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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: JohnIgel on September 21, 2008, 11:03:35 am

Title: 5D Mark II Sample Images
Post by: JohnIgel on September 21, 2008, 11:03:35 am
I like the IQ on the sample images posted over at DPR.  I've been shooting with a 5D since it was introduced and there is something special about the image quality of the 5D MII.  The pixel peepers can argue all they want; I just love the overall look of the photos, rich, buttery, wonderful bokeh, and some intangible warmth a la Leica.  I'll give 'em six months to work out the kinks and then I'm upgrading!

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092001...rkiigallery.asp (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092001canoneos5dmarkiigallery.asp)
Title: 5D Mark II Sample Images
Post by: Mike Louw on September 21, 2008, 06:19:43 pm
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I'll give 'em six months to work out the kinks and then I'm upgrading!

Most of us will have to wait 6 months whether we want to or not  
B&H is already not accepting any more "notify when in stock" e-mails. Here in Ireland only a very few will be arriving in November and I'm pretty sure they're all already pre-ordered.

Probably a good thing. I'm a bit of an early adopter by nature and have already suffered the consequences a couple of times!
Title: 5D Mark II Sample Images
Post by: feppe on September 21, 2008, 06:33:45 pm
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I like the IQ on the sample images posted over at DPR.  I've been shooting with a 5D since it was introduced and there is something special about the image quality of the 5D MII.  The pixel peepers can argue all they want; I just love the overall look of the photos, rich, buttery, wonderful bokeh, and some intangible warmth a la Leica.  I'll give 'em six months to work out the kinks and then I'm upgrading!

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092001...rkiigallery.asp (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092001canoneos5dmarkiigallery.asp)
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Isn't bokeh entirely dependent on the lens used, not the sensor? And certainly that intangible warmth is the result of tangible post-processing  - in-camera or not, but reproducible nevertheless.
Title: 5D Mark II Sample Images
Post by: jjj on September 21, 2008, 06:34:11 pm
I downloaded a few of those shots to look at. And if they are genuinely representative of the quality one would expect, I won't bother ordering one. Looked like a cheap video camera and nothing like a 5D image.
Very disappointing.  
I'd like to see the RAW files to made a better judgement.