Well I'm a happy camper! The big brown truck came by yesterday in the snow storm and left me a 5d Mark II, the battery grip and a 16 gig extreme IV memory card. Now all I need is another battery.
I am debating whether to pick up the grip or not. I keep going back and forth on it.
Well I'm a happy camper! The big brown truck came by yesterday in the snow storm and left me a 5d Mark II, the battery grip and a 16 gig extreme IV memory card. Now all I need is another battery.
Good luck on the battery. I have one one on order at my local camera store for $80.
I believe the 5DII battery is new and that it hasn't quite made it into the retail pipeline yet. You see it advertised all over the place but listed as "Not in Stock". One place I saw said they expected delivery by Feb 14.
I was curious what you paid for the 16 Gig Extreme IV memory card? I have a 16 Gig Extreme III and another one on order. Prices on cards varies a lot.
Ah damn, y'all are making me itchy... but no, I promised myself Id wait for price drop on this one. I think I'll be waiting a while. Besides, I just pulled the trigger on a lightly used 400/5.6 :-)
Well I'm a happy camper! The big brown truck came by yesterday in the snow storm and left me a 5d Mark II, the battery grip and a 16 gig extreme IV memory card. Now all I need is another battery.
Good luck on the battery. I have one one on order at my local camera store for $80.
I believe the 5DII battery is new and that it hasn't quite made it into the retail pipeline yet. You see it advertised all over the place but listed as "Not in Stock". One place I saw said they expected delivery by Feb 14.
I was curious what you paid for the 16 Gig Extreme IV memory card? I have a 16 Gig Extreme III and another one on order. Prices on cards varies a lot.
I got the memory card from B&H for $191.95, I just made the 1/31/09 dead line on the rebate. The battery isn't a problem, when they get them in stock I'll grab one. I wonder if Canon will come out with a dual charger for that battery? It will be a pain to charge them one at a time. I guess I'll have to buy another single charger. Its just one thing after another ;-)
I have to say I am disappointed in the ISO results. not the best , esp for advertising
i think you're the first one i've heard say that. people are raving about the clean image quality up to 6400 ISO and even higher! maybe you got a bum unit?
I've found it exceptionally clean up to 1600. 3200 is decent, but will need NoiseNinja, etc. I don't bother shooting higher than that, unless it's a "light emergency". I have been unimpressed with ISO >3200. In general, I rarely shoot over 400 as I always use a tripod for my landscapes and macros. For available light portraits I'll go as high as 1600. By comparison, I've used the 40D and 5D, and, to my eye and satisfaction, I've gained a 1-1.5 stops.
Here is a low light example taken at f/2.0 with ISO 800. Shot RAW. No additional noise reduction done in camera or PP. I know it's not a 100% crop, but take it FWIW.
I have to say I am disappointed in the ISO results. not the best , esp for advertising
i think you're the first one i've heard say that. people are raving about the clean image quality up to 6400 ISO and even higher! maybe you got a bum unit?
I haven't got out on serious photo safaris yet with mine but my preliminary home testing leads me to agree with AlexSaberi. I'm hoping that the new 64-bit version of NeatImage for PS CS4 will help with fine art images printed large scale for wall hangings.
