Cheers - got a bit confused but never mind.
Mine is an old one then eh, still seems to be working fine though. From what I can gather it looks like the mirror fix has been done.
Did my first paid shoot with the 5D yesterday - worked well and the family were really chuffed with the sample pics I sent them. Mostly ended up using the 85mm 1.8 - such a lovely lens. Light was pretty awful - after days of lovely sunny skies and snow it has gone grey and drizzly - had to bump the ISO quite a bit even outdoors in the middle of the afternoon.
IMG_0107 by Grum Wynne, on Flickr
IMG_9999-Edit by Grum Wynne, on Flickr
IMG_9840 by Grum Wynne, on Flickr
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I will actually struggle if it gives up in time as I only want a camera to be what the 5d mkI is... nothing less and nothing more... I completely maxed a card when I bought it... but it was worth it!
jockwav has received the DVD and i've told him that Grum is next on the list!
hope you enjoy...
Love my battery grip,it just feels so much better in my hands,handy for portraits as well.Unfortunetly i cant afford it... Mine is quite loo useage so far... We have just moved into a new house so that was costly... I just bought a imac and we have booked a holiday to nyc... All on credit cards so i really need to concentrate on paying them off first... And then i really fancy a 70-300mm is l series as my longest telephoto is only 105mm at the mo... But yeh its certainly a thought!!!
One thing i would say is i dont bother that the back screen quality is poor as i and most of you should use the info setting to histogram for pictures as getting the exposure right is the only thing im too fussed about in camera... Composition im considering before i even take the pic... I never delete in camera either unless its a total dinger!
Does anyone use the battery grip? I think for me it would make her to big!
Love my battery grip,it just feels so much better in my hands,handy for portraits as well.
So grum got the dvd then?,should really post to say so & everyone knows where they are then.message to Grum... next on the list for the DVD is WillieL.
he's not posted on this thread, but he PM'd me direct - if you could PM him to get his addy and send on when you're ready
Have a look at the phottix one i had that on my 50D & was excellent,i think it was about £49,brand new.battery grip is the one thing that i've always wanted to get, but it's always been put on the back burner whilst i've chopped and changed with lenses, flash guns, tripods and other stuff... i feel the need now to finally concentrate on getting one.
didn't really want to go with the megabucks Canon one, but what do y'all reckon to be a good honest 'does what it says on the tin' grip? and how much?
Mr_Sukebe said:I moved from an old 1D to my 5D a couple of years ago. Have to say that I love it. Does require more forethought to get it to work than the 1D as it's clearly not as good in AF or metering.
Ref the AF, I now shoot almost always in AI Servo with the centre spot, but with the AF function moved to the * button (it's available within the menu options). That allows much easier focus and recomposing.
I think the biggest change was the matching of lenses. My old 1D pumelled every lens into focusing well. The 5D simply can't do that. I found the 50/1.8 to be seriously hit and miss, and ended up replacing it with an 85/1.8. Have to say that was one of the best decisions I've made. The 85/1.8 is sat on my 5D 90% of the time now. Ace AF and the shallow DOF and bokeh are wonderful. It also makes both of my L series zooms look really "ok" for IQ. Infact it's so good that it's made them both redundant and I'm now moving wholly to primes. Picked up my 100mm macro this week and should be receiving my 35/2 shorly.
All in all, the 5D is still a brilliant tool.
me too! that would be a low thing to do! im sure he wont! not like he's only posted 60 odd times :bonk:WillieL hasn't posted in this thread (i don't think), so i hope he doesn't just flog it on ebay :shrug:
That will be the long exposure noise reduction. You can switch it off in the custom functions menu.