Canon 5D Mark II

October 20th, 2011
So, my hubby has decided to invest in my professional photography business through a new camera body (see title!) and I'm totally psyched! With that in mind, it is coming with an "L" lens and I do have two others that will fit with it fine, as well as a speedlite. So, for those of you that have this camera are there any tricks/tips you can offer me? I will certainly be playing, playing, playing with it before I take any professional shots with it, but I'm thrilled that this gives me two camera bodies for times when I need to switch lenses quickly! :)
October 20th, 2011
This is the dame camera the professional photographer used at our nephew's wedding on Sept. 4th. Congratulations and good luck.
October 20th, 2011
Lucky girl, have fun :)
October 20th, 2011
@terek55 I've had mine for near three years, I managed to bu the first one in Western Australia. I've only ever had one problem and Canon did a great job in fixing it at no cost. What lenses do you have, because remember it has the full frame CMOS sensor and therefore most other Canon lenses will fit the camera but not work properly. EF-S lenses will not work for instance. The opposite is OK, lenses made for the 5d mkII and the 1d will work with all Canon cameras.
October 20th, 2011
I would advise that you check the auto focusing of each lens.

It takes a bit of time and several ways to do it.

You can buy something like lensalign or do it for free by using a technique which I think Keith Cooper describes on Northlight Images
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/cameras/1ds3_af_micoadjustment.html
October 20th, 2011
LOVE that camera and want one badly:)
October 21st, 2011
Thanks for the tips everyone!! Needed to purchase a new telephoto lens but I'll survive :)
Write a Reply
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.