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

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    planetMitchplanetMitch Registered Users Posts: 36 Big grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    Moogle Pepper wrote:
    You are going to love the 5D2!

    Don't we already? :)

    of course, that's probably only those of us who have one Laughing.gif.

    as norcalshooter said, B&H seem to have the kit in stock - has been since early yesterday so either nobody's buying or they got a ton. Check the 5d wiki status page for the latest on B&H and others who may have stock and for all the latest news - updating this thing all day :)

    oh, and i have 2 videos online now here at smugmug! They're 720p - have gotten into the beta and can now upload as 1080 but that requires reupload for these 2.
    Mitch
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    norcalshooternorcalshooter Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    Cute videos Mitch, both made me smile.
    The concentration on the young dancers face is great.
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    planetMitchplanetMitch Registered Users Posts: 36 Big grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    norcalshooter wrote:
    Cute videos Mitch, both made me smile.
    The concentration on the young dancers face is great.

    Thanks!

    Still lots of learning to do with video and this camera... (and of course I'm sharing much of that learning in the wiki) - hope to make it a great resource
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    Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    The verdict is in, I'm loving my 5D2.

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    Go easy on me, it's been a while since I've done any photography and I'm feeling like a complete n00b with Lightroom and Photoshop at the moment.
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

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    ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    Mike Lane wrote:
    The verdict is in, I'm loving my 5D2.

    Go easy on me, it's been a while since I've done any photography and I'm feeling like a complete n00b with Lightroom and Photoshop at the moment.

    Nice! Love it.
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    ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,411 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    The Best Buy discount price seems to be gone. Anyone know why?




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    Moogle PepperMoogle Pepper Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    Maybe too many tried to get it at that price or tried to get a price reduction on their purchase like myself! (which didn't work!! I tried last night!)
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    planetMitchplanetMitch Registered Users Posts: 36 Big grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    Zanotti wrote:
    The Best Buy discount price seems to be gone. Anyone know why?

    I thought it was a special sale that was on their homepage... you can still get the 10% discount tho - it is good thru 1/31 --- have a link to it on the wiki status page for yesterday
    Mitch
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    RBrogenRBrogen Registered Users Posts: 1,518 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    I ordered my body only through my dell corp account and got it for $2,550. I then realized hmmmm I should check out the accessories...and found this awesome wireless WFT-E4A file transmitter that just absolutely ROCKS!!! You can have people viewing from a website while you are still shooting!!! Talk about a new spin on "Live View" lol ...then yes of course I had to get that L glass that I was missing 24-105 f4...can't wait to get it all running!!!!
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    davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    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.


    I guess now days when it says in stock, it doesn't really mean in stock.

    Ordered (via web) Sunday morning at 2:30 Central Standard time.
    Monday, I hear nothing from them, so I call. I'm told that the shipment is coming in Tuesday.ne_nau.gif What happened to in stock?
    Tuesday, around 6:00 pm CST, I get an email. It says the plane was delayed, no shipping til Wednesday, but only if you ordered overnight shipping, otherwise it would be shipped Friday.
    This is a UPS thing because of Christmas Eve. I understand that they can not control that, but if they'd have had them in stock, this wouldn't have mattered.
    Now mind you, they still don't have the cameras in their hands, but their tracking info is saying that they'll receive them Wednesday.

    So I canceled my order.
    Call me old fashion, but when I read in stock, I expect that item to ship the next day, not 5 days later.
    Needless to say Pictureline won't get any business from me.

    I was originally going to wait awhile till the black dot, banding, and whatever else shows up gets cleared up.
    Pictureline just gave me a good excuse to go back to my original plan.

    With a little luck, after the holidays, the price will come down a bit and they'll be more readily available.

    Enjoy your new cameras.
    dave.

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    RBrogenRBrogen Registered Users Posts: 1,518 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    Dave,

    I can say that I absolutely agree with you. One of my pet peeves is that if you say in-stock and I order next day within the time frame of same day ship I should get it the next day. I've run into this with some other on-line vendors and their responses have all been...next day shipment from the time they get/ship it and I think it is as a pathetic excuse as the airlines holding people on the tarmack for 6+ hours against their will...to me that is kidnapping!

