The all mighty 5D

Hi everyone,

          I just found a used 5D for cheap on Kijiji and I plan on buying it in the next week. So what's the big deal about the 5D vs say a XXD or XXXD camera?

          Well first, it's what we call a fullframe camera. Fullframe as in full-frame sensor size. What it means is that it's pretty much the size of an old film SLR-Camera (24mm x 36mm)*. This allows to have bigger and better cells that can render details more efficiently.

          Second, it doesn't have any crop factor. What it means is that: If I put a 135mm lens on my current 30D camera, it's like having a 200mm lens on a SLR film camera. With the 5D, a 135mm is a 135mm, which in my case, is great.

           Third, since the sensor is bigger, it has better ISO noise handling. No much to say here, except a 5D at ISO 1600 is almost like a 30D at ISO 400. Big difference.

          Fourth, the 5D can have a thinner depth of field. That means a f/2.8 is really a f/2.8, not a f/4.5. This makes for a beautiful background bokeh / blur.

So all in all, I had lots of good reasons to go fullframe, so I did the jump!
I'll try to post some pics soon for you to compare!


*The crop-body cameras are approx 15mm x 22.5mm