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Canon EOS 5D Digital SLR Camera (incl. EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens Kit) | 
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| Brand: Canon
Category: CE
List Price: £2,349.99
Buy New: £1,776.75
You Save: £573.24 (24%)
New (7) from £1,694.99
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 18704
Media: Electronics
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 4.3
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 105
Minimum Focal Length: 24
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.9 x 7.5
MPN: 0296B124AA
Model: 0296B124AA
EAN: 8714574962856
ASIN: B000G2O1OS
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
The Canon EOS 5D digital SLR camera is without a doubt the most advanced model on the market. Voted ?Best D-SLR Professional Camera 2006? by the TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) and ?Best European Professional Camera 2006/2007? at the EISA awards (European Imaging Sound and Association), the EOS 5D is the digital version of the famous EOS 3 and EOS 5 series traditional cameras. The EOS 5D has been designed for experienced photographers who have yet to try digital photography, as its magnesium and polycarbonate alloy casing offers all the framing possibilities of a traditional reflex camera. As a top-of-the-range camera, the EOS 5D packs in the latest advances in digital photography and the experience of the digital EOS series to bring you a 12.8-megapixel full frame CMOS sensor that allows you to capture subtle nuances, shadows, tints and light, while its burst mode takes up to 3 photos per second in JPEG format. Its sophisticated 9-point autofocus, together with the 6 assist autofocus points situated inside the spot metering circle, improve the camera?s performances when you?re taking photos of moving subjects. Meanwhile, thanks to the 2.5? LCD screen (230,000 pixels), you?ll be able to preview your creations and navigate through the camera?s menus easily. Colour matrix and adjustment settings have been replaced by Canon?s new image style system, which is based on 6 presets to improve results by allowing the user to directly apply the desired effect to his photos; while photo contrast, sharpness, tint or colour saturation can be selected using the C button. The EOS 5D comes with an EF 24-105 L IS USM lens and a wide-angle zoom.
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Serious kit for folks taking their photography seriously! September 19, 2007
brainleek007 (Manchester, UK)
42 out of 42 found this review helpful
Anybody looking at spending two grand on camera gear (and at that only a body and 1 lens) is looking for something good and believe me this pack delivers.
The 5D is one hell of a camera. There's no other way to describe it. Photos from this camera look so good straight from the camera it's almost unbelievable. Image resolution is simply excellent and of course the benefits of having a full frame sensor mean your lenses do what they say on the barrel!
The body itself feels substantial - much more so than something like a 400D. The 5D body also has a lot of metal construction so should be hardier than the plastic bodies of the cheaper entry level DSLRs. It's also bigger enabling a good grip.
The first thing you will notice if you're upgrading from a crop sensor DSLR is the awesome viewfinder. Having a full frame sensor allows the camera to have a larger mirror and consequently you get a much bigger and easier to see picture through the viewfinder. This really aids composition as it simply allows you too see more clearly what you're doing.
This camera, being aimed at enthusiasts and pros, doesn't have the same range of modes as the 400D as I expect the designers of this camera figure anyone shelling out this much will know what they're doing so what you get is Av, Tv, B, P and a full auto for lazy moments.
ISO ranges from 100 - 1600 (50 and 3200 are added with the ISO expansion turned on) and the camera produces stunning results at higher ISO values with much less noise than my 400D at the equivalent setting. Coupled in with the IS lens in this pack you have a formidable package enabling you to get fantastic shots in poor light you simply could not get with other equipment. I have personally achieved beautifully sharp images at 1/8 of a second hand held at 98mm zoom.
There's so much on this camera it's hard to condense down for the purposes of this review.
The screen is clear and image review is fast. Navigation is achieved with a wheel at the back for scrolling through menus and settings. It's quick; the only thing slowing you down is the wealth of options available to scroll through! There's also a little joystick for moving around zoomed in images on the screen. Camera information is displayed on a mono lcd on the top of the camera leaving the larger LCD screen off most of the time - probably saving a lot on battery life.
The list of custom functions is extensive and includes mirror lock up, shutter curtain sync, noise reduction, exposure level increments to name but 4 of the 21.
Continuous shooting speed is fairly slow at 3fps but this is a camera aimed at portraiture and landscapes so it can't be marked down for that but will be a consideration if you're a hard core sports/action photographer. For wedding photographers and folks looking for a very high quality travel camera this is the one.
The camera does have a true 3.5% spot metering mode amongst the other evaluative modes - very handy.
I'm not going to say too much about the lens as I posted a separate review so please check it out. What I will say is that the 24-105 is a perfect lens to complement the 5D - it offers superb image quality with a great range of focal lengths and is a great walk-around lens.
Battery life is good - I always have a spare with me but I've taken hundreds of shots on one battery and it's never actually run out yet. The manual quotes around 800 shots under optimum conditions.
