Pixelpuffin wrote:
I used to have a 5D2, sold it when I got the 5diii. Later added the 6D and 6Dii also picked up a mintish 5dc.
Yet I’d like to try/compare the old 5dii once more. People say the colours are unique to that particular model.
Would you agree??
The 5D had the older colors like the 1Ds II. The 5D II not so much. It had a simplified sensor similar to the 1Ds III.
The 5D II had videos, but otherwise retained the awful AF system of the older cameras. The 5D III was much better all around and had the AF sensor from the 1DX though slower processors. However, it wasn't until the 2016 cameras that Canon finally improved manufcaturing tech for the sensors.
Most of those old cameras are at photonstophotos.net and you can see the improvements over the generations. https://photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#Canon%20EOS%201Ds%20Mark%20III,Canon%20EOS%205D%20Mark%20II,Canon%20EOS%205D%20Mark%20III,Canon%20EOS%205D%20Mark%20IV
I used to use a pair of them when they were new. It's a wonderful machine to this day, IMO, even saddled with an aggressive low-pass filter (https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1942928/) and limited to a heavy crop for 4K video (not a problem for me).
Canon solved the 5-series AF performance for this model, and also maybe with the 5D3 / 5DS, but I never owned those bodies.
There is also still something to be said for optical viewfinders, IMO. (This is a less realized thing with the APS-C bodies, none of which had great viewfinders.)
I did have to spend an hour or two AF Micro-adjusting my EF lenses. I don't really miss that part of the DSLR era, haha.
garyvot wrote:
Although it hardly classifies as an "older DSLR", some of you may recall that I recently picked up a mint 5D Mark IV:
Canon solved the 5-series AF performance for this model, and also maybe with the 5D3 / 5DS, but I never owned those bodies.
I did have to spend an hour or two AF Micro-adjusting my EF lenses. I don't really miss that part of the DSLR era, haha.
AF progressed a little from 5D III to 5Ds/R (IIRC same sensor, but faster processor) and the 5D IV was a larger jump that allowed f/8 for more areas, but was not always reliable compared to f/5.6. 1DX II was faster with AF, but I usually preferred the 30MP over 20MP.
I was able to do about 48 calibration settings in a little more than 2 hours at the peak. The combination of extra rental bodies, extra lenses, TC, resulted is too many combinations. I don't miss that either, but it was well worth it for the 100-400 IS II, 500/4 IS II, 600/4 IS III, etc. I did not usually find issues with the wides and the midrange like 70-200 were mostly used on my personal bodieds, so calibrated less frequently. I was always amazed by those claiming calibration was not necessary. There were almost always some benefits with the big whites.
