this morning...tomorrow I'm going to put this thing through it's paces :metal:
That's pretty much it. I'll add to the main photo thread when I've taken some proper shots with it. For now though, based solely on first impressions and a couple of test shots, I cautiously deem the Canon 5D Mk II to be chock full of WIN :yesway::wub:
(I'm half expecting Canon to announce the 5D Mk III next week :roll2
