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KETCH ROSSI
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Location: Italy
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Review Date: Nov 4, 2007
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Price paid: $2,300.00
| Rating: 9
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Great value, Full Frame.
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I purchased this camera, after my 1Dn MARK II was stolen (great camera), the 5D is no doubt a great little camera (compared to the 1D bodies), but at the end did not fulfilled my needs, also I found it a bit small in my hands and did not like much the fill to it with the grip.
I still would recomend this camera to any one in the market for a FF camera as the price can not be overlooked, just a great deal.
I only sold this to my friend because I purchased the new otstanding 1D MARK III.
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pixelda
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Oct 28, 2007
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Price paid: Not Indicated
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Wide ISO range with great IQ. 99% similar to my old 30D - upgrading was easy. Price
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Dust, less battery life than expected.
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Adjusting from my old 30D to the 5D took a few weeks, despite being 99% similar (which was a bonus as there was not much new to learn, and it takes the same battery).
Formats a memory card quicker than a 30D, and I had to install the software that came with the camera as the 30D software would not recognise it.
Controls are where I am used to them, everything operates smoothly. The only operational niggle is that I often end up pressing a menu button when looking into the viewfinder. I wear glasses, so maybe I just my face at a different angle to others.
From new, it came preloaded with dust! I use a blower before every session, and try to avoid f16 or above unless I need it, which makes the spots more visible.
The viewfinder shows less than the full frame - I would like 100% reality, but it's not a major issue.
Battery life is less than my old 30D by 25% or so (I manually focus, so lens batter drain is irrelevant), but it formats a 4Gbyte memory card twice as fast. One charge should be enough for about 4-6 Gbytes or so of captures (less when using AF and IS)
The wide ISO range is great, and I use ISO 50 when I want a longer exposure (e.g. leaves drifting down a river to create patterns). IQ from ISO 50 to 800 is superb, and I use ISO 200 as standard.
Full frame is great. It turns my 70-200mm f2.8 L IS into a useful wide ranging lens, rather than a variable telephoto, as it did on the old 30D.
Nice to hold and use. I tried a friends 400D and found it too tiny for my hands, and too dim to focus manually (my usual choice).
I'll save up for a 1Ds Mk III, but even then, would keep the 5D as a second camera
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Oct 28, 2007
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Chris Fawkes
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Location: Australia
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Review Date: Oct 7, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
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| Rating: 10
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Feels great, looks great, delivers excellent results.
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I love this camera. It feels great in the hand and is just a pleasure to use.
Some images can be seen at
http://photo.xanga.com/chrisfawkes/1e55e150999970/photo.html
The first 4 images, then if yoy scroll along to the boy against the graffitti wall to the end of the wedding shots. All 5D.
My use is portraits and weddings. Sport photographers may have different needs of course.
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Oct 7, 2007
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JanPhoto
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Location: Canada
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Review Date: Oct 6, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $3,800.00
| Rating: 10
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Canon 5D is absolutely AWESOME camera. It is Pro-Like camera on budget. Anyhow, it offers enough futures for skill photographer to create gallery quality images. I have used personally this camera in dusty, industrial environment (Crystal Glass Manufacturing) and I was overwhelmed with results. I do not consider this camera as dust pump at all bur some Canon lenses I do ...
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Nada ...
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Canon 5D is offering palette of futures which will satisfy most demanding photographer. Quality of image processor is truly “Canon-like” means the best there is ... I think that rest of issue as far as quality of image is on the shutter ...
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Oct 6, 2007
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davidmarsh
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Sep 15, 2007
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Recommend? no |
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| Rating: 1
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The canon 5D is a fantastic camera with its full frame, 12 mp and so forth. It has superb colour balance and handles noise really well. It is quite when shooting churches where a noisy shutter can be embarissing.
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The down side is the dust, this camera is bettre than a vacume cleaner collecting every dust particle it can from any area you pass by! We have given up with it and ar enow replacing our %ds with the newer 40D. I have never expereinced anything like it, even when changing the lenses in a relatively clean area under the perfect conditions, the 5D will still get dust. I am convinced the 'D' in 5D standsd for DUST! We use Canon 1DS MII's and they have very little dust problems even when changing lenses on th eface of a dusty volcano, we still get hardly any dust.
