Canon DSLR "Picture of the day"

[Elisha]

Thanks guys.

Michael did you get the 7D?

[michaelb]

Actually I went with the 5d2, but I'm still not convinced I made the right decision.

I had a difficult time deciding between the 7d and 5d2, but the 40D does everything I need in a 1.6X crop camera, whereas the 5d2 improves upon several things that I didn't like about the 5d.

The main thing that was holding me from getting the 5d2 was what Canon did (or rather didn't do) with the AF system. I've only had the 5d2 for a few days, but surprisingly it feels much more responsive and the shot to shot time seems faster than with the 5d. Its still no sports camera, but I'm much happier with the responsiveness of this camera compared with my old 5d. So far I'm loving it, but I'm still in the Honeymoon periord.



And I love the live view for shots like this.....

5d2, 17-40, ND grad, 2 stop ND grad....(12 degrees F, not including the windchill factor - I couldn't feel my fingers for about 30 minutes after this shot )....

[Csae]

Oh wow. You Almost made brave the cold, but then i remembered i really hate the cold.

I presume you sold your 5d ? If you don't mind me asking, how much did you unload it for ?

I've been thinking of the same route, dropping the 5D, for either a 7D/5Dm2, but i'll probably end up with a d2 because i'm getting addicted to brokeh.

Might even unload my 70-200 F4L, for a 24-70 2.8 / 85 1.8 / 100 2.8 - Whichever, i'd use them all pretty much for portraits with brokeh in mind.

Edit: i really like that picture, i think you should work more on it and send me a print as a thank you for erm, im not sure what but i'll eventually do something worth a thank you!

[faisal]

Congrats michael......and love that shot...that rock in the foreground is something I've never seen...awesome!!!

[Turn]

truly a great shot Michael, that deserves a good rest

last shot from a shoot that I did recently.

[michaelb]

Thanks guys -

Csae - My 5d is at Canon right now getting some fixes done so it'll be ready to sell soon. Mine has about 18k clicks. I'll probably list it between 1k and 1.2k on POTN.

Nice shot Turn.

[AdamW]

Stunning, Michael.

Cool one, Turn. Reminds me of the famous one by Man Ray, but yours has a sensuality that's really powerful:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/gen...lery/ray.shtml

[Spinning]

[michaelb]

I like that second dog shot Spinning.


24-105...

[michaelb]

One more....

200 f/2.8...