5d Mark II Announced -- OFFICIAL RELEASE

sadatk wrote in post #6330245
It's not totally gapless, but it is reduced.

Hmmm, it looks gapless to me

^^^that's funny.

Well time for bed...I'll stop bothering you folk.

One of you camera recon ninjas needs to scope out high iso sRAW and see if pixel binning is really all that.

drisley wrote in post #6330390
Hmmm, it looks gapless to me

LoL, I quickly glanced at it and went to dpreview to check since I did not remember it being that way. I had to take a better look to notice what it actually was, foolish me! Nice job.

You need to scroll down your screen capture there. The next frame of photos shows the following:

Reduced micro lens gap
Canon have stated that the gap between microlenses has been reduced compared to the original EOS 5D, although there is still some gap (the EOS 50D has a 'gapless' design). We are guessing that the gap has been maintained to enable a shifted pattern near the corners of the frame (which helps reduce fall-off on such large sensors).

Not what the original 5D was, but definitely not "gapless".

justincase724 wrote in post #6330457
You need to scroll down your screen capture there. The next frame of photos shows the following:

Reduced micro lens gap
Canon have stated that the gap between microlenses has been reduced compared to the original EOS 5D, although there is still some gap (the EOS 50D has a 'gapless' design). We are guessing that the gap has been maintained to enable a shifted pattern near the corners of the frame (which helps reduce fall-off on such large sensors).

Not what the original 5D was, but definitely not "gapless".

Take a second look at his image. Also notice the grin smiley he used. I fell for it as well.

heh heh... I actually meant to post it here.

Lord_Malone wrote in post #6329758
Wow. I'm a little late to the party, but this is certainly some interesting news to come home to.

And I see there are multiple controversial threads to choose from as well. Probably a lot of angry folks not satisfied with Canon's latest offering and threatening to switch over to Nikon once and for all. Why would any of this not surprise me?

Yeah, it was just for a cheap laugh (very cheap )
I honestly don't know much about the whole gap vs gapless debate.

Lord_Malone wrote in post #6330480
heh heh... I actually meant to post it here.

In your quoted post you hit the nail on the head

Somethings never change, there are people on the Treo forums that are the exact same way. Different products same attitudes.

I guess you cant please everybody, and everybody is entitled to their opinion

krepta wrote in post #6330471
Take a second look at his image. Also notice the grin smiley he used. I fell for it as well.

Ah, got it. Sorry, it's getting difficult for me to keep up with all these threads. I think my brain is suffering from it.

Hey speaking of HD video camcorders, do they make a camcorder that takes canon lenses?

good job ninja txs for share!!!

Franko515 wrote in post #6330563
Hey speaking of HD video camcorders, do they make a camcorder that takes canon lenses?

XL series Canon video cameras do. They're a bit more expensive than your average camcorder however

super_m12 wrote in post #6322041
The problem is that the original 5D has become one of those legendary cameras that people will still be talking about years from now. This is a hard act to follow. I don’t think that Canon could have put out a replacement for the 5D that would have made everyone happy. They put out the best product they could and some people are going to hate it and others will love it.

Absolutely right, I've been saying this for over a year. Moreover, most of those dissing the 5d MKII, I would venture to say, have never held a 5d in thier hands.

Face it folks, if you can't create magic with a 5D, aint nothing gonna help ya.

Nortelbert wrote in post #6329958
I don't think being disappointed is whining, but there are definitely ways of expressing it without coming across as a whiner. For example, I think people who keep threatening to jump to Nikon if Canon doesn't release a great camera with all the features only they deem important are whiners.

Canon did not release the Rebel 1000 for Rebel owners, they did it for P&S owners to upgrade. The 50D was to get people to upgrade from the Rebel, not the 40D. Similarly, if you already have a 5D, you may not like the 5D II, and that's OK... but don't automatically assume it's crap, yell that at the top of your lungs, and then not expect some flak to head your way (I am using "your" in the generic sense here). For those of us jumping up to the 5 level camera, like I plan on doing, this is a great product at a decent price. Just let us be happy about our decision, OK?

I'm down with that. I guess emotions are running high right now on both sides--the euphoria of a great camera coming out soon for some and the disappointment for others. I might have to ease off the keyboard for a while until people get over the initial excitement/letdown. Too many talkers and not enough listeners. And I can definitely see how people repeating the same complaints over and over would get tiresome. I'm guilty of that, so... gotta try to tone down myself.

Well - there you have it.
Exactly 24 hours since the announcement and this thread has had 1200 replies and over 41,000 views.
Is that a record?