As a long time 5Dclassic owner I was very skeptical back in 2009 when the 5DmkII was released and I decided I would skip the 5DmkII and wait for the mkIII as I thought it would not be much of an upgrade on the points where I wanted better performance: high ISO noise and AF. Basically I wasn\'t ready to spend 2.5k for what I thought was just a better screen and video.
I spent another 3 years with my trusted 5D classic and when I started to shoot for money I picked up a used 40D for €400. The 40D could not match the 5Dc IQ so I sold it one year later for €375 and I picked up a used 5DmkII for €1100 with 14k actuations.
So although I still don\'t think I would have paid anything between 2~2.5k for this camera, I do really like it for 1100 and it\'s a substantial upgrade to my 5Dc. But I only found out by actually using it, instead of reading about it.
Things I really like and now actually use:
- much better LCD
- new menus, especially My Menu
- AF Micro Adjustment
- extra crop room from 21mp files
- better handling ISO setting
- info screen with settings
- slightly improved noise performance is nice
Just wanted you to know that in this age where buying expensive cameras like 5DmkII, 1DmkIV and such seems much more normal, someone can be very happy with a 5DmkII, which I am sure many of you are still using as main camera. It\'s just that for me all these features are new, so I don\'t take them for granted yet.
Stay good,
Ralph.
Sep 21, 2012 at 08:03 PM
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