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Still in awe of this superb camera. I took this shot yesterday of a young woman at the Quay. One thing about the 5D is that sharpening is not necessary at all. I know I have good glass but its still a novelty



This is heavily cropped too.

Cheers
Sheila

I love that lens, pity I don't get it out more often.

Sheila - you may be in awe of the 5D but to be perfectly honest I was in awe of your pics from the 20D

It’s not the camera but the three other factors - eye/brain/finger

I nearly jumped ship because of that camera and Nikon's reluctance to go FF, but then i heard of users problems with it. But i figured it was just DPreview mumbo-jumbo.

Shiela, this image of yours shows to me that there is nothing wrong with your camera at all.

Very nice image. There is a lot of interest in what she is doing, reading a book? punching an SMS? Who knows

Sheila, Once again an intriging image. You never cease to amaze me.

On a technical note, have you noticed any edge softness or vignetting with the 5D FF sensor? Also, as your style of photography probably relies on telephoto lenses, have you missed the "APS Zoom" of the 20D? You know, grabbed the wrong lens??

What I lose with the loss of the 1.6 factor as far as my 300 f/4 L IS goes (and my 135 f/2), I make up with faster AF with the 300 . And because its a very much larger file (12 mb if RAW vs. 7 mb if RAW with 20D) it does allow a great deal of cropping with little or no loss of sharpness. This particular image was very heavily cropped and no sharpening at all in PP. What is also astounding is the viewfinder - bright and large. For my 60 year old eyes, its a boon .

There is vignetting, of course, with my 17-40 but I am having a lot of fun with the images which come out of the 5D with this now really wide angle lens. This can always be adjusted in PSCS2.

The young woman seemed to be lost in thought as she sat at the Quay. She had one of those faces which, while not stunning, had a lovely aura about it and to me, much more interesting than most.

Cheers
Sheila