Comments on: T4P: The Canon 5D Mark II

By: connie

connie — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:48:21 +0000

Ditto to Jason’s request — I can’t seem to find the download on the Canon site. Great article!

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:09:10 +0000

I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction for downloading the focus adjustments that you mentioned in this paragraph:

“So if you have a lens that you know is slightly soft at the far right point, you can tweak it in camera to make it sharper. CRAZY. And here’s the best part – Canon has already determined this information for most of their lenses, so all you have to do is download it and sync it to your camera, and WHAMMY – instantly sharper lenses. Probably the single most awesome feature on the camera.”

By: Rachel Absher

Rachel Absher — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:29:57 +0000

Awesome, thanks, Stacy. I will try out the small Raw 1. I normally shoot in jpg so RAW is a new venture for me with weddings. As I said before I am trying to find a faster workflow for post processing. So, we’ll see if this works for me.
I appreciate you answering so quickly. I have a wedding Sat. and will give Small Raw 1 a try.

By: stacyreeves

stacyreeves — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:20:15 +0000

Hi Rachel! I shoot in Small RAW 1 on my 5D Mark II (about 10 MP) so for me an 8GB card, which is what I shoot with, will hold about 500 photos. I think anything over 8MP is complete overkill, and just wastes space.. If you do want to shoot in full 21MP I recommend investing in some 16GB cards!

By: Rachel Absher

Rachel Absher — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:57:39 +0000

Hi Stacy. I believe you shoot in RAW. My question is how big are your compact flash cards. I stuck an 8 gig in there for a wedding the other day and it read around 130 (don’t know the exact #) images. I’ve been teetering on switching to RAW for a few reasons, one being so that I can have a faster post processing time by using LR. However, I feel like I would be constantly switching cards at the wedding if I wanted to shoot in RAW. Would love to hear your experience.
And again, thanks for being so transparent!
Rachel Absher

By: Donavan Freberg

Donavan Freberg — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07:11 +0000

Love your work, your blog, your branding and your style.

You are an inspiration.

Now, on the subject of the 5D MII video, look at this…

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-16980-Canon+5D+Mark+II:+The+World’s+first+forbidden+HD+Video+finally+Official!!.html

Looks to me like DOF is very fine, even in broad daylight.

Now I’m confused!

By: Geoff Bardot

Geoff Bardot — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:02:43 +0000

All I have to say is that when it comes to forcing APR down while in bright lights it is very easy, you use ND filters. It is what you have had to do anyways because with an aperture like 1.4 in bright light it will be overexposed. You have to think like you are shooting video while using the HD functions and you can get great results.Not think like a photographer. Dan Chung has a great example of Day time shots with thin DOF that looks great. Check him out on vimeo .http://www.vimeo.com/2370335

By: benjhaisch

benjhaisch — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:25:20 +0000

I still can’t believe that the new 5D won’t let you fully control your settings in video mode. that is absurd… I’ve heard the little tricks to make it do what you want, but seriously? I’m like you though, I think I’ll just order one and hope for a firmware update and then cry when they come out with a 5D mk IIN in August or something…

By: jared rey

jared rey — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:54:16 +0000

nice meeting you last night at poker. just wanted to say a quick hello.

By: Becky Young

Becky Young — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:42:54 +0000

Thanks for the review Stacy! I’ve been debating whether I should wait or take the plunge. I think I’ll wait for now and see what comes in the near future. Thanks again!