Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
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Manufacturer: CanonModel: 5D Body
Color: black
Product features:
- 12.8-megapixel CCD captures images up to 4,368 x 2,912 pixels
- World's smallest and lightest full-frame digital SLR as of August 2005--the sensor operates without a conversion factor
- New larger 2.5-inch LCD screen can be viewed even at extreme angles of up to 170 degrees
- Consecutive shooting allows the capture of 3.0 frames per second for up to 60 consecutive JPEG or 17 RAW frames in a burst
- Captures images on CompactFlash Type I and Type II cards, compatible with cards of 2 GB capacity and larger
- World's smallest and lightest full-frame digital SLR as of August 2005 the sensor operates without a conversion factor
- Adobe Photoshop CS5 Upgrade [Old Version]
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 [OLD VERSION]
- Serif PhotoPlus X3
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
Customer Review: It's 5/5 stars for sure; but it is complicated.
Summary: 5 Stars
Both my review and this camera are complicated, actually. If you are an intermediate or semi-pro photographer as I was when I bought this, you will be in for a rude surprise. This camera makes the 40D seem like a point and shoot.
Now, when I say that I don't mean it in terms of image quality. I mean in terms of operation. On every cropped-sensor Canon DSLR that I have used, the fully automatic mode will do for 90% of shooting situations. On the 5D, the fully auto mode will work about 20-40% of the time. This is pretty much a straight manual camera. This is a camera for the old-schoolers who like to take 5 minutes in front of a subject before snapping a single picture. I used to be one of those old-schoolers a long time ago with my 80's Canon film camera, but I forgot a lot of the knowledge before jumping back into DSLRs with the Digital Rebel a while back.
I used a Digital Rebel, a Nikon D80, and a Canon40D. All of those cameras are awesome but you know what? They spoiled me. They failed to challenge me as a photographer because they were so simple to use and so great in full auto mode.
The 5D is forcing me to slow down and get back to the basics. It's forcing me to hit the books again and have some patience. I'm sure this makes the old-schoolers happy.
Am I happy with this purchase? You betcha. I believe I will hang onto this camera for a long, long time. If I replace it as my primary camera, then I will still keep it as a backup.
O.K. so you probably want the pros and cons.
Pros:
Image quality: Really is all that. Don't listen to the reviews saying the images are comparable to the 20D/30D/40D etc. They are wrong. No, you won't see the difference on 4x6 and 5x7 prints. Yes, you will see the difference on 8x10s and up. TRUST ME on this. I shoot with the 40D and 5D together and I see it every day. Would the average person on the street see the difference in 8x10s? Probably not. Will you? Probably, if you are someone with an eye that has been conditioned through hundreds of hours of viewing to see such things.
Noise: the noise is virtually zero with this camera, even at ISO 400-800. At ISO 100 you couldn't find a bit of noise if you had a gun to your head. On my 40D (my current backup) there is plenty of noise even at ISO 100. Now, I use the word plenty in a relative sense--relative to the 5D. If I had not seen the images from the 5D, and the 40D was the nicest camera I had ever shot with, I would say the noise was great. After doing my own side-by-side comparisons, I would say the 5D makes the 40D noise level look "so-so."
Shutter speed: fine with me! I'm not shooting from the sidelines at an NFL game. I don't need the shutter speed of the 40D. The shutter speed is PLENTY fast on this one. I have never once said to myself "I wish the shutter was faster just then." It takes nice bursts just fine.
There are other pros of course but those are the ones that come to mind.
Cons:
Body: you pretty much have to get the grip for this one. I can not get a decent handle on this camera without the grip. I have tried and tried with different lenses, and every time the grip is necessary. It's strange, really. I don't know what accounts for this. I don't have the same problem at all on the 40D. In fact I even sold the 40D grip because I didn't need it. On here it is a must. Further body issues: I hate the on/off switch. Unfortunately the 40D has the same issue. I much prefer how Nikon puts it on the top near the shutter button.
LCD: LCD is so small it's pretty much useless. I hardly ever use it. Sometimes my models ask me if they can look through a session on it and I always try to talk them out of it because it is a waste of time. A picture can look flawless on that thing and then you see it on a computer screen and it's utter crap.
Price: still pretty steep, considering we are near the end of the cycle. This darn thing came out in 2005! That's a generation ago in DSLR years.
Ease of use: now I do want to state up front that this is really more of an issue for those people who, like me, were buying the camera as an intermediate photographer. If you were already and advanced pro of course this probably would not have mattered to you. As an intermediate or beginner photographer, forget about it. Go shoot for a few weeks and then realize that you are missing 60% of your shots. Then do as I did and hit the books, which will give you not only the knowledge to unlock the full potential of the 5D, but will also give you a deeper understanding of photography in general. I guess I should thank the 5D for making me do this.
Description of Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
World's smallest and lightest full-frame digital SLR as of August 2005 the sensor operates without a conversion factor.New larger 2.5-inch LCD screen can be viewed even at extreme angles of up to 170 degrees.New larger 2.5-inch LCD screen can be viewed even at extreme angles of up to 170 degrees.Consecutive shooting allows the capture of 3.0 frames per second for up to 60 consecutive JPEG or 17 RAW frames in a burst.Camera & Photo
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