    Randy
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    ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    I'm uploading my 5D2 wedding photos from Saturday to smugmug.... will have updates later but all I can say is this:

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    DI-JoeDI-Joe Registered Users Posts: 368 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2008
    I haven't had a chance to shoot anything useful with mine yet. Saturday I have a wedding and I'm looking very forward to shooting with an 85mm 1.2L Good times that'll be.
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    PindyPindy Registered Users Posts: 1,089 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2008
    Mine just survived about an hour of being snowed on in 20-degree (F) weather. Not sure I would have trusted my 5D quite as much in this sitch.
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    ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2008
    Favorite wedding photo ever I am almost tempted to say.

    5D2 + 135L (@f2) + 580EX2 w/ Fong diffuser = this magic:
    441961485_Q4t9n-L.jpg

    The 5D2 + 35L (@f1.4) in available light is also pretty awesome (and I only needed ISO 800 for this surprisingly)
    441943817_JTeT5-L.jpg

    More wedding favorites here: http://photos.cathoffman.com/gallery/6291485_dVV3z#
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    CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2008
    The bokeh on those primes is awesome.

    Cuong
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    Moogle PepperMoogle Pepper Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2008
    No 300% crop? eek7.gif

    Niiiiiiice! Need primes....
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    ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2008
    Moogle Pepper wrote:
    No 300% crop? eek7.gif

    Niiiiiiice! Need primes....

    Here's some crops for you:

    http://photos.cathoffman.com/photos/442099808_eQjwr-L.jpg

    http://photos.cathoffman.com/photos/442099760_uCEoJ-L.jpg
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    VanquizVanquiz Registered Users Posts: 199 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2008
    Cat, that's brilliant shots, I need to check out the whole gallery now clap.gif Did you use 5D2 solely or 40D as well to shoot the wedding? Did you change lenses?
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    Merry Christmas!


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    Santa brought no black dots, sorry :cry Original - warning, large file.
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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    Tree's crooked, dude.

    My new 5D is b0rked, I gotta send it back.

    Nothing is going right.

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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    DavidTO wrote:
    Tree's crooked, dude.

    it's fine if you tilt your head!
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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    Andy wrote:
    it's fine if you tilt your head!


    It's too sore from banging it against the wall every time I see that error show up on my 5D. :bash
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    Moogle PepperMoogle Pepper Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    Andy wrote:
    it's fine if you tilt your head!

    lol3.gif

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    ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    DavidTO wrote:
    It's too sore from banging it against the wall every time I see that error show up on my 5D. :bash
    Error?
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    ivar wrote:
    Error?
    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=115141
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    ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    Andy wrote:
    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=115141
    Ahhh....
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    joglejogle Registered Users Posts: 422 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    Mine arrived in the shop on Christmas Eve, so after a quick charge of the battery and a play though the menus. (C.Fn IV:3 set to 4 is the first thing I do on a Canon DSLR) We went out to the local "Carols by Candlelight" event where me and my brother played up.

    My brother conducting:
    442088769_kxQVE-L.jpg

    This one is me:
    442114272_ykNqQ-L.jpg

    The songbooks never survive the night:
    442122423_6sGsJ-L.jpg


    And some video from Christmas day of a native New Zealand Kereu scoffing down whole plums for christmas dinner: http://www.ogle.co.nz/gallery/6914720_B6kQE#442583103_RiNf4

    the other photos are here: http://www.ogle.co.nz/gallery/6908471_Fgwm3#442088769_kxQVE
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    VanquizVanquiz Registered Users Posts: 199 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    james, congratz on ur new 5D2, Im sure u'll fall in love with it, if you havent already, Laughing.gif.

    This camera is awesome, I love my 40D, but this one is like on totally different world.
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2008
    Some roadside weeds - it's all about perspective.

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