Archive for the Canon 5D Category

09.26.2007

A Positive Canon 40D Review by e-fotografija

Here is a positive review of the Canon 40D by www.e-fotografija.si with some of the pictures taken in a nightclub by Žiga Intihar as the reviewer. The low light performance was taken in a nightclub and looks like everyone was having a great time.
His writes: “To summarize – Canon made a big step forward [...]

09.20.2007

Canon 40D Interactive Review by Prophotohome

Here is an interesting review by Prophotohome.com where the review is interactive based. They review different features of the camera with each entry.
The first entry is the AI Servo Autofocus performance where they write:
“From the very first time we saw the specs for this camera we were impressed by what was being offered [...]

09.3.2007

Canon 40D Review by Roland Lim

Although reviews of the Canon 40D are still in development - Roland Lim in his blog called “The World According to Roland” has already published his.
In his review, he compares the new Canon 40D to his old Canon 20D. The Canon 20D is almost identical to the 30D and does give a fair comparison. [...]

06.7.2007

Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC (Nikon) Review

Photozone.de has an excellent review on the Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC lens which is one of many standard zooms available for Nikon DSLR users. Compared to the rest of the gang it offers a relatively long zoom range (~ 4 x ratios) combined with a relatively large max. aperture at 17mm.
They write: [...]

10.23.2006

Canon promotes advantages of full frame

It seems that Canon is the only camera manufacturer to really push the advantages of a full framed sensor. They have two DSLR, the EOS-1Ds Mark II and the EOS 5D which incorporates the full-frame CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensors. As Nikon and other top camera manufacturers have yet to enter the full [...]

03.28.2006

Nikon D200 versus the Canon 5D

www.DigitalCamerainfo.com has an excellent head on comparison between the Nikon D200 and the Canon EOS 5D. Although they did not give their own recommended conclusion, they did highlight the advantages and disadvantage of each camera.
Here is the their conclusion

“We elected to debut our Head-to-Head review format with a comparison of the Nikon D200 and [...]

03.23.2006

Canon 30D review by Dsresource

Jeff Keller from Dcresource has an excellent review on the much anticipated Canon 30D. Although the Canon 30D is an upgraded 20D, the improvements are not as large as the Nikon D200 is to the Nikon D100. Beside the softer images and a less bright LCD, the Canon 30D still gets a top rating from [...]

02.25.2006

Banding problem with Canon 5D

It seems the banding issue is not just related to the Nikon D200 but also with Canon, Especially the 5D. This is the comment on the Canon 5D banding issue by Chuck Westfall, Director/Media & Customer Relationship Camera Marketing Group/Canon U.S.A., Inc.
“Hi, Folks:
All of us here in the Camera Division at Canon USA [...]

11.22.2005

Canon 5D at ISO 3200

There are numerous talks about the quality of noise on the Nikon D200 at the high ISO end of the range and whether it will match the low noise level of the Canon 20D or even the Canon 5D. With a few pictures circulating around, the high ISO at 3200 taken at the Sinjuku Nikon [...]

11.15.2005

Is full frame sensor the way to go?

Many people think that a full frame sensor is the way to go in digital photography; however there are many disadvantages that are not apparent. If you plan to buy a full frame digital camera, then you have to buy new digital full frame lenses as you cannot use the smaller “digital” lenses currently in [...]