How much are you dying to get your hands on a 5D Mark II?

[Bryan Carnathan]

I'm very much anticipating the 5D II arrival. I think it is a going to be an awesome camera. I'm expecting image quality at or above the 1Ds III - at a fraction of the price. The video side of things is going to be the biggest challenge for me. I'm not a video guy, but look forward to the learning curve (I love new challenges).


Canon really needs to make a 24-70 (or longer) f/2.8 L IS USM Lens.


As we are pre-public testing here right now, I might be your only response. It won't be long before we go live. David is working on some things - then we'll turnthe communityloose.

[Sean Setters]

Based on the dpreview of the pre-production model, the images look very good even at (fairly) high ISOs. I'm with you on the video--it's foreign to me, and I look forward to utilizing my existing equipment in new ways. The only bad thing about video is that you have to manual focus, and since I'm terrible at manually focusing, I'm not sure I'll be the best at capturing video via the 5D Mark II. I look forward to trying, though. ;-)


Yes, Canon does need to update their 24-70 f/2.8 to include IS. I think it would be a hugely popular lens. Maybe they're afraid it would be too popular and replace many other lenses in a photographer's gearbag as it would be the ultimate primary lens. Could the reason we don't have a 24-70 f/2.8 L IS lens purely a marketing decision? I doubt there is any technical reason why we don't have it...


I'm looking forward to the community growing and allowing me to read what other like-minded Canon enthusiasts have to say.

[adam]

Yes, Canon does need to update their 24-70 f/2.8 to include IS. I think it would be a hugely popular lens. Maybe they're afraid it would be too popular and replace many other lenses in a photographer's gearbag as it would be the ultimate primary lens. Could the reason we don't have a 24-70 f/2.8 L IS lens purely a marketing decision? I doubt there is any technical reason why we don't have it...

It might also have to do with the design of the 24-70 f/2.8, which by many accounts is a stellar lens (I haven't had the opportunity to use one in the field yet). You can't just take an existing lens and plop in an image stabilizer...it requires additional lens elements and the circuitry takes up space. Adding IS to the 24-70 f/2.8 could quite easily have detremental effects on the image quality.

[joshmanley]

Daniel...that is a super helpfull discription of a full frame advantage that i never thought of. I am a wedding photographer and have been hesitant on upgrading to the 5D mk II, but the low light capabilities with a 24-70 2.8 vs my 50D with the 17-55 2.8 are very convincing.

[Daniel Browning]

Thanks, you are very welcome.