DPR Posted their review
As expected, a lot of praise for the 5D Mark II.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos5Dmarkii/
Do people still like DPR reviews? Let me know with some constructive criticism or praise.
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Well regarding ergonomics and quality I like http://www.cameralabs.com videos cause they really talk about how the camera feel in their hands. They have very good reviews on cameras.
I haven’t read the 5D review yet, but generally they are done reasonably well, and at least try to be consistent with previous models and competition. I own a 5DMK II so I am interested in finding out any issues that I can check for, but I’ve taken thousands of photos by now, so I know most of it already.
What they do well is to present the technical details and their measurements, and they tell you exactly how they did the tests. Every Digital camera I’ve owned showed the pluses and faults they found, so that part is reliable.
What is not so good is a better description of how the camera operates out of the lab. What about cold temperatures, rain, snow, etc. We have to rely on infor from others who may have a hidden agenda, or just don’t know what they are doing, and the information is very inconsistent.
The other thing that I’ve been caught on is what they don’t tell you. They don’t purposely leave out information, but, for example, I take tethered photos in the studio, and never hear reports as to how well a given camera works, or if it even works this way. I’ve yet to figure out if the G1, for example can be tethered live.
Use with Canon Flashes… They usually do not cover this, but I see quite a bit of under exposures with my 3 580 EX II flashes. Of course, I can compensate, but I’d like some confirmation of the situation done in a carefully controlled environment.
So, my take is that it is a piece of the puzzle, and a reliable one that is carefully done for the information presented.
Clean test as usual.
I love their reviews. It’s all technical (and yes: no ergonomics and real life) but it’s deep and everything you want to know about the specs is here. You have Hi-res pictures, high ISO test….
If the image quality is there I’ll work around the little odds about ergonomic.
Their lens test are too few but I really like their charts for resolution.
Since Dpreview is owned by a store, Amazon, you cannot really have a lot of confidence in their conclusions, neither their ratings, like “Recommended” or “Highly Recommended”. Besides, Dpreview acts in fact like the officious website of Canon Inc: the receive extensive and exclusive information about products and new presentations in exclusive too, weeks before other press media. Fair play from Canon part is not really the word here, so results and opinion about the brand really smell.
Otherwise, content, procedures, protocols, etc. are rather nice, and there is a lot of work behind each review. Not the previews, that are mostly a copy/paste of press releases.
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Emil
Thats funny – most people believe that DPR is “nikon sponsored” more so than Canon…they never did review the 1D3’s and the lens reviews have been staggered toward Nikon as well.
The problem with any site is that the reviewers are always going to have a personal preference unless they are not photographers and are doing everything from a purely technical/scientific standpoint which unfortunately does not always “speak” to real photographers. “Feel” is a very important component in the use of and Slr – feel to me encompasses the ergonomics and the ease of use of the menus and the build as well. These are all things that are impossible to fairly compare as it is just preference…