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Re: [OM] My New Year's Eve with a 5D MkII

Subject: Re: [OM] My New Year's Eve with a 5D MkII
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:00:18 -0500
Speaking of high ISO, if you go to the following page, the first  
image shows what happens when I leave my reading chair for more than  
a heartbeat. Note the guilt on the dog's face, and the "attitude" on  
the cat's. Nykon D3, 24-70 at 70, 1/50 @ f/8, ISO 3200. It's a small  
pic so you can't see the details, but there's no noise reduction at  
all applied. In the 100% view, the cat shows more noise than the dog.  
If I were going to make a print, I'd likely mess with a little noise  
reduction. Either that, or use Genuine Fractals to apply some nice  
film-type grain.

http://www.bwp33.com/page17/files/page17-1000-full.html


--Bob Whitmire
www.bwp33.com




On Jan 2, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Joel Wilcox wrote:

> 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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