Canon EOS 5D Mark II experience

[gubak]

I have it since 29 Nov 2008 bought in HongKong. I upgraded from 30D (I hade 2,5 yrs) and have mainly a 24-105mm 4L attached to it. The auto ISO is a big improvement when shooting in public area even at dark. It allows you to take fast a picture gaining the momentum without setting up camera first. High ISO also till 6400 is perfectly usable. Above that it becomes of less use. All depends of course what you want to use it for. New VGA screen works also well. And for me the quick menu is also welcome.

Full frame gives me now the real 24mm I was afraight of loosing the long zoom end on my 24-105mm compared to the crop of the 30D but don't find that a problem and can still attach my 70-300 IS DO zoom to it. Handling is also similar to 30D feels more solid even. It is a bit more robust but better balanced with the heavier lenses. Nice to see so many reviews but sometimes they are just based on feelings and no facts, there are better blogs if you are really interested. I have read many of those and was still uncertain to go for full frame. Well I am glad I did, darken corners (full frame disadvantage) and so are nicely taken care of in body and the amount of megapixels gives me in average a 7 MP jpg so don't be afraid of that.

Movie was not my main reason to buy this camera if 5D MKII would be without I would not have mind. But I have taken some shots and it's nice but you need to prepare upfront really to get a decent movie. UltraII Scandisk is to slow ExtremeIII works well. All my computers Apple and PC's cannot play movie without hickups. So it's really pro stuff that comes out of the camera nice when you really want to catch something, for real film shots you need much preparation.

But over all you will love this Photo camera !

Here you can find some expert reviews about EOS 5D Mark II: Canon EOS 5D Mark II reviews

Problems:

Read a story about the movie mode, I can fully agree to this. Although the caption is too negative, the movie mode has limitations however.

The battery door queeks when you press your hand to hold the camera tightly, it sounds cheap, I guess the sealing of the door.

[Johnny Perkka]

Originally Posted by gubak

The battery door queeks when you press your hand to hold the camera tightly, it sounds cheap, I guess the sealing of the door.

you mean on the battery grip? I have not noticed it, but what I read on it in dpreview, it seems to be that some have a squeky grip and others don't. Mine doesn't squek...