jerrykur wrote:
DPR lists the water resistance at 10 mm in 3 minutes. That is a lot of water. Close to 0.4 inch in 3 minutes. That is a very hard rain.
Also, this is the 1st time I can remember that Canon provided hard numbers for water resistance. This is a step in the right direction.
Canon said the 1Ds II and 1D II were resistant to rainfall to the tune of 10 inches of rain per hour.
Question about the video, for people that know something about video (unlike me)...
I read that the camera automatically sets the shutter speed at 1/30th to 1/125th ... does this mean we won't be able to shoot wide open in brighter light, since we'd need higher shutter speeds? Or am I missing something?
sskoutas wrote:
While I agree that Canon can do better, to say that their current offerings from the XSi to the 50D to the 5D (and hopefully soon a hands-on tested 5DII) to the 1-series are not amazingly capable is amazing to me. Everyone wants everything packed into every model. I just don't understand. I guess the only answer is for all of the cameras from the XSi to the 1DsIII to share the exact same feature set (AF, MP, ISO, LCD, FPS, etc) but to be shipped in 4 body configurations and at 4 price points. Spend $800 for a small plastic or $8000 for a magnesium pro body, and you all get the same technology....Show more →
That's exactly it. It's just like what I expect in a woman. Subservient, yet showing initiative and determination. Long legs, but no taller than me. Brilliantly witty, yet somehow enthralled by my mediocre sense of humour. Lustful, yet utterly devoted. Logical, yet affectionate. Luckily my wife is all of these things, but with camera bodies, it's more difficult to be satisfied. I want to pay, let's say, no more than £1000 for a body that is the size and weight of the 450D, with the viewfinder, finish, speed and image quality of the 1Ds3 but with better quality at much higher iso, and more pixels, a larger, higher resolution monitor, longer battery life, instant face detection focussing via the viewfinder, a pop-up flash and 100% ultra-bright viewfinder, Nikon's flash exposure system and... you get the idea. Why shouldn't we have these wants? Nikon and Canon are doing a remarkable job of meeting our ever increasing expectations. A D700 and a 5D2 are cameras that we could not have dreamed of ten years ago. We whinge because we are so spoilt, and because we want the best of all the systems merged into one perfect unequivocal choice.
That's exactly how it is - Canon is not going to give you everything ala D700. But they give you more than enough and priced it low enough so it doesn't become a deal breaker and is very good value compared to the competition. I want the 5D II in the worst way, so I am trying to look at this more positively i.e. I would rather have a 9-point AF that works accurately and consistently than have a 45-point AF that is spotty and mostly a hit-and-miss!
RGS65 wrote:
No change in the AF is disappointing if its indeed accurate.
Is it just me or is Canon really fracturing their lines into distinct groups:
You want everything - pay for the 1 Series.
You want wide angle tripod architectural/landscape/commercial often using stopped down lenses and manual focusing = 5DII
Everything else = 50D
If anything the 5DII makes me feel like I need 2 new cameras, or a 1 series.
Like someone else mentioned several pages back, seems like there are many complaining that we haven't been given a $3000 5DII with 1-series sealing, af, and framerate.
A lot of the complaints and whining on the 5dII comes down to exactly that: they wanted/expected an 1DsIII. But of course even then $2699 is too much, since it's still no Nikon with an EF mount. Canon Marketing is the evil cause they kept engineering from making a D700 with Canon label. The naggers threaten to leave the Canon ship and switch Nikon and by doing so lower Canon's market share. I can't help this kind of posts often remind me of bashing Microsoft. Somehow it's hard for some people to believe that leadership positions in a market(segment) often are held as a result of years and years creating added value for customers and not as a result of spin doctoring and conspiracy theories. Let's get real: the 5D mkII is a wonderful piece of technology that 10 years back was hard to imagine to come true. And you will be able to hold in your own hands and have the EOSfun from it at an amazing price as a result of incredible engineering and great marketing!
brainiac wrote:
That's exactly it. It's just like what I expect in a woman. Subservient, yet showing initiative and determination. Long legs, but no taller than me. Brilliantly witty, yet somehow enthralled by my mediocre sense of humour. Lustful, yet utterly devoted. Logical, yet affectionate. Luckily my wife is all of these things.
Gee thanks .... I am going to order it right now. Amazon will probably get their shipment later than B&H or their 1st shipment is so small that I won't be one of the first ones to get their hands on this baby .... so I may have to pre-order one with B&H too when they start taking orders.
eosfun wrote:
A lot of the complaints and whining on the 5dII comes down to exactly that: they wanted/expected an 1DsIII.
BS!
I own a 1Ds3 and absolutely don't need another one. I do need a portable and usable back-up FF cam though. If only Canon would have given the 5D2 the 9 AF cross point of the 40D/50D + 6 assist points things would have looked better. Not too much to ask IMO. I sold my 5D's because I hated their outer AF point performance. I am horrified that the same system is continued in the 5D2. Maybe tweaked, but essentially the same hardware
After three years, Canon finally released a CROPPED 5D2 -- take a look at the following link from canon USA website:
It's obvious that Canon's policy to keep the lock on corporate news even within the company has it's price by quite a few inaccuracies and misinformation. I don't what works better for Canon. To have more preliminary leaks and some more whining and nagging up front from the wannabee Nikonians or Sony Alfisti's or to just have them later Anyway, did you all get the other non-EOS-fun that Canon brought us, like the SX and G10 series? With all this EOShype of the 50D and 5DII have a look at those too. It's really interesting to see which direction the industry is heading. Especially that SX1 is telling an interesting story to other manufacturers and the retailers...
your welcome my EOSfunny buddy 
