John_Nevill
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I've posed this question in a few forums with mixed opinions, even emailed MT to get his view.
After spending yesterday at Kew Gardens on the Canon Pro Expo, I managed to get my paws on both dSLRs for about 1.5 hours each.
I tried my preferred array of lenses on each, Sigma 12-24mm, 17-40L, 28- 105L, 70-200 f2.8L IS and 300 f2.8L IS. I was surprised how balanced and responsive the 1DMkIIN felt, but how quiet and discrete the 5D was.
I looked at ~400 images last night and the sheer pixel gain of the 5D was very impressive, however on most wide angleshots, there was significant softness at all edges of the frame. I tried two bodies of each model and my findings were similar.
So given my preferred lenses, i'm now wondering whether I should indeed stick with a cropped sensor camera.
After spending yesterday at Kew Gardens on the Canon Pro Expo, I managed to get my paws on both dSLRs for about 1.5 hours each.
I tried my preferred array of lenses on each, Sigma 12-24mm, 17-40L, 28- 105L, 70-200 f2.8L IS and 300 f2.8L IS. I was surprised how balanced and responsive the 1DMkIIN felt, but how quiet and discrete the 5D was.
I looked at ~400 images last night and the sheer pixel gain of the 5D was very impressive, however on most wide angleshots, there was significant softness at all edges of the frame. I tried two bodies of each model and my findings were similar.
So given my preferred lenses, i'm now wondering whether I should indeed stick with a cropped sensor camera.