Hot answers tagged canon-5d-mark-ii
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The 5D's native RAW format is 12bit and the 5DmkII's RAW format is 14-bit, perhaps you are thinking of when you import the image into your image editor and you can select 8-bit or 16-bit editing?
5D Specs:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos5d/page2.asp
5DmkII Specs:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08091705canon_5dmarkii.asp
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From my experience with my 7D and now a 5D (mkIII), I'd say for wildlife stuff, the 7D would be your preferred choice, for four reasons:-
APS-C 1.6x crop sensor. This will extend the reach of any and all lenses you put on your camera. A 200mm becomes a 320, a 400mm becomes a 640, etc.
Using teleconverters will cost you light, and therefore require slower ...
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Did you use the CF card in your computer and either store non-picture files on it, or delete the files without emptying the trash / recycle bin when you were done? A bunch of hidden files can fill up the card's space pretty quickly (happened to me a couple weekends ago; luckily I always carry a spare).
It could also be a corrupted card, and some sectors ...
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Let me tell you a story. In the beginning there were the D30 and D60, which were 3 and 6 megapixels respectively. Simple.
But then they moved the D to the end and released the 1D, 10D and 300D (would have made sense to call that last one the 100D, but whatever). The number of digits now meant the market the camera was aimed at, 1 digit was a professional ...
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When you look closely the only thing that is the same on the feature list is the approximate number of megapixels. The mkIII is an entirely new camera, new type of chassis, new viewfinder, new shutter assembly, new button layouts, new software. Nothing has been recycled, unlike the mkII.
the higher FPS shooting, and the dual storage to SD Card are nice ...
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For pretty much all of the types of photos you wish to take, the 5D II will be a better camera than the 7D. The 7D excels at action photography, with its superb AF system, high burst rate, and high resolution. It is an ideal camera for sports, wildlife, and birds in flight. Its high resolution sensor makes it easier to get good high res crops. The APS-C ...
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Is the Canon 17-40mm L lens good for architecture and real estate photography - Absolutely. Keep in mind that especially at 17mm you will need to remove the barrel distortion in post processing. If you are especially worried about this, and want to take the extra time and attention that it requires, you might be interested in tilt shift lenses or perspective ...
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The zoom helps with crop sensors but that's not the main reason. Basically on a full frame sensor the 8-15 is two lenses in one, at 8mm it's a full fisheye with a circular image and a 180 degree vertical field of view. At 15mm it's a diagonal fisheye, with 180 degrees corner to corner and no black areas.
Even if you don't want to shoot circular ...
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Based on the specs the 6D has
a smaller lighter body
better AF system
WIFI and GPS built it
slightly better screen and more recent UI
SD card slot instead of CF (users may have a preference, or a collection of cards already)
The 5D mkII has
magic lantern firmware option
lower price
CF card slot
is available now
plus a host of lesser differences, ...
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Canon has a pretty diverse line of DSLR products, and it can be difficult sometimes to figure out what everything means, and why one particular product is so popular. I've added a comment that contains a link to THE nomenclature decoding thread here at Photo.SE, and that should answer any questions you have about codes in lens and camera names.
As for your ...
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All else being equal, yes.
A bigger sensor requires more power. Advancement in power-saving technologies can sometimes improve that but with higher pixel counts being the norm, we do not see much of that. Each pixel requires circuitry so higher megapixels require more power than making the sensor bigger.
Luckily bigger cameras have room for bigger ...
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Refer to page 19 of your ST-E3-RT manual. It specifies that when used with camera models released prior to 2012 (so, anything but the 1DX and 5D mark III at the time of this post) you lose high speed sync and your max sync speed is "one increment slower" than whatever it would normally be.
The flash sync speed is 1 increment slower
Check the flash ...
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Although this question is highly subjective, teetering on a flame war, and about two great cameras that aren't really in the same class as each other, if I had zero gear invested, and an unlimited budget I would pick the Nikon D3x. As a Canon guy who owns and loves his 5D Mark II, the Nikon D3x and the 14-24mm f2.8 Nikkor seriously made me consider selling ...
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HTP will increase noise as it underexposes the image in order to avoid possibly clipping the highlights. Noise reduction will obviously reduce noise, but at the expense of fine details.
All other in camera processing may reveal noise, but not create it. If you are concerned about noise then I would highly recommend shooting Raw and taking full control over ...
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It depends on what you want out of a body upgrade. If you want certain features, better build quality, handling, ergonomics, or user interface, then you should pick one of those bodies.
