08-04-2010, 01:10 PM
[quote name='jenbenn' timestamp='1280919140' post='1487']
Just got my 5d. Oh boy, this is so great. My lenses do what they are supposed to do and finally i can get shallow dof at wide angle. And the viewfinder... so good. This camera has a lot more creative potential than all the dinky apsc cameras i had before.
Whats not good is the grip though. While my 50d and the 7d I tried felt very comfortable even with heavy lenses, the 5Ds grip hurt in my hand even with a small lenses after a view minutes. I gues you cant have it all though...
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Well, first of all, congrats!
Now wait till you see the the IQ this camera produces <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Regarding the grip: I am sorry to hear that. Personally I used to have a 40D and 5D Classic, and I shot with 50D and 7D too, and I find I have no problem at all with the 5D II in this regard. Possibly, you need to analyze where it hurts and what from, to see if slightly different handholding positions make a difference to you. I find I have this problem with the 1D III, but then that is a very heavy and very large camera. I did find I have to hold that quite differently from my 5D and deliberately so for it to be comfortable to me to shoot with.
HTH, kind regards, Wim
Just got my 5d. Oh boy, this is so great. My lenses do what they are supposed to do and finally i can get shallow dof at wide angle. And the viewfinder... so good. This camera has a lot more creative potential than all the dinky apsc cameras i had before.
Whats not good is the grip though. While my 50d and the 7d I tried felt very comfortable even with heavy lenses, the 5Ds grip hurt in my hand even with a small lenses after a view minutes. I gues you cant have it all though...
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Well, first of all, congrats!
Now wait till you see the the IQ this camera produces <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.Regarding the grip: I am sorry to hear that. Personally I used to have a 40D and 5D Classic, and I shot with 50D and 7D too, and I find I have no problem at all with the 5D II in this regard. Possibly, you need to analyze where it hurts and what from, to see if slightly different handholding positions make a difference to you. I find I have this problem with the 1D III, but then that is a very heavy and very large camera. I did find I have to hold that quite differently from my 5D and deliberately so for it to be comfortable to me to shoot with.
HTH, kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....