Canon EOS 5D Mark II: 21MP and HD movies
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Originally Posted by seoulman' post='676362' date='Sep 23 2008, 12:18 PM
Looks like for portrait work, it is THE camera to get.
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Originally Posted by alexf9496' post='676389' date='Sep 23 2008, 03:54 PM
Definitely! As an aside, here's what the 40D can do for portraits (tethered and shot with strobes and hot lights). I'm sure the 5DMkII will be better ![Smile](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/smile.gif)
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Wow, nice stuff Alex! I agree, the new 5D looks amazing.
My 5D does a nice job with portraits/people too - these first two were ISO 800 with natural light.
"It is I" as G. Gordon would say... (self portrait)
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ISO 400, Speedlight on-camera
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Originally Posted by alexf9496' post='676389' date='Sep 24 2008, 04:54 AM
Definitely! As an aside, here's what the 40D can do for portraits (tethered and shot with strobes and hot lights). I'm sure the 5DMkII will be better ![Smile](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/smile.gif)
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Originally Posted by alexf9496' post='676386' date='Sep 24 2008, 04:47 AM
I usually buy from B&H and they're estimating November, so hopefully, I'll be in the first run of people scrabling to pick these up. ![Smile](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/smile.gif)
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Originally Posted by UUronL' post='676401' date='Sep 24 2008, 05:05 AM
Wow, nice stuff Alex! I agree, the new 5D looks amazing.
My 5D does a nice job with portraits/people too - these first two were ISO 800 with natural light.
My 5D does a nice job with portraits/people too - these first two were ISO 800 with natural light.
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Originally Posted by alexf9496' post='676405' date='Sep 23 2008, 04:08 PM
Were any of those with an 85 f/1.2?
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No. They were all with the 24-105 f4 L.
The first two were wide open at f4. I'm pretty sure that the last one was at f8.
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Originally Posted by seoulman' post='676410' date='Sep 23 2008, 01:11 PM
Drop me a note on the performance of the camera when you get and use it. I would really like to know. Being a gadget geek, I always have to have whatever is new! ![Laughing](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/laughing.gif)
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