ok so i recently purchased my first DSLR. The Canon 5D.
Its a 12.8MP Full Frame Cmos Camera. MSPR around 2200$ Body only.
I bought the 24-105mm F4L lens. The lens is the "stock" lens. Though by no means does it under perform. Its sharp and seems to maintain the F4 apeture through out its zoom range. The lens came in at 1149$
The beauty of the 5D is that it a Full frame sensor, with a 24mm X 36mm chip. What this means is that the Field of view of a 24mm lens looks like that of a 24mm lens. No cropping, and no conversion scales to worry about. This mean that wide angle lenses perform to their peak, and this also gives the beneft of having larger pixels on the sensor, increasing its performance in terms of Dynamic range, light sensitivity, and grain signature. Just like a 2/3" sensor on video out performs a 1/3" sensor when they have the same resolution. However, in Digita photography, the ISO ratings are "constant". ISO 100 is ISO 100 across the board, or well.... its suposed to be. What this means really is that the camera can shoot with higher ISO's and maintain a cleaner less grain image. @ 50 ISO, the 5d Takes SPOTLESS images. Absolutly spotless..... however at 3200 ISO, which in combination with a 1/15th of a second shutter is practically night vision. With a faster lens, this effect is even more exaggerated. Even at F4, and approximatly 85mm on the Zoom, i took this picture under the illumination of Xmas lights ada cell phone screen.... Thats it.... The grain performance is quite excellent and QUITE acceptable to me, given the light level. This is directly out of the camera. No post processing except for a reduction in size.
The autofocus is remarkable. i have always been a manual focus guy. I prefer the feel of pulling my own focus. However the 5D's autofocus system which uses 9 points of reference is scary accurate. it almost knows exact where you want to focus, even in the dimmest of scenes.
in combination with an excellent image stabilizer you can shoot handheld with slower shutters speeds that were nearly impossible before. 1/30th and 1/15th of a second become useable shutterpeeds under quick snap shot circumstances. Of course it wont compensate for subject movement, but if you have a steady hand, its like being on a tripod. Its amazing.
The image qualty is astounding. The subtleties of tones, color and shading are incredible. The 5D has what i can only describe as the "Mojo"..... Yes DVX mojo... it just takes beautiful images, soft, yet still sharp, with accurate and vibrant colors.
FLAWS:
Canon's controls are a bit awkward. things that should be acessable on the camera body are not.... like being able to dial in the whitebalance presets. Ugh...
the 24mm lens has a vingette when apeture is wide open. That Pisses me off.....
other than these two forgive able flaws, im in Love.....
Heres a few shots from new years eve, all natural light....
Its a 12.8MP Full Frame Cmos Camera. MSPR around 2200$ Body only.
I bought the 24-105mm F4L lens. The lens is the "stock" lens. Though by no means does it under perform. Its sharp and seems to maintain the F4 apeture through out its zoom range. The lens came in at 1149$
The beauty of the 5D is that it a Full frame sensor, with a 24mm X 36mm chip. What this means is that the Field of view of a 24mm lens looks like that of a 24mm lens. No cropping, and no conversion scales to worry about. This mean that wide angle lenses perform to their peak, and this also gives the beneft of having larger pixels on the sensor, increasing its performance in terms of Dynamic range, light sensitivity, and grain signature. Just like a 2/3" sensor on video out performs a 1/3" sensor when they have the same resolution. However, in Digita photography, the ISO ratings are "constant". ISO 100 is ISO 100 across the board, or well.... its suposed to be. What this means really is that the camera can shoot with higher ISO's and maintain a cleaner less grain image. @ 50 ISO, the 5d Takes SPOTLESS images. Absolutly spotless..... however at 3200 ISO, which in combination with a 1/15th of a second shutter is practically night vision. With a faster lens, this effect is even more exaggerated. Even at F4, and approximatly 85mm on the Zoom, i took this picture under the illumination of Xmas lights ada cell phone screen.... Thats it.... The grain performance is quite excellent and QUITE acceptable to me, given the light level. This is directly out of the camera. No post processing except for a reduction in size.
The autofocus is remarkable. i have always been a manual focus guy. I prefer the feel of pulling my own focus. However the 5D's autofocus system which uses 9 points of reference is scary accurate. it almost knows exact where you want to focus, even in the dimmest of scenes.
in combination with an excellent image stabilizer you can shoot handheld with slower shutters speeds that were nearly impossible before. 1/30th and 1/15th of a second become useable shutterpeeds under quick snap shot circumstances. Of course it wont compensate for subject movement, but if you have a steady hand, its like being on a tripod. Its amazing.
The image qualty is astounding. The subtleties of tones, color and shading are incredible. The 5D has what i can only describe as the "Mojo"..... Yes DVX mojo... it just takes beautiful images, soft, yet still sharp, with accurate and vibrant colors.
FLAWS:
Canon's controls are a bit awkward. things that should be acessable on the camera body are not.... like being able to dial in the whitebalance presets. Ugh...
the 24mm lens has a vingette when apeture is wide open. That Pisses me off.....
other than these two forgive able flaws, im in Love.....
Heres a few shots from new years eve, all natural light....
