Canon 5D Mark 11 - Photography Forum

Donna Richens 12.10.09, 15:46 Post 1 of 12

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I am looking to upgrading from my Canon 450D to Canon 5D Mark11.

Would like to hear from anyone that has a 5D Mark11, and what they think? I have read lots of reviews and mostly positive. But have also seen some very negative feedback regarding black spots appearing at high ISO?

I was particulaly looking at this one, after struggling for a couple of years with getting Theatre shots in low light. The 1600 ISO on my 450D is mostly ok for getting most of what i want, but the noise levels are always bad.

Would be grateful for any info

Regards

Donna

Ruud van der Lubben 12.10.09, 18:39 Post 2 of 12

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With a Canon 5D MarkII you will have a topnotch piece of equipment !! dont worry too much about all them "Monkey sandwich" stories (or Broodjes Aap verhalen as we call them in Dutch) going around on the Internet..
Do keep in mind however that you may need other lenses as the standard lenses for the 450D will not work on the FF 5D.

Due to the larger sensor you will anyhow have less problems in difficult light, and the newers sensors are certainly better then the 450 had.

Donna Richens 12.10.09, 18:52 Post 3 of 12

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Thank you for that Ruud...hadn't even thought about the Lenses i have already, i thought they would fit! :-( Although i do intend to keep the 450D as a second camera, so they will still get some use!

Thank you again :-)

Donna

Michael Lunse 13.10.09, 07:45 Post 4 of 12

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I upgraded my 5D Mark I to a Mark II last January. I have no regrets! There are no problems I have encountered. Early issues were fixed with a firmware upgrade.

The camera is a lot more than I use but I love it. I went to the full frame sensor over three years ago so my lenses are all compatible. Your old lenses will fit mount wise but not sensor wise - they will leave you with a picture as if taken through a barrel. New lenses will add up in price!

Personally I'd highly recommend the camera!

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Donna Richens 13.10.09, 10:35 Post 5 of 12

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Hi Michael,

Thank you for your input. For me the ISO and noise levels are the big issue for me, i want to do more theatre photogrpahy at christmas and although i have not got too bad a result in the past, have even managed to get half decent A1 posters from the theatre but only at 400 ISO.

I did ring warehouse express after reading Ruuds comments about lenses. They did say my lenses would fit...but now am wondering if they will be fine!? Maybe you could or someone could tell me if what i have will be compatible.

EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

These are really the only lenses i use mostly the small one, but they weren't cheap, so if they are not going to be ok, it really is something i will have to consider.

Thank you

Donna :-)

Ruud van der Lubben 17.10.09, 17:40 Post 6 of 12

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The Canon EF lenses do fit, no problem there.
Only EF-s lenses will cause a problem !

Michael Lunse 21.10.09, 23:18 Post 7 of 12

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Ruud is quite right. The lenses you identified are for full frame / 35mm sized sensors. The barrel images I was referring to are for the specially sized lens for 1.6X magnification sensors which you don't appear to have.

Hugeknot 14.11.09, 00:09 Post 8 of 12

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You are taking a double leap with the 5D mark II. It is a superb camera and a lot heavier than the 450D. The high iso capabilities are some of the best on the market. The resolution from the 21 mpix sensor is incredible.

The only warning I would say is that you really need to put a hight quality lens on it to get the best from the camera. Also you may need to check how powerful your computer is and if it is able to handle the huge files. For example when I have converted my RAW to TIFF files they are 120mb. Can you computer manage this level of processing?

Brian Carey 08.08.10, 22:56 Post 9 of 12

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The 5D2 is an amazing "instrument". Love mine! But like some others are saying it's the glass that's most important!

Good Luck
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vitagraf 23.01.13, 20:05 Post 10 of 12

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Now, you can buy the very convincing successor 5D Mark III, but still the 5D Mark II finds its supporters and fan community.

ghiebert 10.05.13, 06:40 Post 11 of 12

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I stitch landscape panoramas from the images I get using this camera. I jumped straight from medium format to this camera and have no regrets. Usually 4 or 5 images for a pano is what I use. Some software was choking on the resulting file sizes, so I put 16gb memory into a quad core motherboard, using just the built-in video card and no more choking. If I mount the camera on a tripod I find it is easy to bracket multiple exposures of a relatively still scene just by turning a dial. I usually do 2 stops under, 1 stop under, one at and one over for a standard landscape. This is a great asset for capturing low and high light levels in a scene. I am used to medium format film, and being able to bracket makes me feel at home because my images now have even broader latitude than the scanned film did. Gotta say the film was amazing though, if scanned carefully. The toughest part I find with this Canon is getting detail into the brightest clouds but I am working on that, and soon hope to say I know something about digital cameras.

Harvey Tom new 11.05.13, 08:05 Post 12 of 12

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