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p.5 #18 · Canon 5D Mark II master thread | |
shirozina wrote:
Total junk camera - overdue, over priced, under spec and no pop-up flash. Why Canon couldn't have made it a 10fps, weather sealed, 30point AF and 39mp for $1500 is a total mystery. I'll probably have to buy one - I guess I could just about tollerate 21mp
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I am just amazed. Canon have released a camera which, in their words, offers the best IQ and low noise they have ever produced.
I would have expected that the prospect of unprecedented IQ would have enthused FMers.
But no. Many members dismiss 5DII because it does not offer full weathersealing (only "improved"), unlike D700.
Many comments trash Canon for not offering more than 3.9 fps, and hold it as an example of the company castrating its new model in order not to hurt its more expensive flagship IDsMkIII. Castrating the new model in order not to the hurt the flagship, when 5DII offers better IQ and high ISO?
IMHO, if indeed 5DII offers unprecedented IQ, at that price point, it will be hugely sucessful for those of us who believe that this matters. And for the less savvy (read more susceptible to marketing blurb) buyers, Canon now offer dramatically higher pixel count than Nikon, who are going to have a huge uphill battle on their hands to explain that "more pixels are bad, not good".
I can see a 5DII coming my way. Unprecedented IQ! Makes the rest pale into insignificance. If it is true, of course. Boy, I can't wait to get one of those babies and kick the tires....
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