p.5 #2 · Why did Canon ever produce the lack-luster 5D MKII?
lovinglife wrote:
it's funny that back in the days, people were able to take pictures using completely manual equipment and film
Wonder what they complained about back then!
I don't think we complained too much as new editions did not appear every 5 minutes. My Contax RTS & Zeis lenses lasted me until the camera disappeared, bouncing from rock to rock down Hammersley Gorge in 1993 aged some 12 years.I would probably still have it now had it not met its demise. Don't know hat happened to my lenses. I did not pick up an SLR again until the 300D came along. I like results from the 5DII put have no complaints with my 5D (& 1DmkIII) but look forwrd to the next offering. Maybe I'm easy to please & maybe cameras become outdated much quicker to partially satisfy thconsumer wants..
p.5 #3 · Why did Canon ever produce the lack-luster 5D MKII?
In film times, camera producers had no influence on things like ISO. That was film producers affairs. We had no internet, too. So discussions about ISO went to the photographic club meetings one or two times a month. One tested out an "T-Max 3200" for much money and liked it or not. There was no much choice. ISO 6400 or higher had been science fiction and the ISO 1600/3200 where so grainy, that they generated an own photographic "art".
p.5 #4 · Why did Canon ever produce the lack-luster 5D MKII?
5D mkII is the best camera I ever used. Period.
And I used quite a few... D30, 1Ds, DMR, M8, D200, D3, EP-2, GH2, 7D, M9 (the latter I still use).
It isn't the sturdiest, it isn't the fastest, it isn't the cleanest at super high ISOs, it isn't the sharpest at pixel level, but if I had to have only one camera, it would be the perfectly balanced 5DII.
And I don't even take into account its steal price.
p.5 #5 · Why did Canon ever produce the lack-luster 5D MKII?
lovinglife wrote:
it's funny that back in the days, people were able to take pictures using completely manual equipment and film
Wonder what they complained about back then!
If you go far enough "back in the days," photographers coated wet plates in portable darkrooms pulled by donkeys. The plates had an equivalent speed of about ISO 2 and half of the photographs made with the plates were ruined by poor coating. It was a very very difficult way to make a photograph. Does that mean nobody can legitimately complain about any photography equipment today because "back in the day" photographers made excellent photographs despite the extreme difficulty of doing it?
Of course not. When a camera maker puts something on a camera it's not unreasonable to expect that something to work properly. And to complain when it doesn't. It's irrelevant that even with a defect such as the 5DII's outer focus points the camera is still vastly better than anything used "back in the day."
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