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Lets cut to the chase. The sabbatical with Canon is over. Today, I managed to sell to the 5D2 to an enthusiastic Canon user at the same price I paid for it. In the process I picked up a D700. To start with there are many reasons for this but my upmost reason and one that I have not talked about overly is that I simply came to love the Nikon workflow. Put your card in, use Nikon transfer (write data), use Nikon view and then for vanilla work use Capture NX2. I love NX2.
In the process, my entire filing system fell to pieces during my stint back with Canon and I find using the Nikon system to be ideal for what I want. I cant stand dumping everything in Lightroom as you seem to end up doubling and tripling images on the hard drive, of which a new 1 TB was bought just to allow the 5D2 files onto my system. I run a well specced over the counter mac with some ram added and it struggled with the power. It were as if bit by bit, my Joie De Vivre was creeping out of photography as I was worrying to much about things.
Overall, I have no doubt that the Canon 5D Mark II is a remarkable camera and takes stunning images but when I first ditched Canon to move to Nikon after the Mark III fiasco I found that my work went to another level (to my eyes anyhow) and as such, I wanted to retain that. I must thank other photographers who kept a rational view on the course of events - they know who they are as we all know there is nothing worse than being bombarded with information from a fan boy. For the record, I don't chase spec, I like to enjoy what I work for and thats fair enough but sometimes things don't work out. They say a bad workman blames his tools but I think I made the 5D2 sing, yet I just found myself wanting a Nikon back - for me, as a photographer, they simply just work in a way in keeping with what I shoot.
Finally, I realise I know need to work hard and rebuild what will be a smaller kit bag, but the images will still come. I have a few Canon odds and ends to move on now, but no drama's as they say down under and If I did not scratch it, it would still be itching.
For anyone else considering either brand, both are superb cameras and there are plenty of others out there.
Regards,
Pete
In the process, my entire filing system fell to pieces during my stint back with Canon and I find using the Nikon system to be ideal for what I want. I cant stand dumping everything in Lightroom as you seem to end up doubling and tripling images on the hard drive, of which a new 1 TB was bought just to allow the 5D2 files onto my system. I run a well specced over the counter mac with some ram added and it struggled with the power. It were as if bit by bit, my Joie De Vivre was creeping out of photography as I was worrying to much about things.
Overall, I have no doubt that the Canon 5D Mark II is a remarkable camera and takes stunning images but when I first ditched Canon to move to Nikon after the Mark III fiasco I found that my work went to another level (to my eyes anyhow) and as such, I wanted to retain that. I must thank other photographers who kept a rational view on the course of events - they know who they are as we all know there is nothing worse than being bombarded with information from a fan boy. For the record, I don't chase spec, I like to enjoy what I work for and thats fair enough but sometimes things don't work out. They say a bad workman blames his tools but I think I made the 5D2 sing, yet I just found myself wanting a Nikon back - for me, as a photographer, they simply just work in a way in keeping with what I shoot.
Finally, I realise I know need to work hard and rebuild what will be a smaller kit bag, but the images will still come. I have a few Canon odds and ends to move on now, but no drama's as they say down under and If I did not scratch it, it would still be itching.
For anyone else considering either brand, both are superb cameras and there are plenty of others out there.
Regards,
Pete