Canon EOS 5D
January 10th, 2006 | by David Elrich
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Average user rating from 10 users |
A Great Camera that you do not always have to spend a fortune to buy
by Christopher on Apr 20th, 2007 at 2:15 PM:
This camera IS a TOP OF THE LINE Canon Camera! I have owned a lot of Canon cameras and all of them I have had NO problems with EVER. I gave my sister a Powershot Canon about a year ago which was about 4 years old and it still takes beautiful pictures!
As for price, I realize the "Retail" price is over $3,000.00 BUT if you are savvy enough to go through the Internet you can find this camera for UNDER $1000 dollars, and a "Premium Package" which does include 2 lenses and a compact flash card, high speed card reader, Tripod, Leather Case, Cleaning accessories, and much MORE. On one site the "Macro Package" the camera comes with a very long lens and sells still for $1,649.00 you get all of the above PLUS a Digital Photo Printer on top of it.
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by Minkis on Dec 16th, 2006 at 1:56 AM:
"No built-in flash" Are you serious? If you're buying a camera like this then the last thing you'll be using is the internal flash. That's what the XT and XTi were for.
Worthless review. Nothing but a stats spit out.
Francis is an idiot.
by Wise Guy on Jun 18th, 2006 at 2:27 PM:
Francis is more likely an angry and jealous Nikon user who ignorantly made the mistake of buying Nikon equipment instead of Canon. His review of the 5D holds no claim and he has no merit as a photographer.
Good choice for studio photography
by Alexej on Apr 26th, 2006 at 3:08 AM:
In short if you want a rugged fast reportage body don't get the 5d in canon line go for series 1. In nikon line you might think about the d200, it is a small good full featured body, with image quality to satisfy the most pro's. *on approval list at Getty's too.
I think in case of cameras, the image quality is not the only thing to concern. There is another factor, the usability of the body, and the system. I think you can't go wrong with either system. Canon's mid priced body excellent for low light photography, Nikon's body for fast action photo (though there can be slight problem's with autofocus, some reviewers reported). I feel that if you on a tight budget, than get the nikon and some decent lenses for the price of the 5D kit, if you won't run out of cash, go for Canon, although you will catch yourself up spending something about 6k bucks on lenses and accessories :)) (including the body) If you can justify the price, ok. BTW the d200 noise at 800 is well controlllable, and 5fps vs 3fps? so what, average user won't see the difference, only in specs, GPS support ok, it's good to have the coordinates in exif, but also you can put a point in your GPS device also, then insert in the exif if you want. So the big difference is in price as I see it. So if you have the money go for Canon, but do not sell you Ferrari for it, be smart and go for the nikon
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Excellence at a fair price
by Douglas Wright on May 29th, 2007 at 9:12 AM:
It will take me ages to sort through all the options on offer, but I will have a great time learning.
Only gripe is why sellers of lenses do not make it clear some lenses do not work with full frame camera. Wasted $600.