{"id":1396,"date":"2009-03-19T23:12:18","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T12:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2018-03-05T21:17:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T10:17:09","slug":"new-toy-canon-5d-mark-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/19\/new-toy-canon-5d-mark-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"New Toy.. Canon 5D Mark II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/img_0014\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0014.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_0014\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0014.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1395\" title=\"img_0014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0014.jpg\" alt=\"img_0014\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0014.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0014-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0014-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0014-416x277.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0014-324x216.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I finally gave in to the temptation of a Canon 5D Mark II! Just a small post with some brief thoughts on my new toy \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_00291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/19\/new-toy-canon-5d-mark-ii\/img_00291-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_00291.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_00291\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_00291.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1398\" title=\"img_00291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_00291.jpg\" alt=\"img_00291\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_00291.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_00291-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_00291-416x277.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_00291-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_00291-324x216.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really haven&#8217;t played with it much yet beyond the usual desk\/backyard snaps but pretty impressed the difference in ISO 1600 compared to my old Canon 350D \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Anyway down to business. I picked this up from Harvey Norman for $3,660AUD they had it priced at $4,400 and were willing to match the cheapest price off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexwisephotography.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/pp-canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-price-133998.html\" target=\"_blank\">ShopBot<\/a> + postage. I was really surprised and called them thinking there wasn&#8217;t a chance they would match but they did and I couldn&#8217;t resist. To make things even better they then matched my online price for a 8gb CF III saving $100ish off their list price, woa.<\/p>\n<p>Edit: I notice a few hits coming in from an American blog so just for you guys, $3,660AUD is roughly $2.5k USD \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Just some initial things I&#8217;m really digging<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Viewfinder <\/strong>&#8211; This is one of my favourite things so far, I forgot how good the viewfinder is on a FF\/film body compared to my Canon 350D<\/li>\n<li><strong>LCD <\/strong>&#8211; I&#8217;m a sucker for chimping after a shot to suss the histogram and the increase in size is perfect.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Build <\/strong>&#8211; Feels so much nicer in the hand compared to the 350D but I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ll get a grip yet as it&#8217;s pricey and not that necessary for landscape<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISO <\/strong>&#8211; Oh my, so good! Constantly being constrained by ISO 1600 on my 350D started to really bug me, the equivalent on the 5D mark II is beautiful in comparison.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video &#8211; <\/strong>Only played with this for a limited time, pretty sweet although some more manual control would be nice. Although I hear Canon may provide more manual functionality in a\u00a0 firmware update because <em>apparently <\/em>the 5D Mark II release was rushed, who knows on this one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound &#8211; <\/strong>Ok this is sad but the shutter sounds way sexier then the 350D.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was looking at the fancy Canon remote which allows you to do timelapse, etc. $220? Damn.<\/p>\n<p>Overall very happy!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t suppose anyone wants to buy my Canon 10-22? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I finally gave in to the temptation of a Canon 5D Mark II! 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