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Comment on Canon 5D Mark II versus Nikon D7000 by Ted Lee

Ted Lee — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:11 +0000

The D7000 is a great camera. The 5DMKII offers two big benefits over it though – full frame sensor (more clarity, detail in your images), and (this is somewhat subjective opinion) larger selection of lenses. For me, the sweet spot lens is 17-55 on a DX sensor, or 24-70 on a full frame. Nikon gets about $1400 for their 17-55 2.8 lens. I was able to get the Canon 24-70 2.8 lens for $1200. So I was basically able purchase the 5DMKII with lens & flash for about what I sold my Nikon rig for. There are three things I miss about the Nikon: 1) the dual SD card slots, 2) The 31 auto focus points (vs 12 for the 5DMKII), and the higher burst rate (6 vs. 4 for the 5DMKII). But since I don’t shoot action all that often, and I’m more of a portrait/landscapes shooter, the 5DMKII was a better trade off.

Comment on Canon 5D Mark II versus Nikon D7000 by Victor

Victor — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:20:17 +0000

Hi Ted:

Great straight forward review, could you maybe delve a little more into the reasons why you personally moved on to the Canon 5D Mk II? I currently have the D7000 and have never had a full-frame camera before…would you recommend a similar switch if I use the camera mostly for travel photography, e.g. landscapes, wildlife, portraits?

Thanks!

Comment on What point and shoot cameras need to do to survive. by Shaun Strickland

Shaun Strickland — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:53:43 +0000

This is definitely the truth. I have seen some point and shoots as well as video cameras are now incorporating sharing with social media. Especially Video Camera’s sharing with YouTube. I think incorporating on the fly video editing and photo cleaning is a must. There isn’t a reason in the world they couldn’t incorporate imagemagick api like most IPhone apps do. Simply placing a decent OS on the Camera… Making it not just a Camera but an App Camera!

One point I might suggest here is that these camera companies going out of business such as Kodak. A route that could save them is supplying lenses and techologies for these smart phones. Who wouldn’t want a Mark II processer and a crazy 1.2 ap lense or lower. This may take forever, but as you suggested here Mega Pixels are not one of the biggest deciding factors in cameras.

One of the issues though I could see is Apple not wanting to share marketing. Or branding with another Camera. They do implement technologies into their guts like Twitter, so the idea may not be to far off to incorporate hardware and processing… I wouldn’t mind a bigger phone if it means having a Mark II or larger photo processor.

Comment on If you read my previous post you know… by Thanks Steve | Ted Lee

Thanks Steve | Ted Lee — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:07:00 +0000

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