forresthills Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I thought a few of you (Guy I'm thinking of you), would be interested in this. On paper it looks pretty special. Canon 5D Mark II Officially Awesome: 21MP DSLR First to Shoot Full HD Video I for one am tempted. But lets see what the proper reviews have to say and more importantly what it feels and performs like in my hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biturbo Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I've taken my eye off the ball recently, but knew a 5D mkII was around the corner. These specs look stunning. Just need to wait for the rip-off UK pricing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forresthills Posted September 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I've taken my eye off the ball recently, but knew a 5D mkII was around the corner. These specs look stunning.Just need to wait for the rip-off UK pricing now. So what do you think $2700 body only translates to in the UK? I just spoke to my brother and he said the UK list is £2300! Unbelievable! I was thinking Sub 2k easy. It makes me mad.....Grrrrrrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biturbo Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Just got the info through from Digital Rev Canon EOS 5D Mark II It seems that the £2300 is the exclusive of tax price:ffs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Pricing makes sense to Canon given the new 50D is over a grand from the looks of it. I couldn't see the point of the 1000D but now I see they will up the 450D spec in the next version and hence have another layer and more expensive models that were not before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 That does look nice!! Think I will have to wait till after xmas and there are some discounts available. Really liking the Panasonic G1 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crasher Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Spooky this as i only casally mentioned the 5d over in the 50d posting the other day... That said, i can't help but think that it is loaded with some technology that is simply not going to be used by many of the target audience. I was contemplating the 5d as a move over to full-frame DSLR (from my 30d). The specs on this new 5d do look awesome i agree, but i'd never use the video capture. So i'd be paying an eye-watering £2-£3k for a combined DSLR/HD Camcorder. For me this just confuses the issue over potential upgrades... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 I think its great its got it why not, could be good bolting an L lens onto the front and taking a bit of a video I can see many times it might be useful or at the very least nice to have. The 5D looks good as an upgrade personally I'm hoping for more new lens announcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCab Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Does it mean the Mk I 5D may get cheaper, or is this so much higher a price bracket that it's unlikely to drive down the predecessor for a while? If the former, this might be the real draw of this announcement, for people wanting to get into full-frame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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