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Review on Canon EOS 5D Mark II Body Camera by Aneta Tkaczyk ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Quality of the product is at the level, I will recommend this product

I definitely liked the camera more in color than the Nikon d7000, and in general it is more pleasant both in the hand and in control. Although AF is lame (see shortcomings), it is of little use for shooting moving objects (it will simply not focus if the object is not in the center of the frame). For me personally, point number 1 in the merits covers all the shortcomings, because in the end people look at the photo, and not at what camera it was taken or what kind of autofocus it had. And the richness of colors, the dynamic range of colors and a much less noisy matrix (on the 2nd grade ISO 3200 looks about the same as ISO 1600 on the Nikon d7000) is very, very reflected in the final quality of photographs. Hence the ability to shoot at faster shutter speeds (sometimes this is important). If 2 marks were to add more points to AF, there would be no price for it. Or rather, its price would be exactly like that of the 3 mark, because. 3mark, as far as I can judge, is a certain sum of the merits of 2mark and 7d. But 3 mark is already a different price, especially when compared with the price of a used 2 mark. If capturing a moment is much more important than picture quality, take a Canon 7d or Nikon d7000 (but in JPG the skin color on it is just awful, shoot only in RAW and then develop in Lightroom, not Capture Pro). But if the picture and the ability to raise ISO are more important, then 2mark is an excellent choice. After it comes 3 marks and so on.

Pros
  • 1. Full matrix = color vibrancy and fairly low noise at ISO up to 2022-3000 completely. 2. Good HD video (equivalent to photo quality). 3. For me personally, control is more convenient and pleasant than on the Nikon d7000. 4. Excellent reproduction of skin color (skinton), again compared to Nikon d7000 (although in Lightroom skinton from Nikon is also very good).
Cons
  • 1. The biggest and most noticeable drawback is AF (only 9 focus points located in the central part of the viewfinder). 2. Compact Flash memory card is not the cheapest and most versatile option (not suitable for most other equipment). 3. The cover of the memory card compartment is somehow not solid, and does not fit too tightly to the camera body. 4. Over time, black paint is erased in the lower part of the case, especially under the switch button (a disease of cameras with a range of 30-50 thousand frames or more).