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I love Canon and have had every digital model they have made. We are Pro photographers and regularly use the 1DS Mark II's and they are fantatsic. We hoped to use the 5D's as backup units. However, thanks to their ability to suck up more dust than a 10 ton digger, we have ditched them completely. even uder the perfect lens changing conditions, they suck up dust fom anywhere. NASA should use them on Mars as they could collect far more than the mechanical arm!! Sad, as the actual image quality, hidden behind the dust, is great and the image quality is great. The camera is a fantastic unit that is totaly blow apart due to its dust problems. We are now changing our 5Ds to canon 40Ds as these should perform like the 30Ds which are great. If, like us, you have the FF 1DS M IIs, you really do not need the 5Ds.
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Sep 15, 2007
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toma7
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Location: Austria
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Review Date: Sep 3, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
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| Rating: 9
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low noise, full frame, image quality, large viewfinder, fast AF, easy to use
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dust, no weather sealing, only 9 focus points, price
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Sep 3, 2007
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Arif Alam
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Review Date: Aug 30, 2007
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Beautifully detailed images with exceptional noise control and color reproduction.
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Unforgiving in nature if attention not paid to adequate exposure and tendancy to blown highlights if not careful.
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This is my 2nd post for this camera and I now have a EOS 40D to replace my 30D. Yes you read it correctly, a EOS 40D !!!
My first impression of the 40D is that it is a good replacement for the 30D as it has everything that the 30D had with some nice additional features such as dust control and a larger 3inch screen and better color reproduction.
In terms of iso noise comparison I think it is similar or marginally better at iso 1600 compared to the 30D but I need to confirm this. However IT IS NO COMPARISON TO THE EOS 5D which still tops this in terms of image quality and noise performance. It does make a nice 2nd body if you like canon and can be used to change lenses frequently with the advantage of dust control and cropped sensor for telephoto reach.
It is a shame that the 5D is not weather sealed but I have not had any problems with dust as I do not change lens on this body very often.
I like to keep an open mind and no means a 'canonian' but the only issue that scared me about Nikon bodies is the comparison with noise performace that I am used to. I know that people often say that when it comes to making prints in practice this is not an issue but on a large monitor where I often view my photos this is an issue for me. In this respect the 5D is unbeatable for the price IMO regrdless of how others whine and complain about it. What does upset me is certain people giving a rating of 5 whose opinions are not balanced and basically want to put a point across in the heat of the moment.
On a lighter note the Nikon D300 looks promising and I am already thinking of how to get round the wife as I can not pass it on as one of my other bodies as it looks very different!
Any tips would be appreciated...
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Aug 30, 2007
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willis
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Registered: Jul 23, 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 457
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Review Date: Aug 18, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Beautiful files, compact compared to 1 series, low noise, now a relative bargain.
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Not a sports camera. Loss of reach for birding/wildlife.
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All I need in a camera. Great to use a 24-70 as its meant to be. AF is certainly better than the 30D but focus tracking isnt great despite the extra AF points. Build is perfectly ok though I can understand that some early adopters who paid full price might be a bit disappointed that feel is similar to the old 10D. Only 3 FPS so not the best for sports. Full frame is a disadvantage for bird photography.
Overall it feels like a mature product and although there may be additions I'd like to see there are no important deficiencies for my purposes.Not the best in all areas but in many ways the best all rounder and especially strong where it counts most-image quality.
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Aug 18, 2007
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Benjamin Haith
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Review Date: Aug 6, 2007
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Price paid: $2,600.00
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full frame, low noise, fairly quiet, easy to use, menus easy to navigate, high resolution, all around great camera
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Canonitis (dust magnet)
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The main reason I'm writing this review is because of the few clearly misinformed misfits who saw fit to rate the camera based on their obviously limited experience with Canons and photography in general.
