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Re: 5D II, hit or miss?
Ralph,
I understand youre reference to the model T, and I often use car analogies myself to explain everything however in this case, I\'m not sure it\'s apt, the model T was barely quicker than a horse, whereas the current 5D can do wall sized prints that stand up no problem, and shoot at ISO3200 with practically no visibly noise, even in the largest sized prints most of us will do, IQ is already spectacular, however the areas in which the 5D was severely lagging (especially to rivals) have remained untouched, that\'s what irks me, it\'s the cynicism of it all \"give em 20 odd megapixels and they\'ll shut up\" - being melodramatic I\'d say there\'s almost a touch of Marie Antoinette about it.
However I am making sure to breath deeply and often and keep telling myself that nothing I say will make the slightest bit of difference I either have to put my money where my mouth is, take a massive financial hit and get the D300 and D700 that I was hoping the 50D and 5DII would actually address, or shut up.
PS - if you can find anywhere on a Canon website where it mentions any weather sealing, I\'ll be impressed.
Sep 17, 2008 at 09:31 AM
Chris Beaumont Offline [X]
Re: 5D II, hit or miss?
Ralph,
I understand youre reference to the model T, and I often use car analogies myself to explain everything however in this case, I\'m not sure it\'s apt, the model T was barely quicker than a horse, whereas the current 5D can do wall sized prints that stand up no problem, and shoot at ISO3200 with practically no visibly noise, even in the largest sized prints most of us will do, IQ is already spectacular, however the areas in which the 5D was severely lagging (especially to rivals) have remained untouched, that\'s what irks me, it\'s the cynicism of it all \"give em 20 odd megapixels and they\'ll shut up\" - being melodramatic I\'d say there\'s almost a touch of Marie Antoinette about it.
However I am making sure to breath deeply and often and keep telling myself that nothing I say will make the slightest bit of difference I either have to put my money where my mouth is, take a massive financial hit and get the D300 and D700 that I was hoping the 50D and 5DII would actually address, or shut up.
Sep 17, 2008 at 09:29 AM
Chris Beaumont Offline [X]
Re: 5D II, hit or miss?
Ralph,
I understand youre reference to the model T, and I often use car analogies myself to explain everything however in this case, I\'m not sure it\'s apt, the model T was barely quicker than a horse, whereas the current 5D can do wall sized prints that stand up no problem, and shoot at ISO3200 with practically no visibly noise, even in the largest sized prints most of us will do, IQ is already spectacular, however the areas in which the 5D was severely lagging (especially to rivals) have remained untouched, that\'s what irks me, it\'s the cynicism of it all \"give em 20 odd megapixels and they\'ll shut up\".
However I am making sure to breath deeply and often and keep telling myself that nothing I say will make the slightest bit of difference I either have to put my money where my mouth is, take a massive financial hit and get the D300 and D700 that I was hoping the 50D and 5DII would actually address, or shut up.
Sep 17, 2008 at 09:28 AM
Previous versions of Chris Beaumont's message #6177492 « 5D II, hit or miss? »
however in this case, I\'m not sure it\'s apt, the model T was barely quicker than a horse, whereas the current 5D can do wall sized prints that stand up no problem, and shoot at ISO3200 with practically no visibly noise, even in the largest sized prints most of us will do, IQ is already spectacular, however the areas in which the 5D was severely lagging (especially to rivals) have remained untouched, that\'s what irks me, it\'s the cynicism of it all \"give em 20 odd megapixels and they\'ll shut up\" - being melodramatic I\'d say there\'s almost a touch of Marie Antoinette about it.
I either have to put my money where my mouth is, take a massive financial hit and get the D300 and D700 that I was hoping the 50D and 5DII would actually address, or shut up.