New Old Camera
This is my new old camera, a Canon 5D Mark I, which I picked up yesterday. I'm at least its third owner, and I'm very happy to give it a new home.
I shot my new baby with my beloved Olympus Pen E-PL5. The Pen is marvelous; a compact camera with great build and image quality. Being a micro four-thirds system, there are adaptors for basically any camera mount out there, so the choice for glassware is crazy. Still, I wanted another interchangeable lens system, as possible backup and something different to try, so my search began.
I had narrowed by choices down to 3 cameras; an used Canon 5D Mark I, an used Nikon D7000, and a new Pentax K50. I decided to go with the 5D after weighing my personal list of pros and cons of each candidate. A deciding factor is that I love the full-frame from shooting film, so I thought it would be nice to have a full-frame DSLR. Of course I've always wanted a full-frame DSLR, but never thought I could really afford one, but then I discovered how "relatively" cheap the Mark I's were in comparison to other full-frames out there.
I didn't want to spend more than $600 Canadian dollars for a body and decent lens, so this was in my opinion a great deal for $430 ($325US or 290Euros). The body was $400 and the photographer who sold it to me threw the EF 50mm F1.8 II for $30. The camera also came with the battery charger, four batteries, an 8 GB CF card and a card reader. He said the lens had a flaw, which turned out to be a smudge that I was able to clean, so the lens is pretty much perfect. The camera is pretty clean too, maybe a sensor cleaning in a bit, but I think I'll get some good and fun use out of it.
New Old Camera
This is my new old camera, a Canon 5D Mark I, which I picked up yesterday. I'm at least its third owner, and I'm very happy to give it a new home.
I shot my new baby with my beloved Olympus Pen E-PL5. The Pen is marvelous; a compact camera with great build and image quality. Being a micro four-thirds system, there are adaptors for basically any camera mount out there, so the choice for glassware is crazy. Still, I wanted another interchangeable lens system, as possible backup and something different to try, so my search began.
I had narrowed by choices down to 3 cameras; an used Canon 5D Mark I, an used Nikon D7000, and a new Pentax K50. I decided to go with the 5D after weighing my personal list of pros and cons of each candidate. A deciding factor is that I love the full-frame from shooting film, so I thought it would be nice to have a full-frame DSLR. Of course I've always wanted a full-frame DSLR, but never thought I could really afford one, but then I discovered how "relatively" cheap the Mark I's were in comparison to other full-frames out there.
I didn't want to spend more than $600 Canadian dollars for a body and decent lens, so this was in my opinion a great deal for $430 ($325US or 290Euros). The body was $400 and the photographer who sold it to me threw the EF 50mm F1.8 II for $30. The camera also came with the battery charger, four batteries, an 8 GB CF card and a card reader. He said the lens had a flaw, which turned out to be a smudge that I was able to clean, so the lens is pretty much perfect. The camera is pretty clean too, maybe a sensor cleaning in a bit, but I think I'll get some good and fun use out of it.