[I)enial]

Has anyone heard anything about Black Friday? I'm hoping B&H will have something as I'm looking to get a 580 for my 30D.

Maybe Amazon will have a few sales. They did last year.

 

[raptor84]

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Originally Posted by B.Dylan /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey hey! New to the forum and kinda new to photography too My camera gear is small but I like it: Canon 40D Canon 70-200 2.8L Tamron 17-50 My next buy will probably be the nifty-fifty (50 1.8)!

Just some advice before you buy it. Check your exif info for your shots and if you shot alot of 50 on the tamron or 70 on the 70-200 then go for it

if you dont use that focal range alot then 2.8 from the tamron can cover most situations.

 

[Bob_McBob]

My dealer just called to ask if I still want the 5D mark II I pre-ordered on JANUARY 7. How's that for forethought?

I can't believe they kept the list all this time. Apparently initial allotments are so low that a lot of people won't receive one until February or later. I am number 2 of 54 and guaranteed a body out of the initial shipment at C$2949.

"Unfortunately" I bought a 1D mark III since then, and I have no intention of selling it to get a 5D mark II. Oh well

 

[archosman]

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Originally Posted by raptor84 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just some advice before you buy it. Check your exif info for your shots and if you shot alot of 50 on the tamron or 70 on the 70-200 then go for it if you dont use that focal range alot then 2.8 from the tamron can cover most situations.

Good point.

My nifty fifty wasn't that great. It was difficult to focus. One of the reasons I picked up the Tammy...

 

[lan]

I hear some people in asia and west coast US already have theirs. I'm going to wait for reviews and until I can handle one myself. I don't buy sight unseen.

 

[Bob_McBob]

You guys have no idea how hard it is to tell someone you DON'T want one of the first 5D mark IIs available in the country.

 

[beerguy0]

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Originally Posted by Bob_McBob /img/forum/go_quote.gif You guys have no idea how hard it is to tell someone you DON'T want one of the first 5D mark IIs available in the country.

I wonder what a brand new, never-out-of-the-box, 5D mkII would fetch on ebay? That would be an interesting bidding war, I think.

 

[onform]

Picked up my new 5D today..

..before you all get excited it's a mark 1...lol

It's my first dslr having previously used a bridge/prosumer camera.

The only problem is i have to wait till mon/tues for the lens to arrive.

 

[milkpowder]

The 5D is a very good camera. Sure, the interface may not be as easy to use, or the screen may not be as high resolution as the newer generation cameras, but the quality of the pictures is brilliant. A good camera will always be a good camera.

 

[raptor84]

It was released for sale this thursday over here and so far its been really tempting at the price points.

Some higher ISO shots taken by one of the lucky few to won one..
5D Mk 2 High ISO Test - a set on Flickr

 

[milkpowder]

The shots look very clean, but they don't really show off the 5D Mk2's true capabilities. While detail is quite impressive at ISO 6400, the scenes weren't that tough enough. Well exposed, brightly-lit subjects will never pose a problem. I'm pretty sure my D300 would deliver very similar results with maybe a sliver less resolution and more luminance nose at ISO 6400. What I really want to see is chroma/luminance noise levels in low-light situations.

 

[lan]

I'm not impressed by those examples but I won't judge a camera unless I process the RAW files myself.

The guy though the ISO50 looked really clean. I thought they were a little bit noisy. *shrug*

I don't really care about all this ISO noise business. I will use low ISO in studio setting @ 21MP. In other situations, I rather have good metering because if this underexposes, you just boost noise back up. So the "real" performance is in AF and metering consistency for me.

 

[onform]

good news a friend lent me his 70-200 for the day so i could get to grips with my new camera.. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f11/po...ml#post5064121

 

[lan]

onform, you look to be making some good stuff.

Congrats on a great camera.

As for me, one of my Canon systems maybe out the door. I'm testing a D700 now.

 

[lan]

5D MK2 is here now because I've returned the D700. I just needed reach and well the D300 or 5DMK2 can give me that. At least this will give me video capabilities and combined with my manual focus nikon lenses, I'll have totally new capabilities.