if i have the moneyy..

should i upgrade to the 5d mkii from the 5d?
i have the money and a great deal from my employer (canon reseller)...

thoughts??

seems like a no brainer, but i would like some input

I'd think so

As cool as the 5D is, I really think you can squeeze that much more out of the Mark II, and especially since you're getting the accommodation, you might as well take advantage of it. I think that in time, when you go to upgrade/switch cameras, you're going to wish you went for it.
Anyway, I cant think of many other cameras that fit your personal needs as much as the MII.

Will the video functions be of any use to you?

If so, go for it.

If you have the coin...........YES....

the thing that means the most to me is the ff and the digic 4 processor. no matter what anyone says there is a difference!! lol

ngrohosky wrote in post #8108848
the thing that means the most to me is the ff and the digic 4 processor. no matter what anyone says there is a difference!! lol

Not to mention the 21 MP sensor... And YES...No matter who says what...........There is a big difference....

Do you have enough computer to handle 21mp files?

mikekelley wrote in post #8108897
Do you have enough computer to handle 21mp files?

I`m not sure what your asking about handling the data.

I have a card reader to transfer the data, but any PC with USB can handle that easily. If your talking storage related to hard drive size...., then your only limited by the HD size itself. Most of today`s PC`s have 500 plus GIG HD`s and should provide plenty of space. External drives are cheap too.

My PC is a 2.4 Mhz Intel CPU on the Intel DX38BT Extreme motherboard with 2 gigs of DDR3 Ram, two 500 gig Sata H/D`s configured in a RAID setup with the NVidia 8800 GTX 512 card and USB 2.0.

as of now, not exactly.. lol.. but im lookin for an upgrade soon..

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and a 500g ext. hard drive

drdiesel1 wrote in post #8108920
I`m not sure what your asking about handling the data.

I have a card reader to transfer the data, but any PC with USB can handle that easily. If your talking storage related to hard drive size...., then your only limited by the HD size itself. Most of today`s PC`s have 500 plus GIG HD`s and should provide plenty of space. External drives are cheap too.

But can you edit the files in photoshop and have the computer perform reasonably? Batch processing 21mp files can slow a computer to a crawl.

I have a 2.93 ghz macbook pro with 4gb of ram, and my computer occasionally fumbles 15mp 50d files.

Unless you need video, I would invest in glass.

mikekelley wrote in post #8108953
But can you edit the files in photoshop and have the computer perform reasonably? Batch processing 21mp files can slow a computer to a crawl.

I have a 2.93 ghz macbook pro with 4gb of ram, and my computer occasionally fumbles 15mp 50d files.

I use the Canon DPP software to PP my photos, then convert them to full size Jpegs before I use CS2 to auto contrast and resize for web use.
I don`t know if CS2 can do a better job of PP than DPP will.

My CPU is a Quad Core, but when using photo editing tools. I think the bottleneck would be your video card.