So I think cameras have finally developed enough since I got my 20D almost four years ago to make it worthwhile upgrading. I was watching some video I shot with my new video camera and noticed it's quite a bit sharper than stills with my 20D. I have been waiting for the announcement of the 5D mkII which happened today so I can compare specs against the 50D. Either camera is a significant upgrade for me and I'd get the 24-105 F4 L for either one.
There are some strong reasons for either one. First being cost, the 50D is about $1000 less and my 24-105 would become 38-168 which would be ideal for portraits and "walk around town" shooting, most of what I do. With the 5D, I'd still have a good bit of wide angle on my walk around lens but not quite as much range since it's full frame with no
magnification. Obviously image quality will likely be better and they have a nice big viewfinder. The 5D does lack an on camera flash which is a small issue but it is nice occasionally and I do have a 580EX for times I've been planning ahead to use flash. I'm really not sure what's going to make my decision on this. I would say examining image quality once comparisons are available but the shots posted for comparison online are generally so ideal that they will make any camera look great. One of the biggest factors for me would be high iso noise. It probably wouldn't make THIS much difference but if 3200 iso on the MKII looked like 800 iso on the 50D that alone would do it for me.
Is anyone else here in the process of making the same decision?
EDIT: Canon apparently has both on their site now.
50D http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/co...elTechSpecsAct
5D MKII http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/co...elTechSpecsAct