Chris,
The camera's owner reports that the MkII is pretty much the same size
and weight as the older 5D. Somebody ran the numbers on the 5D and
E-3 showing them to be more or less comparable when the E-3 came out.
The 5D MkII had a fairly heavy zoom lens on it. I felt that the
over-all package was weighted more to the lens, whereas my package --
E-3 and 14-54 -- carries its heft in the body.
In terms of size, the MkII is wider. Somehow this seems appropriate
since the viewfinder is a lovely FF view and the LCD is expansive. I
honestly didn't have any problems with the size of the MkII, but then
I'm pretty buff now from hefting the E-3 around. :)
The E-3 impresses with its build quality and still seems like an
incredible value. When I need small, there is the 420 to aspire to (I
don't need to tell you that!).
Joel W.
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, Joel, I enjoyed reading that, and Happy New Year :-)
>
> You didn't mention size: how does the 5D compare in size and heft with
> the E-3?
>
> Chris
>
> On 2 Jan 2009, at 02:12, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
>> We enjoyed a wonderful New Year's Eve with the Honolulu relatives and
>> plentiful fireworks, which kept the kids heartily engaged from the end
>> of dinner until about 1 AM of the young new year. The highlight of
>> this gathering for me every two years is being with a couple cousins
>> who are as interested in photography as I. These two are both Canaan
>> ("land of hulk and money") shooters, and I got a chance to spend some
>> quality moments with the 5D MkII. Vern was showing me all the great
>> new features of this model -- Live View, the sensor cleaner, the cool
>> new shortcut menu on the LCD. Neato stuff. I mentioned how much I've
>> enjoyed these features through the years, HA!
> snip
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