The 5D MkII has arrived!!!!

jpfahy

Just off to collect it now, will report later

Fajitas!

Eirebear

dammit...no jealousy icon:(

Fajitas!

It's very similar to the old 5D, screen is really nice.

Paulw

Just saw someone in ISS get their new 5D MkIII and walk out the door with a smile.

I'm tempted. :cool:

Rojo

mine is in the post!

Fajitas!

Oh, grips and spare batteries will be 2 weeks.


:-/

Covey

Paulw wrote: »

Just saw someone in ISS get their new 5D MkIII and walk out the door with a smile.

I'm tempted. :cool:

I haven't a good word to say about ISS, but respect where it's due. The Mark 111 already. Way ahead of the possy.

Ricky91t

Pics of GTFO

jpfahy

Paulw wrote: »

Just saw someone in ISS get their new 5D MkIII and walk out the door with a smile.

I'm tempted. :cool:

Was that me? ISS got five, Conns got some and thats it for the moment, more due in two weeks. ISS charged 2413 Conns are 2599

Covey

Conns are more expensive, never;)

Paulw

jpfahy wrote: »

Was that me? ISS got five, Conns got some and thats it for the moment, more due in two weeks. ISS charged 2413 Conns are 2599

No idea.

I dropped in to pick up my 1D MkIII, which I left in for a cleaning.

Fajitas!

Video is fakking amazing on the 50 1.4.

As is 12,400 ISO

jpfahy

c'mon battery, charge...charge

jpfahy

Covey wrote: »

Conns are more expensive, never;)

He's dear alright but the amazing thing is, if you go to the UK or Newry and go to Jessops you will pay the equivalent of 2723 euros, and that is after factoring in the VAT drop. So my camera was 300 cheaper than Newry, whereas last December I saved nearly 500 going to Newry for the MkI (Kit) WTF?

BanzaiBk

Humh, I'm staying with Canon

democrates

Fajitas! wrote: »

Video is fakking amazing on the 50 1.4.

As is 12,400 ISO

My nipples are hard.
Does anyone know if it has an option to compensate for changes in lighting by adjusting ISO per frame / sampling different intervals per frame?

Edit:
It's ok I found the answer from the manual online. Unless AE lock is on, it uses centre-weighted metering except if face detection is enabled in which case it uses evaluative metering based on the detected face. Groovy.

mikeanywhere

Simon - where are you???

nilhg

mikeanywhere wrote: »

Simon - where are you???

Off playing with his new toy........

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leinsterman/3067043324/

mikeanywhere

nilhg wrote: »

Off playing with his new toy........

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leinsterman/3067043324/

I know i know, it was said in jest!!

Valentia

Fajitas! wrote: »

Video is fakking amazing on the 50 1.4.

As is 12,400 ISO

Even though my BB is slower than dialup this morning I want examples Al. And now FFS

Fajitas!

Lol.

Un-f*ckin-believable. Am back in Wfd, and not a card reader in sight!

shepthedog

The MKII looks incredible... Now fingers crossed people start selling off their 5Ds very cheap!

Valentia

Fajitas! wrote: »

Lol.

Un-f*ckin-believable. Am back in Wfd, and not a card reader in sight!

Ah! Holy mother a jazus!!!!!

jackdaw

I should have mine in 2 weeks ...

kensutz

Al you can use my card reader, you might not see the MKII though :pac:

Borderfox

Not mine!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/illusionest/3067333232/

Borderfox

One of the groups
http://www.flickr.com/groups/canoneos5dmarkii/pool/

AnimalRights

Gunn's only got 1 in out of the 5 she ordered.
I am #5 :rolleyes:

Borderfox

Thats a pity Janer, always seems to be the way when new stuff comes out.

ttcomet

If you are bored you can see another Vincent Laforet video with the 5D2 here. The bit with the old man crying looks stunning.

Fajitas!

The video off it is... really really nice.

Fenster

/drool

dakar

ttcomet wrote: »

If you are bored you can see another Vincent Laforet video with the 5D2 here. The bit with the old man crying looks stunning.

Ok, so I hadn't been convinced about the value of video on a high end SLR, but i am now, wow:).

But I realise that this is the work of a skilled videographer and there's no way that I would be able to come anywhere close to that even with the equipment, no more than putting a 1D or D3 in the hands of someone who has no interest or skill in taking photographs would produce results.

Fajitas!

Videography just requires practice, same as anything else really. I don't think Laforet has done much, if any, video before.

ThOnda

Videography, is that a new term? That sounds interesting. Almost like the portrait films by Andy Warhol - he let his objects sitting in front the rolling camera and left the building. And the person got tired and eventually lost it's own role that they wanted to act in front of the camera.

I have to follow this term of videography. Sounds more than interesting, because I would be too lazy to create the whole films with script and lots of editing :-)

dakar

Fajitas! wrote: »

Videography just requires practice, same as anything else really. I don't think Laforet has done much, if any, video before.

Fair enough:), I'll cling to the hope that my complete inability to record any of the minor landmarks in dakar juniors life to date to video without it looking like reject clips for You've Been framed were down to lack of practice and not any inherent deficiency on my part!:pac:

Anyway, whether he's done it before or not, I reckon he's pretty good at it. And the point remains that the 5D2 has the capacity to be an awesome piece of kit in the right hands.

