Canon Digital SLR Camera EOS 5D Mark II

Wow!. I had a canon 30D before and when I started using the 5D Mk II it blew me away. I haven't started to scratch the surface of what it can do but I'm already extremely happy. Don't expect to sit down and read the user manual before you use it - it's got 250 pages! I just put it to fully automatic and went shooting. The photos were excellent but there were some things not to my satsfaction (needed more aperture or shutter control) so I read the relevant bits of the manual and tried again. The ISO range of the camera is such that if you leave ISO speed in auto you will not get a bad photo (unless you are trying to use it at night in a dark room!). I took it into a gloomy cathedral recently and all the photos were brilliant. Then there's the video camera! It shoots video at HD TV quality with sound. The only real problem I see is that it takes such good photos I am now not satisfied with the quality of my lens. More expense on the horizon!

Why is it described as having Wi-FI when it clearly doesn't?Yes, you can add some adapters perhaps to be able to use the Wi-FI. But...The Camera is a great camera depending on which one you get, if it is kept in mint condition or good working condition, the camera itself is a fantastic camera, it was used and still is being used by most professionals, including some movie industries, including Hollywood, movies such as Iron man II and many other movies were shot by this amazing camera.So if you can get this one or the Mark III go for it. You will not regret it, but make sure you don't get scammed.

I've still only had this Camera a few weeks, so I'll weight my comments accordingly.It arrived in very good time (I live in the Scottish Northern Isles, so never hold my breath over delivery dates). It did require a bit of cosmetic cleaning, but really nothing to worry about. Certainly won't justify dropping a Star, but the Seller might want to think about that. Packaging was good and protected the Camera well. Once I charged the Battery, it was good to go. Please bear in mind that cost didn't include a Compact Memory Card or Spare Battery. The Card is of course essential if you want to take more than a couple of shots, and Compact Memory Card are not as common or cheap as they once were. I'd also say that any serious photographer has a fully charged spare Battery too.In terms of the Camera itself - well the 5Dii does what I expected. I've had a 550D from new which is about the same age, and that is fine Camera. Having used 5Ds in the past I had a shrewd idea of what to expect. Build quality is really good, and I have to say, living with this Camera and using it with a Cannon 50mm Prime lens (the 1.8 one) is a joy. I find a warmth in Standard Setting that I only normally anticipate with film. You'd have to work hard to take a bad picture with this Camera. In you are new to DSLRs, then just using it in Automatic Mode will up your game. I know Professionals who do this! The Daffodils Photo is in full Auto Mode. I've done a bit of video testing and it's good. Need really to install Magic Lantern to get the best from it. The 5D works with most of the lenses I have acquired for the 550D. I'm happy enough with that.With the arrival of Mirrorless DSLRs, prices for the 5D and other such, will inevitably be driven down. Great time to get one, as good picture last forever, and the advantages of mirrorless are not a deal breaker for me.

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and for that sort of money you'd hope so too! But you get what you pay for and you'll enjoy playing with this. Of course you'll then end up buying lots of pricey lenses to make the most of the camera - welcome to the world of 0% credit cards (Amazon do one and you get lots of Amazon vouchers as you spend on it!) (PS I don't work for Amazon!)Depending on what you are wanting this for if you're deadly serious then you *might* want to think about medium format before going ahead - I should imagine for the best results especially in architectural and studio photography medium format still takes some beating. But for general purpose, practical, digital goodyness with fantastic image quality, this is hard to beat.

I had a very bad experience. I bought a camera in "very good" condition only to find that it was completely defected after 10 minutes of usage. Full of unknown errors. I returned the camera an ordered a new one. This time the battery was simply dead. Once again, I returned the camera and decided to have faith that third time, is the time of luck. It arrived and I was happy to find that the battery was still alive. But then I turned on the screen. I saw a line of dead pixels across the left side of the screen. But maybe the dead pixels were only visible in the preview? No. All photos and videos had the same dead pixels line making all the produced media useless. Keep in mind that all this has been dragging on for over a month, while I have been forced to rent cameras for work instead. Also keep in mind that I had to pay for the delivery in order to return the defected cameras. Contacting the seller did not work. They did not respond to my inquiries. However, the most disappointing aspect of all this, is that all these errors should easily had been detected by turning on the camera before packaging.

I love this camera. I took it out to a bar with some friends, and although they started off making fun of me wanting to show off my new gadget, once they saw the picture quality they were blown away and all wanted to try shooting stuff with it. My main interest in buying it was for the video mode and it is great. Although there are some problems (compression, rolling shutter, moire are the biggest ones) I'd happily work around them to get the images this thing produces. Due to the full frame sensor, it works great in low light conditions and shallows the depth of field, giving everything a great look when the aperture is opened up.