So my first shoot with the 5D would be a self portrait set that I had in my mind. But actually, none of the photos that I ended up keeping were what I had in my mind so perhaps I’ll give it another go sometime soon.
My first impressions of the 5D are simply WOW, having been using a 30D for about 18 months now I’m already used to the vast majority of the features found on the body as well as the body frame and style(it’s nearly the exact same dimensions as the 30D). It’s a bit fatter though and that’s to house the infamous full-sized sensor. So with that, ISO50 is awesome and the noise, or rather, the lack thereof on this camera is amazing. I think I only had to do any noise reduction in Photoshop on one of these shots. It’s pretty amazing. Even at ISO3200, the noise was easily managable and was able to be removed without destroying any detail. The reason for this is that due to both the physical size of the sensor and the resolution, the noise pixels are smaller and are able to be removed because the “details” of the photo are per pixel, larger than on the 30D. Absolutely SUPER crisp.
Combine that with the awesome kit lens, 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Macro, and you’ve got a mini-money maker with some fantastic Bokeh and closeup support. Truely and astounding combination.
Using the IR trigger, I used my 580EXII and 2 of the 3 430EX’s for these shots to do some dramatic and intense split-lighting. I’ve had some very good responses from this set and I’m looking very much forward to doing more.
Enjoy and feel free to comment.
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