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Camera Reviews from Amazon.com

• September 5, 2010
  Enjoying the camera!

  

  I purchased this for low light situations with out the flash and the typical indoor poor lighting issues. Overall it performed well. I was able to get the pix. In a hotel with mixed light the colors are very yellow. In the low light the colors seemed to red. Photo Shop fixed the red; but didn't help much in the yellow photo's. I'd expect to NOT have to use PS to much with this kind of camera. I didn't have a lot of time to 'practice' with this before I needed it for this occasion. All the buttons are different than my xti; so I used auto to much. IT CHOSE to use the 2.8 part of my lens; so many pix are still blurry outside of what I was focused on. MY mistake. NEXT TIME I'll know to use manual or how to compensate better. I think once I learn the camera it's going to be the wisest camera choice I've made!!!

• September 2, 2010
  Amazing piece of kit for an amateur

  

  I admit it, I'm a rank amateur when it comes to photography. I took a couple years worth of classes for Photography in college, but that was nearly 20 years ago AND it was all film based. Still, I've long been obsessed with cameras and photography in general. I sold my old Canon EOS film camera the moment digitals became affordable for us regular folks. Since then I've had a long string of different cameras, but they were all only OK. I always pined for the look I remembered capturing with my old EOS film camera, that to me was photography. Every shot I took looked like a crummy point and shoot vacation image. Fine for trips with the family, but nothing to be taken too seriously. Last year after years of slobbering over the 5D (mark II and precursor) I finally broke down and took the plunge, and haven't regretted it one bit. I LOVE this camera. This is what I remember photography being. Something that can be controlled and worked with, minus all the horrible smelly chemicals. I work exclusively with a 50mm prime F1.4 and the lovely depth of field speaks to me, and allows me to capture images of sublime beauty (to me anyways). I've heard over the years so many times that good photographers can make amazing images even with crummy equipment, while that may be true, for amateurs like me, having amazing tools sure helps a LOT. I'm rarely seen out and about without my camera these days and I have Canon to thank for bringing me so much joy. Highly recommended.

• August 29, 2010
  Canon EOS 5D mk2

  

  I can't say much more than what's already been said however in my arsenal of lenses both Canon and non-Canon, I've found differences in IQ that are now noticeable whereas my 30D could not "see" any differences. Lenses are Canon EF 70-200-mm f4, Canon EF 28-135m f4-f5.6, Sigma 18-50-mm f2.8, Tokina 11-16-mm f2.8. First the Digital Tokina. As expected the vignette is bad at 11mm but at 16mm perfectly acceptable and still sharp. The Sigma is untested at the moment. The Canon EF 28-135-mm is soft at all settings and the Canon EF 70-200-mm is excellent at all zoom ranges. With a trip coming up to California and the Oregon coast I'll have the Canon EF 70-200-mm and the Tokina along and put both to the test. The Sigma I'm guessing may be fine at 50-mm as it shows some softness below f5.6 on my 30D.
  I'll report back on my successes as well as the not so great successes.