It is a dust magnet. All Canons are. If you're buying anything beyond the entry level Rebels (excellent cameras in their own right), you should know this. It's also very easy to clean. Noise is the lowest I've seen. ISO of 3200 is a tad noisy, but usable. The full frame sensor means you can use your wide angle lenses to their fullest potential (love my 15mm fisheye!). The build quality is perfectly fine. You're not paying for a weather sealed behemoth, you're paying for a good, full frame, high resolution camera. You'll get that.
I noticed one reviewer spoke of the limited lens selection. Hogwash. Everyone sells a Canon mount. Sure, it won't take the small frame "digital only" lenses, but there are plenty of "full frame" lenses that duplicate the range, specs, and quality of these new "digital only" lenses. B&H currently has 157 different models for sale that work with the 5D and, indeed, all full and partial frame digital cameras.
This is clearly not a camera for the few small minded fools who complained of irrelevant "faults". It's for the average to serious photog who wants a full frame, high resolution, high quality digital SLR.
Period.
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Aug 6, 2007
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aero145
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Location: Germany
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Review Date: Jul 29, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Superb image quality - Very nice hand grips (camera and BG-E4) - Fullframe sensor is a godsend - The screen is good
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Maybe would be nice to get a 5 fps buffer
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Jul 29, 2007
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vovkinson
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Jul 23, 2007
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: $3,000.00
| Rating: 5
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Full Frame, clear viewfinder, light
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Flimsy for this price tag. Built the same as 20D, 30D. Enormous amount of hot pixels.Dust magnet.
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This camera just doesn’t feel like $3000 photo device. Full frame is very good but it’s not everything that can justify this price tag. Extremely expensive! The hot pixels show up at 400ISO and I find it extremely irritating even if it can be fixed in ACR or Lightroom. Why one should fix it when it shouldn’t have happened in the first place?
The biggest problem here is the dust, very stubborn in comparison to my backup 30D. It’s like an oil drops that can be removed only at the service center. Some people recommend the wet swabs with alcohol or something ..As for me, I wouldn’t mess with $3000 camera rubbing the sensor with some stuff like that.
Actually it came brand new from the store already full of dust inside.
Anyway I shipped it back to the store with no regrets.
I guess I’m going back to my Mark II
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Jul 23, 2007
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Northwesterly
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Review Date: Jul 23, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $2,494.00
| Rating: 10
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Full Frame, 12.8 Megapixel, Bigger 2.5" LCD, similar Controls to 20D yield to a shorter learning curve. ISO 1600 very minimal noise.
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None
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Made the plunge on purchasing this camera, because I wanted to take advantage of the full frame sensor with my arsenal of L lenses. I have not been disappointed. It feels more solid in my hands than the 20D, the shutter does not have that noisy "SLAP" that I was accustomed to with the 20D as well.
The full frame is to die for! I wasn't keen on purchasing EF-S lenses because they are limited to a certain breed of crop cameras. My 17-40mm is now truly W I D E, and I like that a lot.
Let me also mention that you can push the ISO on this camera up to 1600, and the noise/grain is extremely minimal. You can create images in very low light as a result.
A great camera that I expect to have for many, many years.
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Jul 23, 2007
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Mike Schneider
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Registered: Jun 29, 2007
Location: United States
Posts: 125
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Review Date: Jul 20, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $2,700.00
| Rating: 9
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Weight, Size, Noise Control
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Build, No Weather Seal
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Purchasing the 5D was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I carry this camera everywhere, from photojournal projects to nature hikes. It is light and small. Carrying a 1D Mark II can sometimes be strenuous. The 5D avoids that.
The 5D handles well under low-light situations. Concerts and indoors sports look great when using this camera. I will be using this camera until it dies.
Hopefully it doesn't die from water, though. I have found myself hiking in rain, and I am sometimes afraid to take it out.
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Jul 20, 2007
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dipstik
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Review Date: Jul 15, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $2,750.00
| Rating: 9
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Inconspicuous size, truly unbelievable high-ISO performance, Full Frame, beautiful image quality, more rugged than it appears
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Lack of weather-sealing, AF could be a touch faster
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Most people say that 1-series cameras are ideal for photojournalism, but I must partially disagree. As a photojournalist, you are expected to record life as it happens - and not interfere or alter anything or anyone or any situation that you come across. With a 1-series, if you walk into a crowded room you are immediately noticed because of the giant hunk of metal hanging around your neck.
