The 5D is not at all sealed and I\'ve shot in very heavy rain, with grips and without any problems though after 4 years of it both of my 5D\'s have an intermittent problem with the LCD that might be connected. I may even bother getting it fixed one day! I\'ve shot with the Kata rain cover for hours in the rain with no problem whatsoever. Both of my 5D\'s are serious beaters, have had more knocks than any camera should have had to put up with, in other words, 4 years of a pro shooting enviroment.
It does sound like the mkII has been built too fast and too cheaply. Canon realised that serious shooters aside, what the regular potential client wanted in a mkII was Megapixels! They were right, for all the rather over optimistic promises re noise, AF and now weather sealing, this camera seems to be nothing more than a 5D with too many megapixels of which a fraction of the buyers actually need. That hasn\'t of course stopped them still being out of stock in many places. Personally I\'m very happy with my decision to stick with my 5D\'s. Beautiful huge and sharp pixels, beautiful tonality (for a DSLR) and since I got the AF zeroed in, reliable day to day results with the emphasis on \'reliable\'. After 4 years and around 100,000 frames per body I haven\'t fallen in love with it (it\'s just a tool) but I go into a job without having to worry and knowing I will have incredible results and that\'s good enough for me.
Feb 07, 2009 at 11:51 AM
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I\'ve shot with the Kata rain cover for hours in the rain with no problem whatsoever. Both of my 5D\'s are serious beaters, have had more knocks than any camera should have had to put up with, in other words, 4 years of a pro shooting enviroment.