05-15-2011, 09:37 AM
[quote name='gunnar' timestamp='1305315757' post='8297']
Hi all! I've got a crazy idea of buying a classic Canon 5D camera. Any reason I shoudn't? I'm desperate of switching to FF from 1.6 crop (canon 500D), but spending £2000 on 5D2 is not an option, I'm not that serious into photography.
Most critical points for me are
1. FF for wide angle photo. 5D ticks this one obviously
2. Good high ISO performance. Now, is it anything comparable to that of 5D Mark II?
Are there any drawbacks which would have stopped you from buying this camera if you were considering it?
Please post your opinions!
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I have switched about six or seven month back from a 50D to a 5D Mark II.
I did it for shallow dof, better noise performance and to use large aperture WA lenses. I just love my 28/1.8 on the 5D Amrk II. If you are not into extremly low light, shallow dof or absolutly need to use a 74 degree 1.4 lens, I d say FF is a waste of money.
BTw the 50mm 1.8 on FF is less sharp than a 28mm/1.8 on crop where it counts, namly wide open. True, when stopped down the 50mm becomes much sharper at the borders and has less CA than the 28mm, but who buys a 1.8 lens to use it at f/5.6 ?
For normal WA or UWA it was certainly not a worthwihle switch. The canon 10-22 or sigma 8-16 easily rival a 5d Mark II/16-35 combo IQ-wise. Only for the largest of prints the 5d MArk II will give you some MP advantage.
If you indtend to couple samyang 14mm with a 5d I would be extremly cautious. While this lens is quite sharp, it distorts horribly. Anything with a stright line in the photo will look very odd. Of coruse, you can correct the distortion in software, but you loose most of the corner /border resolution if doing so. This means you end up with an image worse than one taken with a sigma 8-16 on crop.
Hi all! I've got a crazy idea of buying a classic Canon 5D camera. Any reason I shoudn't? I'm desperate of switching to FF from 1.6 crop (canon 500D), but spending £2000 on 5D2 is not an option, I'm not that serious into photography.
Most critical points for me are
1. FF for wide angle photo. 5D ticks this one obviously
2. Good high ISO performance. Now, is it anything comparable to that of 5D Mark II?
Are there any drawbacks which would have stopped you from buying this camera if you were considering it?
Please post your opinions!
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I have switched about six or seven month back from a 50D to a 5D Mark II.
I did it for shallow dof, better noise performance and to use large aperture WA lenses. I just love my 28/1.8 on the 5D Amrk II. If you are not into extremly low light, shallow dof or absolutly need to use a 74 degree 1.4 lens, I d say FF is a waste of money.
BTw the 50mm 1.8 on FF is less sharp than a 28mm/1.8 on crop where it counts, namly wide open. True, when stopped down the 50mm becomes much sharper at the borders and has less CA than the 28mm, but who buys a 1.8 lens to use it at f/5.6 ?
For normal WA or UWA it was certainly not a worthwihle switch. The canon 10-22 or sigma 8-16 easily rival a 5d Mark II/16-35 combo IQ-wise. Only for the largest of prints the 5d MArk II will give you some MP advantage.
If you indtend to couple samyang 14mm with a 5d I would be extremly cautious. While this lens is quite sharp, it distorts horribly. Anything with a stright line in the photo will look very odd. Of coruse, you can correct the distortion in software, but you loose most of the corner /border resolution if doing so. This means you end up with an image worse than one taken with a sigma 8-16 on crop.