The Juicy 5D mkII Media Thread

Now that there are a few of us with 5D mkII's, I thought it would be fun to have an ongoing thread for pictures and videos taken with this great body.

One rule:
1) 5D mkII media only


I got home from work and decided to take the first "real" pictures with the camera since I bought it.

I put a 25mm extension tube under the 50mm f/1.4 lens and took some shots of some flies my grandfather tied up and gave to me. I think I might print these out and frame them as a Christmas gift.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2..._0120small.jpg


http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2..._0115small.jpg


http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2..._0104small.jpg

Nice shooting, Jim - especially with a 50mm + extension tube rig.

Are these crops? They are well magnified if uncropped on a FF sensor - I think those hooks are #10 or #8 at most.

I take it that you like your new 5DmkII? What about it do you appreciate the most compared to the 5D classic?

Yes, these are crops, but not super bad (see uncropped image below). I love that with the extra MP on the mkII I'm not throwing away so much data on a cropped image. I let my buddy borrow my 100mm macro lens, I plan to reshoot some similar setups when I get it back. I can't wait to have these fill the entire frame.

This is really the first set of pictures that I've taken with the mkII, and so far, it's been great. I haven't played a lot with the video yet. I'm loving the low light performance with the mkII as well.

It's time for you to get some pictures posted up here :)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...0119uncrop.jpg

Cool.

I sold my 5D classic earlier in the year (might have been end of last year - I forget) in anticipation of getting the "II" but it didn't happen right away. In the meantime, I was stuck with just the 50D and I must say I missed the FF format.

I've been mostly shooting "junk" with the mkII to make sure everything is performing properly so I don't have too much to show for it yet. Perhaps this weekend I'll get some stuff worthy.

I really like the dust shaker - my 5D classic had flypaper for the sensor.

These were just some goofing around shots with my 5D2.

From my first outing with the 5D2. Originally posted in this thread:
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http://forums.photographyreview.com/...ad.php?t=68885

Rediscovering the additional DOF control possible with a full-frame camera. The entire thread above (and these two) shot with the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS wide open.

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This one shot a bit back with the 24-105mm f/4L IS

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These shot this weekend with the 100mm f/2.8L IS macro


maple on maple as found
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sensual shapes
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leaf on my truck hood in the morning
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Yes! Those are what I'm talking about. Great contributions. LOVE the macros. :thumbsup:

Thanks, Jim

Some of my daughter's gecko last night. This image with the 100mm f/2.8L IS macro at f/2.8:
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Same setup, but a bit closer and at f/8:
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Don't have anything yet that highlights the low-light capabilities of this camera.

Are you kidding me? Those Gecko shots are incredible! Did you do any cropping on those?

Awesome images, Loupey!

Nice shoulder hackle professor! That is my favorite fly to tie, and my dad's favorite to use.

Thanks, Jim and Ken.

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Originally Posted by spiraleyes

Are you kidding me? Those Gecko shots are incredible! Did you do any cropping on those?

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Yes a little crop (somewhere between your previous example and uncropped if that makes sense).

Got this last night (after work and before the gecko)

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(I should really take some more pictures of people)

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Originally Posted by Loupey

Yes a little crop (somewhere between your previous example and uncropped if that makes sense).

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Makes perfect sense since you were shooting the 100mm and I was with a 50mm.

Now I need to go get more shots just to keep up!

This isn't a real tough ISO test, but the single doe portrait (24% crop, 1/320, F4.5, 270mm) was at 800 ISO and the scene with the buck (41% crop, 1/800, f8, 280mm) was at 1000 ISO. No noise reduction has been applied to either. Both taken with 70-200 2.8 L + 1.4X TC. My 7D would have shown a lot more noise at identical settings, especially at 1000 ISO.

I thought I posted these earlier (I still may have). Shot a couple days after receiving the 5D for an initial high ISO test at a family get-together at my cousin's place.

Both of these at ISO 3200 - no noise reduction whatsoever (neither in-camera nor in post-processing).

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Shot this from the backyard to confirm just how poor of a performer the 16-35mm f/2.8L mkII is. 16mm + FF body = crappy corners (this shot was stopped down to f/5.6 and is uncropped).

Sold that lens and bought the 100mm L.

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A shot from Halloween. My daughter's group and one of my son's friends.

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Some quick shots I took of my car a couple weeks back.


50mm f/1.4 shot at f/6.3, ISO 160, on a tripod

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...gos/Teaser.jpg

70-200 f/2.8L Hand held on both

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...s/IMG_0035.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...s/IMG_0026.jpg

100mm L, wide open, 2 strobes, and a turkey platter reflector (yeah it was after Thanksgiving dinner :) )

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OK, the low-light capability is really nice. Shot this last night backstage before an orchestra concert. Crappy ambient florescent lighting back there and really dark - this image was overexposed to look "normal". Shot with the 50mm f/1.8 at f/2.8, 1/45s, and ISO 3200.

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My baby girl turned 13 over the weekend. She talked us into a party at the house based on a 3:1 invitation-to-RSVP ratio. It turned out to be more like 10:7 and 34 kids showed up.

This camera can see in the dark. This image was lit only by 7 black lights (5 tubes and 2 bulbs) and a disco ball. Can't get too much darker than that and still be able to see through the viewfinder and focus.

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A couple of the kiddo:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...y/IMG_0152.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2...y/IMG_0140.jpg