I would consider a 2gb card the minimum for this camera. The display rather conservatively suggests a 2gb card can hold 114 shots when empty but it's easily into the high 170's. Raw files come in around 10 - 12.5mb. Tiff's from these are huge. Transfer of images across USB is incredibly slow however.
If you're looking to upgrade from something like a 400D it's a no-brainer. The 400D is a fine camera and I will be keeping mine no question but the 5D is just something else. If you have the cash and really want to expand your photographic horizons the 5D will not hold you back, in fact it will inspire you. An interesting note, most of the major online stock agencies will accept images from the 5D - the first non 1-series Canon to attain the honour....that says a lot about the image quality.
Very highly recommended.
A fantastic upgrade, well worth the money February 8, 2008
Cheatin' Jockey (Worcestershire)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Years ago I had a film SLR (actually, still have it!) and gave it up for the convenience of digital, going to Point & Shoot when the first 2m pixel cameras came out. Nearly three years ago I felt that Digital SLR's had come of age I got a Canon 350D. Having owned a normal film SLR I found the lens choice limited (especially at the wide-angle end) and the whole experience - while a massive improvement from P&S cameras - never quite felt the same as with my old Olympus SLR. For the 350D I got a replacement standard zoom (17-40L), the 50mm 1.4, a superwide 10-20mm from Sigma as well as the super 70-300IS USM. Despite all this, the work-flow and user experience of the 350D was lacking.
Then I got a 5D. Wow.
The image quality is truly professional quality - as long as you get your bit right, of course. Is it complicated? No. I find it more logical to use than the 350D; the wheel really works for me and I find changing the ISO, focus points and exposure compensation much easier. I love having depth of field back (the ability to easily throw the backgrounds out of focus) which is lost on crop cameras (like the 350D, 400D, 450D) and the low noise performance even at 800 or even 1600 ISO is amazing. The 17-40L now provides me with pretty much the same coverage as the 10-20mm which I have sold and all of a sudden the 50mm 1.4 finds its way into my hands a lot more often. The kit (kit! It's an L!!!) 24-105L IS is fantastic and provides me with what I consider to be a proper 'standard' zoom which I struggled to find for the 350D, at this level of quality anyway. The viewfinder is also so much larger and brighter.
The downsides are the size and weight (which I quite like actually) and the lack of a pop-up flash; an external is definitely required despite the great low-light performance. The memory card door lets the quality feel of the camera down, though that is a minor point.
Where does it sit in the market with the latest Nikon launches (D3 & D300)? Well, if you have an investment in Canon EF lenses and sports aren't your thing then it's a no-brainer. If you don't have an SLR or are looking to improve on the consumer SLRs, then it is a full frame that delivers amazing image quality with no equal at this price point. Period.
star camera March 28, 2008
Ian Cooper (England)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
image quality is really superb from this camera so much so i sold my beloved eos 3 images have fantastic clarity and definition.build is very solid and feels chunky in the hand .shoot in raw to get maximum from this camera although jpegs are still very good ,i shoot a lot with my canon prime lenses and each one returns bitting sharp results.i previously had a 20D but wanted full frame and the larger viewfinder is excellent. Bottom line expensive but worth it .
Full Frame DSLR! April 30, 2008
Ibraar Hussain (London, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What more needs to be said? Everything from the build quality, handling to photo quality of this camera is stunning! And this pack is all the camera most people would ever need - wide angle to portrait/short telephoto L lens included!
It's built like a ROCK, and the resolution matches the Nikon D3 at under HALF the price!!!
Why get any other camera? and WHY settle for a cropped frame DSLR which is inferior in every way? With prices like these, you'd be silly to invest in anything else!
Wedding photographers' favourite July 28, 2008
.Ray (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Canon 5D must be one of the most popular DSLR camera for wedding photographers since its launch. Its full frame and good noise control at high ISO are main reasons why wedding photographers love this camera.
In 2008 this camera is starting to show its age, with Nikon's D3 now surpassing it for noise control.
While there are newer cameras with better features, the 5D's price is now at such a low level, and even with rumours that Canon is launching its replacement sometime this year, the 5D is still selling like hot-cakes to wedding photographers who thinks it's good enough and definitely a bargain at the current prices (approx 1200 for the body).
The 24-105mm lens in this kit is L spec, which means it has Canon's professional optics and has a rubber ring around the metal lens mount to help keep dust and moisture out. The captured image is top notch too, and far sharper than anything non-L or any 3rd party lenses I've ever used. The 24mm end is pretty wide on the 5D since it doesn't have any crop factor to take into consideration. If used on a Canon cropped sensor body (eg 40D) then it will give an equivalent of a 38.4mm which is not very wide.
As mentioned, Nikon has upped the game with high ISO, but all the wedding photographers using with Canon lenses that I know of still swear by the 5D.
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