Photography gear review-Canon 5D Mark II

Many of you know that Canon released a new camera, the 5D Mark II. So much buzz and hype went on about this baby. When I heard that some stores were taking pre-orders I contemplated long and hard and finally decided to pre-order it in October. I started to hear that some of my peers were getting their cameras, so naturally I was like a kid on Christmas morning. I waited for my beautiful UPS package to arrive. So, when it finally arrived the beginning of January I hurridly opened the box to find my new “baby”. Now, you might think that I am being ridiculous about a camera, maybe I am, but this camera is awesome.

Here is an image from a shoot I just did. I haven’t even blogged it yet. This image is straight from the camera, the only thing I did was resize it for this blog post and sharpen it. That’s it.

Here are my settings

5D MKII

50mm 1.2 @ 4.5

1/320

ISO 640

Normally I wouldn’t show my SOOC images but I have been getting some beautiful images from this camera. I have been pairing it up with my 50mm 1.2 lens and it’s a match made in heaven. I loved shooting prime lenses before, but I have found a new found love for them with this camera. Not only is the image quality at lower ISO’s beautiful, this baby can go all the way up to 6400! The mega pixels are also amazing at 21.1. Another great feature of this camera is that it has the capability to record HD video. I have played with this feature just a little. You have to have special video editing software like Final Cut to do this.

Here is a video shot by Vincent Laforte with the 5D MKII. This video sold me on the camera and I don’t even shoot video

Isn’t it amazing??

So far I absolutely LOVE this camera! The battery that comes with it is a new technology. I don’t have a battery grip for this camera and I shot a 12 hour wedding with ONE battery. Can you believe it? I was impressed! The images are crisp and beautiful.

The only complaint that I have is that if you shoot RAW, you have to have CS4 to be able to process the images. A friend told me that you could use a free Camera RAW plug in and process each individual image, but that would take forever

I hope this has been helpful to you all. If you have any additional questions feel free to leave a comment. You can also email me directly. To see more images using this camera you can visit my blog HERE

Have a great day everyone!