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Canon EOS 1D Mark II
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Review Date: Mar 22, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $700.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Amazing feel to it. Fits perfectly in my hand. Iso 1600 is incredible looking at the age of the camera. It's incredibly fast and the 8,5fps is pure satisfaction.
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Cons:
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User interface is something to get used to, but I've just had it for one evening and I am already getting used to it. ( switched from canon to nikon, no back to canon ).
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Yes it's true, I only paid 700 bucks for this 1D. More incredible is the fact that it only had 15000 shutter actuation's. That is incredible!
I now understand why this series of cameras is so addicting. It just gives you this feeling that's unbeatable. I've never been more comfortable with a camera in my hands and I'm sure that even though it's an old model. It will shine.
AWESOME!
Sample of a photo at ISO 1600:
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo26/Marc-Haers/NQ5Z6354.jpg
No noise reduction shot in RAW.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor
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Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 EX APO IF HSM
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Review Date: Mar 29, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $600.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Awesome price-quality ration. Fast AF, great build... And yeah, I might be a rare photographer saying that the weight is a con!
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Cons:
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Nothing really! Maybe the fact that the IF versions are quite rare down here in the Netherlands!
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I speak of the IF version ( older ).
Wow! Just wow! Just got this baby in a few days ago but my first experience with it is amazing. Photos are sharp all the way through, from F/2.8 to F/16 with minimal differences!
Before getting this lens I was kinda itchy about getting the F/4.0 from canon or this one. So I put my faith ( once again ) into Sigma and really made a good decision.
Main complaints I have read about the lens is that it's so heavy and it might get tiring after a day.
...I have it mounted to a 400D without GRIP! And I find it quite light, maybe near 2KG in total. But totally nothing bothering for me! I really love the weight actually, gives me a sturdy good tough feeling and makes me hold it much steadier, and I don't mind holding it up for ten minutes or so!
The black finish is of course amazing and the focus hasn't hunted yet! Unless I focus on a subject at less then 1.8m, that's logical.
I am one happy camper with this lens, and with my newly aquired backpack it couldn't fit any better (with lens hood on).. No fussing when I take it out!
If you want to choose between the F/4.0 and this lens, take THIS! Even now I have been saved with the F/2.8!
Marc
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