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

Yes, thanks for that. I don't shoot video anymore so the lost of the function isn't a dealbreaker. I have the 5d coming in by Friday so I made my choice. Everything on the 60d just felt too tight for me. I also preferred switching to a ff system for my main shooting of portraiture,still life and general things overall. I just hope for anyone not tobash on me BC I switched from a 60d to a 5d

Other than taking a little longer to focus and such, is there any other downside to getting a manual focus lens? Im talking about the Rokinon 85mm 1.4

BryantFC wrote in post #13341945
Yes, thanks for that. I don't shoot video anymore so the lost of the function isn't a dealbreaker. I have the 5d coming in by Friday so I made my choice. Everything on the 60d just felt too tight for me. I also preferred switching to a ff system for my main shooting of portraiture,still life and general things overall. I just hope for anyone not tobash on me BC I switched from a 60d to a 5d

I very much doubt they will - after all I said at the moment I grab the 5D first

I was just warning you about all the things I found out after everyone else said how great they were, now of course they are right but the bad often gets glossed over and its best to know before jumping in, especially if you are actually selling your crop.

Anyway you will love it, especially for the sort of thing you;re planning to do.

coolpbkid wrote in post #13342616
Other than taking a little longer to focus and such, is there any other downside to getting a manual focus lens? Im talking about the Rokinon 85mm 1.4

Wide open at 1.4, the DoF is really hard to hit spot on. Other than that, it's a fantastic lens for it's price. I'm looking forward to trying it out when my 5D arrives friday.

regatta wrote in post #13343031
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Balloons at Sunrise

Very nice! If I might make a suggestion... I would crop out the right side. Leave the photo as a 4x5 crop with just the 2 balloons on the left side, or a square crop instead.

jwcdds wrote in post #13343135
Very nice! If I might make a suggestion... I would crop out the right side. Leave the photo as a 4x5 crop with just the 2 balloons on the left side, or a square crop instead.

Thanks for the advice! I'll def. try that.

I currently have no camera, and I could buy a 5Dc that has a shutter 80k shots old. Should I buy it or should I wait for one with a lower shutter count?
The tiny window of enjoyable, aesthetically pleasing autumn won't last for long, so I badly need a camera. However I'm afraid it'll die on me soon, and the shutter replacement costs 250 euros. The body itself would cost me 600 euros.
Advice? How long have your 5D's lasted? I know it varies a lot and that it's literally impossible to get a real answer... but I'm tempted. Though 250 eur is a fairly large amount of money for me.

Nikkor F 35mm f/2

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Okay, I'll bite - is that the Nikon AF 35mm f/2D and if so does it still have AF etc or only manual focus via an adapter from eBay?

The Devil wrote in post #13343576
I currently have no camera, and I could buy a 5Dc that has a shutter 80k shots old. Should I buy it or should I wait for one with a lower shutter count?
The tiny window of enjoyable, aesthetically pleasing autumn won't last for long, so I badly need a camera. However I'm afraid it'll die on me soon, and the shutter replacement costs 250 euros. The body itself would cost me 600 euros.
Advice? How long have your 5D's lasted? I know it varies a lot and that it's literally impossible to get a real answer... but I'm tempted. Though 250 eur is a fairly large amount of money for me.

I think it boils down to your signature. If you're uncomfortable with a high-shutter count 5Dc...then wait and/or buy something else to shoot with so you don't have to wait until next autumn.

If you're willing to chance replacing the shutter earlier due to wear and tear, but able to capture autumn with the 5Dc, then go for it.

I guess another question is... do you really need/want a 5Dc? Are there no alternatives?

jwcdds wrote in post #13343779
I think it boils down to your signature. If you're uncomfortable with a high-shutter count 5Dc...then wait and/or buy something else to shoot with so you don't have to wait until next autumn.

If you're willing to chance replacing the shutter earlier due to wear and tear, but able to capture autumn with the 5Dc, then go for it.

I guess another question is... do you really need/want a 5Dc? Are there no alternatives?

Well, I want a full frame body, and the 5Dc is prettymuch the only option, price-wise.
As for needing, no, I could easily make photographs with a different body, say a 50D(which is what I originally planned to buy).
I only recently sold my old camera body in order to fund a new one, and I won't settle for anything other than a 5Dc. Unless it's a 5D II, but those things go for 1200-1400 eur used here, so that's out of the question.
Why do I want a full frame body? Because I really don't like the crop factor, and I want better high ISO performance, and I want to be able to focus manually, which you simply can't do on a crop body, not through the viewfinder anyway. Basically, it's just the little things, comfort stuff mainly. I could do with less, but at this point I simply don't want to.
As for autumn, it MIGHT last for a while, but it probably won't, and I MIGHT get one with a lower shutter count soon enough and I might not. I simply don't have the money to burn. If I had, I would be willing, but I'd really like to avoid it, because taking a 250 eur sized chunk out of my budget would make things (more specifically, the trip to Copenhagen, Berlin and Prague) more difficult.

Anyways, I've decided not to buy it, and just hope that I'll find someone else within the next few days. There'll be another autumn, but if I don't go on a trip next year I will regret it. Far more than I would regret maybe missing autumn this year. Which is not to say I wouldn't regret missing autumn (makes for some interesting elements and lighting, tones, et cetera, things simply not present during winter, spring nor summer, none of those three seasons are nearly as interesting as autumn, and I'm not even a nature photographer, nor do I have any real interest in it.), I'd just regret it less.