My 5D is arriving today

ericgtr

Making the jump from the Rebel XT to a 5D (skipping a couple of steps) and it should be arriving today. I am pretty excited about making the move and all of my lenses are compatible.

ziggy53

ericgtr wrote:

Making the jump from the Rebel XT to a 5D (skipping a couple of steps) and it should be arriving today. I am pretty excited about making the move and all of my lenses are compatible.

The 5D is a pretty amazing camera, but then, so is the XT and virtually every other modern dSLR on the current market. Ten years ago, I would have given a lot more for any of the current crop of cameras.

I anxiously await your images with this new tool.

jdryan3

ericgtr wrote:

Making the jump from the Rebel XT to a 5D (skipping a couple of steps) and it should be arriving today. I am pretty excited about making the move and all of my lenses are compatible.

I did the same over a year ago. Original 300D to the 5D. Wow! What a difference. It makes all the posts about when is the next Canon dslr coming out enjoyable - I have no need to upgrade and no lust (yet)!

And once you get the 5D, have fun replacing all your lenses with 'L' glass.
:lol :lol :lol :lol


(Seriously)

ericgtr

jdryan3 wrote:

I did the same over a year ago. Original 300D to the 5D. Wow! What a difference. It makes all the posts about when is the next Canon dslr coming out enjoyable - I have no need to upgrade and no lust (yet)!

And once you get the 5D, have fun replacing all your lenses with 'L' glass.
:lol :lol :lol :lol


(Seriously)

Thanks guys!

Actually, I already have the 70-200 2.8L IS, 17-40L (which I am a little nervous about the width on FF) and a 50 1.4. Having a couple of decent lenses really helped me make this decision.

wxwax

ericgtr wrote:

Making the jump from the Rebel XT to a 5D (skipping a couple of steps) and it should be arriving today. I am pretty excited about making the move and all of my lenses are compatible.

Outstanding! Great body. I hope your computer is up to the challenge of its very large files! make sure you have the right RAW processor.

pathfinder

Enjoy exploring available light at ISO 1600 with the 5D.

Just don't take it out in the rain to shoot without a good rain coat, it is not a happy camera in the rain.

There are numerous tales of woe from folks shooting in the rain with a 5D. Mine stopped until it dried out and I was in a car and only outside very briefly in a drizzle, not even a real rain. This is a serious issue, some 5D's do not recover after failing in the rain :cry

The 5D is not a 1 series camera in terms of weather sealing. But it is small, light and easy to carry for a full frame DSLR, and makes really great images.

wxwax

pathfinder wrote:

Just don't take it out in the rain to shoot without a good rain coat, it is not a happy camera in the rain.

There are numerous tales of woe from folks shooting in the rain with a 5D. Mine stopped until it dried out and I was in a car and only outside very briefly in a drizzle, not even a real rain. This is a serious issue, some 5D's do not recover after failing in the rain :cry

Thanks for the tip, I hadn't heard that.

pathfinder

wxwax wrote:

Thanks for the tip, I hadn't heard that.

There was a thread on the Luminous Lanscape about 5Ds failing in the rain, but I can't seem to find it with a quick search right now. M Reichman talks about camera failures in Antarctica here

I do know that both rutt and I have had 5ds stop working after being used in the rain - I think rutt's had more water exposure than mine - mine really just got sprizzed in a drizzle-freezing rain a few times over the course of an afternoon in 28 degree weather - and then I lost the corners of my sensor ( they turned black in a couple images )- and then I had a brick that did not work at all. Drying it out overnight, successfully resusitated it without any apparent residuals. I was a little nervous for a while though. I am shopping for a raincoat before the shoot out this fall

This was shot at the Steamboat Arabia Museum with my 5d after drying out overnight ISO 800 f5 1/13th

ripbob

Nice. I'm looking to upgrade in the future as well as I miss the ff I had with my 1Ds.

davev

I was thinking about moving up to a 5D from my XTi until I read this thread.
A few rain drops and cam quits working? This isn't the cam for me.
Back to looking at the 30D.

Thanks for the info guys.

pathfinder

Dave,

Don't give up on the 5D. I had mine out in the rain again yesterday, and it worked fine. I just kept it inside my coat while walking about.

That said, digital cameras are electrical computers, and are not devices that fair well in the rain without protection. Read Michael Reichman's article about camera failures on his Antactica shoot. They spent a day shooting in the rain in the Falkland Islands, and it cost a bunch of cameras their lives.

He lists three Leica M-8 failures ( but they were not necessarily due to rain), three 5Ds ( one recovered), two 1DMkII, 6 1DsMkII ( 3 subsequently recovered), two Rebel XTs, two video cameras, and a Canon 70-200 f2,8 IS L.
There were no Nikon failures due to rain, but the make up of the party was 85% were shooting Canon. He says they were outside in a continuous drizzel for over 90 minutes without access to any shelter.

There have been several threads here on dgrin regarding rain protection for digital cameras. Andy's use of a Zip loc bag is the simplest and cheapest and can be seen here

Kata and others make raincoats for cameras also http://www.kata-bags.com/Item.asp?pid=229&cid=61&perentId=4&ProdLine=4

ericgtr

It rains all the time here and I am just careful with my cameras, neither are sealed and I keep it in my coat too. Here's one of the shots I got on my first day out with my new 5D (also posted in another thread) and thought i would share it here too. I am pretty happy with my 17-40 on this thing, I was really worried about vignetting but it's not as bad as people make it out, at least to my taste.

davev

Yeah, that's kind of the thing. I don't abuse the camera, but it does get used in less than ideal conditions.
I will say that about the Rebels, (300, 350 and 400) I haven't had any problems with any of them in less than perfect weather.

Not rain, just snow



How about -10

evoryware

My rebels have faired well in less than ideal weather, rain and snow. My XTI has fared well at humid windy beaches.
I was considering a 5D, but will look into another option now.

dogwood

ziggy53 wrote:

The 5D is a pretty amazing camera, but then, so is the XT and virtually every other modern dSLR on the current market. Ten years ago, I would have given a lot more for any of the current crop of cameras.

Yup, wasn't long ago that a 1 MP DSLR cost thousands of dollars.