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Another fail to stay on track. 13th was rather a busy day and although I brought the camera with me, there was nothing particularly interesting that caught my eye.
So, I am posting a 14/10 photo taken early morning near my home. Again, this is nothing really special but admiration of SMCT 50/1.4 performance wide open.
The Rebel
Taken with EOS 5D and SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 @ f1.4
2nd post in POTD series, and I feel I am somewhat failing to keep with the initial “1 shot – 1 hit” idea. However, it’s still within the acceptable limit.
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Tokyo, Shinjuku. Two good friends are making their way home after a hard day’s work and few well deserved drinks.Taken with Canon EOS 5D and Leica APO Macro Elmarit-R 100/2.8 @ f2.8
Not really news as such. 01/09/09 Canon officially unveiled the EOS 7D. The rumours circulated for quite some time now, however 7D was expected to be the successor of highly regarded full frame 5D. Now 7D turned out to be quite a surprise, mostly in the sense that it’s another camera in APS-C series such as Rebel (XXXxD) and XXD series cameras.
Dropped by new Canon Plaza in Nagoya today in order to calibrate my horrid 16-35mm F2.8L USM and had a chance to play around with the new EOS 5D Mark II. I was not allowed to use the CF card I had with me and only able to share this with you in words.
First impressions are very positive:
Start-up is a bit slow, with “Sensor Cleaning” message popping up. Likely to be disabled through Custom Functions, I however did not have enough time to venture there.
Shutter trigger is not spongy at all (something quite a few 5D users experienced). The body is rather heavy especially with the 24-105mm kit lens attached, however very ergonomic. Daily using 350D I struggled to find the power switch to my great embarrassment – I would personally prefer it to be located in a manner similar to 350D/400D/450D bodies, but this is individual.
The menu navigation using the dial and joystick (both located at the back) is a bit tricky at first, but something one can easily get used to after few days of shooting. Although I shot in Full Manual mode, I had to choose neutral preset in the menu to disable all in-camera PP.
The screen is simply great. Initially being sceptic towards the LiveView I found it very handy and am really looking forward to using it in the future.
Image quality (IQ) is great and equally the colour reproduction. It felt as one could almost do A1 prints straight from the camera with no post-processing. The IQ is obviously affected by the lens’s optical quality and the kit EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM is contributing well.
As I am not interested in the video recording capabilities of the 5D MkII, I haven’t tested it at all.
Overall impression is exciting. I didn’t have a chance to use the original 5D and obviously cannot compare both side by side. I had a chance to compare the 5D Mark II with the 1DS Mark III and must say that my preference is with the first. 1DS MkIII stuns with the price tag, focus points, and AF intelligence (actually less than intelligent as many already experienced) but the 5D MkII has better overall feel to it. Don’t call me on this one – it’s just a personal preference.
I posted previously the official Canon 5D MkII demonstration dates and if you are in Japan around that time you have a good chance to play with it yourself.
It’s typical isn’t it? You sit in front of your PC and press F5 with Canon site open in order to get the news on the new 5D and nothing happens. But as soon as you decide to go to Gifu for a day, Canon will make a breakthrough announce!
There has been a huge amount of speculations on the matter, including spoof Canon China web site announcement, but finally today Canon announced EOS 50D. By now dpreview and others already posted camera specs, I suppose I will simply go ahead and CTRL+C CTRL+V all data from Canon website:
* 15.1 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
* 6.3fps continuous shooting, max. burst 90 JPEGs with UDMA card
* DIGIC 4 processor
* ISO 100-3200, expandable to 12800
* 9-point wide area AF
* 3.0” Clear View VGA LCD with Live View mode & Face Detection Live AF
* Magnesium alloy body, with environmental protection
* EOS Integrated Cleaning System
* HDMI connection for high quality viewing and playback on a High Definition TV
* Full compatibility with Canon EF and EF-S lenses and EX-series Speedlites
Canon EOS 50D will be available for purchase as a body only, and as a kit bundled with EF–S 18–200mm F3.5–5.6 IS or EF–S 17–85 IS U lenses.
Obviously, a lot of people are excited since this means (analysing previous Canon trends) that a successor to slightly outdated Full Frame EOS 5D will be announced at Photokina in approximately 1 month time. While 50D might be improvement of current semi-professional 40D, most awaited is indeed 5D MkII/3D/7D.
Many photographers are itching to get their hands on this shiny new toy and equally many are likely to start speculating on the next arrival in EOS range.
