New toy, but prob won't make it on the field

[Hexis]

Last week, I got the wife to agree to a large purchase.

I got a Canon 5D (http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=11933) Digital SLR.

dpreview.com review (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos5d/)

I'm having a great time around the city (Minneapolis):

http://www.visi.com/~mjb/Pics/FrozenFalls.jpg

That's scaled to 20% of the original size.

I have a small personal lens collection:
EF 50mm f1.4
EF 16-35mm f2.8L
EF 75-300mm f4-5.6

The above image was taken with the 50.

[bleachit]

nice pic, congrats on the new camera...

[atm743]

12.8 MEGA PIXL :wow: :hail:

NICE

thats a really nice cam. how much did it set you back?

[MicroMiniMe]

12.8 MEGA PIXL :wow: :hail:

NICE

thats a really nice cam. how much did it set you back?

From the review, it looks like over $3000. Can't tell if its a current or review time price at retailers.

[xmetal2001]

Nice, the 5d is a beauty. As is the 50mm 1.4.

I have a 350d myself.

[noahyay]

i own a d70 currently and im saving for a d2x (12.4mp 8fps)

reason I went with nikon:
i can throw this camera off of a cliff into the sea and then jump off after it then land on it then go take pictures of paintball and have it get shot and it will still work

[Halliday]

I'd love a 5D. I have a 20D, 10D and A2 film camera as backup backup.
The 50mm 1.4 is nice. I just got a 85mm 1.8 and I think I'll really like it.

[Steelrat]

Wow, and I used to be proud of my 20D :cry:

So far I only have 3 lenses.

50 f 1.4
28-135 f3.5-5.6 IS
17-40 f4.0L

I am in desperate need of a telephoto zoom, but I can't decide between the 70-200 f2.8L IS and the 100-400 f4.5-5.6L.

[geekwarrior]

i'm jealuous...but nice...maybe I'll get one as a graduation present to myself

[Hexis]

I have rented the 70-200 f2.8L IS for a friends wedding, used both the 20D and the 1Dsmk2 on it. Wowzers is that a nice lens. $2000, but worth it if you need the highest quality glass. I would easily give up the extra range for the fast glass. You can always add a 2x teleconverter.

I used to be a Nikon shooter in my film days. I made the switch to Canon because they have full frame sensor cameras, and I love to shoot wide. That and the CMOS sensors are very nice. I still have a lot of respect for Nikon, but for me it's Canon now. There are other reasons as well.

I paid $3100, I found it for $3000 online, but I like to buy locally if I can get them to come near the online price. Got the BG-E4 (grip) for it as well. All that and the boss (wife) also let me get a 4g Extreme 3 CF card. Ordered that online since it was 2/3rds the price.

The only real issue I have with the 5D is that like any full frame sensor (I have used a 1Dsmk2 a lot too) it's really hard on lenses. Only the best look even ok on these cameras.

[Steelrat]

Here is a pic I took with the 20d in Monterey, CA. I know there aren't a lot of colors, but I really enjoy the variations of gray, as well as the lighting.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4535/water1dj.jpg

[billybob_81067]

WOW... you could take a pic of damn near anything with that camera and it'd end up being beautiful! LOL

:ninja:

[Muzikman]

The 5D is on my list of things to buy. I got to play with one a few weeks ago when a lady at work bought it...I fell in love with it right away.