If you want better pictures, then do not upgrade your body. I think you would get a lot more out of buying better glass and a lighting setup(for portraits and indoor) ...
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The bigger the pixels, the less noise there is. This is a matter of physics. More light gets accumulated in each pixel and so it take more noise to appear significant.
The 600D and 7D have APS-C sensors which are small and have a high megapixels count. This makes their pixels comparatively smaller than the 5D Mark II which has a larger sensor and hence ...
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Finding the differences is easy. Other answers have already listed them thoroughly, so I will simply refer you to the specification comparison between the Canon EOS 6D and 5D Mark II.
To decide between any cameras, you have to go over the differences and give them value according to your needs. The more similar they are, the easier it is, so in this case ...
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Leaving aside the image quality for the moment, you have some fundamental differences between the listed lenses:
Canon 50mm f/2.5 - it's a native Canon lens, so you get autofocus and full exposure modes. You can get it new with warranty, and it's not expensive.
Voigtländer 40mm f/2 - it has an EF mount but no autofocus. You'll get exposure automation, ...
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I've tried the same thing on my 5DmkII and it works fine for me: the aperture, shutter speed, ISO and WB I set in M mode are still there when the camera's auto-powered off and been re-awoken. I'm on firmware 2.0.8, and I have auto power-off set to 1 minute.
Not sure if it's helpful to mention, but what you've described is exactly what I get if I'm in one of ...
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The 5D Mk2 has a far larger sensor (because its a full frame camera) and more pixels. My assumption would be the camera scales down the input to 1920x1080 so having more uncompressed data allows it to give a higher quality output.
If Andres's comment about it skipping lines whilst taking video is right, then the improvement in quality is more likely down ...
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Matt covered it pretty well. I wanted to comment but run out of room...
I am also deciding between the two but I will not make any move until I see a few full "hands-on" reviews of the production model. I also think the $2100 price point is a bit too high so I might wait until the price drops a bit. Was hoping for sub 2K as the rumors were suggesting prior ...
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There is a fundamental timing issue involved with older cameras not designed with the radio trigger in mind. It does not affect direct connection or the IR/mounted-flash control of remote flashes, so a flash mounted to the camera directly or through an E-TTL cable, or remotely controlled by the pop-up flash or a camera-mounted flash will work at the normal ...
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To me this sounds like the Mirror Lockup custom function setting. When using a tripod this is useful as it first locks up the mirror to avoid the shake from that as the picture is taken, allowing the camera to be as still as physically possible when the second click opens the shutter (assuming you use a cable release).
This can be turned off in the menu ...
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The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is an awesome camera and so is the 5D Mark II. The $1300 price difference you quote is obviously significant but what is it worth to you is personal.
The first thing to note in the specification is that the 5D Mark III has a 100% coverage viewfinder. This is worth at least half the difference in price and the reason I would never ...
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I've just got my camera back from repair and this was apparently caused by water damage to the DC-DC board, an expensive repair but I hope that my camera will now work well for some time to come! I've not yet worked out how the water got in - but I'm suspecting a damp camera bag after a seaside shoot.
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I'll try to keep my post unbiased and stick to the facts. All of this information is currently based on the spec sheets and what we know from hands on usage of current DSLRs. The 6D has yet to have any public reviews, so any discussion of the AF or ISO performance is not yet based on lab tests of a production copy of the body. This is important to ...
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Canon make a wifi grip for the 5D Mark II called the WFT-E4 II A, which advertises EOS Utility-based control of cameras over a network. This provides similar functionality with PC/Mac based Canon EOS Utility software. There are similar grips available for the Canon 1D range (1DmkIII onwards), 5DmkIII and 7D.
However the wording on the page you linked (and ...
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According to this Blog post by LensRentals.com owner Roger Cicala, the 5DIII has less than 1/2 the standard deviation of the 5DII with regards to Phase detection Auto Focus. All of the testing was done using the center focus point.
In general, using the center focus point should yield faster, more accurate focus with faster lenses such as the 50mm f/1.2L ...
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I have two primary camera bodies; they're identical. My reasons for choosing the same body for my second camera were:
the model I had was functioning to help me create the shots I needed
I'm a pro who needed to always have a second body on jobs
other than the redundancy function, the other reason for a second body was so that I could have two different ...
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This is highly subjective so the best answer is for you to try them out in a store.
If local stores do not have those, you can at least get a feel using the another close model for each brand like the Canon 7D and Nikon D300S.
Obviously both cameras you are looking at are high-end units which dual control-dials, plenty of external controls. In terms of ...
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