that new camera smell

Andy

rutt wrote:

Thanks, Andy. I'll tentatively chalk up my issues to funky ballpark light.

i'm diggin' the skintones from the 5d. and the high iso noise.

hmm went to bed last night thinking i'd be returning it now i'm going to sleep on it for a few mo days.

dragon300zx

andy wrote:

i'm diggin' the skintones from the 5d. and the high iso noise.

hmm went to bed last night thinking i'd be returning it now i'm going to sleep on it for a few mo days.

Oh andy why stop kidding yourself. Just admit your a junkie and keep it, keep the 1ds mkii, buy a 20d, a 20da, and a 20d IR.

Andy

dragon300zx wrote:

buy 20d IR.

:nono dan over at maxmax is converting a new sony r-1 with that sweet aps cmos chip in it, for me... should have it sometime this month!

dragon300zx

andy wrote:

:nono dan over at maxmax is converting a new sony r-1 with that sweet aps cmos chip in it, for me... should have it sometime this month!

Yeah but it's not a canon........

rutt

dragon300zx wrote:

Oh andy why stop kidding yourself. Just admit your a junkie and keep it, keep the 1ds mkii, buy a 20d, a 20da, and a 20d IR.

Exactly the advice I gave him. Be like Warren Buffet; never sell. But I think Andy gets almost as much fun out of selling as he does out of buying. Must have been a Persian rug dealer in a previous life.

Andy

rutt wrote:

Exactly the advice I gave him. Be like Warren Buffet; never sell. But I think Andy gets almost as much fun out of selling as he does out of buying. Must have been a Persian rug dealer in a previous life.

yes, but there's a difference between selling and returning of course i was going to *try* the 5D, and i'm glad i'm trying it. i'm also glad i have the ability to return it, without penalty, within 15 days....

my momma didn't raise no dummy.

Peter Dumont

Hey Andy ,

andy wrote:

:nono dan over at maxmax is converting a new sony r-1 with that sweet aps cmos chip in it, for me... should have it sometime this month!

You mean to say that the R1 has allready hit the shops in New York ?

Peter Dumont

Andy

Peter Dumont wrote:

You mean to say that the R1 has allready hit the shops in New York ?

Peter Dumont

no, not yet. but soon.

Andy

eating some crow

andy wrote:

i'm not giving up my 1Ds Mark II for the 5D, however. and that leaves the fate of the 5D in the balance for me - not sure if i'll keep it as a second body or if instead i'll go back to the 20d as a second body.

so, i did give up my 1Ds Mark II for the 5D. why? becuase it's that good. yup. in the end, picture quality, ergos, size/weight all won the day for the 5D over the 1Ds Mark II. doesn't mean the 1Ds Mark II is a bad camera, just means the 5D is an excellent alternative. another thing: i like the battery system, it will mesh well with the 20d i'm going to pickup in a couple weeks as a second body.

now, canon: whatcha got in store for 2006?

dragon300zx

andy wrote:

so, i did give up my 1Ds Mark II for the 5D. why? becuase it's that good. yup. in the end, picture quality, ergos, size/weight all won the day for the 5D over the 1Ds Mark II. doesn't mean the 1Ds Mark II is a bad camera, just means the 5D is an excellent alternative. another thing: i like the battery system, it will mesh well with the 20d i'm going to pickup in a couple weeks as a second body.

now, canon: whatcha got in store for 2006?

Then in two months you will sell the 5d because you miss the 1ds ii, pick up another 1ds, sell the 20D again 2 weeks later and pickup a 5d as your backup body.

Andy

dragon300zx wrote:

Then in two months you will sell the 5d because you miss the 1ds ii, pick up another 1ds, sell the 20D again 2 weeks later and pickup a 5d as your backup body.

don't you have a boss to appease?

dragon300zx

andy wrote:

don't you have a boss to appease?

That's easy, all I have to do is pretend I think she's pretty.

W.W. Webster

andy wrote:

now, canon: whatcha got in store for 2006?

A replacement for the 1Ds Mk II at a much better price/performance point, I reckon.

Andy

very pleased with af and shutter lag

patch29

rutt wrote:

One positive observation, I experienced fine battery life yesterday. One battery was enough to fill three 4GB cards and when I got home the camera still showed the battery 100% charged.

Has anyone fully used a battery? Just wondering how many shots it averages per battery.

Andy

patch29 wrote:

Has anyone fully used a battery? Just wondering how many shots it averages per battery.

:nah not yet. but i haven't tried, either.

Andy

patch29 wrote:

Has anyone fully used a battery? Just wondering how many shots it averages per battery.

some folks are reporting 400-500
a few others 300+

rutt

I shot until I filled 3 4GB cards at the ball game the day after I got the camera. That's <700 shots L+RAW. I was using a non Canon mAh battery, though.