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| Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) | 
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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $2,499.00
Buy Used: $1,440.00
You Save: $1059.00 (42%)
New (17) Used (11) Refurbished (4)
Avg. Customer Rating:  112 reviews
Sales Rank: 2737
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Resolution: 12.8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.9 x 6.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 5D Body
Model: 5D Body
UPC: 013803056853
EAN: 0013803056853
ASIN: B0007Y791C
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Canon EOS 5D March 9, 2006
41 out of 48 found this review helpful
Although the camera is a bit pricey at just over $3000, it is a full-frame 35mm sensored camera, and more then $4500 cheaper than the highest price full-frame CMOS sensored camera which is the Canon EOS 1DS Mark II (selling for around $7500 USD). Start up is speedy, focus with a USM lens is extremely fast and saving large images to even a standard CF card is miles ahead in speed as opposed to my first camera, a Nikon 5700 (which I don't recommend anyone buy). Lots of versatility built into the camera and great pictures come out of it.Feature-rich camera, well built and a delight to use. The one I just bought is a company camera, but I'll probably buy another one for my personal use. Lots of good lenses available, but the best ones are not cheap. Buy the camera from a reputable seller like Amazon. Stay away from shady characters like Express Camera and other NY area retailers who originally price the camera low just to hook you into buying overpriced gray market lenses. At first they say the have the camera in stock and as soon as you reject their junk lenses, they then say the cameras are on back-order and won't be able to ship for 10-12 weeks. And then for no real reason given, just cancel your order. I'd never hesitate to buy from Amazon.com.
 5D after one month March 9, 2006
18 out of 83 found this review helpful
I gave this camera just 4 stars largely to merely contrary. I have a D60 already. I like how the camera handles, the shutter sound is pretty groovy, but really irrelevant. The larger field of view in viewfinder and larger LCD screen are quite nice, shockingly so at times. I do not print poster size images so the larger file sizes are almost annoying. 12.8 megapixels, as others have written elsewhere, does not double resolution from a 6 mp camera. It is noticable but not amazingly so. Bragging rights seem the strongest plus here for me. One disapointment is the histogram. I seemed to be getting overexposed images in some situations. The histogram on the camera itself looked great, but on screen, the highlights were blown out and the Photoshop histogram indicated this clearly. I makes you want to hold your histogram "edges" in closer to the center. My D60 did not have this problem. Otherwise, quite happy. I just did a shoot of a cross country ski race with the 70-300 IS lens. Really superb results. Now back to plant macro shots
Nice camera, but Canon support is terrible! March 1, 2006
35 out of 97 found this review helpful
I switched from the Nikon D70s to the 5D (I'm a 38-yr Nikon "system" photographer, work in all the big museums, MoMA, etc., and dearly love photography). Canon is the better camera, no doubt. But Canon people (as my dealer warned me) have no concerns for the customer whatsoever!!!!!
I'm actually thinking about returning to Nikon just to get away from Canon "support" ...they'll neither stand behind you or their equipment. This may become very, very important some day. And you'll find yourself left out in the cold.
Good camera, bad people.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED - AVOID!!!
true professional quality... February 24, 2006
44 out of 48 found this review helpful
I am a professional user who has been using a Canon EOS-1Ds as my main camera for two years (so much so that I actually sold all my well-loved Hasselblad equipment that I couldn't bear to see gathering dust any longer...). I bought the EOS-5D as a "back-up" to the 1Ds but have been using it as my #1 camera due to it's superior file size and truer color rendition. I shoot with Macbeth Color Checkers and have found the 5D's color to be truer throughout the range than the more expensive (though older technology) 1Ds. That, along with the huge, bright preview screen, push it to the #1 category in my book (at least, until the EOS-2 comes out this fall).
A note to those that wonder...I didn't get a EOS-1Ds Mark II, because for $8000, I didn't feel it represented a big enough leap over the 1Ds (that I had already spent $8000. on...)
Great Camera - minor flaws January 17, 2006
75 out of 86 found this review helpful
I don't usually write reviews but I was fortunate enough to be in a position to purchase this camera as soon as it's available and their aren't that many user reviews out yet so I'll add mine:
This camera is a fantastic pro machine. It makes me wonder if Canon et al will eventually offer their top of the line 1Ds etc. in the same form factor (ie: without the depth). It's light and the image quality is as good as everyone says it is.
I particularly wanted to add some negative comments to balance out everyone's positive ravings(!) which is usual with new tech gear. And 4 stars too.
There are mentions of the screen being too glary in sunlight. Be warned, it's almost unusable. Even if you shade it with your hand. I guess making the screen more viewable from any angle menas that it also reflects light from more angles... On the plus side, it has encouraged me to use the screen less to check my shots. If you know what you're doing (and you should if you're spending money like this) and you spot meter on good sources, then you should learn to trust your instincts. Yes there are always times you need to check the screen and I sometimes find myself excusing myself to walk over to the shade. That's good too - it can slow a professional shoot down!
The other thing that irks me is the lack of dust seals. Read up on charged sensors and you'll learn that they make your camera a vaccuum - very hard to clean too. Bearing in mind that most users will likely afford Canon's 'L' series lenses (that ARE dust, moisture sealed) I wonder why Canon left this out of the camera. It's a pain. Nikon's new budget D200 DOES have seals. At 10mp and only $1700-1900 I would have gone with Nikon in a heartbeat - if I hadn't already invested thousands in Canon lenses!!!
That's it really - it's a little slow (shutter speed) but if you want a faster camera get the 1DII (or again the Nikon). And it's expensive(!). It has however, TRANSFORMED the way I shoot by focusing so DAMN FAST in even low light. Which is why I bought it in the first place. Happy shooting.
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