50d = af micro adjust? 5d mkII? Not so much.. why?
"upgraded weather sealing" means?
can't wait for the first hands on previews I suspect and hope that the image quality and noise/iso-quality will be great! I hope that improved weather sealing means that I can take it with me a few places i did not dare bring my 30d :P
It said something like improved sealing on the site but I don't understand what the problem is with not giving good weather sealing. It isn't that hard to do. I am glad they kept the print function. Yes, I actually use it in my field work as a visual anthropologist and I don't see that it hurts for those who don't use it. Maybe a custom function to change it if it would be a better function for something else if needed.
I do look forward to it. In the field the 5D has held up fine and I put it through some torture tests. Now with the added resolution and other improvements it all looks good to me.
Canadian Pricing for the Canucks :
Pricing and Availability
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera is compatible with Canon EF lenses and is scheduled for delivery by the end of November. The EOS 5D Mark II will be sold in a body-only configuration at an estimated retail price of $2,799.99iii. It will additionally be offered in a kit version with Canon’s EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM zoom lens at an estimated retail price of $3,649.99iv. The accompanying Battery Grip BG-E6 and Wireless Transmitter WFT-E4A, will both be available by the end of November. The estimated retail price of the BG-E6 is $350.00, while the estimated retail price of the WFT-E4A is $1420.00.
Takes a new format EG-S focus screen, which is a bit of a bummer for me, as I had a custom brightened EE-S screen which cost me $190US which I was hoping to use with it.
This camera may be boring insofar as it's much as expected (except with better weather sealing than expected, if I read it right), but it's going to be an exercise in conservative excellence in my opinion, and at the right price by the seems of things. Perfect camera for me, and I'm gladd I sold my 5d at not much less than you can get them new from HK a few weeks ago...
but the 5D Mark II autofocus system does include the lens micro-adjustment and light source detection functions we've seen on the company's other recent digital SLRs, so there are AF improvements even if the sensor itself hasn't been overhauled.
The Canon EOS-5D Mark II still features a compact body that forgoes much of the ruggedness of Canon's pro-level cameras to keep pricing down, although there has been some improvement to the environmental sealing - most notable around both the battery and CompactFlash card doors Canon tells us the 5D Mark II can function in light rain for "up to several minutes"
Canon wants someone who expects real weather sealing to buy into the 1D series. Same with a 100% viewfinder and anything faster than 3.9FPS! Heck, the marketing people probably would not even allow them to state it as 4FPS.
The big upgrade is, of course, image quality surpassing the current 1Ds(stated by Canon in fact) and the silly Movie Mode.
jamato8 wrote:
It said something like improved sealing on the site but I don't understand what the problem is with not giving good weather sealing. It isn't that hard to do. I am glad they kept the print function. Yes, I actually use it in my field work as a visual anthropologist and I don't see that it hurts for those who don't use it. Maybe a custom function to change it if it would be a better function for something else if needed.
Etadam wrote:
Question: by how much the price of the D700 will be affected?
Very little! These cameras are competing for different customers. The D700 offers better AF, true weather sealing and faster FPS with Full Frame in a rugged pro body. The 5D offers superior image quality but none of the other features of the D700.
Question? Why all the worry about weather sealing? I get the whole dust issue, but what else?
My 5D has been drenched in water twice.. I'm talking like full buckets of it poured on! It's also been completely frozen. Read, solid block of ice where I had to pound it on a table to knock the ice off of it in chunks.
Both times the camera stopped working, but as soon as it dried out/thawed, it worked perfectly.
I'm not sure how much more abuse it should take.
When the water stuff happend, I could literally see water sloshing around in the eye piece!!!
Is it me or every time Canon releases a camera these days you get the feeling you're being shorted.
It'll be great I'm sure, and we'll all be raving about the IQ soon enough.... but..... you know, there's never the idea that Canon are giving you the best they can deliver at a price point - just the least they can get away with giving you.
I suspect and hope that the image quality and noise/iso-quality will be great! I hope that improved weather sealing means that I can take it with me a few places i did not dare bring my 30d :P 
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