With a 5D, however, popping a 50mm on the front, and ditching the battery grip, you can enter and leave a situation or event without turning any heads.
Also, most people don't like having a giant camera shoved in their face - the 5D is small and is not intimidating, which is a feature I feel to be greatly underrated and under appreciated.
Now, I am not trashing on 1-Series, as I am not a fool, but I have absolutely fallen in love with the inconspicuous size of the 5D.
That being said - I use the battery grip frequently. Sometimes you do want to be noticed, sometimes people treat you differently if you appear to have a "pro" camera. This may seem trivial, but in my day to day assignments it is something I constantly come across.
The battery grip is also a must-have item for shooting w/longer lenses.
Now, all that aside - I must remark on the absolutely unreal high-ISO performance of this camera. It has taken me quite awhile to become comfortable shooting @ 1000-1600 ISO, but now that I have I will not turn back. It is amazing how much light 1600 ISO picks up, and how the resulting images are indistinguishable from 800 ISO images. I have a fair number of shots that were run (newspaper work) 3-columns wide and were shot at >1000 ISO.
As far as sports - the 5D is capable, but not the perfect choice. AF is fast w/2.8 lenses. Irregardless, having the right lenses is more important than having the right camera for sports photography, IMO.
The lack of weather-sealing really annoys me with the 5D. I have shot in the rain a few times with it, but I was constantly wiping it off, and was very worried that it might damage the camera.
Image quality is also amazing, I no longer shoot RAW because Jpegs w/the right parameters produce consistently high quality images.
A tip for all you 5D owners - shooting in "landscape" mode produces beautiful images in most situations. Skin colors are accurate, and other colors really pop. I feel like I am shooting with Kodachrome.
I think thats all I wanted to say.
A highly recommended camera. There are many trade-offs between this and the MarkIIn, all of which are relevant to your needs.
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Jul 15, 2007
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Mikkel Tschern
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Location: Denmark
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Review Date: Jul 12, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $3,250.00
| Rating: 9
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Full frame, simple menus, useful at ISO 1600/3200, great image quality, compact compared to 1-series, bright viewfinder compared to crop cameras
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Some times has a hard time focusing at outer focal points, 3 FPS, 1/200sec flash sync
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Jul 12, 2007
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pumbaa
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Location: France
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Review Date: Jul 2, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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FullFrame = normal focal length, Very low noise even at ISO1600, Big and bright viewfinder. Accurate colors and Best dynamic range ever.
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Little information in the viewfinder, eyepoint so small. No AF assist lamp.
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I've used almost all canon low_end bodies like 300D 30D.. so that when i swiched to the 5D, there's no trouble.
The body, with bigger grip and the well positioned groove seems tobe much more confortable to hold than 20D/30D series but just a bit better than the original Rebel (300D). Its build quality is just great compared to any lower class cameras and it is very solid.
The viewfinder is just great, very bright,large with high contrast level that makes things seem tobe much more realistic and i CAN MANUALLY FOCUS almost eveytimes. The only drawback is that the EYE-POINT IS JUST TOO SMALL that i have to put my eye very close to the viewfinder in order to see all the information and field of view.
AF points abit too centered but it's okay. AF performance is simply superb, much more faster than my 30D, more accurate. In low light condition, AF is very reliable, it can focus in almost every situation where my 30D and 350D surrender from the first try.
LCD is a big mistake of this camera, i can never trust it. Its brightness level is very poor that everytime i see my photo on the LCD, it shows my photo underexposure although when i see on my computer, the photo is super well exposed. Also dont count any color accurate with this LCD.
Photo quality is the best argument to buy this body. Colors are super accurate and easy to see. Very good light metering, dynamic range is the best i have seen.
FullFrame = better DOF and we are again at the right value of our lens's focal length.
If all you need is photo quality, this is probaly the best camera. (except the 1DS)
Here are some photo taken with the 5D:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1297/664013693_f21d7b2b21_b.jpg
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1925/img0084resizeqq6.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pumbaa/
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