5D - Noise? We don't need no stinkin' noise!!!

Wow! Just playing with this new toy. (Shot #36 from this camera). ISO 1600, no PP, straight out of the camera, resized only. I am blown away.

Here's my duck:

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Sure.. sure ... rub it in.


Congrats

Makes me want a 5D...

It is hard not to rub it in. Once you see how great the FF sensor is, it's impossible to just keep the fun inside. Am I right? I was laughing for about an hour and then I remembered I had to buy 2 4 GB CF cards just to shoot one event.

SuzyView wrote in post #2532282
It is hard not to rub it in. Once you see how great the FF sensor is, it's impossible to just keep the fun inside. Am I right? I was laughing for about an hour and then I remembered I had to buy 2 4 GB CF cards just to shoot one event.

If there is any down-side to this camera that is probably it. 2Gb cards are only marginally big enough, and then only if you have a few of them. Shooting in raw I can only get around 120 or so.

I'll try to live with it though.

I bought a P-2000 and it holds 30 GB. With 220/4 GB CF card that doesn't give me nearly as many pictures for a long vacation. But that's why I bought the 160 GB external hard drive for my laptop. Have to cover yourself. I've lost stuff so many times, I have backups for my backups.

One of the photography magazines I bought recently said the SmarkDisk Photobank was a good investment, but the downloading took a long time. Then Canon is coming out with the M30 and M80, both very expensive, but look impressive. If I was showing work to clients and wanted a portable album, I'd buy a P-5000 or M80 because those are wonderful viewers and portable storage units.

Santa got me the p-5000 and I love it since I shoot raw with Adobe RGB and the viewer can handle that color space.

drparker wrote in post #2532395
Santa got me the p-5000 and I love it since I shoot raw with Adobe RGB and the viewer can handle that color space.

Lucky!

drparker wrote in post #2532395
Santa got me the p-5000 and I love it since I shoot raw with Adobe RGB and the viewer can handle that color space.

Why do you like Adobe RGB? I've been experimenting between this and sRGB and I can't decide what it really does for me.

Amazing.. I'll definitely be picking up whatever replaces the 5D down the line.

Jeff Solenberg wrote in post #2532420
Why do you like Adobe RGB? I've been experimenting between this and sRGB and I can't decide what it really does for me.

It's kind of future proofing. It's a larger color space than any monitor and most printers can handle. But who know what we'll have in the future.

Also there's some arguments that you can make more adjustments during PP before you loose data.

I'm not sure which side of the argument is right. I just figure I'll do the work flow that keeps the most information. It only adds one step, convert to sRGB before final output. Now I'm trying to figure-out if I should go to the Pro-Photo space.

Nice!
Amazing for ISO 1600.
I got some nice ISO800 pics. Perhaps I'll try higher.
It helps that the overall lighting is bright, no?

Abou the CF card...yeah...when I got it I was shooting with reckless abandon...and wam...my 2GB ran out of space!

Jeff, you've just begun to be amazed. I am so happy that I got this camera instead of a 20/30D.

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Shortly after fooling around with Adobe RGB I remember looking at the files I downloaded and thinking "Hey, what's with the _MG.xxx?" It took me a while to put 2 & 2 together.

nicksan wrote in post #2532492
Nice!
Amazing for ISO 1600.
I got some nice ISO800 pics. Perhaps I'll try higher.
It helps that the overall lighting is bright, no?...

Thanks! The lighting mostly came from the 580EX bounced off the ceiling using the fill card. given the good WB it obviously overpowered the incandescent ambient light.

davidfig wrote in post #2532495
Jeff, you've just begun to be amazed. I am so happy that I got this camera instead of a 20/30D.

I think this shot alone removed any feelings of wondering if I made the right decision. Like everyone says, whether a 30D or 5D is better depends on what is important to you in a camera. For me, image quality trumps all other features. I think I might have actually giggled looking at some of the images that have come out of this thing.

David - BTW, you are stunning!