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Canon 50D Review at Digital Photography School

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Digital Photography School has published a review of the Canon 50D.

The Canon 50D is a great mid range camera. Not quite a professional level camera in that it’s not using a “full frame” sensor but by no means “entry level” This camera will produce great results for you.

Read Photography Bay’s Canon 50D Review.

For the latest news and reviews, check out Photography Bay’s Canon 50D Reviews and Resources.

Canon 5D Mark II and Nikon D700 High ISO – Quick Comparison

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I put together a few quick frames from ISO 1600 to ISO 25600 for the Nikon D700 and Canon 5D Mark II tonight.  Nothing scientific, just a few shots snapped off at my desk.

Settings: tripod, aperture priority @ f/8, evaluative metering, auto white balance, ISO 1600-25600 in full stops – lenses used were 50mm f/1.8 on the Nikon & 50mm f/1.4 on the Canon – RAW capture – exported to JPEG via Lightroom with no edits other than the 100% crops

As you’ll see, the 5D Mark II tended to underexpose a bit, which I left alone for the purposes of this quick test. I’ll go more in-depth in a later post on these two cameras.

Click on any image to enlarge to full size (Note that I mildly resized the 100% crops to fit into the post, so you’ll need to click to get the 100% crop, which are between 650-800px wide for both cameras)  Also, bear in mind that the 5D Mark II full image files go up to 32MB+ in file size, so dial-up readers need not apply. [Read more…]

Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 50D White Paper

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Canon has published a white paper for the 5D Mark II and 50D cameras.  (White Papers are comprehensive documents detailing system enhancements — and the technological developments behind them.)

It is available for download from Canon’s website.

For more info on these cameras, see Photography Bay’s Canon 50D Reviews and Resources and Canon 5D Mark II Reviews and Resources.

Canon 50D Review

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On August 26, 2008, Canon announced the EOS 50D and shook things up a bit by breaking their traditional 18-month refreshment cycle for the amateur model lineup.  Every xxD model since the 10D had been released at 18-month intervals until the 50D, which came in just 12 short months after the Canon EOS 40D.

With the announcement, the Canon 50D brought two big headline features – 15.1 megapixels and an ISO equivalent of 12,800.  Since the introduction of the Canon Rebel XTi a couple of years back, the xxD series has lagged behind the lower-end Rebel series in terms of the number of megapixels found on the sensor (e.g., XTi w/ 10MP vs. 30D w/ 8MP; XSi w/ 12MP vs. 40D w/ 10MP).  This is no longer the case with the 50D.  Instead of just matching the resolution of the latest Rebel camera, the 50D jumped out in front by a somewhat sizeable margin.

The Canon 50D is available in three different kits, all of which are available at Amazon.com and a number of other camera retailers:

Canon 50D (body only)

Canon 50D Kit with 28-135mm IS Lens

Canon 50D Kit with 18-200mm IS Lens

While the grumblings of many photographers have grown louder and louder in the image quality vs. megapixel debate, camera manufacturers continue to put more and more pixels onto these tiny sensors.  The Canon 50D is no exception to this debate and has been criticized by many since it was first announced for simply having too many pixels.

So, is the Canon 50D a worth successor to the 40D?  Does Canon regain the edge over the Nikon D300 with more megapixels and greater sensitivity?  Is the 50D  a must-have camera?  Keep reading to find out my thoughts on Canon 50D and how it stacks up against the competition. [Read more…]

Canon 5D Mark II Review at Camera Labs

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Camera Labs has reviewed the Canon 5D Mark II.

Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II is a powerful and feature-packed DSLR that represents a significant upgrade over the original 5D, and a tough rival in the growing ‘affordable’ full-frame market.

For the latest news and reviews on the 5D Mark II, be sure to stay tuned to Photography Bay’s Canon 5D Mark II Reviews and Resources.