Canon EOS 5D Digital Camera User Review and Experiences
The Canon EOS 5D is my main camera for web and publishing projects, another fine piece of engineering by Canon which, when coupled with their range of EF lenses makes for excellent quality images.
Winner of the 2006 TIPA award for best D-SLR professional camera there is no cropping or magnification effect with its 12.8 million megapixel CMOS full frame sensor.
A choice of picture styles allows you to select the best format for every shot and each has its own specific effect for capturing the perfect image from healthy skin tones in portrait mode to extra sharpness and accentuated colour saturations in landscape.
Monochrome is especially useful to me as a number of my subjects are best suited to black and white photography.
Capable of shooting a sixty JPEG image at three frames per second it easily copes with sports and wildlife photography whilst its autofocus system has been updated to improve subject detection and tracking. The new system uses fifteen AF sensor points (nine with six supplemental) and allows for use with lenses as slow as f/5.6.
To date this remains the best value for money pro DSLR, if you want full frame capability without the hefty price tag then this could well be the camera for you. I would recommend buying the battery grip which gives the camera added balance, grip and the heightened feeling of handling a very good camera.
Specifications are listed below:
Specifications:
Sensor: 35.8 x 23.9mm CMOS 12.8 million effective pixels no FOV crop.
Image Sizes: 4368 x 2912 3168 x 2112 2496 x 16664
Auto Focus: 9 Point TTL 6 “invisible assist AF Points” within spot metering circle -0.5 t 18 EV working range
Metering Modes: Evaluative 35 zone Partial (8% at centre) Spot (3.5% at centre) 1.0 to 20 EV metering range
ISO range: ISO 50 to 3200 (when extended)
ISO steps: 0.3 EV steps
Image Parameters: “Picture Style” Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithfull, Monochrome, User 1, User, 2, User 3
Viewfinder: 96% Frame coverage 0.71 x Magnification
Shooting Modes: Auto, Program AE (P) Shutter Priority AE (TV) Aperture Priority AE (AV) Manual (M) Bulb Custom
Continuous Speed: 3 frames per second
Continuous buffer: Up to 60 jpeg or 17 RAW
Great revue, but what’s the bad news, i.e. how much does all this marvellous technology cost, better send the answer on a postcard, to delay the shock.
August 16, 2007 @ 12:58 pm
SC,
It’s not cheap! You really do get what you pay for though. The design and build quality is quite superb and has been good enough to keep a certain American publisher happy. As for the price, I didn’t have a postcard so sent the info via carrier pigeon. Look out for a deposit!!
Miles
August 16, 2007 @ 10:45 pm
I think it just landed …..
August 17, 2007 @ 11:07 pm
SC,
Hot oven, 12 minutes or if he’s a big bird follow the classic chef cooking instruction..If it’s brown it’s cooked, if it’s black it’s….
See if you can train him to put the kettle on, I’m still trying!
Miles
August 17, 2007 @ 11:18 pm
“The Classic Chef Cooking Instruction”.
Been using this one for the past twenty-odd-years or so, sadly though with little success, things tend to be well on the darker side, working on the principle, that it has colour and nothing is moving, so it must be done, and if at this stage you are not absolutely convinced, poke it about a bit with a fork or any other such implement close to hand.
August 17, 2007 @ 11:36 pm
SC,
Want a job?!
August 17, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
Thanks for the offer,
Too hot in the kitchen for me. I am not good in the heat, never have been. The one thing I liked about working in the factory was the cold stores and fridge’s, great in the summer, I can also remember one of the jobs I had involved emptying a blast freezer ( - 30 ish ) at 6 am in the morning, which was great in the summer.
August 17, 2007 @ 11:50 pm
Hi Miles
Nice to see you use a good Camera I myself have the 30D with a 70-200is L & 17-85is all the birds I shoot are jet propelled, with a few props thrown in try cooking one of them babies.Must meet up and do some Beers soon before I give up this cooking racket.
All the best.
Trev
October 21, 2007 @ 10:35 pm
Chef,
The 30D is a great camera, I’ve just bought a 100mm macro USM for food shots etc. Just need some time off to try it! We’ve both got to give up the cooking racket!
Thanks for visiting, great to hear from you. Miles
October 22, 2007 @ 11:25 am