-=5D CLASSIC admirers, assemble! (5)

Does the screen have a fuse?

This shot is kind of a culmination of lots of new toys for me . The first being the 5D which I haven't owned for very long. Then there's the 17-40L I just picked up a couple weeks ago. Then there's the Kenko extension tubes I put on for fun and lastly my Marumi CPL filter. And all I've got to show for it all so far is this "weed"! I kinda like it though

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I don't know...it was also acting like the shutter was being pressed (it would start focusing as soon as it was turned on). The tech had taken it apart.. I was told it had at least one blown fuse.

peterbj7 wrote in post #12501274
Does the screen have a fuse?

cool pic of the 'weed'

Went on a walk-about to take some pics yesterday (some more to come later):

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What would you say was the "usable" ISO on the 5d classic?

It's extremely clean up to ISO 800. In fact, I often look at photos on the computer and forget I was at ISO 800, it's so clean.

ISO 1600 is a fair bit noisier so I'd recommend you nail the exposure (expose to the right) and you'll still get good results. Some of the newer crop cameras are on par with the 5Dc at ISO 1600.

ISO 3200 is much noisier as the camera doesn't support it natively... it basically underexposes by 1 stop and pushes it afterwards.

Here is one that I took of my son and one of his friends on Easter. It was taken with the 5Dc and Sigma 50 1.4.

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JoYork wrote in post #12502648
It's extremely clean up to ISO 800. In fact, I often look at photos on the computer and forget I was at ISO 800, it's so clean.

ISO 1600 is a fair bit noisier so I'd recommend you nail the exposure (expose to the right) and you'll still get good results. Some of the newer crop cameras are on par with the 5Dc at ISO 1600.

ISO 3200 is much noisier as the camera doesn't support it natively... it basically underexposes by 1 stop and pushes it afterwards.

Thank you.

A quick test of my 17-40mm I just got off eBay, weather has been bad so not been out yet

mtimber wrote in post #12502636
What would you say was the "usable" ISO on the 5d classic?

Depends on your noise reduction software and what you're doing with the images. I use 3200 without being overly worried.

pridash wrote in post #12502893
Depends on your noise reduction software and what you're doing with the images. I use 3200 without being overly worried.

Noise reduction? wtf. I use up to the maximum 1600 without any noise reduction. Dont use 3200 in camera, you can get better quality even underexposing one stop and then manually increasing expose one stop in PP.

A couple from my weekend

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antti-hannes wrote in post #12502949
Noise reduction? wtf. I use up to the maximum 1600 without any noise reduction. Dont use 3200 in camera, you can get better quality even underexposing one stop and then manually increasing expose one stop in PP.

As i said, it really depends on what you're doing with the image. When you shoot in a dark place where 1/50 1.4 iso3200 is still underexposed and you're pushing exposure in pp, believe me you need NR! But yh in normal circumstances I really dont need to apply any. The key thing to reduce noise, is to get your exposure right in camera.