ukbaldwm's Review of Canon EOS 5D
13th Dec 2006
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Image Quality
- Features
- Time Digital Camera Owned1 - 4 Weeks
- Battery Life
- Ease of Use
Build quality is excellent, I particularly like the finger profiling below the shutter button, making it a firm steady grip in my large hands. I have been using the 20D up to now so I find the camera easy to use. Picture quality is stunning (the 20D is good) and I have found that my RAW images need little adjustment so the light meter is particularly good (noticably so compared to the 20D). Bought as a kit with the Canon 24-105 L IS USM lens this is a well balanced camera and the image stabilisation allows me to take hand held shots down to 1/4 sec. I'm very impressed and came close to giving the 5D a 10 score on image quality. My value for money score is really for the body and lens kit.
Bad Points
Its a heavy beast with any decent lens attached. At 3fps its slow for wildlife or sport but it does focus on moving subjects better than the 20D. Its expensive!
General Comments
I am an amateur who got into digital photography 3 years ago. I bought the 20D this year but decided I needed a second camera when sat with a long zoom in a hide - action happens all over and I can't keep changing lenses. I'm a canon man because I now have their lenses and other EOS attachments, so I considered the new 400D and the 30D as second cameras. In the end I was impressed by the 5Ds write ups and the desire to be able to produce close to professional images. The 5D can produce the images but will I ever manage the holy grail of the perfect photo?
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The Canon EOS 5D digital SLR offers a full-frame CMOS sensor with 12.8 megapixels of resolution at an affordable price of $3,299 USD.
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