Canon 5D Mark II - Got One? Want One?

Moogle Pepper

DI-Joe wrote:

broadway photo had 75 of them and they sold in 3 hours... I overnighted mine, should have it tomorrow or monday.

They sold them all in 3 hours??

Wow.. talk about hot cakes!

DI-Joe

they are in high demand apparently... lol I got lucky that I chose to pull the trigger when I did.

Moogle Pepper

When I was in Best Buy, they only had 3 in their entire warehouse. Or at least that was what the guy told me to coax me to buy it when I did.

Looks like we are helping Canon out with its profits.

blaser321

Hope you done get ripped off Broadway Photo has a very very bad rep. They will tell you any thing to make the sale and the will only sell stuff in big extinctive packages like there 7 hour batteries and raw file C F cards they have over 10,000 bad hits with the Better Business Bureau

Pindy

One from today in Colorado:



Now the 100% crop. This camera impresses me with it's resolution. The smoothness of those windscreens is pretty great—and unexpected. The trees are equally good in places. Never mind the purple splotch

Vanquiz

blaser321 wrote:

Hope you done get ripped off Broadway Photo has a very very bad rep. They will tell you any thing to make the sale and the will only sell stuff in big extinctive packages like there 7 hour batteries and raw file C F cards they have over 10,000 bad hits with the Better Business Bureau

It's good to know, thanks for the info.

If I may recommend, just call Tallyns, ask how far are you in the reserve list, also, last time, they told me, they dont have many queue on the body+lens kit, compared with body only.

Jason Hermann

Great thread! Thanks for sharing everybody, I can't wait to get mine

Best,
Jay

Moogle Pepper

Some shots that I took with the mark II! Shot with my 24-70 and new macro lens!
ISO 500


My dog's scary bear!

ISO 6400


ISO 6400 cropped





ISO 6400 I didn't think my 580 EX would be compatible with the new 5D MK II, but it is! Sweet! I can stave off the EX II for a little longer!









well it looks like I might be infected!! Quick I need the vaccine.. post haste! Well I won't be shooting at ISO 6400 with crazy lights for a while and cropping excessively... ::sobs::

patch29

Does the current RRS 5D bracket work or is everyone waiting for the new bracket?

jogle

patch29 wrote:

Does the current RRS 5D bracket work or is everyone waiting for the new bracket?

I don't use them but I heard from a few people that you need to wait for a new one.

davev

Well, I ordered one at 2:30 Sunday morning.

www.pictureline.com has both the body only, and the kit in stock.

I've never heard of this place, did a quick check online, the place looks good,
but you make up your own mind before ordering from them.

catspaw

davev wrote:

Well, I ordered one at 2:30 Sunday morning.

www.pictureline.com has both the body only, and the kit in stock.

I've never heard of this place, did a quick check online, the place looks good,
but you make up your own mind before ordering from them.

They're local here in Utah and a pretty awesome store. I love being able to drive a few minutes and pick up most anything I want

Andy

davev wrote:

Well, I ordered one at 2:30 Sunday morning.

www.pictureline.com has both the body only, and the kit in stock.

I've never heard of this place, did a quick check online, the place looks good,
but you make up your own mind before ordering from them.

You can actually SAVE money with this camera, you'll never ever need a tripod or ball head or l-plates. Practically makes this camera free for you

Andy

patch29 wrote:

Does the current RRS 5D bracket work or is everyone waiting for the new bracket?

New model. It's shipping now - the body only version (bg-ed version is coming soon). Mine woulda been here Friday but we had huge storm that stopped UPS. Monday.

ziggy53

Andy wrote:

You can actually SAVE money with this camera, you'll never ever need a tripod or ball head or l-plates. Practically makes this camera free for you

Either you're joking or you just have to explain this further? (I'm betting it's a joke because of this camera's wonderfulness, but it's not "magical".)

ian408

Andy wrote:

New model. It's shipping now - the body only version (bg-ed version is coming soon). Mine woulda been here Friday but we had huge storm that stopped UPS. Monday.

Should have gone USPS

Andy

ziggy53 wrote:

Either you're joking or you just have to explain this further? (I'm betting it's a joke because of this camera's wonderfulness, but it's not "magical".)

Davev is known for shooting long exposures at midnight in a dark church on a cloudy night. Hand held.

davev

ziggy53 wrote:

Either you're joking or you just have to explain this further? (I'm betting it's a joke because of this camera's wonderfulness, but it's not "magical".)

Ziggy, that's kind of an inside joke towards me.
I have a reputation of being pretty steady, and not using a tripod. A half second exposure is nothing to me.
With the low light/high iso capabilities of this camera, I may never need a tripod again.:D

Catspaw, thanks for easing my mind.

Right now I'm pretty happy that my Canon 28-300is lens didn't sell.
I think it's going to be one heck of a walk around lens.

Andy

Went sledding yesterday with the kids:


Power failure last night, so we played Scrabble

Manfr3d

Andy wrote:

Power failure last night, so we played Scrabble

Well, can't see you spelling "black dots" ..

ian408

The Scrabble shot is nice Andy. The candles provide a lovely light too.

Slinky0390

Just throwing it out there, I hate everyone with one . In all seriousness though, it looks like a superb piece of equipment and good luck to those with one. I only wish I could sell my 30d body for more than 600 on ebay, it would make purchasing the 5d a bit more realistic.

Moogle Pepper

I really like Andy's table set up!! it's so nice!

Well, now that 5D mk II's files being insanely huge, would it be wise now to get 16 gb CF cards? Before I would have stayed away from them and stuck with 4 gb cards but that was with the 30D's raw files.

Zanotti

Andy wrote:

Went sledding yesterday with the kids:


Power failure last night, so we played Scrabble

So who used "poop" as their word?




Z

W.W. Webster

Zanotti wrote:

So who used "poop" as their word?

... but there's no 'meat' in 'muesli' - so that word must have been Andy's!

Vanquiz

Moogle Pepper wrote:

I really like Andy's table set up!! it's so nice!

Well, now that 5D mk II's files being insanely huge, would it be wise now to get 16 gb CF cards? Before I would have stayed away from them and stuck with 4 gb cards but that was with the 30D's raw files.

Ted, I just grabbed 3x 16GB Extreme III from Adorama for $80 a piece, and supposedly after $100 rebate, each will be around $46ish

Or if you prefer 8GB UDMA Extreme IV, if you get 3, after $150 rebate, it should be around $30ish each.

I read on DP that Ultra II series CF are working just fine for 1080 video, so Extreme III series should be more than enough.

Wallet is getting thinner and thinner

Moogle Pepper

Vanquiz wrote:

Ted, I just grabbed 3x 16GB Extreme III from Adorama for $80 a piece, and supposedly after $100 rebate, each will be around $46ish

Or if you prefer 8GB UDMA Extreme IV, if you get 3, after $150 rebate, it should be around $30ish each.

I read on DP that Ultra II series CF are working just fine for 1080 video, so Extreme III series should be more than enough.

Wallet is getting thinner and thinner

Well I would do that, but the wallet is now empty other than hosting the moths!! But when the money comes back... CF card purchases!

Andy

Zanotti wrote:

So who used "poop" as their word?




Z

I used 'muesli' and 'nude' and my wife replied with 'taze' :uhoh

ian408

Andy wrote:

I used 'muesli' and 'nude' and my wife replied with 'taze' :uhoh

Vanquiz

For you that purchased from Best Buy, now they have it on sale ( or price dropped? ) for $2564

I think you can get price match to lower your price.

Im not sure about Tallyns, are they honoring price match? Maybe Andy can help us to pull some triggers, hehehe