Polansky said:Eagle Eye said:Entry level? Really? Do you even use one? In what ways, apart from autofocus, is the 5d mark ii an entry level dslr? As for putting a 12mp sensor from the 5d into a new body, do you really think canon would market a camera with iso 3200? They'd use the sensor from the 5d mark ii and stretch the technology. Everyone who was going to buy a 5d ii has pretty much bought one. Some will upgrade to a new higher end body, others will buy a second body on the lower end. Still others would upgrade from the rebel, 60d, or 7d. It would be shrewd of canon to puruse this.
Yes Mister, I use 2 5D mark II's as I am a professional wedding photographer. Feature wise the 5D MKII is nothing more then the 5D MK I except for a higher pixelcount and the added video (which is not being used by many photographers - not said videographers who love the 5D MKII).
If the 5D MKII hadn't had the video it would have been a 6 year old camera with just a higher MP sensor.
Compare the 5D MK II ISO performance with a Nikon D3 or D3x and you know that your 5D2 is not that special anymore... 5D MKII for these days is just old technology. As for the autofocus of the 5D MKII that has always been a big laugh. Just one central AF point which easily causes OOF pictures when you need to recompose (at big apertures) or when you are in low contrast conditions.
This seems like pure BS. Digic II vs. Digic 4, live view, almost twice the pixels with great IQ, sensor cleaning, etc. It's hard to believe you actually use cameras at all.
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