Fajitas!

Videography's an old enough term, just like videographer - As in, wedding videographer.

And yes, he is quite good at it, though I'm pretty sure he had a few helping hands. It's conceptually mince though

And yes, it has potential to be utterly fantastic.

PixelTrawler

Review of the 5d
http://www.digitalrev.com/en/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii---hands-on-review-3819-article.html

Link at the bottom to a video tour - then just for a shock check their prices...

Something seems way off on all their prices, not just the 5D

Carrigman

Solyad wrote: »

Review of the 5d
http://www.digitalrev.com/en/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii---hands-on-review-3819-article.html

Link at the bottom to a video tour - then just for a shock check their prices...

Something seems way off on all their prices, not just the 5D

I wouldn't set much store by a retailer's review of a product they are trying to sell. I'm looking forward to the reviews on www.dpreview.com and the www.luminous-landscape.com.

There does appear to be something seriously amiss with their prices.

jackdaw

So are the bodies available in stores to buy or what ?

AnimalRights

Nope, unless you got one from a prebook...
Shops were woefully supplied.

democrates

Carrigman wrote: »

I wouldn't set much store by a retailer's review of a product they are trying to sell. I'm looking forward to the reviews on www.dpreview.com and the www.luminous-landscape.com.

There does appear to be something seriously amiss with their prices.

There's a hands-on preview on dpreview in case anyone missed it.

Also the canon-usa page for it has a downloads tab including the instruction manual(pdf).

jackdaw

AnimalRights wrote: »

Nope, unless you got one from a prebook...
Shops were woefully supplied.

I really think this is a marketting scam ... this is a pro slr camera .. €2k + ...

it's not exactly tickle me elmo we are talking about ...

apparently in some stores in the US you can just walk in and buy one ...

I could have ordered the kit last week ... some places are saying that if you haven't booked, you won't see it till April ... such bullshít !!

Creamy Goodness

happens with a lot of things anyone mention nintendo wii? The Japanese seem to be masters of doing it.

I'm so jealous of you boardsies who are getting or have gotten this camera. Can't wait to see your results when you all get over that inital "ooh shiny new toy phase"

It will be at least 6-8 months before I can afford one

jackdaw

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

happens with a lot of things anyone mention nintendo wii? The Japanese seem to be masters of doing it.

I'm so jealous of you boardsies who are getting or have gotten this camera. Can't wait to see your results when you all get over that inital "ooh shiny new toy phase"

It will be at least 6-8 months before I can afford one

Well .. allthough I think it is a load of marketting hype bollox (I guarantee you if this was March 1st and not Dec 1st it would be easy to get one ) ... I'm a little worried ... doesn't seem to be available anywhere in Spain, they guy at my shop told me 2nd week of decemeber .. but im not so confident now ..

apparently they were telling everyone that ... even people who booked it back
in early November....

leinsterman

AnimalRights wrote: »

Gunn's only got 1 in out of the 5 she ordered.
I am #5 :rolleyes:

I was number 1 ... sorry

... but I did place my order weeks before the press release announcing the camera to be fair ...

Got mine Friday ... I do like it a lot ... taking it for a spin to Morocco in a few weeks ... will be sure to post a few pictures afterwards ... did a few shots over the weekend ... but I was busy and did not really get a good chance to play ...

One gripe ... not directed at Canon ... but Adobe ... they don't seem to have support for it in Lightroom ... even 2.1!!

... and you have to upgrade to CS4 in photoshop ...

latchiko

Does anyone know when this camera will be generally available to just walk into a shop and buy it? Are we talking early next year or closer to next summer? From past experience, how long does it take for supply to meet demand with a new camera such as this?

leinsterman

latchiko wrote: »

Does anyone know when this camera will be generally available to just walk into a shop and buy it? Are we talking early next year or closer to next summer? From past experience, how long does it take for supply to meet demand with a new camera such as this?

Based on demand so far, which is exceptionally high ... Canon expect that there will be a backlog that could extend all the way to July next year ... to be clear what Backlog means - you won't be able to walk in off the street and buy the camera but you will have to order it and wait for a few weeks ... I does NOT mean if you order now you will have to wait until July ...

The Gunns price for the camera was Eur€2,350 ... I think this is pretty impressive considering B&H of the street price (including NY state tax) is about Eur€2,320 ... finally we are getting to buy gear in Ireland!!!

I'd not wait too long ... as this price is very much due to current exchange rates ... of course the UK price will go down too due to the recent VAT changes... But I don't mind paying a little extra to buy in Ireland ... and I never have problems giving business to the Gunns ... they deserve it!

democrates

The word from digitalwonderworld.de is that they expect incoming units by Friday, and with the backlog are hoping that anyone who ordered before November should have delivery before x-mas. That suggests that the qty of units they will receive is not set in stone for the foreseeable.

In fairness there's a vast amount involved in such a high-tech launch from re-tooling the production line to qc, transport and logistics. The factory will only produce x units per day out of economic necessity so the only alternative to a backlog is to stockpile and say no one gets one until everyone can get one.

PaulieC

jackdaw wrote: »

quoting deleted post

Yeah, I think you would know waaaay more than Leinsterman about the situation. He has absolutely no experience in this industry and knows very few people in the business :rolleyes: