Canon 5D Mark II - On Assignment
After running the new 5D Mark II through some successful testing yesterday, I opted to make it my primary camera on a shoot I did today for a regional magazine. The assignment was to shoot images to accompany a feature article on a high end steak house. I must say that I am very pleased with the results.
I paired the body with my main lens, the Canon 24-105 f4L, and went to work. I was assigned to get images of steak, a portrait of the manager and an interior shot of the restaurant. The camera performed flawlessly in taking on this task.
On the food and portrait settings I used monolights at ISO 100 just as I would have done with my original 5D, but on the restaurant interior I used existing lighting at ISO 1000. I would have never pushed the speed that high with the 5D but with the Mark II the results were fantastic.
The exposure and color represented in the RAW images straight out of the camera were great. I did very little adjustment in the RAW conversion. On the image shown above, the only editing I have done to it outside of the conversion in Adobe Camera Raw was to add a high pass sharpening layer.
The only thing I don't like about the Mark II as of now is that I don't have a battery grip. I have been using grips on my cameras for 25+ years (I had motor drives on my old Nikon 35mm film bodies) and am really accustomed to holding the grip for vertical shots so it took a little adjustment today. The grip for the Mark II (Canon BG-E6) hasn't arrived yet at Pictureline. As soon as it comes in it will become a near permanent fixture to the body.
Next up for the new camera, submitting some images from it to iStock.
Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens - 1/160 second, f/6.3, ISO 100
5 Comments:
Thanks SO much!! I'm looking forward to more comments on it!
How long have you had that 24-105L is? I mainly use my 24-70L for portraits, but have considered getting the 24-205 is with the new 5D ll. Do you think it's worth it?
Debbi
this makes me hungry.
I hear you with the battery grip. I started with a Nikon F4 back in my film days, and even though it's still not nearly as big as the new digi-SLRs it's still much bulkier with the extra battery pack on the bottom. I can't shoot without them now ... it just doesn't feel right. :)
@Debbi
re: 24-105 f/4L IS
If you have the 24-70 and have been using it on a 1.6x body (30D, 40D, etc.), you will lose the reach when you go to a full-frame body. Your 70mm will be a true 70 rather than the effective 110-ish you're getting now with the sensor crop. So if you like the reach you're getting with the 24-70, you will want the 24-105 on the 5DmkII.
With this being said, the 24-70 is a great lens though. I'd actually like to have one for the narrower depth of field.
I just grabbed the Nikon D90, and I'm loving the high ISO performance. It beats the more expensive Canon 50D by a large margin.
However, I'm jealous of the 5D's video capabilities. The D90 has some annoying limitations. =P
Waiting for a D3 sensor Nikon that has the self-cleaning sensor and video capabilities. D800?
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